A．the first B．the bravest

　　C．the luckiest D．the youngest

　　【解析】　细节理解题。文章第一句就给出答案。

　　【答案】　D

　　3．We can infer from the passage that ．

　　A．the English school is the same as ours

　　B．the English school doesn't care for students

　　C．the English school has a humane management

　　D．the English school gives students a lot of course

　　work

　　【解析】　推理判断题。根据第七段叙述可知C正确。

　　【答案】　C

　　4．The passage mainly tells us ．

　　A．Mike's exciting sail trip around the globe

　　B．how Mike's father taught him to sail a boat

　　C．why CNN wanted to report the news to the public

　　D．the introduction of the Guinness World Records

　　【解析】　主旨大意题。这是一篇报道，文章开头就给出主题。

　　【答案】　A

　　B

　　Scientists used to explore the surface of the ocean.Now they are exploring below the surface，too.They want to know about ocean water and the plant and animal life deep in the ocean.

　　In 1934 the scientist William Beebe dived 3，000 feet below the surface in a hollow steel ball.In 1960 his son Jean dived to a depth of 35，800 feet.

All these early dives were deep.But the divers could not stay down for very long.They had to come back up to surface after a few seconds.Scientists needed to stay down longer to study life below surface.Gradually they succeeded.Cousteau，a Frenchman，was able to keep men down to a depth of 36