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选择性必修第三册　 3 课时作业 22　 Out of this world Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2023·福建厦门质检) Time zones were created by railroad officials to deal with a major headache. It was becoming impossible to know what time it was. At that time each town or city in the US kept its own solar time. “Fifty-six standards of time are now employed by the various railroads in preparing their schedules of running time,” reported The New York Times on April 19, 1883. In 1883, railroad representatives attended the General Railroad Time Convention. On April 11, railroad officials agreed to create five time zones in North America. And the new standard took effect on November 18, 1883. Though the new time standard was not sanctioned by the federal government, the Naval Observatory in Washington offered to send, by telegraph, a new time signal so people could synchronize ( 同步) their watches. Most people had no objection to the new time standard. An article in The New York Times on November 16, 1883, noted, “ The passenger from Chicago to New Orleans can make the entire run without changing his watch. ” As the time change was instituted by the railroads, and voluntarily accepted by many towns and cities, some incidents of confusion appeared. A report in The Philadelphia Inquirer on November 21, 1883, described an incident where a debtor had been ordered to report to a Boston courtroom before 10:00. He appeared at 9:48, standard time, but was ruled that it was after 10: 00. The newspaper concluded that the case will probably be brought before