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1、CManisalandanimal,butheisalsocloselytiedtothesea.Throughouthistorytheseahasservedtheneedsofman.Theseahasprovidedmanwithfoodandaconvenientwaytotraveltomanypartsoftheworld.Today,nearlytwo-thirdsoftheworld’spopulationlivewithin80kilometersoftheseacoast.Inthemoderntechnologicalworld,thes

2、eaoffersmanyresourcestohelpmankindsurvive.Resourcesonlandarebeginningtobeusedup.Thesea,however,stillcanbehopedtosupplymanyofman’sneeds.Thelistofrichesoftheseayettobedevelopedbyman’stechnologyisimpressive.Oilandgasexplorationshavebeencarriedoutfornearly30years.Valuableamountsofmineral

3、sexistontheoceanfloorreadytobemined(开采).Fishfarmingpromisestobeagoodwaytoproducelargequantitiesoffood.Thecultureoffishandshellfish(贝类动物)isanancientskillpracticedinthepastmainlybyOrientalpeople.Besidesoilandgas,theseamayoffernewsourcesofenergy.Expertsbelievethatthewarmtemperatureofthe

4、oceancanbeusedinawaysimilartothesteaminasteamship.Oceancurrents(洋流)andwavesofferpossibleuseasasourceofenergy.Technologyisenablingmantoexploreevermoredeeplyunderthesea.Thedevelopmentofstrong,newmaterialshasmadethispossible.Thetechnologytoharvesttheseacontinuestoimprove.Expertsbelievet

5、hatbytheyear2020theproblemsthatpreventusfromexploitingfullythefood,minerals,andenergysourcesoftheseawillbelargelysolved.37.Themajorthingsthattheseaoffersmanare______.A.fishandoilB.mineralsandoilC.warmtemperatureandoceancurrentsD.thefood,energysources,andminerals38.Theseaservestheneed

6、sofmanbecause______.A.inprovidesmanwithfoodB.itoffersoiltomanC.itsuppliesmanwithmineralsD.alloftheabove39.Wecanconcludefromthispassagethat______.A.thesearesourceshavelargelybeenusedupB.thesea,inthebroadsense,hasnotyetbeendevelopedC.theproblemsthatpreventusfromusingthefood,minerals,an

7、denergysourcesoftheseahavealreadybeensolved.D.bytheyear2020,thetechnologywillbegoodenoughtoexploitallthesearesources40.TheunderlinedwordsOrientalpeopleinthefourthparagraphprobablymean______.A.thepeopleinAsiaB.AfricanpeopleC.EuropeanpeopleD.Americanpeople