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Friday, December 30, 2018has been cut for the tiny South Pacific island nation, Samoa as it moved its time zone 24 hours ahead to catch up with Asia, New Zealand and Australia. On New Year's Eve, Samoa will Slave jumped to the west of the international dateline, which runs through the Pacific Ocean and broadly follows the 180 degree line of longitude <经线).pIcbri3k31 Its Prime Minister said it would make it easier for Samoa to trade with their key partners. \longer shall we have people ringing us up on Monday from New Zealand and Australia thinking it is Monday when we are closing our eyes and praying at
churches.And in the same way, on our Fridays when we ring up and already our contacts are holidaying on their Saturdays,\Friday.pIcbri3k31 To help win public support, the government declared employers must still pay workers for the missing Friday, although banks will not be allowed to charge interest for the lost day.pIcbri3k31 - 25 - / 32
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Countries are free to choose whether the dateline passes to the east or west, and Samoa's decision means all new maps will need to change.But some tourism operators are worried Samoa will lose business by losing its position as the last place on earth to see the sunset each day, although it is now one of the first places to see in each new day.pIcbri3k31 Samoa, a country of about 180,000 people, used to be in the same time zone as New Zealand and Australia, but went back a day in 1892, celebrating July 4 twice and aligning itself with the United States.The date change is not the first major change in Samoa in recent years.In 2009, the country switched to driving on the left hand side of the road from the right hand side, in line with New Zealand and Australia.pIcbri3k31 71.Samoa moved its time zone 24 hours ahead to
____.pIcbri3k31 A.trade with the United States
B.be the first place to see in each new day C.follow the international dateline
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D.be in the same time zone as Australia
72.Which of the following is true according to the
text?pIcbri3k31 A.It's Monday now in Samoa while it is Sunday in
America.pIcbri3k31 B.Samoa once had a date change about 200 years
ago.pIcbri3k31 C.Samoa and America are now in the same time
zone.
D.In Samoa, cars move on the right hand side of
the road.pIcbri3k31 73.On the missing Friday, ___ in Samoa, A.banks still charged interest
B.all the people had a day
offpIcbri3k31 C.workers still got paid
D.all celebrated New Year's
EvepIcbri3k31 74.The underlined word \
paragraph possibly means ____.pIcbri3k31 - 27 - / 32
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A.celebrating
B.adjusting
C.moving D.tradingpIcbri3k31 75.What's the text mainly about?
A.The change of international dateline. B.The first nation to greet New Year. C.A new neighbor of Australia. D.A new date change in Samoa.
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[l]Most of us have one or a few habits that we'd like to get rid of.But how do we do it? Now I'd like to share a few suggestions that have helped me.pIcbri3k31 [2]Tell your friends and family.If you tell people around you that you will stop smoking, they will check up on you.You will feel a social pressure to 'keep up with your promise.I would recommend only
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