Besides providing an ideal environment for sea plants and animals to live in, seawater has other valuable properties, one of which is that it constantly moves. And its movements produce energy.

The most obvious movements are the waves and the tides. Wind causes the waves, and the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun causes the tides. In places like the Bay of Fundy in Canada, the difference between the high and low tide level can be as much as 40 feet.

France and Britain are now trying to use energy in the tides to produce electricity. Waves can produce electricity and some small-scale experiments are taking place to learn more about this. One of the most encouraging areas of research uses the difference between the temperature of seawater at the surface and deep down to produce electricity.

68. One of the valuable properties of seawater is that ________.

A. it has no plants in it

B. it pulls the sun and the moon

C. its movements produce energy

D. it feeds all kinds of animals

69. Waves and tides are caused by ________.

A. the same force B. different forces C. their own movements D. plants and animals

70. According to this passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The temperature difference of seawater can produce electricity.

B. The energy in the tides can produce electricity.

C. Waves can produce electricity.

D. The plants and animals in the ocean can produce electricity.

71. The passage is mainly about ________.

A. how to develop ocean areas

B. how waves and tides are caused

C. how to make use of energy of the seawater

D. how western countries are competing for using energy of the oceans

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Ten is not just a number. For Hong Kong, it means change. That change began 10 years ago on July 1, 1997, when Hong Kong was returned to the mainland. A year later, putonghua became a major subject in middle schools there. Street chatter now is trilingual: Cantonese, English and putonghua.

But language is just one of the many changes. Over the past 10 years, the flow of people has left its mark, especially on the young people.

The first sign is in the job market. Before 2006, about 10,000 young professionals from the mainland found jobs in Hong kong. At the same time, around 240,000 Hong Kong residents had worked or were working on the mainland. More than 60 percent of them were aged 23 to 25, according to official statistics.

Geng Chun, 26, a native of northern China, managed to start his own IT business after completing his university degree in Hong Kong three years ago.

“I like Hong Kong,” Geng said. “Hong Kong needs us. We’re young, well-educated and energetic.”

Education is the next thing to change. After the return, more people from both the mainland and Hong Kong began crossing the border to get an education.

According to China’s Ministry of Education, in 2006, 914 Hong Kong students were admitted to mainland universities. In all, 7060 studied in the mainland that year. Before that time, Hong Kong students were rarely seen in mainland schools.

There was a growth on the other side as well. In the early 1990s, about 100 mainland students went to Hong Kong every year to study. Last year, 1300 studied in Hong Kong universities.

Besides social and cultural changes in Hong Kong, business exchanges between the mainland and Hong Kong have greatly increased.

 According to a Xinhua report, by the end of 2006, the mainland’s total investment in Hong Kong had reached $40 billion since 1997, which makes up 57 percent of all investments to places outside the mainland.

“We have many clients from the mainland, and actually, they are becoming our biggest group of clients,” said Ho, a manager for a Hong Kong PR company. “The mainland has provided our company with more business opportunities, which are vital for our development.”

Ten Years Reshapes Hong Kong

 

(1)_______________

Putonghua is

a.       a major (2)________________ in middle schools;

b.       heard in street (3)____________________.

 

(4)_______________

Market

a.       Hong Kong employs about 10,000 young (5)________________ from the mainland .

b.       More Hong Kong residents go to work on the mainland.

 

(6)_______________

More students from the mainland study in Hong Kong. The number was (7)____________ in 2006. Also more Hong Kong students go to the mainland for study.

 

(8)_______________ exchange

a.       From 1997 to 2006, the mainland altogether (9)_______________ $4 billion in Hong Kong.

b.       The mainland has provided more business (10) ________________ for Hong Kong companies.

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