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

最令我感动的是这个六岁的小女孩冒着生命危险从燃烧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)

每当问及她的私生活，这位女演员总是感到进退两难不知如何回答。

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

充分利用时间并不意味着从早到晚不停地看书。

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

我们听说这里大多数的人都是骑自行车出行而不幵车的。

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

火炬将会经过世界上最令人惊奇的一些地方。

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

在城市，私人轿车的数量应得到控制而公交车的数量应该增加。

3. Lack of job opportunities        severe unemployment(result)

缺少工作机会导致严重的失业。

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

只是她来到国外才意识到学习英语的重要性。

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

根据一家网站进行的调查，"诺基亚"是最值得信赖的手机品牌。

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 (起伏形状) 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 (测深) 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