（2014年高考广东卷）
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Scientists today are making greater effort to study ocean currents (洋流). Most do it using satellites and other high-tech equipment.However, ocean expert Curtis Ebbesmeyer does it in a special way --- by studying movements of random floating garbage.A scientist with many years’ experience, he started this type of research in the early 1990s when he heard about hundreds of athletic shoes washing up on the shores of the northwest coast of the United States. There were so many shoes that people were setting upswap meetsto try and match left and right shoes tosellor wear.
Ebbesmeyer found out in his researches that the shoes — about 60,000 in total — fell into the ocean in a shipping accident.He phoned the shoe company and asked if they wanted the shoes back. As expected, the company told him that they didn't. Ebbesmeyer realized this could be a great experiment.If he learned when and where the shoes went into the water and tracked where they landed, he could learn a lot about the patterns of ocean currents.
The Pacific Northwest is one of the world's best areas for beachcombing(海滩搜寻) because winds and currents join here, and as a result, there is a group of serious beachcombers in the area.Ebbesmeyer got to know a lot of them and asked for their help in collecting information about where the shoes landed. In a year he collected reliable information on 1, 600 shoes.With this data, he and a colleague were able to test and improve a computer program designed to model ocean currents, and publish the findings of their study.
As the result of his work, Ebbesmeyerhas become known as the scientist to call with questions about any unusual objects found floating in the ocean.He has even started an association of beachcombers and ocean experts, with 500 subscribers from West Africa to New Zealand. They have recorded all lost objects ranging from potatoes to golf gloves.
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A. fitting rooms B. trading fairs
C. business talks D. group meetings
42. Ebbesmeyer phoned the shoe company to find out _____________.
A. what caused the shipping accident
B. when and where the shoes went missing
C. whether it was all right to use their shoes
D. how much they lost in the shipping accident
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43. How did Ebbesmeyer prove his assumption?A. By collecting information from beachcombers.
B. By studying the shoes found by beachcomber.
C. By searching the web for ocean currents models.
D. By researching ocean currents data in the library.
44. Ebbesmeyer is most famous for ___________________.
A. traveling widely the coastal cities of the world
B. making records for any lost objects on the sea
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D. phoning about any doubtful objects on the sea
45. What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?
A. To call people's attention to ocean pollution.
B. To warn people of shipping safety in the ocean.
C. To explain a unique way of studying ocean currents.
D. To give tips on how to search for lost objects on the beach.
本文是说明文，介绍了一种研究洋流的特别方式。
41. B 词义猜测题。由前面的so many shoes和后面的to try and match left and right shoes to sell or wear，特别是sell，可知是建立交易市场，故选B。
42. C 细节理解题。由第二段二、三、四句 “He phoned the shoe company and asked if they wanted the shoes back. As expected, the company told him that they didn't. Ebbesmeyer realized this could be a great experiment”可知，选C。
43. 细节理解题。由第三段第二句Ebbesmeyer got to know a lot of them (serious beachcombers) and asked for their help in collecting information about where the shoes landed及其后几句可知，选A，“通过海滩清理者收集信息”。
44. D 细节理解题。 选项D“打电话询问有关海上任何有疑问的物体的情况”与文中call with questions about any unusual objects found floating in the ocean(带着有关发现的海上漂浮的不寻常的物体的疑问打电话)意思相近，故选D。
选项A“广泛游走全世界的沿海城市”在文中没有信息支持，只是文中的the northwest coast of the United States中出现了coast一词，应排除。
选项B“记录了海上任何丢失物”，过于绝对，虽然文中有about any unusual objects found floating in the ocean(询问有关在海上找到的任何不寻常的漂浮物)，注意“发现的(found)”“漂浮(floating)”“不寻常的(unusual)”，而选项中没有这些定语，“海上丢失的任何物体”较文中信息的义域宽得多，应排除，考生注意，凡是含any, all等过于绝对的选项，要重点核查文中是否有此支持它的信息，事实上，这类选项通常都是错误的。
选项C“管理一个全球洋流研究协会”与文中He has even started an association of beachcombers and ocean experts(他甚至发起了一个海滨拾荒者与海洋专家协会)意思不同，应排除。
45. C 写作目的题，也属主旨大意题。文章主题句在第一段，即However, ocean expert Curtis Ebbesmeyer does it in a special way---by studying movements of random floating garbage，由此可知选C。