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PartIReadingComprehension
Directions:
Thereare4readingpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA.,B.,C.andD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Ifthesalinityofoceanwaterisanalyzed,itisfoundtovaryonlyslightlyfromplacetoplace.Nevertheless,someofthesesmallchangesareimportant.Therearethreebasicprocessesthatcauseachangeinoceanicsalinity.Oneoftheseisthesubtractionofwaterfromtheoceanbymeansofevaporation—conversionofliquidwatertowatervapor.Inthismanner,thesalinityisincreased,sincethesaltsstaybehind.Ifthisiscarriedtotheextreme,ofcourse,whitecrystalsofsaltwouldbeleftbehind;
this,bytheway,ishowmuchofthetablesaltweuseisactuallyobtained.
Theoppositeofevaporationisprecipitation,suchasrain,bywhichwaterisaddedtotheocean.Heretheoceanisbeingdilutedsothatthesalinityisdecreased.Thismayoccurinareasofhighrainfallorincoastalregionswhereriversflowintotheocean.Thussalinitymaybeincreasedbythesubtractionofwaterbyevaporation,ordecreasedbytheadditionoffreshwaterbyprecipitationorrunoff.
Normally,intropicalregionswherethesunisverystrong,theoceansalinityissomewhathigherthanitisinotherpartsoftheworldwherethereisnotasmuchevaporation.Similarly,incoastalregionswhereriversdilutethesea,salinityissomewhatlowerthaninotheroceanicareas.
Athirdprocessbywhichsalinitymaybealteredisassociatedwiththeformationandmeltingofseaice.Whenseawaterisfrozen,thedissolvedmaterialsareleftbehind.Inthismanner,seawaterdirectlybeneathfreshlyformedseaicehasahighersalinitythanitdidbeforetheiceappeared.Ofcourse,whenthisicemelts,itwelltendtodecreasethesalinityofthesurroundingwater.
IntheWeddellSea,offAntarctica,thedensestwaterintheoceansisformedasaresultofthisfreezingprocess,whichincreasesthesalinityofcoldwater.Thisheavywatersinksandisfoundinthedeeperportionsofoceansoftheworld.
1.Whatisthemaintopicofthepassage?
A.Wheredowegetourtablesalt?
B.Oceanicsalinityintropicalregions
C.Threebasicprocessesthatalteroceanicsalinity
D.Variationsofsalinityindifferentpartsoftheocean
2.Accordingtotheauthor,theoceanicsalinityisusuallylowerin_____.
A.tropicalregions
B.coastalregions
C.placesinwhichwarmcurrentsandcoldcurrentsmeet
D.theAntarctica
3.Allofthefollowingareprocessesthatdecreaseoceansalinityexcept_____.
A.precipitationB.runoffC.meltingD.evaporation
4.Whatdoestheword“subtraction"
inthefourthlineofthefirstparagraphmean?
A.reductionB.influxC.transformationD.freezing
5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaresultoftheformationoficeinoceans?
A.Thesurroundingwatersinks.
B.Thewaterbecomesdenser.
C.Watersalinitydecreases.
D.Thesurroundingwaterbecomescolder.
Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Morethanacenturyago,therelationshipbetweenglacialiceandtheamountofwaterintheoceanbasinswasfirstseen.Whenthegreaticesheetcoveredvastlandareas,thesealevelwasloweredbecausethenormalreturnofwaterfromlandtotheoceanwasreduced.Asaresult,thesealevelroseasIceAgeglaciersmeltedallowingthemeltedwaterstoflowintotheocean.Ifalltheglacialiceonthesurfaceoftheearthtodayshouldmelt,thesealevelmightrisebymorethan150feet.Shorelinevariationsarealsoproducedthroughelevationordepressionoftheland.Duringtimesofglacierformationsthegreatweightoftheiceslowlydepressedtheearth'
scrust.Removaloftheweightthroughglaciermeltingallowedtheslowreturnofthecrusttoitsformerposition.ChangesintheGreatIceclimatesfromcoolandwettowarmanddryproducedclimatechangesfarfromtheglaciatedarea.Forexample,attimesofcool-wetglacialclimates,levelsofinlandlakesrose,incontrasttothedepressionofsealevel.Duringthewarm-dryinterglacialclimates,lakelevelswerelowered.TheancientlakeBonneville,largestoftheglaciallakesinWesternUnitedStates,oncecoveredmorethan20,000squaremiles.Ithadamaximumdepthofmorethan1,000feet.GreatSaltLakeinUtahistheshrunkenremnantofthisoncelargelake.
Althoughthefirsttimethatearlymanwalkedontheearthisuncertain,heislargelyaproductoftheGreatIceAge.Presentinformationshowsthatduringthistimeheevolvedrapidlybothphysicallyandculturally.Hismostprimitivetoolsandskeletalremainshavebeenfoundinsomeoftheoldestd