单选题 When you are near a lake or a river, you feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot, but it can't make the water very hot. Although the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth rises. Then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the place of the hot air. Then you feel the cool air and the wind, which makes you cool.
Of course, scientists can't answer all of your questions. If we ask, "Why is the ocean full of salty" scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cold, it cracks. Rain falls into the cracks. The rain then carries the salt into he earth and into the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask, "What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean doesn't get more slat every year." Scientists are not sure about the answer to this question.
We know a lot about our world. But there are still many answers that we do not have, and we are curious.

单选题 The main idea of this passage is ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[注释] 本题是一个大意理解题,可以参考文章的首句(主题句)和末句(总结句)来进行选择。A和D选项属于细节信息;B选项过于绝对,不符合常理;C选项与文章的最后一句话相对应,所以是正确答案。
单选题 You feel cool when you are near a lake or river because ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[注释] 本题的关键是要清楚英语的段落结构。细节信息一般放在段落中间,最后的,句子才是对整段内容的总结。本题的四个选择项中,只有D选项是整段文章的内容概括,与本题题干的事实是直接的因果关系。其他选项与题干事实没有直接因果关系。
单选题 Now scientists know ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[注释] 本题的依据是整个第一段的内容。B选项说法过于绝对,与现实不符;C和D选项为错误信息,被第二段的最后两句话所否定。
单选题 A rock cracks when ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[注释] 可以直接找到本题的依据句“When a rock gets very hot or very cold,it cracks.”很容易确定答案。
单选题 People are always curious because ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[注释] 题干的关键词是curious,其依据句是文章的最后一个句子“But there are still many answers that we do not have,and we are curious.”其他选项内容与现实情况不符。