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Questions16-20arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Veryhighwavesaredestructivewhentheystriketheland.Fortunately,thisseldomhappens.Onereasonisthatoutatsea,wavesmovinginonedirectionalmostalwaysrunintowavesmovinginadifferentdirection.Thetwosetsofwavestendtocanceleachotherout.Anotherreasonisthatwaterisshallowerneartheshore.Asawavegetsclosertoland,theshallowbottomhelpsreduceitsstrength.
Butthepowerofwavesstrikingtheshorecanstillbeverygreat.Duringawintergale,wavessometimesstriketheshorewiththeforceof6,000poundsforeachsquarefoot.Thatmeansawave,25feethighand500feetalongitsface,maystriketheshorewithaforceof75millionpounds.
(91)Yetthewaves,nomatterhowbigorhowviolent,affectonlythesurfaceofthesea.Duringthemostragingstorms,thewaterahundredfathoms(600feet)beneaththesurfaceisjustascalmasonadaywithoutabreathofwind.
21.Accordingtothepassage,destructioncausedbyhighwavesoccurs.
A.regularly B.rarely C.always D.predictably
22.Itisimpliedthatoutatsea,whenwavesgoinginoppositedirectionsmeet,theirforce.
A.causegreatdamage B.extendstotheoceanfloor
C.isliabletolessen D.increasesrapidly
23.Coastaldepth.
A.istheonlyfactorinfluencingthestrengthofhighwaves
B.hasenormousinfluenceontheforceofhighwaves
C.hasoninfluencepmthestrengthofveryhighwaves
D.isirrelevanttothepowerofhighwaves
24.ItcanbeinferredfromPara.2thatthepowerofhighwavesstrikingtheshoreis.
A.constant B.equalized C.variable D.perpetual
25.Itisimpossibleforthehighwaves.
A.tobringaboutmostragingstorms
B.tohaveaneffectontheseabottom
C.toaffectthesurfaceofthesea
D.tocausedamagetotheland
Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage
Ifitwereonlynecessarytodecidewhetherteachelementarysciencetoeveryoneonamassbasisortofindtherifledfewandtakethemasfarastheycango,ourtaskwouldbefairlysimple.Thepublicschoolsystem,however,hasnosuchchoice,forthejobmustbecarriedonatthesametime.Becausewedependsoheavilyuponscienceandtechnologyforourprogress,wemustproducespecialistsinmanyfields.(92)Becauseweliveinademocraticnation,whosecitizensmakepoliciesforthenation,largenumbersofusmustbeeducatedtounderstand,tosupport,andwhennecessary,tojudgetheworkofexperts.Thepublicschoolmusteducatebothproducersandusersofscientificservices.
Ineducation,thereshouldbeagoodbalanceamongthebranchesofknowledgethatcontributetoeffectivethinkingandwisejudgment.Suchbalanceisdefeatedbytoomuchemphasisonanyonefield.Thequestionofbalanceinvolvesnotonlytherelationofthenaturalsciences,thesocialsciences,andtheartsbutalsorelativeemphasesamongthenaturalsciencesthemselves.
Similarly,wemusthaveabalancebetweencurrentandclassicalknowledge.Theattentionofthepubliciscontinuallydrawntonewpossibilitiesinscientificfieldsandthediscoveryofnewknowledge;
theseshouldnotbeallowedtoturnourattentionawayfromthesound,establishedmaterialsthatformthebasisofcoursesforbeginners.
26.ItisindicatedinPara.1thatthetaskofeducationisfairlycomplicatedbecause.
A.thecurrentpublicschoolsystemistoocomplicatedtobeunderstood
B.thepublicschoolsystemhasnochoiceofwhattoteach
C.itisdifficulttodecidewhetherelementaryscienceshouldbetaughtinpublicschool
D.theeducatorshavetotakecareofbothordinaryandgiftedstudents
27.Theword“defeated”(Para.2)mostprobablymeans.
A.broken B.beaten C.lost D.smashed
28.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTincludedinthepassage?
A.Oneofthemajortasksofeducationistodiscoverthemostpromisingstudents.
B.Inordertoteacheffectively,educatorsarerequestedtolayemphasisononeparticularfield.
C.Somesubjectshavebeenover-emphasizedinpublicschools.
D.Theprogressofthesocietycannotmerelyrelyoninventors.
29.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat.
A.studentsshouldlearnmoreup-to-dateknowledge
B.lackofscientificknowledgewillleadtopoorrelationsbetweenproducersandusersofscientificservices
C.studentsaregettingtoknowtheimportanceofgoodbalanceamongthebranchesofknowledge
D.sufficientattentionshouldbegiventobasi