20．-Frank，I've learned your plan．Could I make some suggestions？
-________．（　�。�

A．

Just for fun

B．

Go right ahead

C．

With pleasure

D．

Take it easy

19．Unlike many surfers who sought the perfect wave，my interests always lay beneath the sea's surface in a world I could only imagine and dream of．When I was twelve，I made my first adventures in the deep．Later I would learn how to dive，expanding my world of exploration many times over．
Perhaps the greatest turning point in my life came when I was in high school and I wrote a letter to the famous Scripps Oceanographic Institution，asking how I might learn more about the sea．A kind sci entist answered my letter and told me how to apply to Scripps for a summer scholarship，which I received．During one of their courses that summer，I met Dr．Robert Norris，a marine geologist．He loved the sea almost as much as I did．Soon he suggested I consider his school，the University of California，for my study．One year later I became a member of the freshman class．
Now my love affair with the sea became a serious endeavor．If I wanted to be an undersea explorer，I needed to learn as m uch as I could about the laws of the physical world that controlled the environment I wanted to enter．The undersea world is not our natu ral world．It is unforgiving to those who make mistakes．At its greatest depths the water temperature is near freezing，the p ressure is eight tons per square inch，and it is totally dark．It is easy to get lost in such a world．I needed to learn a lot about geography，navigation，geology，biology，and many other things．
I decided another important thing for me to do was to join the U．S．Navy．If I was going to be an undersea explorer，I would have to lead men and women on dangerous adventures where they might get hurt，and I didn't want that to happen．
In the Navy I learned discipline，organization，and how to motivate and lead people on adventures so that we could explore the wonders of the deep．
Finally，the time came to put all that I had learned to use，to go forth with a team of men and women and explore？an adventure I am still on and hope to be on for many years to come．

59．What happened to the author at the age of twelve？B
     A．He dreamed about undersea exploration．
     B．He began to swim under the deep water．
     C．He surfed on big waves for the first time．
     D．He learned to dive off the cliffs．
60．In college，the author took many d ifferent types of courses because heC
      A．was told it was ea sy to get lost in exploration
      B．was advised to take them by Dr．Robert Norris
      C．thought they were needed to fully understand the ocean
      D．believed it would help him succeed in the Navy
61．The author joined the Navy toA．
     A．develop his leadership skills
     B．get along with people under stress
     C．learn about the dangers of the ocean
     D．gather specific information about ocean life
62．Which word can best describe the author？D
     A．Imaginative． B．Optimistic．  C．Independent．        D．Ambitious．

18．As a newspaper reporter，Inez's father traveled around the world．He wrote stories about the interesting people he met．On her fifteenth birthday，Inez could hardly believe it when her father announced that she was old enough to go with him on one of his trips！He said his next story would be about salt mining in Europe．Inez had never thought much about salt，she didn't know what to expect，but she knew she would love being with her father．
Months later，when Inez and her father arrived at the salt mine，they found themselves walking into the middle of a busy workday．Mrs．Walker，the owner，said she would not be available to talk until the workday was over．She suggested that Inez and her father should help out so Inez's father would have first-hand experience for his story．Before Inez realized what was happening，she was in the factory．This was not what she had imagined her trip would be like．
People rushed past her carrying hammers，nails，and wood to make boxes for the salt．Everyone seemed to be in such a hurry．As another newly constructed box was pushed at her，Inez spread a label with glue and stuck it on the side of the box．When she had agreed to go with her father on his newspaper assignment，she had pictured an adventure，not hard labor．
Inez looked at the salt covering her father's once-blue pants and sighed．She could taste the salt in her mouth and smell it in the air．Inez had been using salt all her life，but she had never imagined that it existed in such quantities or that it was so hard to package．
Inez's father rubbed his hands together and grinned at her．‘‘I know this probably isn't what you had in mind，"he said，"but sometimes the best days are the ones that don't go as planned．，
Best？she wondered．She had learned two lessons today．One was to value every grain of salt to fall from a shaker．The other was to hear the details before agreeing to go on a job with her father!
56．Why does Inez's father travel around the world？D
A．He relaxes after he finishes writing．
B．He enjoys moving around from place to place．
C．He likes to take his family on adventure trips．
D．He needs to collect information for stories．
57．What job does Inez help to do in the salt mine？A
A．To attach labels to the box．
B．To interview the workers．
C．To carry salt packages．I）．To package the salt．
58．How does Inez feel while working at the salt mine？C
A．Happy．B．Inspired．C．Disappointed．D．Annoyed．
59．Why does the author most likely write this story？D
A．To discuss what it is like when a child travels with a parent．
B．To describe how places around the world are different．
C．To explain which tools are used when packaging salt．
D．To show that sometimes events turn out differently than expected．

17．I hate interruptions，         when I'm trying to work．（　�。�

A．

generally

B．

usually

C．

especially

D．

specially

16．The death toll of the quake in New Zealand is _____ 150，but officials say the figure won't stand because they are still getting information in．（　�。�

A．

exactly

B．

appropriately

C．

definitely

D．

approximately

15．-          ？
-Nothing serious，but a bit tired．（　�。�

	A．	Anything the matter with you		B．	Is that all
	C．	Anything else		D．	What's this

14．Susan managed to climb out of the car，_____ unhurt．（　�。�

A．

regularly

B．

extremely

C．

frequently

D．

apparently

13．-Would you like another egg？
-               ．（　�。�

	A．	Yes，I'd like		B．	I wouldn't say no
	C．	I wouldn't like		D．	No，I don't like

12．The kill is the exciting moment in the life of the lions，since they spend most of their time，about 20hours a day，_____．（　�。�

A．

to sleep

B．

to be sleeping

C．

sleeping

D．

slept

11．We are all born _____ a sense of direction，but it is not properly understood how it works．（　�。�

A．

of

B．

with

C．

by

D．

into