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阅读理解 People used sundials(日晷) to tell the time in ancient times. It was very difficult to calculate time before the invention of clocks. The Chinese invented the first mechanical clock (机械钟) in 1088. One hundred and ninety-five years later, the British invented the first clock in Europe. The Germans invented the alarm clock 67 years later. The Italians invented the first pocket watch in 1462. Early watches were different from today’s in two ways. First, they only had an hour hand. Second, you had to keep them in your pocket. People called them “pocket clocks”. The first wrist watches(腕表) came from Switzerland, 328 years after the first pocket clock was invented. But they did not become popular until a hundred years later. Digital(数码的) clocks and watches came from the US. Shops started to sell them in 1971. At that time, they were the newest invention in timekeeping. Today there are many kinds of watches. Some are very cheap, some are very expensive, and some can even speak and tell you the time! Clocks and watches have come a long way. 1．The first clock in Europe was invented in ________. A．1383 B．1293 C．1283 D．1273 2．The right match about the clock is ________. A．American— the alarm clock B．Germans—the first pocket watch C．British—The first wrist watches D．Chinese—the first mechanical clock 3．Which is true according to the passage? A．Chinese first invented the clock. B．The first pocket watch had two hands. C．The first wrist watches became popular very quickly. D．People used alarm clock to tell time in ancient times. 4．The main idea of the last paragraph is ________. A．The watches are different in kind B．The price of the watches is different C．Different people have different watches D．The watches were invented in different countries Numbers are used everywhere. In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese characters that the numbers sound similar to. For example, the word for the number 8 sounds similar to the word for