资源描述：
《老托福阅读理解原文、真题及答案.doc》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在工程资料-天天文库。
1、老托福精选95-05阅读理解原文、真题及答案此版本已将98、99年答案补上,请放心使用请大家点击word文档中的显示/隐藏按钮进行显示/隐藏答案，或者使用快捷键ctrl+shift+8。1995.10131995.12231996.01331996.05451996.08551996.10651996.12751997.01851997.05951997.081051997.101151997.121251998.011351998.051451998.081551998.101651999.011751999.0518
2、51999.081951999.102042000.012142000.052242000.082342000.102442001.012532001.052632001.082732001.102832002.012932002.053032002.083132002.093232002.103332003.013432003.083532003.103632004.013732004.05383444老托福精选95-05阅读理解原文、真题及答案2004.083932004.104032005.014122005.05
3、4222005.08432444老托福精选95-05阅读理解原文、真题及答案1995.08Question1-9InvestigationoftheDeep-OceanKeywords:ocean,researchers,techniques,samples,rocksTheoceanbottom–aregionnearly2.5timesgreaterthanthetotallandareaoftheEarth–isavastfrontierthateventodayislargelyunexploredandunch
4、arted.Untilaboutacenturyago,thedeep–oceanfloorwascompletelyinaccessible,hiddenbeneathwatersaveragingover3,6000metersdeep.TotallywithoutlightandsubjectedtointensepressureshundredsoftimesgreaterthanattheEarth'ssurface,thedeep–oceanbottomisahostileenvironmenttohuman
5、s,insomewaysasforbiddingandremoteasthevoidofouterspace.Althoughresearchershavetakensamplesofdeep–oceanrocksandsedimentsforoveracentury,thefirstdetailedglobalinvestigationoftheoceanbottomdidnotactuallystartuntil1968,withthebeginningoftheNationalScienceFoundation's
6、DeepSeaDrillingProject(DSDP).Usingtechniquesfirstdevelopedfortheoffshoreoilandgasindustry,theDSDP'sdrillship,theGlomarChallenger,wasabletomaintainasteadypositionontheocean'ssurfaceanddrillinverydeepwaters,extractingsamplesofsedimentsandrockfromtheoceanfloor.TheGl
7、omarChallengercompleted96voyagesina15–yearresearchprogramthatendedinNovember1983.Duringthistime,thevessellogged600,000kilometersandtookalmost20,000coresamplesofseabedsedimentsandrocksat624drillingsitesaroundtheworld.TheGlomarChallenger'scoresampleshaveallowedgeol
8、ogiststoreconstructwhattheplanetlookedlikehundredsofmillionsofyearsagoandtocalculatewhatitwillprobablylooklikemillionsofyearsinthefuture.Today,largelyonthestre
