Man,alandanimal.Butheisalsocloselytiedtothesea.Throughouthistorytheseahasservedtheneedsofman.Theseahasprovidedmanwithfoodandaconvenientwaytotraveltomanypartsoftheworld.Today,nearlytwo-thirdsofthewor
Man,alandanimal.Butheisalsocloselytiedtothesea.Throughouthistorytheseahasservedtheneedsofman.Theseahasprovidedmanwithfoodandaconvenientwaytotraveltomanypartsoftheworld.Today,nearlytwo-thirdsoftheworld’spopulationlivewithin80kilometersoftheseacoast.
Inthemoderntechnologicalworld,theseaoffersmanyresourcestohelpmankindsurvive.Resourcesonlandarebeginningtobeusedup.Thesea,however,stillcanbehopedtosupplymanyofman’sneeds.
Thelistofrichesoftheseayettobedevelopedbyman’stechnologyisbig.Oilandgasexplorationshavebeencarriedoutfornearly30years.Valuableamountsofmineralsexistontheoceanfloorreadytobemined.
Fishfarmingpromisestobeagoodwaytoproducelargequantitiesoffood.Thecultureoffishandshellfish(贝类动物)isanancientskillpractisedinthepastmainlybyOrientalpeople,includingpeopleinChina.
Besidesoilandgas,theseamayoffernewsourcesofenergy.Expertsbelievethatthewarmtemperatureoftheoceancanbeusedinawaysimilartothesteaminasteamship.Oceancurrentsandwavesofferpossibleuseasasourceofenergy.
Technologyisenablingmantoexploreevermoredeeplyunderthesea.Thedevelopmentofstrong,newmaterialshasmadethispossible.
Thetechnologytoharvesttheseacontinuestoimprove.Expertsbelievethatbytheyear2020theproblemsthatpreventusfromexploiting(开发)fullythefood,minerals,andenergysourcesoftheseawillbelargelysolved.
小题1:Themajorthingsthattheseaoffersmanare______.A.fishandoilB.mineralsandoilC.warmtemperatureandoceancurrentsD.thefood,energysources,andminerals小题2:Wecanconcludefromthispassagethat______.A.thesearesourceshavelargelybeenusedupB.thesea,inthebroadsense,hasnotyetbeendevelopedC.theproblemsthatpreventusfromusingthefood,minerals,andenergysourcesoftheseahavealreadybeensolved.D.bytheyear2020,thetechnologywillbegoodenoughtoexploitallthesearesources小题3:Theunderlinedwords“Orientalpeople”inthefo