The largest shark known to us, Megalodon, is extinct. Or is it? Carcharodon Megalodon, commonly known as Megalodon, is believed to have lived between I million and 5 million years ago and thought to have been 52 feet long. It is (or was) a shark that had a jaw 7 or more feet wide. Fairly recently, there has been some speculation about whether it is extinct or just out of reach. But few people believe that Megalodon has found a home deep in the ocean.
There are many known "Living Fossils": Coelacanth, Sea Cucumbers, Sea Urchins, Lobsters, Sea Stars. The common ones like lobsters and sea urchins are not really looked on as anything amazing. They've been around for thousands of years or more, and axe easily accessible to us. What if they weren't accessible and yet still existed? We would label them extinct. The discovery of a live Coelacanth, a fish long believed extinct, challenged some scientists' long-held beliefs on extinction. There have been recent discoveries Of incredibly large squid, and deep-sea fish never before seen by scientists.
In the 1960s the U.S. Navy set up underwater microphones around the world to track Soviet submarines. The network, known as the Sound Surveillance System, still lies deep below the ocean's surface in a layer of water known as the "deep sound channel'. The temperature and pressure of the channel allow sound waves to travel undisturbed. NOAA's Acoustic Monitoring Project has been using the Sound Surveillance System to listen for changes in ocean structure like ocean currents or volcanic activity. Most of the sounds recorded are common and of no concern. One sound, identified in 1977 by U.S. Navy "spy" sensors, was odd. It was obviously a marine animal but the call was more powerful than any of the calls made by any other reported sea creature. It was too big for a whale. Could it be a deep-sea monster? One possibility was a giant squid, but no one is sure. It was named "Bloop". Could it be Megalodon? If Megalodon is still alive down in the bottom of the ocean, we may some day soon discover it. Then what? Deep sea diving will never be the same, that's for sure!
The following is commonly known EXCEPT ________.
A. Megalodon, the largest shark, is extinct
B. Megalodon is not extinct but just out of reach
C. Megalodon was 52 feet long and had a jaw 7 or more feet wide
D. Megalodnn lived between several million years ago
听力原文:M:How do you balance work and study at the same time?
W:My classes are at night and I work during the day.
Q:What do we learn from this conversation?
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A. The woman goes to a full-time school and works part time.
B. The woman has to work to support herself.
C. The woman's classes are not difficult.
D. The woman takes evening courses.
听力原文: Millions of words have been written about young people in the United States. There are reasons for this great interest in the ideas, feelings, and actions of youth.
[32]Today there are about seven million Americans in colleges and universities. [33]Young persons under twenty-five make up nearly half of the American population. [34]Many of these will soon be in charge of the nation. Naturally their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for older people to understand what they think and feel.
College students today have strong opinions about right and wrong. [35]They are deeply interested in making a better life for all people, especially for those who have not been given a fair chance before now. They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents. It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older way. As a result, there is often trouble in American families. Your country may be meeting such problems, too.
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About seven million.
B. Nearly half of the American population.
C. 25% of American people.
D. We don't know exactly from the passage.
听力原文:M: Uh, where am I?
W: Excuse me. Do you need any help?
M: Nab, I… I'm just looking.., well... Uh, well, actually.., yeah. Um... [23]I want to go to the science museum, but I've been lost for the past few hours, and [24]I can't make heads or tails of these ticket machines.
W: Ah, well, just press this button. And from here, it's a dollar fifty.
M: Okay.
W: Then, get on the train at Platform. No. 4.
M: Alright. Oh, how often do the trains come around this time of day?
W: Usually, [25]they come about every six minutes.
M: Okay. And where do I get off the train?
W: Get off at State Street Station, three stops from here.
M: Okay. I've got it. Thanks for your help.
W: No problem. Good luck.
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A. To the science museum.
B. To the art museum.
C. To the state museum.
D. To the history museum.