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武汉大学真题2005年1 Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 5 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets.    The calendar used in Australia and in most other countries was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. It provides for 366 days in those years for which the year number when divided by 4 gives a whole number (i. e. without a remainder), those years are called leap years. All other years have 365 days. The Gregorian calendar further specifies that years whose year number is divisible evenly by 100 are not leap years, unless the year number is also divisible by 400.    In a leap year February has 29 days, whereas in a non-leap year it has 28 days.    A decade is a 10-year period, such as I January 1885--31 December 1894. 1.Which one of the following years was a leap year?     A. 1880                 B. 1894                 C. 1906                 D. 1926 2.Which one of the following years will not be a leap year?     A. 2000                 B. 2024                 C. 2052                 D. 3000 3.How many leap years will there be in the decade commencing 1 January 2019?     A. 1                   B. 2                   C. 3                   D. 4 4.Since 1582, the maximum number of leap years possible in any decade is ______.     A. 2                   B. 3                   C. 4                   D. 5    When you meet Tim Winton, its easy to understand his success at writing for teenagers. He likes surfing and