The earth(地球)moves(移動)round the sun ,and the  36  moves round the earth. When our part of the earth turns(轉) 37  the sun ,it is  38  .When our part of the earth turns  39 from the sun ,it’s Night.
The sun is  40 bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun , because it is much  41  to the earth.
The sun is very bright. It  42  very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too, but it doesn’t give  43  light  44 .The light from the moon comes  45 the sun .

Once，a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they __36__ their work，he left them，saying，“When the sun is down，I will come and see your work.”

　　At last one of them said，“What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can __37__ fill the basket.” __38__ man answered，“That is none of your business.”The first man said.“You may do as you like， but I am not going to work at __39__ so foolish.” He __40__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word， and kept on carrying __41__. At last the well was almost __42__.

　　As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket，he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __43__ he saw the ring，he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself.“You __44__ so well in this little thing，” he said， “ __45__ now I know I can believe you with many things.”

　　　36. A. finished B. did C. began D. had

　　　37.A. often B. never C. ever D. always

　　38. A. The other B. Another C. One D. A second

　　39. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

　　40. A. picked up B. put away C. took away D. threw away

　　41. A. water B. basket C. well D. work

　　42. A. full B. empty C. filled D. clean

　　43. A. While B. As soon as C. Before D. Since

　　44. A. have done B. will do C. do D. are doing

　　　45. A. what B. why C. when D. that

What do we know about the sea? We  36   that it looks very beautiful when the sun is shining(照射)  37   it. We also learn that it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind. What  38   things do we know about it?
　　The first thing to remember is that the sea is very big. 39   the map of the world, there is  40   sea than land. The sea covers three quarters of the  41  .
　　Some parts of the sea  42   very shallow, but some places are very deep. There is one place near Japan. It is nearly 11 kilometers deep. The  43   mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If we put the mountain into the sea at that place, there would be  44   kilometers of water above it!
　　The sea is salty. There is one sea called the Dead Sea. It is very salty. It is  45   salty that swimmers cannot sink! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea.

(    )36. A. know          B. say           C. hope           D. wish
(    )37. A. in             B. at            C. on             D. over
(    )38. A. another        B. other          C. the other        D. others
(    )39. A. Look after      B. See           C. Watch          D. Look at
(    )40. A. smaller        B. fewer          C. more           D. less
(    )41. A. land           B. world         C. water          D. mountain
(    )42. A. are            B. is            C. has been        D. were
(    )43. A. longest         B. oldest        C. tallest          D. highest
(    )44. A. 20             B. 2            C. 11             D. 9
(    )45. A. much          B. too           C. so             D. very

The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it. But it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind. The sea is very big. It covers three quarters of the earth. The sea is also very deep in some places. In one place, the sea is about 11 kilometres deep. The highest mountain(山) in the world is about nine kilornetres high. If that mountain was put into the sea at that place, there would still be two kilometres of water above it!
In most parts of the sea,there are plenty of fishes and plants (植物). Some live near the top of the sea.Others live deep down. There are also a lot of small living things,and lots of fish live by eating them. The sea can be very cold. When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder. Only some men can go down into the deep sea. But,in 1970,five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days.

1. 1.

   This writing is ________.

   1. A.
      a short story
   2. B.
      about the sea
   3. C.
      a news report
   4. D.
      a poem
2. 2.

   Which of the following is NOT true?

   1. A.
      The sea is usually very beautiful when it is sunny.
   2. B.
      The sea is very terrible when the wind blows hard.
   3. C.
      The highest mountain is in the deepest place of the sea.
   4. D.
      The deeper the people go into the sea, the colder they would feel there.
3. 3.

   The sea covers _________of the earth.

   1. A.
      1/3
   2. B.
      2/3
   3. C.
      1/4
   4. D.
      3/4
4. 4.

   There are a lot of small living things in the sea,and_______.

   1. A.
      they live by eating fish
   2. B.
      they live to eat apples
   3. C.
      they are good food for fish
   4. D.
      they are too small for fish to catch
5. 5.

   In 1970,five women lived in the deep sea for 14 days. That showed_______.

   1. A.
      not only men can go down into the deep sea
   2. B.
      women wanted to swim in the sea
   3. C.
      women could go deeper into the sea than men
   4. D.
      women liked living in the sea