阅读理解

　　What do you know about the sea? You may have seen it. Some of us have swum or bathed in it. It looks beautiful on a fine sunny day and it can be very rough when there is a strong wind. What other things do we know about it? Of course, the sea is very large. In the world there is more sea than land. The sea covers three quarters of the earth. The sea is also very deep in some places. It is not deep everywhere, some parts of it are very great. At one spot, near Japan the sea is nearly 11 kilometres deep! Just think of it, the highest mountain in the world is only about 9 kilometres high! If you have swum in the sea, you know that the water is salty. Rivers carry salt from the land into the sea. Some parts of the sea are more salty than other parts. Do you know the Dead Sea in Arabia? It is very salty. Swimmers cannot sink in it! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea. It is a strange sea. In most parts of the sea, there are a lot of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down. No sunlight can reach the depth of the sea. So it is completely dark. Strange fishes live there. Some are blind. Some have their own lights. Some have great jaws. With their great jaws, they swallow fish larger than themselves. The sea can be very cold. Deep sea divers know this well. At the top the water may be warm. They as the divers go down, the sea becomes colder and colder.

　　Many scientists are now making a study of animal and plant life in the sea. They hope to find new resources for mankind.

1．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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A．Land covers one fourth of the area of the earth.

B．The depths of the sea are different in different places.

C．The depth of a sea at one spot near Japan is nearly the height of the highest mountain.

D．The salt in the sea mainly comes from the land.

2．The Dead Sea is lifeless because ________.

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A．the water in it is too cold

B．the water in it is too salty for anything to grow

C．the water in it never flows

D．no sunlight can reach the bottom of the lake

3．We can see the underlined word rough in this passage means ________.

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4．What does the writer intend to tell us in the last paragraph?

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A．The necessity(必要性)of the study of the sea.

B．The purpose of man's further study of the sea.

C．Man's limited knowledge of the sea.

D．The importance of new resources for man.

　—What do you think of the manager of your company?

　　　　—Oh, he is ________ manager who’s pleasant to work with.

　　It’s ________ pleasure to work with him.

　　A. the; a　　　　B. a; a　　　　　　C. a; the　　　　　D. 不填; a

What is your favorite English letter?  Many of you may say Q. Why?  Because
so many of you chat with your friends on QQ. What do you like about QQ?  What do you talk about?  The CCTV reporter,  Miss Wang,  interviews three kids. Let’s listen to what they say.
When do you chat on QQ?  What do you talk about?
　Lin Yuhan,  Xi’an:  On weekends. We talk about homework and chat with each other.
　　Tang Xuting,  Shanghai:  At weekends and when I don’t have much homework. We exchange test answers and chat.
Yang Yuhang,  Dalian:  Our class goes online together at 4: 00～6: 00pm on weekends. We complain about homework,  chat and talk about computer games.
　　What do you put on your QQ blog(博客)？
　　Lin: I put good articles I have found online on my blog. I also write articles myself. They are about funny things that have happened in my class.
　Tang: I put pictures on my blog. Not my own photos,  but pictures from my favorite Japanese cartoons(动画片)like Tennis Prince Conan.
　　Yang: I put DV films on my blog. I shoot(拍摄)them during sports meetings and school parties. The most popular one is about a dancing teacher,   he is so funny that everyone watches it.
　　 How do you like QQ?
　Lin: It’s a good space for us to make a record of our lives of both good times and sad times.
　　Tang: My friends and I may not have time to chat at school. But we can do it on QQ. It’s very helpful to our friendships.
　　Yang: If you chat with friends on the telephone,  your parents sometimes listen to your conversation. There’s no such problem with QQ. You can relax and talk freely.
【小题1】What does Yang Yuhang talk about on QQ on weekends?
①homework　　　  ②chat
③test answers　　　④computer games