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The Antarctic Icecap is the largest supply of fresh water，representing nearly 2％of the world’s total of fresh and salt water. As can be seen from the table below, the amount of water in our atmosphere is over 10 times as much as the water in all the rivers taken together. The fresh water actually available for human use in lakes and rivers and the accessible ground water amount to only about one-third of 1％of the world’s total water supply.

	Surface area(sq mi)	Volume(cu mi)	Percentage of total
Salt water
The oceans	139,500,000	317,000,000		97.2％
Inland seas and saline lakes	270,000	25,000		0.008
Fresh water
Freshwater lakes	330,000	30,000		0.009
All rivers(average level)	－	300		0.0001
Antarctic Icecap	6,000,000	6,300,000		1.9
Arctic Icecap and glaciers	900,000	680,000		0. 21
Water in the atmosphere	197,000,000	3,100		0. 001
Ground water within half a mile from surface a mile from surface	－	1,000,000		0. 31
Deep-lying ground water	－	1,000,000		0. 31
Total (rounded)	－	326,000,000		100.00

【小题1】What’s the best title of this passage?

A．Fresh Water in the World	B．Water Supply of the World
C．Salt Water of the Earth	D．Protection of the Water in the World

【小题2】It can be seen from the table______.

A．humans will have to use sea water in the future

B．there is enough fresh water for man to use

C．Water in the atmosphere is the least

D．the sea water takes up 98％of the water on earth

【小题3】The fresh water that humans can use is _________.

A．about 1,086,700 cu mi	B．about 6,300,000 cu mi
C．about 680,000 cu mi	D．about 2,000,000 cu mi

【小题4】Where does the majority of fresh water exists?

A．In Arctic Icecap and glaciers.	B．In Deep ground.
C．In the Antarctic Icecap.	D．In the atmosphere.

【小题5】What are the two places where equal amount of fresh water is stored?

A．Freshwater lakes and all rivers(average level)

B．Antarctic Icecap and water in the atmosphere

C．Ground water within half a mile from surface and Deep-lying ground water.

D．Deep-lying ground water and Arctic Icecap and glaciers

Any foreigner who has tried to learn Chinese can tell how hard it is to master the tones required to speak and understand. And anyone who has tried to learn to play the violin or other instruments can report similar challenges.
Now researchers have found that people with musical training have an easier time learning Chinese. Writing in the online edition of Nature Neuroscience，researchers from Northwestern University say that both skills draw on the same parts of the brain that help people discover changes in pitch(音调)．
One of the study’s authors，Nina Kraus，said the findings suggested that studying music “actually tunes our sensory system”．This means that schools that want children to do well in languages should hesitate before cutting music programs，Dr.Kraus said. She said music training might also help children with language problems.
Mandarin(普通话)speakers have been shown to have a more complex encoding(编码) of pitch patterns in their brains than English speakers do. This is because in Mandarin and other Asian languages，pitch plays a central role. A singlesyllable word can have several meanings depending on how it is intoned.
For this study，the researchers looked at 20 nonChinese speaking volunteers，half with no musical background and half who have studied an instrument for at least six years.
As they were shown a movie，the volunteers also heard an audio tape of the Mandarin word “mi” in three of its meanings：squint，bewilder and rice. The researchers recorded activities in their brain stems to see how well they were processing the sounds. Those with a music background showed much more brain activities in response to the Chinese sounds.
The lead author of the study，Patrick C．M.Wong，said it might work both ways. It appears that native speakers of tonal languages may do better at learning instruments.
【小题1】When learning Chinese，a foreigner will find ________.

A．he has a difficult time learning music at the same time

B．he has an easier time learning music at the same time

C．it is hard to master the tones required to speak and understand

D．it is easy to use the brain to help him discover changes in pitch

【小题2】Why does Chinese learning have something to do with music training?

A．Because there is the same difficulty in learning Chinese and music.

B．Because skills to learn the two make use of the same parts of the brain.

C．Because music training might help people with language study.

D．Because people who do well in Chinese study do well in music.

【小题3】The underlined word “intoned” in the fourth paragraph can be replaced by the word “____”．

A．created	B．spelled
C．seemed	D．pronounced

【小题4】What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Mandarin Speakers Are Smarter than English Speakers

B．Skilled Ear for Music May Help Language Study

C．Pitch Plays a Central Role in Chinese Learning

D．Schools Need to Develop Music Programs

You Mi, a lovely and confident 17-year-old student, is the first Chinese high school student to appear on the cover of the popular young adults’ fashion magazine Seventeen.

“You is IN,” said Wang Lihua，Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen. “She is active and mature (成熟) because of her knowledge on everything from academic studies，to books on art，to movies. We find she’s the very style we’re looking for to represent young people’s attitudes.”

You also impressed Wang with her fluent English when they first met last year. As the hostess of an English broadcasting program at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University（人大附中）， You is always praised for speaking English almost like a native speaker. “I’ve built up my English by watching thousands of English DVDs since I was 10,” she explained.

But for You，watching isn’t enough. Last year，while in Senior 1， she met a talented (有才能的) boy who showed self-made DV movies at the English Corner in her school.

“I thought it was so cool and I knew that I should start making my own films，” she said. So she wrote a campus (校园) story, persuaded schoolmates to star in it and then began shooting a 30-minute DV movie，all in English. “I played one of the leading roles，actually I was everything in my film. I worked on it every day during the holidays,” she recalled. The movie finally became a big hit on campus，earning You a strong reputation（名气） as a DV movie director.

But this is not the only field she wants to master. Though a science student, You likes art, literature and fashion design very much.

“There are people who can be artists，there are people who edit books, and there are people who become film producers. But I just hope to mix all the things up!” she said. “There is an old saying I believe：Chances favor only the prepared mind.”

1.You Mi was chosen to be a cover of Seventeen, mainly because she _____.

A．is beautiful	B．she is lovely and full of confidence
C．is active and mature	D．has rich knowledge

2.You Mi’s fluent English is based on _____.

A．her chance to host an English broadcasting program

B．the influence of her parents

C．her deep interest in it

D．her making DV movie

3.The author mentioned a talented boy to show _____.

A．the great influence he had on You Mi

B．he was admired by his schoolmates

C．the young can do things as well as the adults do

D．DV movies are popular at school

4.In the 30-minute DV movie，You Mi didn’t act as a（n） _____.

A．director

B．musician

C．actress

D．film-maker

5.We can learn from the passage that _____.

A．You Mi hopes to be a mixed talent.

B．the success of a 30-minute DV movie surprised You Mi.

C．You Mi dreams of becoming a scientist.

D．You Mi doesn’t like to study during holidays.

Any foreigner who has tried to learn Chinese can tell how hard it is to master the tones required to speak and understand. And anyone who has tried to learn to play the violin or other instruments can report similar challenges.

Now researchers have found that people with musical training have an easier time learning Chinese. Writing in the online edition of Nature Neuroscience，researchers from Northwestern University say that both skills draw on the same parts of the brain that help people discover changes in pitch(音调)．

One of the study’s authors，Nina Kraus，said the findings suggested that studying music “actually tunes our sensory system”．This means that schools that want children to do well in languages should hesitate before cutting music programs，Dr.Kraus said. She said music training might also help children with language problems.

Mandarin(普通话)speakers have been shown to have a more complex encoding(编码) of pitch patterns in their brains than English speakers do. This is because in Mandarin and other Asian languages，pitch plays a central role. A singlesyllable word can have several meanings depending on how it is intoned.

For this study，the researchers looked at 20 nonChinese speaking volunteers，half with no musical background and half who have studied an instrument for at least six years.

As they were shown a movie，the volunteers also heard an audio tape of the Mandarin word “mi” in three of its meanings：squint，bewilder and rice. The researchers recorded activities in their brain stems to see how well they were processing the sounds. Those with a music background showed much more brain activities in response to the Chinese sounds.

The lead author of the study，Patrick C．M.Wong，said it might work both ways. It appears that native speakers of tonal languages may do better at learning instruments.

1. When learning Chinese，a foreigner will find ________.