17．Luca Gramberini has been scuba-diving since he was a kid．His family owns a scuba company．For the ——青夏教育精英家教网——

17．Luca Gramberini has been scuba-diving（戴水肺潜水） since he was a kid．His family owns a scuba company．For the past three summers，Luca has added gardening to his underwater activities．He helps run Nemo's Garden，a project to grow plants in the sea．
From May through September，Luca and other divers are working on Nemo's Garden in the Mediterranean Sea，150feet from the coast of Noli，Italy．Five large balloon-like objects，called biosphere（生物圈），hold plants such as beans and strawberries．The biosphere is filled with air and placed 20feet below the surface．"My father came up with the idea because he loves gardening very much，"Luca said．
According to Luca，the sea is a good place to grow plants because underwater temperatures remain stable，changing little from day to night．The biosphere acts like greenhouses．Inside the air-filled biosphere，fresh water keeps evaporating（蒸发），providing the plants with a good environment to grow in．"We have already seen the plants，grow faster and better，"Luca says．"And there are fewer storms that can knock down the biosphere during the summer．"
Luca hopes Nemo's Garden will provide a new way of growing crops．"There is not enough land on the Earth，"he says．"And in many developing countries，bad conditions make it difficult for crops to grow．"
Though the project has just started，Nemo's Garden has achieved success and is moving to different areas．"We're going to try growing other plants，"Luca says．"We hope to set up biosphere in other countries．There are many possibilities．"
96．Nemo's Garden is a project toD．
A．do scuba-diving in the sea
B．stop storms in the sea
C．make fresh water from the sea
D．grow plants under the water
97．How long do Luca and other divers work on Nemo's Garden？B
A．One month．
B．Five months．
C．Four months．
D．Three months．
98．The underlined word"stable"in Paragraph 3means"C"in Chinese．
A．平衡的
B．正常的
C．稳定的
D．合适的
99．The passage is probably taken from theB part of a newspaper．
A．travel
B．science
C．health
D．sports
100．The best title for this passage isA．
A．Gardens in the Sea
B．Projects for Summer Activities
C．Plants in Greenhouses
D．Conditions for Crop Growing．

16．discover，admice，drup by，knock
16．If there are people in the room，you're supposedto knock on the door before entering．
17．After that，Chinese started the tradition ofadmiring the moon and sharing the beautiful story．
18．David oftendrops by his friends'homes and chats with their parents．
19．When the little boy came in，the doctorwas examining a dog's eyes．
20．In the future，humanswill discover more secrets of the nature．

15．轻轨的建设旨在改善我市公共交通．
The construction of light railway is aimed to improve thetransport in our city．

14．不久将来华山片区将会有一所崭新的学校．
Therewill be a new school in Huashan Area in the near future．

13．游客应该尊重当地的风俗传统．
Tourists aresupposed to respect the local customs and traditions．

12．《狼图腾》这部电影老少皆宜．
The movie Wolf Totem is popular with not only the oldbut also the young．

11．-You should take more exercise．-__________．It's good for my health．（　　）

	A．	It's hard to say		B．	I don't think so
	C．	I agree with you		D．	That's too bad

10．-Have you ever been to Xiamen？-Yes．Last summer I ________ there．（　　）

9．-_________ is your favorite festival？
-Children's Day．On that day I can get some nice things from my parents．（　　）

8．English is my favorite subject．I like English ________ it's very interesting．（　　）

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