Answer all questions about the information in a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage. The value of this tradition is today more apparent than ever. In modern society we must make more time for our neighbors. The traditions of society are timeless. An accepted way of measuring time is essential for the smooth functioning of society.
Society judges people by the times at which they conduct certain activities.
The main idea of the passage is that societies need to agree about how time is measured in order to function smoothly. Now begin work on the questions. The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic Ocean. It stretches southward across the largest and northernmost state in the United States, ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly Line 800 miles from where it begins. The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of delicate tundra that tops the frozen ground.