第三篇 If the salinity(含盐量) of ocean waters is analyzed, it is round to vary only slightly from place to place. Nevertheless, some of these small changes are important. There are three basic processes that cause a change in oceanic salinity. One of these is the subtraction of water from the ocean by means of evaporation—conversion of liquid water to water vapor. In this manner, the salinity is increased, since the sales stay behind. If this is carried to the extreme, of course, white crystals of salt would be left behind; this, by the way, is how much of the table salt we use is actually obtained. The opposite of evaporation is precipitation, such as rain, by which water is added to the ocean. Here the ocean is being diluted so that the salinity is decreased. This may occur in areas of high rainfall or in coastal regions where rivers flow into the ocean. Thus salinity may be increased by the subtraction of water by evaporation, or decreased by the addition of fresh water by precipitation or runoff. Normally, in tropical regions where the sun is very strong, the ocean salinity is somewhat higher than it is in other parts of the world where there is not as much evaporation. Similarly, in coastal regions where rivers dilute the sea, salinity is somewhat lower than in other oceanic areas. A third process by which salinity may be altered is associated with the formation and melting of sea ice. When seawater is frozen, the dissolved materials are left behind. In this manner, seawater directly beneath freshly formed sea ice has a higher salinity than it did before the ice appeared. Of course, when this ice melts, it will tend to decrease the salinity of the surrounding water. In the Weddell Sea, off Antarctica, the densest water in the oceans is formed as a result of this freezing process, which increases the salinity of cold water. This heavy water sinks and is found in the deeper portions of the oceans of the world. All of the following are processes that decrease salinity EXCEPT______.
A. evaporation
B. precipitation
C. run off
D. melting
阅读下面的短文,文中有15处空白,每处空白给出4个选项,请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。 A satisfactory psychological theory must allow us to predict behavior. For instance, a satisfactory theory of hunger will allow us to predict when people will eat and not eat. A broadly satisfying, (51) theory should have a wide range of applicability. A broad theory of hunger might apply (52) human beings and lower animals, to normal weight and overweight people, and to people who have (53) of food for differing lengths of time. If our (54) cannot be adequately explained by or predicted from a given theory, we should consider revising or replacing that theory. In psychology many theories have been found to be (55) of explaining or predicting new observations. As a result they have been revised (56) .For example, the theory that hunger results from stomach contractions may be (57) correct for normal weight individuals, but it is inadequate as an (58) for feelings of hunger among the overweight. (59) theories also focus on biological variables, such as fat cells and brain (60) , and psychological variables such as the presence of other people who are eating and the time of day. The (61) of controlling behavior in psychology is highly (62) . Some people erroneously think that psychologists seek ways to make people do their bidding—like puppets dangling on strings. This is not so. Instead, psychologists help (63) change their behavior for their own benefit. Psychologists are (64) to belief in the dignity of human beings, and human dignity demands that people be free to make their own decisions and choose their own behavior. Psychologists are learning more all the time about the (65) influences on human behavior, but they apply this knowledge only upon request and in ways they believe will be helpful to an individual or an institution.
A. totally
B. partially
C. objectively
D. subjectively
阅读下面的短文,文中有15处空白,每处空白给出4个选项,请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。 A satisfactory psychological theory must allow us to predict behavior. For instance, a satisfactory theory of hunger will allow us to predict when people will eat and not eat. A broadly satisfying, (51) theory should have a wide range of applicability. A broad theory of hunger might apply (52) human beings and lower animals, to normal weight and overweight people, and to people who have (53) of food for differing lengths of time. If our (54) cannot be adequately explained by or predicted from a given theory, we should consider revising or replacing that theory. In psychology many theories have been found to be (55) of explaining or predicting new observations. As a result they have been revised (56) .For example, the theory that hunger results from stomach contractions may be (57) correct for normal weight individuals, but it is inadequate as an (58) for feelings of hunger among the overweight. (59) theories also focus on biological variables, such as fat cells and brain (60) , and psychological variables such as the presence of other people who are eating and the time of day. The (61) of controlling behavior in psychology is highly (62) . Some people erroneously think that psychologists seek ways to make people do their bidding—like puppets dangling on strings. This is not so. Instead, psychologists help (63) change their behavior for their own benefit. Psychologists are (64) to belief in the dignity of human beings, and human dignity demands that people be free to make their own decisions and choose their own behavior. Psychologists are learning more all the time about the (65) influences on human behavior, but they apply this knowledge only upon request and in ways they believe will be helpful to an individual or an institution.
A. with
B. to
C. in
D. for
下面有3篇短文,每篇短文后有5道题,每题后面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题,从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。第一篇 Part science and part natural history, ornithology(鸟类学) owes its tremendous popularity as a science and a scientific recreation to a simple circumstance that is sometimes forgotten when we weigh the eligibility(有被选资格,合适)of different kinds of animals for informal study. Birds are day animals where others, just as engaging in their way—mice, for instance—are creatures of the night. Apart from their visibility (something very much in their favor), the beauty of birds and their many appealing habits have won for them a huge fan following that has more than once tempted impatient and ill-informed laboratory biologists to dismiss ornithology as so much bird-watching—an absurdly unjust judgment that ignores the fact that ornithology has made a number of profoundly important contributions to general biology. Professional biologists are not hard put to reel off(滔滔不绝地讲) a list of distinctive contributions that ornithology has made to general biology science. They will cite, for example, Ernst Mayr’s investigations of evolution and the mechanisms of speciation (物种形成), or M. R. Irwin’s work on the immunologic performance of species of Columbidae(pigeons and doves) and of hybrids(杂交种)between them. Then again, David Lack’s studies on mortality in wild populations of birds are the most illuminating life tables of wild animals and animal demography (统计学) generally. Most important of all, perhaps is the contribution that ornithology has made to the study of animal behavior, beginning with Julian Huxley’ s classic study of the courtship habits of the great crested great and followed by Niko Tinbergen’s studies on the behavior of herring gulls. The pronoun "They" in the second paragraph refers to______.
A. ornithology and general biological science
B. contributions
C. professional biologists
D. birds