9.                  was that the six-year-old girl risked her own life to save her young brother from the burning house (move)

最令我感動的是這個六歲的小女孩冒著生命危險從燃燒的屋子里救出自己的弟弟。

8. Every time she is asked about her private life,the actress                     where/in which she doesn't know how to answer (dilemma)

每當(dāng)問及她的私生活，這位女演員總是感到進(jìn)退兩難不知如何回答。

7. Making full use of time doesn't mean                 from morning till night (keep)

充分利用時間并不意味著從早到晚不停地看書。

6. We've heard that most people here go by bicycle               . (than)

我們聽說這里大多數(shù)的人都是騎自行車出行而不幵車的。

5. The torch will pass through                  in the world (amazing)

火炬將會經(jīng)過世界上最令人驚奇的一些地方。

4. The number of private cars in urban areas        while the number of public buses should be increased(limit)

在城市，私人轎車的數(shù)量應(yīng)得到控制而公交車的數(shù)量應(yīng)該增加。

3. Lack of job opportunities        severe unemployment(result)

缺少工作機(jī)會導(dǎo)致嚴(yán)重的失業(yè)。

2. Only after she went abroad for further study                        the importance of learning English (realize)

只是她來到國外才意識到學(xué)習(xí)英語的重要性。

1. The most reliable brand of mobile phones is Nokia,               carried out by a website. (according)

根據(jù)一家網(wǎng)站進(jìn)行的調(diào)查，"諾基亞"是最值得信賴的手機(jī)品牌。

Oceanography has been defined as "The application of all sciences to the study of the sea".

Before the nineteenth century,scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far be?tween. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings,but he was re?luctant to go to sea to further his work.

For most people the sea was remote,and with the exception of early intercontinental travel?ers or others who earned a living from the sea,there was little reason to ask many questions about it,let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface. The first time that the question "What is at the bottom of the oceans?" had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe toAmericawas proposed. The engineer had to know the depth profile (起伏形狀) of the route to estimate the length of cable that had to be manufactured.

It was to Maury of the US Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned,in 1853,for information on this matter. In the 1840s,Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings (測深) were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Later,some of his findings aroused much popular interest in his book The Phys?ical Geography of the Sea.

The cable was laid,but not until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable. At the early attempts,the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs,it was found to be covered in living growths,a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea.

Within a few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedi?tion (考察) ，which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of samples from the sea. Their classification and analysis occupied scientists for years and led to a fivevolume report,the last volume being published in 1895.

(   ) 5. According to the passage,who asked Maury for help in oceanographic studies?

   A. The American Navy.

   B. Some early intercontinental travelers.

   C. Those who earned a living from the sea.

   D. The company which proposed to lay an undersea cable.

(   ) 6. The aim of the voyages Maury was responsible for in the 1840s was         .

   A. to make some sounding experiments in the oceans

   B. to collect samples of sea plants and animals

   C. to estimate the length of cable that was needed

   D. to measure the depths of the two oceans

(   ) 7. Which of these is closest in meaning to the underlined word "defied" in the 5th para?graph?

   A. Doubted. B. Gave proof to. C. Challenged. D. Agreed to.

(   ) 8. The main meaning of this passage is         

   A. the beginnings of oceanographic studies

   B. how to lay the first undersea cable in the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

   C. the way to investigate the depths of the oceans

   D. before the nineteenth century very few scientists had an interest in the sea