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2017 ‫מועד פברואר‬ - 48 - ‫ פרק שני‬- ‫ אנגלית‬

14. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that at the beginning of the nineteenth

century -

(1) clocks were very rare
(2) the sun helped people keep time
(3) people often traveled by train
(4) the first pocket watches were invented

15. The main purpose of the second paragraph is to describe the -

(1) development of standardized time zones
(2) career of Sir Sandford Fleming
(3) difficulties involved in railroad travel
(4) railroad companies' reaction to Fleming's idea

16. In line 9, "flawed" is closest in meaning to -

(1) instant
(2) valuable
(3) inaccurate
(4) reasonable

17. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the prime meridian -

(1) is in the same time zone as Washington, D.C.
(2) is the place where the first time zone begins
(3) has been changed several times
(4) was established by the Standard Time Act in 1918

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