【正文】 ed. I was disappointed to find that I did not know a single person there. Just before the talk was due to begin, I saw Tom waving to me from the doorway. I went to him immediately, as he looked very worried. He explained that he had just received a telephone message from the writer’s secretary. Our guest had missed the train and would be unable to e! While we were thinking about the problem, Tom suddenly asked me if I would mind acting as a speaker. I hardly had time to think about the matter when I found I was being led into the Reading Rom to address the waiting audience!1. The author’s old friend, Tom Clark, was ____A. a member of a club named Local Council B. a secretary of the local governmentC. a distinguished writer D. a local councilor2. Who was supposed to be the guest speaker by Tom’s arrangement?A. The writer of this passage B. An outstanding writerC. The writer’s secretary D. Tom’s secretary3. What happened to the writer of this passage when he left Tom and went into the Reading Room?A. He was greeted by a large audience B. He saw many old friends there C. He felt sorry because he was a stranger there D. He found many unfamiliar couples except one man who was single4. Just before the talk was due to begin, Tom looked very worried because____. A. the writer of the passage was disappointed B. he couldn’t find the writer of the passage C. he failed to make a telephone call to his secretary D. the guest speaker was absent5. The last sentence of this passage implies that____ A. the author of the passage had to make a speech without preparation B. he refused to say anything before the audienceC. Tom had a very difficult time explaining the situationsD. the waiting audience wouldn’t listen to him because they knew he was not the right person to address them.Passage 2Oceanography has been defined as ‘The application of all sciences to the study of the sea.’ Before the nieenth 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 reluctant 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 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 mercial 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 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 aroused 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 parts 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 fivevolume report, the last volume being published in 1895.6. The proposal to lay a telegraph cable from Europe to America made oceanographic studies take on_____. academic aspect B. a military aspect C. a business aspect D. an international aspect7. It was _____ that asked Maury for help in oceanographic studies.A. the American Navy B. some early 。 otherwise, it can control them. Students should leave college knowing how to allocate their money for living expenses, insurance, savings, and so forth in order to avoid the “Oh, no! I’m flat broke and I don’t get paid again for two weeks!” anxiety syndrome.Along with learning about credit and personal financial planning, graduating college students should be trained as consumers. The consumer market today is flooded with a variety of products and services of varying quality and prices. A young person entering the “real world” is suddenly faced with difficult decisions about which product to buy or whose services to engage. He is usually unaware of such things as return policies, guarantees, or repair procedures. Information of this sort is vital knowledge to everyday living.For a newly graduated college student, the “real world” can be a scary place to be when he or she is faced with such issues as handling credit, planning a budget, or knowing what to look for when making a purchase and whom to purchase it from. Entering this “real world” could be made less painful if person were educated in dealing with these areas of daily life. What better place to acplish this than in college?11. According to the writer, graduating students____________.A. will find it hard to get a job with only knowledge gained from collegeB. have insufficient skills and knowledge and do not deserve a college diplomaC. will not be able to earn enough money to support themselves.D. do not have the necessary knowledge and skills to deal with the realities of life.12. The writer points out that many young people_____.A. fall into debt due to illadvised use of credit cardsB. have to de