阅读理解TheSouthPoleisaparticularplaceon

阅读理解 The South Pole is a particular place on the earth.When people stand at the top of it looking around,they will find all directions face to north.No matter how they make their first step in which direction,they will always walk towards the north.That’s to say,only north and south exist there,neither east nor west exists.At the top of the South Pole,any clock or watch keeps good time because all meridians（子午线） join there.All kinds of local time are completely suitable there.It is even difficult to distinguish（区别） New Year’s Eve from New Year’s Day.The explorers and scientists from different countries always fix the time according to their own.Therefore the time by their watches was different when the people with different nationality gathered there.The Winter Solstice（冬至日） is an important festival at the South Pole.It is always on June 21 or 22.This day is called Midwinter Festival,on which the daytime is the shortest in a year and the night the longest.All people at the South Pole extend greetings to each other and present gifts to each other.They usually give all kinds of celebrations.From that day on,the daytime will get longer day by day.1.At the top of the South Pole,your watch will ________.A.keep good timeB.be five minutes fastC.stopD.be ten minutes slow2.The Winter Solstice is an important festival ________.A.in the worldB.at the South PoleC.at the North PoleD.in China3.On the Winter Solstice,________ is the shortest in a year.A.the nightB.the noonC.the morningD.the daytime

ABD解析1.根据“At the top of the South Pole，any clock or watch keeps good time because all meridians（子午线） join there.”可知。2.本文最后一段介绍在南极，冬至日是最重要的节日。3.细节理解题。在Winter Solstice这一天，白天最短，黑夜最长。

对的，就是这个意思