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Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
“Time is a problem for kids,” states a news report for a new Swiss watch. Children in some countries “learn time slowly” because “they don’t wear watches” and “parents don’t really know how to teach them time”. The kids grow up with this handicap and become adults—and then can’t get to work on time. Is there an answer to this problem? of course—it’s the Flik Flak, made by a famous Swiss watch company.
The Flik Flak is being marketed as something teaching watch for children aged 4 to 10. The watch itself does not teach kids how to tell time, of course it merely “captures their imagination” by presenting the “hour” hand as a beautiful red girl named Flak and the “minute” hand as a tall blue boy named Flik. Flik points to corresponding “blue“ minutes on the dial, while Flak points to red hour numbers. The characters and the colors combined with parental help, are supposed to teach young children how to tell time.
The watch comes equipped with a standard battery and a nylon band. Peter Lipkin, the United States sales manager for the Flik Flak, calls it Kidproof: if it gets dirty you can throw the whole watch in the washing machine.” The product is being sold in select department stores in Europe, Asia and the United States for a suggested price of $25. Parents who buy the watch may discover that it is one thing for kids to tell time; it’s quite another for them to be on time.
36. From the news report we know that ________.
A) parents are patient when teaching children time
B) parents have little idea of how to teach children time
C) children tend to learn time quickly
D) children enjoy wearing the Flik Flak watch（B）
37. The author doesn’t seem to believe ________.
A) children will be on time if they have learnt how to tell time
B) a Flik Flak can help parents teach their children how to tell time
C) the Flik Flak can capture children’s imagination
D) children usually have trouble telling time if they don’t wear watches（A）
38. The word “handicap” (Para. 1, Line 4) means ________.
A) displeasure
B) discouragement
C) disappointment
D) disadvantage（D）
39. Flik and Flak in the passage stand for ________.
A) a tall boy and a beautiful girl
B) the minute hand and the hour hand
C) the Swiss watch company
D) the designers of the watch（B）
40. The United States sales manager calls the new watch kidproof because ________.
A) it is designed to teach children to be on time
B) it proves to be effective in teaching children time
C) it is made so as not to be easily damaged by children
D) it is the children’s favourite watch（C）
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| majority | [mə'dʒɔriti] |
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| concept | ['kɔnsept] |
想一想再看 n. 概念，觀念 |
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| unfriendly | [,ʌn'frendli] |
想一想再看 adj. 不友好的；不利的 adv. 不友善地 |
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| credit | ['kredit] |
想一想再看 n. 信用，榮譽，貸款，學分，贊揚，賒欠，貸方 |
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| suspicious | [səs'piʃəs] |
想一想再看 adj. 可疑的，多疑的 |
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| merely | ['miəli] |
想一想再看 adv. 僅僅，只不過 |
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| impatient | [im'peiʃənt] |
想一想再看 adj. 不耐煩的，急躁的 |
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| dealing | ['di:liŋ] |
想一想再看 n. 經營方法，行為態度 |
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| transportation | [.trænspə'teiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 運輸，運輸系統，運輸工具 |
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| remarkable | [ri'mɑ:kəbl] |
想一想再看 adj. 顯著的，異常的，非凡的，值得注意的 |
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