36. The writer thinks that CMA's offer to buy the National Broadcasting System is probably ________.
A. the only one
B. a good one
C. unacceptably low
D. of great competition
37. Jessica Callahan captured the confidence of the press after she became the editor of Birmingham Herald because ______.
A. she was experienced
B. she had strong financial background
C. since then it started to make money
D. she enjoyed good popularity
38. Jessica Callahan has never ________.
A. visited the United States
B. owned a national TV network
C. worked as an editor
D. read the Miami Journal
39. The attitude of NBS top executive to the CMA takeover was that ________.
A. he was opposed to the purchase
B. he hoped the takeover would not affect the system's fame
C. he was afraid NBS would suffer serious financial loss
D. he could not leave his present position
40. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage? ________.
A. Jessica Callahan－a Successful Woman
B. CMA－from British to USA
C. CMA Buying NBS?
D. CMA's Attractive offer to NBS
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Oceanography
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 between. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings but he was reluctant① to go to sea to further his work.
For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travelers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone② 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 to America was proposed. The engineers had to know the depth profile of the route to estimate the length of the 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 were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Later, some of his findings amused much popular interest in his book The Physical 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 points of the sea.
Within a few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition, 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 five-volume report, the last volume being published in 1895.
Notes：
①reluctant a. 不愿的，勉强的
②let alone 更不用说
41. The passage implies that the telegraph cable was built mainly ______.
A. for oceanography studies
B. for business considerations
C. for military purposes
D. for investigating the depths of the oceans
42. It was ______ that asked Maury for help in oceanography 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
43. The aim of voyages Maury encouraged in the 1840s was ______.
A. to make some sound experiments in the oceans
B. to collect samples of sea plants and animals
C. to estimate the length of the cable that was to be made
D. to measure the depths of two oceans
44. "Defied" in the 5th paragraph probably means ______.
A. doubled
B. gave proof
C. to challenged
D. agreed to
45. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. the beginnings of oceanography
B. the laying of the first undersea cable
C. the investigation of ocean depths
D. the early intercontinental communications
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Exploration
Landing men on the moon captured the public imagination like few other events this century. It had less to do with science than with demonstrating superiority during the cold war, but the appeal of the adventure meant that the Russians, who retrieved lunar rock samples far more economically using robots, came off very much second best. No one has been back to the moon since the Apollo astronauts left in 1972, so the mission has retained its glamour （魅力）.
（46） ______. Most spacecraft are unmanned these days but missions are still unpredictable; a spacecraft was destroyed on the approach to Mars only last month.
Our sights are set on Mars because people still hope to find life there－not the movie director's idea of a Martian （火星）, but rather microscopic forms of life hidden beneath the surface to protect them from the cold. Another possible home to life is Jupiters moon, Europe, which seems to have slush （雪泥, 烂泥） beneath its ice crust that is kept warm by tides. （47） ______.
Using our near-space environment is the aim for the foreseeable future, people are even setting up businesses to offer trips in space to rich members of the general public. （48） ______ .It builds on the success of the space shuttle （航天飞机）, which proved very flexible and allowed masses of scientific experiments in micro-gravity; and also on Mars, which told us a lot about the physical effects of long duration space flight. The Russians kept it going much longer than anyone expected－you were almost blase （玩腻了的） about the latest crisis.
Beyond our own solar system, we will keep up the search for planets that might sustain life. （49） ______ .You can say: "There are so many stars, some of them with planets, that some of those planets must be conducive （有利的） to live?" But even if that were true, that life might have happened millions of years ago or be going to happen millions of years in the future. （50） ______ .
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