四六级考试

试题来源：大学四级-231
【单选题】 With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree
A．Time measurements have changed in response to need and technological development.
B．In ancient Babylonia, 12 was the basic division of time.
C．The first calendar was developed because the sages of tribes were intelligent.
D．Universal Time is so named because it is applicable throughout the universe.

参考答案：A
网考网解析：
通过通读分析全文，我们不难判断A项正确，C项提到的日历出现就是其中一个例证，第三段还提到sundial， hourglass，mechanical clocks and watches和Greenwich Mean Time的出现，这都是随着人类社会发展的需要出现的... 查看试题解析出处>>