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1、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共20个小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AScientists used to explore探测on the surface of the ocean. Now they are exploring below the surface, too. They want to know about ocean water and the plant and animal life deep in the ocean.In 1934 the scientist Wil

2、liam Beebe dived 3 000 feet below the surface in a hollow steel ball. In 1935 August Piccard dived 10330 feet. In 1960 his son Jean dived to a depth of 35 800 feet. All these early dives were deep. But the divers could not stay down for very long. They had to come back up to the surface after a few

3、seconds. Scientists needed to stay down longer to study life below surface. Gradually they succeeded. Cousteau, a Frenchman, was able to keep men down to a depth of 90 feet for a week.Now scientists are developing even better equipment. With this new equipment，men can stay below the surface for days

4、 or even weeks. In 1962 Cousteau set up a research station 35 feet below the surface. Then，in 1964，he set up another station on the ocean floor of the Red Sea. This was the first undersea station to operate without help from the surface.Many countries are now studying undersea living. The former Sov

5、iet Union has an undersea laboratory in the Crimean Sea. The United States has a laboratory 50 feet down on the ocean floor off the Virgin Islands. In 1970 five men lived there for two weeks. Then a team of five women scientists stayed in the laboratory. Next came other teams of men. All were there

6、to explore the ocean depths and to make plans for the use of its resources. Scientists hope to find enough mineral，vegetable，and animal wealth there to provide food for the entire world.1. In order to_ ，scientists are exploring below the surface of the ocean.A. know about the ocean water deep in the

7、 oceanB. stay down longer to study life of the plant and animal below the surfaceC. know about the plant and animal life deep in the oceanD. both A and C2. Who made the deepest dive_A. William Beebe.B. August Piccard.C. Jean Piccard.D. Cousteau.3. Which of the following statements is true_A. The ear

8、ly divers could not stay down for very long.B. Up to now only five women scientists have stayed in the undersea laboratory.C. The purpose of setting up the undersea laboratories is to make plans for the use of theresources in the ocean.D. None of the above is true.BAn 80-year-old man was sitting on

9、the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow（乌鸦） landed on their window.The father asked his son, “What is that?”The son replied, “That is a crow.”After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is that?The son said, “Father, I told you just now. It

10、is a crow.”After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for the third time, “What is this?This time his son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already. IT IS A CROW. Are you not able to understand this?A minute lat

11、er the father went to his room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page:Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it

12、was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I did not at all feel angry, but instead felt affection for my son.If you parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but speak to them gently, and be kind to them. From tod

13、ay say this aloud, “I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered me with love. I will take care of my old parents in the BEST way no matter how they behave.”4. The writer mainly intends to _.A. tell us the function of a dia

14、ry B. call on us to love our parentsC. teach us what a crow is D. introduce a pair of son and father5. According to the passage, the son felt _ when his father kept asking the same question.A. puzzled B. angry C. grateful D. surprised6. We can know that the father wrote this diary at the age of _.A.

15、 eighty B. forty-give C. thirty-eight D. thirty-five7. The old man brought out the diary, which he had kept since his son was born, because _.A. he forgot what had happened B. he would like his son to read itC. it could remind himself of the past D. he wanted to find what a crow was in his diaryCAt no time in history has there been such a mass movement of people from the countryside to the city as is happening now. By the year 200, its estimated that more than two thirds of the worlds population will be living in cities, twice as many as today. This means th