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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