四级考试阅读备考笔记（3）

　　做题方法：1.找作者直接评价语句

　　2.找表达感情色彩的形容词、动词、副词

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　21. The passage implies that the telegraph cable was built mainly _________.

　　A) for oceanographic studies

　　B) for military purposes

　　C) for business considerations

　　D) for investigating the depths of the oceans

　　22. It was ________ that asked Maury for help in oceanographic studies.

　　A) the American Navy

　　B) some early intercontinental travellers

　　C) those who earned a living from the sea

　　D) the company which proposed to lay an undersea cable

　　23. The aim of voyages Maury encouraged in the 1840s was __________.

　　A) to make some sound experiments in the oceans

　　B) to collect samples of sea plants and animals

　　C) to estimate the length of cable that was to be made

　　D) to measure the depths of two oceans

　　24. Defied in the 5th paragraph probably means ________

　　A) doubted B) gave proof to

　　C) challenged D) agreed to

　　25. This passage is mainly about _________

　　A) the beginnings of oceanography

　　B) the laying of the first undersea cable

　　C) the investigation of ocean depths

　　D) the early intercontinental communications

　　Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

　　Oceanography has been defined as The application of all sciences to the study of the sea.

　　注：1.Oceanography 由 Ocean 和 graphy 组成，意为海洋学

　　2.application 表示申请用介词for,表示应用用介词to

　　3.第一句给某个东西下定义，称为篇章定义，必为文章主题