Can you imagine traveling to work in a one-man submarine?

Scientists believe that someday one-man submarines will be as numerous as automobiles today. One says," One day soon, men will walk on the ocean floor as they do on the street. " Perhaps during your life time, people will travel, work and live under the sea.

  Ships carrying oil and articles of trade will move beneath the ocean. Passenger ships will be built to travel underwater, where storms cannot delay them or make people seasick. Special underwater ships will be designed for mining, fishing, and exploring unknown areas. For military use, there may be submarines that can fly and then dive underwater to approach the battle area without being seen.

   First, however, the human problems associated with living in the ocean will need to be studied in detail. Many of these problems are the same as the problems of living in outer space: pressure, lack of oxygen, and weightlessness. Already scientists have begun to study these problems.

    In 1963 and 1964 scientists and Navy divers lived and worked underwater for several days in two projects which were called Sealab I and Sealab II. The Sealab II experiment kept the scientists and divers 215 feet below the surface for thirty days, studying marine biology, temperature, pressure, currents, and ocean bottom geology.

   Many puzzling questions remain unanswered, however. Man's warm blood makes it difficult for him to live long in the sea without some kind of warmth. Can our blood be changed to fit new water surroundings? What will happen to our muscles if we live in the water very long? Will they become soft away from our usual land existence? Will bones become weak and our blood pressure change? Scientists are searching for answers.

   By studying plants and animals deep in the ocean, scientists may find a cure for some of our most serious human diseases. We may learn to use plants to increase our world food supply. Engineers may learn to use the power of the sea by building huge walls to catch the force of the tides.

56. In the passage, the author is talking to us about the problems of ________

   A. pressure, lack of oxygen, and weightlessness in the sea

   B. living, working below the ocean

   C. underwater submarine

   D. walking on the ocean floor

57. According to the author,in future,passenger ships might be the ones that can ________

    A. be used for mining, fishing and exploring unknown areas

    B. carry oil and articles of trade

    C. travel underwater, not affected by storm

    D. fly and then dive underwater

58. Whether we live in the sea or in outer space, first of all we should think of_______

    A. health and food                  B. safety and temperature

    C. temperature and oxygen      D. pressure, oxygen and gravity

59. Which of the following is TRUE?

    A. Sealab I worked for more than thirty days below the surface.

    B. Sealab II worked for thirty days under the sea for exploring unknown areas.

    C. Sealab II kept the scientists over 200 feet below the surface, studying temperature, pressure and so on.

    D. Sealab I and Sealab II kept the scientists 215 feet below the surface for thirty days.

60. To become used to living in the sea, we should try to __

A. increase the amount of our blood         

B. keep our blood warm

C. soften our muscles                     

D. warm our bones

    Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap. Some call it the summer learning setback. Put simply, it means the longer kids are out of school, the more they forget. The only thing they seem to gain is weight.

  Most American schools follow a traditional nine-month calendar with winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation. Some schools follow a year-round calendar. They hold classes for about eight weeks at a time, with a few weeks off in between. The National Association for Year-Round Education says there were fewer than 3,000 such schools at last count.

    They were spread among forty-six of the fifty states. But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year round school is generally the same as in a traditional school. Brenda McLaughlin is a research director at the National Centre for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University. She says studies of year-round schooling have not found strong learning gains. Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said, "Year round schools don't really solve the problem of the summer learning setback. They simply spread it out across the year. " Across the country, research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students. Experts say this can be prevented. They note that many schools and local governments offer programmes that can help.

However, calling such programmes "summer school" could be a problem. The director of the summer learning centre at Johns Hopkins, Ikon Fairchild, said research with groups of different parents in Chicago and Baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term "summer school". In American culture, the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood. The parents preferred other terms like "summer camp , “extra time”and "hands-on learning

51. According to the first paragraph, the summer learning gap_______.

A. helps children to gain weight          

B. leads children to work harder

C. improves children's memories          

D. affects children's regular studies

52. Compared to those in traditional schools, students in the year-round schools_________.

  A. perform better and learn more

  B. have much less time for relaxation every year

  C. have generally the same number of class days

  D. hold more classes and have more weeks off

53. Why do almost all parents dislike the term "summer school"?

  A. They cherish the children's rights and freedom.

  B. They are worried about the quality of the "summer schools".

  C. They want their children to be forced to make up the gap.

  D. They can't afford to pay for studies during the vacation.

54. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. Opening Summer Camps               

B. Forbidding Summer Schools

C. Minding the Summer Learning Gap       

D. Reforming Year-Round Education

55. The underlined word in the first paragraph mostly probably means_______.

A. 耽擱           B延遲           C. 挫折         D退步

As a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their games. I 31   as hard for victory as they did. A dramatic incident,   32  , following a game in which I acted as a referee ,  33   my view on victories and defeats. I was   34   a basketball game in New Rochelle, New York, between New Rochelle and Yonkers High.

      New Rochelle was coached by Dan O'Brien and Yonkers   35   Les Beck. The gym was full, and the volume of noise made it   36   to hear. The game was well played and 37   competed. Yonkers was leading by one point as I   38   the clock and discovered there were but 30 seconds left to play.

Yonkers, in  39  of the ball, passed off--shot--missed. New Rochelle   40   --pushed the ball up court -- shot. The ball rolled around the edge and off. The fans shrieked(尖叫著). New Rochelle, the home team, took   41   of the ball again, and tapped it in for what looked like 42 . The noise was deafening. From the 43 I saw that the game was over. I hadn't heard the final buzzer because of the noise. Seeking help in this  44 , I approached the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said, "Mr. Covino, the buzzer rang as the ball rolled off the rim, 45 the final tap-in. "

         I 46  tell Coach O'Brien the sad news. “Dan, Yonkers won the game. ”  His face  47 . The young timekeeper came up, saying, “I’m sorry, Dad. ” 48 , like the sun coming out from behind a cloud, Coach O'Brien’ s face lit up. “That’s 49 , Joe. You did what you had to do.

         I’ m proud of you,” he said. Turning to 50 , “I want you to meet my son, Joe. ”

In the past few years, Ivan ______ me about his progress in his study through e-mails.

   A. was telling                                       B. had told                 

   C. had been telling                                D. has been telling

Occasions are quite common ____ young men do some foolish things __________ the consequences.     

A. who; in terms of                  B. which; in spite of            

C. why; in case of                    D. when; regardless of

_____ annoyed her most, she told me, was that she was constantly _____ while speaking.

   A. It; stopped                                         B. This; annoyed

   C. What; interrupted                               D. As; disturbed

After my grandfather’s operation, the doctor strictly____ him to drink wine.

   A. forbade           B. provided        C. suggested    D. resisted

There is no chance _______ John will pass the final exam, because he is too lazy.

   A. which          B. that               C. what          D. whether

The list________ 100 first-class universities at home and abroad.

   A. turns up     B. turns in           C. takes up             D. takes in

I object to _______ what to do by someone junior to me.

   A. tell              B. telling             C. be told              D. being told