66．What can be the best title of the passage?

　　 A．Sea Life Facing Danger　 　　　　 B．Scientist Researching Seawater

　 　 C．Oceans Becoming More Acidic　 　　 D．Climate Change Affecting Seawater

65．What does the writer intend to tell us in the last paragraph?

　　 A．The fruit of a banana is more useful than its skin．

　　 B．The rewriting trend does more harm than good．

　　 C．Readers should try to read the original versions．

　　 D．Readers need to learn the language in the classics．

C

　　 Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are a major cause of climate change, and

now a new study has confirmed that atmospheric CO₂ is also affecting the ocean chemistry and

potentially harming sea life.

Montana State University scientist Robert Dore has been researching the water in the Pacific Ocean for almost two decades.

We've been going to the same spot in the Pacific Ocean, and we try and characterize long-term change in the open ocean environment. And one of the key things that we measure is CO₂ levels. And we've been able to record this increasing quantity of atmospheric CO₂ into the ocean."

Scientists expected that as atmospheric CO₂ increased, more and more of the carbon dioxide would be absorbed into the ocean, affecting the chemical balance of the sea water, with a potentially harmful impact on shellfish and coral in particular.

"As carbon dioxide dissolves(溶解) in the water, or seawater in this case, it forms a weak acid, carbonic acid," Dore explains. "And therefore, as the concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere goes up and that exchanges with the surface seawater, it drives the pH down, and makes it more acidic."

The seawater Dore and his colleagues have analyzed confirms what the theory predicts.

The effect was particular striking at about 250 meters down, and again at 500 meters. Dore and his colleagues came up with two possible explanations. It could be that surface water picked up CO₂ and then moved to those depths. Or there could be a biological explanation.

"It's important to realize that the oceans are really becoming acidic. And it can have negative impacts on a whole variety of sea life from fish to coral. It's potentially catastrophic."

64．The underlined phrase “a case in point” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “　 　　”.

　　 A．a great hit 　　　　　　　　　　 B．a good example

　　 C．a movie adaptation　　　　　　　 D．a popular phenomenon

63．The popularity of TV and movie adaptations of great works may help people　　　　 .

　　 A．1earn more about tradition

　　 B．get a PhD in literature　　

　　 C．seek their answers about the world

　　 D．become more interested in the classics

62．According to the passage，the writer　　　　　 .

　　 A．has liked literary classics since an early age

　　 B．was forced to read the classics for a PhD

　　 C．turned to literature to seek answers in his teens

　　 D．thinks only people who read books like literature

61．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

　 　 A．The language used in classics is no longer in use today．

　 　 B．British students usually find compulsory reading dull．

　 　 C．Only those studying literature read Shakespeare’s　 works．

　 　 D．For British people，Shakespeare’s works are no longer classics．

60．It can be inferred that during the days of wildcat money　　　　 .

　　 A．people couldn’t buy anything with the money

　　 B．people didn’t know how to save money

　　 C．the rich invested too much on oil wells

　　 D．people complained and suffered a lot

B

　　 The writing of Shakespeare are today little read by young people in Britain. His young

readership is limited to those who choose to study literature at university.

　　 Shakespeare’s work, together with most other classics, is seen as remote, and written in a 400

-year-old version of English that is about as inviting as toothache．

Still，in British schools，it is compulsory to study the bard(诗人)，and when something is

made compulsory，usually the result is boredom，resentment(憎恨)or both．

　　 This was my experience of the classics at school．But when I reached my late teenage years，

I had a change of heart．Like every other young person since the dawn of time，the world confused

me．I wanted answers，So I turned to books to find them．

　　 I went on to take a PhD in literature and have taught it in Britain and China．I have never

regretted it．There is something in literature that people want，even if they don’t read books．You

see this in the popularity of TV and movie adaptations of great works，the recent film version of

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice being a case in point．These popular adaptations may help

increase people’s interest in the classics．

Reading a simplified Romeo and Juliet may perhaps lead to a reading of Shakespeare’s actual

play．If that is the case，then I welcome the trend．But do not make the mistake of thinking that it is the same thing．Shakespeare is a poet．His greatness is in his language．Reading someone else’s rewriting of his work is like peeling a banana，throwing away the fruit，and eating the skin．Take on the original．It really is worth the effort．

59．Which of the following would people like to have or trust according to the passage?

　　 A．Wildcat congressmen.　　　　　　 B．Wildcat oil wells.

　　 C．Wildcat banks.　　　　　　　　　 D．Wildcat cars.

58．The underlined words “a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat” in Paragraph 1 may refer to “　　　　 ”.

　　 A．gasoline companies

　　 B．automobile manufacturers

　　 C．names of wildcats

　　 D．brands of automobile

57．From the passage we can know that　　　　 .

　　 A．wildcats represent the state of Michigan

　　 B．the use of wildcat was not always the same

　　 C．wildcats are the best friend of human beings

　　 D．honest developers never buy wildcat oil wells