Section Ⅱ Use of English
                                         (15 minutes)
 Directions:
      Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or Don your ANSWER SHEET 1.
                                               Text
      As every traveler soon finds out, it is important to know the local time.   26   until the last century, every town and village kept its own time, usually regulated   27   an official public clock set in the town hall or village church.  28   the sun was directly overhead, the clock   29   strike noon. This meant that the time was   30   for each degree of longitude (经度) Saudi Arabia and a few Pacific islands still keep this "sun time".   31   of the world, however, operates according to time zones   32   by international agreement. The globe is divided   33   24 time zones, one for each hour of the day. Mean time is the time at the Prime Meridian (本初子午线). All the   34  zones are measured according to   35   time or minus time, reflecting the differences   36   the particular time zone and Greenwich mean time. The International Date Line,   37   one day changes to the next, is at   38   near the 180th meridian.
     The boundaries between time zones are usually meridians.  39   on some maps they appear to be straight lines, they are   40   great circles. In many places,   41   , the time-zone boundaries have been   42   to accommodate national boundaries and other political or economic divisions.
     Most nations prefer to have   43   of their territory in the same time zone. Those   44   very large areas, however, need to   45   themselves into two or more zones.
 26. [A] Down         [B] Up           [C] Not           [D] Just
     27. [A] by             [B] for             [C] to               [D] with