【正文】 nventor.” Edison was one of the few fortunate inventors who knew that great engineering, on its own, never earned anything. The success of any technology is due to its business model and protection of its copyright. Unfortunately, Edison said, the US had a “miserable system” for protecting inventions. 36. From the first paragraph Crawford visited Edison to . A. inform him of the news B. see how hard Edison worked C. know what Edison was inventing D. find out Edison’s response to the news 37. What was Edison’s attitude toward the ending of his patents? A. Doubtful. B. Annoyed. C. Indifferent. D. Worried. 38. According to the passage, Edison made money by . A. holding his parents B. selling his products C. making inventions D. providing his ideas 39. It is implied in the passage that in Edison’s time . A. America had no patent protection laws B. his inventions were not highly valued C. patents benefited inventors little D. applying for patents was easy 40. Which would be the best title for the passage? A. Edison and his patents B. Edison, the greatest inventor C. The patent system in America D. Edison’s way of making money D The largest shark known to us, Megalodon, is extinct. Or is it? Carcharodon Megalodon, monly known as Megalodon, is believed to have lived between 1 million and 5 million years ago and thought to have been 52 feet long. It is (or was) a shark that had a jaw 7 or more feet wide. 5 Fairly recently, there has been some guesswork about whether it is extinct or just out of reach. But few people believe that Megalodon has found a home deep in the ocean. There are many known “Living Fossils”: Coelacanth, Sea Cucumbers(海參 ), Sea Urchins(海膽 ), Lobsters(龍蝦 ), Sea Stars. The mon ones like lobsters and sea urchins are not really looked on as anything amazing. They’ve been around for thousands of years or more, and are easily accessible to us. What if they weren’t accessible and yet still existed? We would label them extinct. The discovery of a live Coelacanth, a fish long believed extinct, challenged some scientists’ longheld beliefs on extinction. There have been recent discoveries of unbelievably large squid(烏賊 ), and deepsea fish never before seen by scientists. In the 1960s the US Navy set up underwater microphones around the world to track Soviet submarines. The work, known as the Sound Surveillance(監(jiān)視 ) System, still lies deep below the ocean’s surface in a layer of water known as the “deep sound channel”. The temperature and pressure of the channel allow sound waves to travel undisturbed. NOAA’s Acoustic Monitoring Project has been using the Sound Surveillance System to listen for changes in ocean structure like ocean currents or volcanic activity. Most of the sounds recorded are mon and of no concern. One sound, identified in 1977 by US Navy “spy” sensors, was strange. It was obviously a sea animal but the call was more powerful than any of the calls made by any other reported sea creature. It was too big for a whale. Could it be a deepsea monster? One possibility was a giant squid, but no one is sure. It was named “Bloop”. Could it be Megalodon? If Megalodon is still alive down in the bottom of the ocean, we may some day soon discover it. Then what? Deep sea diving will never be the same, that’s for sure! 41. The following is monly known EXCEPT . A. Megalodon, the largest shark, is extinct B. Megalodon is not extinct but just out of reach C. Megalodon was 52 feet long and had a jaw 7 or more feet wide D. Megalodon lived several million years ago 42. What makes scientists doubt about the belief that Megalodon is extinct? A. The discovery of many “Living Fossils”. B. The discovery of the fossils of lobsters. C. The discovery of a live Coelacanth. D. The discovery of the fossils of sea urchins. 43. What was the intended purpose of underwater microphones? A. To listen for changes in ocean structure. B. To listen for changes of ocean currents or volcanic activity. C. To make sure whether there was a giant squid deep in the ocean. D. To follow the track of the Soviet warship under water. 44. What was special in their recorded sounds? A. A strange, powerful animal sound was heard. B. A big whale’s sound was heard. C. A sea monster’s sound was heard. D. A giant squid’s sound was heard. 45. What can be concluded from the passage? A. Scientists’ discoveries always change people’s beliefs. B. There are too many secrets to be discovered. C. Megalodon may be still alive deep in the ocean. D. The “deep sound channel” prevents sound waves from traveling far. 二、 信息匹配 閱讀下列應用文及相關信息，并按照要求匹配信息。 寫作內(nèi)容： 流溪河國家森 林公園位于廣東省從化市東北部，距廣州 93公里，交通便利； 這里地貌奇特，數(shù)百座山峰起伏連綿； 公園四季常青； 自開放以來，已經(jīng)吸引了許多海內(nèi)外游客，的確是旅游觀光、度假、科研的好去處。 On the last Gold