set the standard for Chinese time
为中国时间设定标准
Ye Shuhua
叶叔华
Profession: Astronomer
职业：天文学家
Age: 95
年龄：95岁
Birthplace: Guangzhou；Guangdong
出生地：广州，广东
Workplace: Chinese Academy of Sciences
工作地点：中国科学院
the Mother of BeijingTime
北京时间之母
gave a speech in English
用英语发表演讲
encouraged women to fight for gender equality
鼓励妇女为性别平等而战
a role model for women
女性的榜样
as the only woman at the Xujiahui Observatory in Shanghai
成为上海徐家汇天文台唯一的女性。
tell us the accurate time
告诉我们准确的时间
by looking at the stars
通过仰望星空
carried out tests
进行了测试
keep time more accurately
更准确地计时
led to China's universal time system
引领了中国的世界时间系统
Beijing Time was set up based on the system.
北京时间就是在这个系统的基础上设置的。
Choose the answer:
1. What does the word "it" in Paragraph 2 refer to ?
第二段中的“it”一词指的是什么？
C. Ye's speech.
叶的演讲。
A. Ye Shuhua.
叶叔华。
B. Gender equality.
性别平等
D. A role model.
一个榜样。
2.According to the story, which was TRUE when Ye started to work in 1951?
根据这个故事，1951年叶开始工作时，哪一项是真的？
There was no other woman working at the Xujiahui Observatory.
没有其他女性在徐家汇天文台工作。
A. No country in the world could tell the time accurately.
世界上没有一个国家能准确地报出时间。
C. There was only one observatory in China.
中国只有一个天文台。
D. She wasn't interested in looking at the stars.
她对看星星不感兴趣。
3. How did Ye find a way to keep time more accurately?
叶叔华是如何找到一种更准确地计时的方法的？
By doing tests for several months.
通过做几个月的测试。
A. By studying China's universal time system.
通过研究中国的世界时系统。
C. By asking other scientists for help.
通过向其他科学家寻求帮助。
D. By setting up Beijing Time.
通过设置北京时间。
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