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1.Passage7

Latenextcentury,whenscholarsarescriptingthedefinitivehistory

ofthePCrtheselastfewyearsofhigh-octanegrowthmayactuaIIybe

(1)astheDarkAges.HistorianswiIImarvelat(2)wetoiIedinfront

ofmonolithic,beigeBUBs(biguglyboxes),sufferingunderthe

oppressiveglareofcathode-raytubes(3)ourlegsscrapedagainstthe

10-poundtowersbeneathourdesks.

Theymayalsomark1999(4)thestartofthePCrenaissance,(5)

manufacturersfinallystartedtogetit:designmatters.Inthishoiiday

season,computershopperswiII(6)unprecedentedvarietyinshapes,

sizesandcoIors-and(7)inAppIe'sgroundbreakingIineoftransIucent

iMacsandiBooks.(8)everymajorPCmakernowhasinnovativedesktop

designs(9)thewaytomarket,fromhourgIass-scuIptedtowersto

fIat-paneIdisplayswithalItheprocessinginnards(10)intothebase.

(11)industrialdesigners,whostillthinkthePChasalongway(12)

you'IIwanttodisplayitonyourmantIe,theonlyquestionis,what

took(13)MThePCindustryhasridiculeddesignforalongtime,”says

HartmutEssIinger,founderofFrogDesign."They(14)theircustomers

andhaveunderestimatedtheirdesires."

PCmakersarefinalIycatchingon-andit'spartly(15)desperation.

Manufacturers(16)toseiIcomputersbytrumpetingtheirtechnobells

andwhistles,(17)processorspeedandmemory.Butsinceever-faster

chipshavegivenusmorepoweronthedesktop(18)wecouIdeverpossibly

use,computermakers(19)onprice----astrategythathasdroppedmost

unitsbelow$1,000andslashedprofits.LastweekIBMIimpedfromthe

battlefield,(20)itwouldpulIitsIaggingAptivaIinefromstore

sheIvesandseiIitonlyontheWeb.Competingonlyonprice"madean

11

industryshakeoutinevitable,saysNickDonatie11oypresidentofthe

marketing-researchfirmOdyssey.

A.About

B.Around

C.Nearly

D.Wholly

2.Passage5

Literatureisaformofartthatcanbeenjoyedwithoutformal

instruction.However,peoplewith(1)knowledgeofIiteraturemaymiss

alot(2)readinganovel,shortstory,poem,playfor(3).Thesereaders

arecomparabletothe(4)atafootbaIIgamewhowatchthegameand(5)

itwithoutreallyunderstandingthecompIexmovements(6)onthefield.

AIthoughtheymayenjoythe(7),manyspectatorswatchonlythebaII

(8),missingentirelythecontributionofothermembers(9)tiletotaI

playasweIIastheintricaciesoccurringwithinthe(10).Apersonwho

understandsfootbaII-(11)betteryet,haspIayedthegame-ismore

capable(12)judgingwhenateamisplayingweIIor(13)andisalso

Iikelytoenjoya"good"gamemore.The(14)istrueofreading

Iiterature.MostpeopIehavereadnumerous(15)works,butmanydonot

understandor(16)theauthorJsski11incommunicating.Thisbook(17)

intendedtohelpyoulearnto(18)attentionnotonlyonwhathappens,

buton(19)ithappensandhowtheauthorhas(20)it-toanalyzeand

evaIuateIiteraryworkssothatyoucanfullyexperienceandappreciate

them.

A.somewhat

B.entirely

C.perhaps

D.generally

3.Passage6

NewYorkerswatchingtheteIevisedbombingofBaghdadyesterdaysaid

theywererivetedbytherawand(1)displayofAmericanmiIitarymight.

But(2),thebombingbroughtbackparticularlyvisceraland(3)

memories.They(4)thinkingaboutSept.11,andhowNewYork,too,was

onceunderassault(5).

Onthatday,EvaTemple,47,wasoneof(6)peopIeworkinginLower

Manhattanwho(7)therumblingdustcloudthataccompanied(8)ofthe

WorIdTradeCenter.Andfor(9)afewdaysafter,shecoIIectedprayer

cards(10)thestreetprophetsanddoomsdaypreacherswhoseadviceshe

wouldordinarily(11).Itmadeherfeelbetter.

Now,becauseofthewar,Ms.TempleiscoIIectingthosecardsagain.

She(12)tothewar,yes,but(13),sheisfrightened,and(14)New

YorkwiIIonceagainbecomeatarget.

Yesterday,asbombsrainedonacity6,000milesfromNewYork,

politiciansandlawenforcementofficiaIs(15)topreventterrorismat

home,muchIikethe(16)theyhadtakenimmediateIyafterSept.11.

SecurityofficiaIssearchingcheckedbaggageattheAmericanAiriines

TerminalatLaGuardiaAirportfoundagasmaskandwhitepowderina

suitcasebeIongingtoawomanwho(17)fromIsrael,raisingconcerns

thatthepowder(18)achemicaIorbiologicalagent,officiaIssaid.

(19)testsonthepowderindicatedthatitcontainedanthraxspores,

butlatertestsfoundthatitdidnot,officiaIssaid.

Intheinterim,officialsclosedpartoftheterminalneartheticketing

area,butthewoman(20)afIightforDallas.Whenshelanded,shewas

questionedbytheF.B.I.andreleased,officiaIssaid.

A.escaped

B.escapedfrom

C.survived

D.survivedfrom

4.

NiagaraisanIndianwordwhichmeansnroaringwaterM,Indeed,theroar

ofthefallingwaterofNiagaracanbeheard(1)adistanceof5kms,

Imagine(2)ofwaterflowingoveracIiff90feethighandyouwiIIget

anideaofthatterriblenoise.And(3)tremendouspowertheNiagara

Riverhas!11movesbigrocksaboutandthrowsthemintotheboilingwater

beIow.(4)agoanoldshipwithoutsinglepersononboardwasputin

mid-stream.Itsaileddowntheriver(5)atoyboatwithgreatspeed.

Havingreachedthefall,theshipdroppedintotheboilingwater,never

(6)again.ThereweresomepeopIewhowantedtobecomefamous(7),

swimmingacrossthemostdangerouspartoftheNiagaraRiver.Oneofthem

wasCaptainWebbwhosaidthathewouldtrytoswimcrosstheNiagara,

which(8)crowdsofpeople.OntheeveningofJuly1st,1893,Captain

Webbcameuptotheriverand(9)aplunge.Hishavingjumpedintothe

water(10)manypeopIewithhorror.Soon,heappearedinthemiddleof

theriver.Aloudshoutwentupfromthecrowd,butamomentlaterthere

was(11)silence.Themanhaddisappearedunderthewater,Thousands

ofeyes(12)ontheriver,butthemanwasdrowned.In1902,acertain

MissTaylordecidedtogooverthefallsinabarrel.Thereweredifferent

kindsofpillowsinsidethebarreltopreventherfrom(13).Having

examinedthebarrelcarefully,MissTaylorgotin.Thebarrelwasclosed

andthen(14)intothewater.Havingreachedthefalls,itoverturned

andwasshotdownbytheterrible(15)ofthewater.Whenthebarrel

wasfinallycaughtandopened,MissTaylorcameoutalive(16)witha

frightenedlookinhereyes.Onceacrowdofvisitorssawarope(17)

overfromonebankoftherivertotheother.Thentheysawaman(18)

therope.Themanwasanactor,BIondin(19).HemanagedtocrossNiagara

Fallsonatightrope.ThepeopIeonthebankweresurprisedathis(20)

itsowell.

A.power

B.strength

C.force

D.capacity

5.Passage2

Intheolddays,sendingathank-younotetoarelativewaseasy.You

wroteit,(1),astampontheenveIopeanddroppedit(2)amaiIbox.

(3)itwentinared-white-and-bIueU.S.MaiItruck,and(4)ofdays

laterthefriendlyneighborhoodmaiImanwaIkedit,(5).weather,right

totherecipient'sdoor.

(6)youreasIikeIytosendafax,e-mail,orinstantmessage.(7)

youclingtotraditionalpenandpaper,it'snolongerclear(8)it

wiIItravel.AirborneExpressOvernightTwo-DayPriority

(9)itmovesintothe1stcentury,theAmericanmaiIsystem(13)to

survive.Inthepastfewyears,theU.S.PostaIService(USPS)has(11)

manynewservices,(12)stampsovertheInternet,electronicbill

payment,andaservicethatprintsandmailselectronicdocumentsYet

revenuesdepIetedbyalternativecommunications(e-mail,electronic

banking),(13)withrisingfuelandoperatingcosts,ledtoa$150

millionlossin2000.

MeanwhiIe,privatecarriersarecompeting(14)business,forcingthe

PostaIServicetocontractwiththeIikesofDHLandEmeryWorldwidejust

tomaintainitsgIobaIreach.(15)stilldelivering20percentofthe

world'smaiIvthemenandwomeninthebIueuniformsofthePostaIService

justcantseemto(16).

TheproblemisthattheU.S.hast?t(17)gripswiththefactthatin

afast-changingworld,maiIdeliveryisbetterrunasacompetitive

businessthanasagovernmentmonopoIy.(18)manycountrieshave

privatizedtheirpostaIsystems,theUSPShasattemptedtomaintain

businessinboththepubIicandprivateworlds.Itisasemiprivate

corporationwithalumberinggovernmentbureaucracy.Itis(19)bya

boardofgovernors(20)ablendoflocalpoliticians,smaII-town

businessleadersandfederalbureaucrats.

A.what

B.how

C.where

D.why

6.Passage8

HowmanydifferentkindsofemotionsdoyoufeelYoumaybe(1)tofind

thatitisveryhardtospecifya11ofthem.Notonly(2)hardtodescribe

inwords,theyaredifficultto(3).Asaresult,twopeopIerarely(4)

alIofthem.However,thereareanumberof(5)emotionsthatmostpeopIe

experience.

Whenwereceivesomethingthatwewant,orsomethinghappens(6)we

like,weusuallyfeeljoyorhappiness.Joyisapositiveandpowerful

emotion,(7)forwhichweaIIstrive.Itisnaturaltowanttobehappy,

andalIofus(8)happiness.Asageneral(9),joyoccurswhenwereach

a(10)goaIorobtainadesiredobject.

(11)peopIeoftendesiredifferentgoaIsandobjects,itis(12)that

onepersonmayfindjoyinrepairinganautomobiIe,(13)anothermay

findjoyinsolvingamathproblem.Ofcourse,weoftenshare(14)goals

orinterests,andthereforewecanexperiencejoytogether.Thismaybe

insports,inthearts,inlearning,inraisingafamily,orin(15)being

together.

Whenwehavedifficulty(16)desiredobjectsorreachingdesiredgoaIs

weexperience(17)emotionssuchasangerandgrief.WhenIittIethings

getinourway,weexperience(18)frustrationsortensions.Forexample,

ifyouaredressingtogoout(19)adate,youmayfeelfrustrationwhen

azipperbreaksorabuttonfallsoff.Themoredifficultyyouhavein

reachingagoal,themorefrustratedyoumayfeelandthemoreangryyou

maybecome.Ifyoureallywantsomethingtohappen,andyoufeelit(20)

happen,butsomeoneorsomethingstopsit,youmaybecomequiteangry.

A.practice

B.rule

C.law

D.sense

7.Passage6

NewYorkerswatchingthetelevisedbombingofBaghdadyesterdaysaid

theywererivetedbytherawand(1)dispIayofAmericanmiIitarymight.

But(2),thebombingbroughtbackparticularlyvisceraland(3)

memories.They(4)thinkingaboutSept.11,andhowNewYork,too,was

onceunderassault(5).

Onthatday,EvaTemple,47,wasoneof(6)peopIeworkinginLower

Manhattanwho(7)therumblingdustcloudthataccompanied(8)ofthe

WorIdTradeCenter.Andfor(9)afewdaysafter,shecoIIectedprayer

cards(10)thestreetprophetsanddoomsdaypreacherswhoseadviceshe

wouldordinarily(11).Itmadeherfeelbetter.

Now,becauseofthewar,Ms.TempleiscoIIectingthosecardsagain.

She(12)tothewar,yes,but(13),sheisfrightened,and(14)New

YorkwiIIonceagainbecomeatarget.

Yesterday,asbombsrainedonacity6,000milesfromNewYork,

politiciansandlawenforcementofficiaIs(15)topreventterrorismat

home,muchIikethe(16)theyhadtakenimmediateIyafterSept.11.

SecurityofficiaIssearchingcheckedbaggageattheAmericanAiriines

TerminalatLaGuardiaAirportfoundagasmaskandwhitepowderina

suitcasebeIongingtoawomanwho(17)fromIsrael,raisingconcerns

thatthepowder(18)achemicaIorbiologicalagent,officiaIssaid.

(19)testsonthepowderindicatedthatitcontainedanthraxspores,

butlatertestsfoundthatitdidnot,officiaIssaid.

Intheinterim,officialsclosedpartoftheterminalneartheticketing

area,butthewoman(20)aflightforDallas.Whenshelanded,shewas

questionedbytheF.B.I.andreleased,officiaIssaid.

A.collapse

B.thecollapse

C.destroying

D.destruction

8.Passage9

Inthepeople5sRepubIicofChinatheoddprequakebehaviorofhorses

andotheranimals(1)successfullytowarnpeoplethatearthquakes(2).

RecentIyFagroupofAmericangeologistsandgeographersvisitedChina

andIistenedwithgreatinterest(3)thescientiststhere(4)

expIainedhowtheyhavebeenabletopredictmanyearthquakesinthepast

threeyears.TheAmericanscientistscomparedthe(5)oftheunique

Chineseprogram(6)theimpactofChineseacupuncture(7)Western

medicine.

TheChinesescientistsuse(8)buttheyalsomonitorstrange(9)such

asvariousgroundnoises,thefIuctuationofweII-waterlevels,andthe

strangebehaviorofanimals.Theresultsarequiteinteresting,Chinese

seismologists,forexample,(10)predictedtwomagnitude6.9quakes

neartheChina-Burma(11)onMay9,1976.Theseismologistssaythat

theirpredictionshavebeen(12)precisethattheywereabIetoevacuate

manyoftheirpeopIe(13)anearthquakeoccurred,(14)saving

thousandsofIives.(15),theChineseexpertsalsoadmitthattherehave

beensomefalsealarms.

Americanscientistshave(16)storiesofunusualprequakeanimal

behaviorbefore,butthey(17)themtooseriouslyuntiItheirrecent

visittoChina."Maybethere5s(18)init”，saidJackEverndon,a

Californiascientist.Weneedsomekindofshort-termwarning.Weneed

something.

Hedidn'tmentionthekindofresearchhemaybeconsidering,“Some

ofusarethinkingit's(19)enoughtogiveitaseriouslook,11he

commented."Twoyearsagowe(20)that.H

A.of

B.on

C.with

D.from

9.Passage7

Latenextcentury,whenscholarsarescriptingthedefinitivehistory

ofthePCrtheselastfewyearsofhigh-octanegrowthmayactua11ybe

(1)astheDarkAges.HistorianswiIImarvelat(2)wetoiIedinfront

ofmonolithic,beigeBlIBs(biguglyboxes),sufferingunderthe

oppressiveglareofcathode-raytubes(3)ourlegsscrapedagainstthe

10-poundtowersbeneathourdesks.

Theymayalsomark1999(4)thestartofthePCrenaissance,(5)

manufacturersfinallystartedtogetit:designmatters.Inthishoiiday

season,computershopperswiII(6)unprecedentedvarietyinshapes,

sizesandcoIors-and(7)inAppIe'sgroundbreakingIineoftransIucent

iMacsandiBooks.(8)everymajorPCmakernowhasinnovativedesktop

designs(9)thewaytomarket,fromhourgIass-scuIptedtowersto

fIat-paneIdisplayswithalItheprocessinginnards(10)intothebase.

(11)industrialdesigners,whostillthinkthePChasalongway(12)

you'IIwanttodisplayitonyourmantIe,theonlyquestionis,what

took(13)“ThePCindustryhasridiculeddesignforalongtime,nsays

HartmutEssIinger,founderofFrogDesign."They(14)theircustomers

andhaveunderestimatedtheirdesires.M

PCmakersarefinallycatchingon-andit'spartly(15)desperation.

Manufacturers(16)toseiIcomputersbytrumpetingtheirtechnobells

andwhistles,(17)processorspeedandmemory.Butsinceever-faster

chipshavegivenusmorepoweronthedesktop(18)wecouIdeverpossibly

use,computermakers(19)onprice----astrategythathasdroppedmost

unitsbelow$1,000andslashedprofits.LastweekIBMIimpedfromthe

battlefield,(20)itwouldpulIitslaggingAptivaIinefromstore

shelvesandseiIitonlyontheWeb.Competingonlyonprice"madean

industryshakeoutinevitabIe,MsaysNickDonatieIIo,presidentofthe

marketing-researchfirmOdyssey.

A.at

B.in

C.to

D.on

10.Passage5

LiteratureisaformofartthatcanbeenjoyedwithoutformaI

instruction.However,peoplewith(1)knowledgeofIiteraturemaymiss

alot(2)readinganovel,shortstory,poem,play,or(3).Thesereaders

arecomparabletothe(4)atafootbaIIgamewhowatchthegameand(5)

itwithoutreallyunderstandingthecompIexmovements(6)onthefield.

Althoughtheymayenjoythe(7),manyspectatorswatchonlythebaII

(8),missingentireIythecontributionofothermembers(9)tiletotaI

playaswellastheintricaciesoccurringwithinthe(10).Apersonwho

understandsfootbaII-(11)betteryet,haspIayedthegame-ismore

capabIe(12)JudgingwhenateamisplayingweIIor(13)andisalso

Iikelytoenjoyangood11gamemore.The(14)istrueofreading

Iiterature.MostpeopIehavereadnumerous(15)works,butmanydonot

understandor(16)theauthor5sski11incommunicating.Thisbook(17)

intendedtohelpyoulearnto(18)attentionnotonlyonwhathappens,

buton(19)ithappensandhowtheauthorhas(20)it-toanalyzeand

evaIuateIiteraryworkssothatyoucanfullyexperienceandappreciate

them.

A.of

B.within

C.to

D.about

11.Passage3

AshumanchiIdrenareunusuallydependentforanunusuallylongtime,

it5sobviousthateverysocietymustprovideadomesticcontextinwhich

thechiIdrenarebroughtupandeducated.InpresentdayEnglishrthe

word'family'hastwomeanings:firstly,the(1)groupofparentsand

chiIdren;andsecondIy,a(2)ofrelationswhomightbeexpectedto(3)

ataweddingora(4).AtthefirstIeveIymybrothersandsistersand

myseIfarealIinthesame(5)aschiIdren,butindifferentonesas

parents;butatthesecond(6),we'realIinthesamefamiIyfromstart

tofinish.

AsnuclearfamiIiesbecomemore(7),famiIiesofrelationsbecomemore

dispersed(分).TheyoungmothercanstilltalktoherMumonthephone,

butshecantaskherto(8)forafewminutestowatchthebaby.Ideas

aboutthe(9)ofwomenhavebeenchanging:wivesarethoughttobethe

(10)oftheirhusbandsratherthantheir(11).Butperhapsthey're

more(12)ensIavedtotheirchiIdrenthanbefore.Thepointisthatthere

doesn5tseemtobeany(13).Thereisagenuine(14)betweentheright

ofthewomantobetreatedasafreeandself-respected(15),andthe

rightofthechildtodemandcareand(16).

Wehavecreatedforourselvesthree(17):sociaIequalityofmenand

women:(18)ofthemarriage;andlifelongloveand(19)betweenparents

andchiIdren.However,wehave(20)asociaIsysteminwhichit'squite

impossibleforthesefactorstoco-exist.

A.personality

B.status

C.alternative

D.career

12.Passage4

Imaginefishermenwalkingdowntotheseashore,readytocarryouttheir

earlymorningroutineofpreparingtheirboatsandnet.(1)theyhope

foragoodcatchoffish.Buttotheir(2),ahorriblesightmeetstheir

stillsIeepyeyes.Thousandsoffishhavewashed(3)dead.Thecause

ofthismassdestructionAredtide!

RedtidesareagIobaI(4).TheyhavebeenobservedonboththeAtIantic

andthePacificcoastsoftheUnitedStatesandCanada.Theyhavealso

(5)inmanyotherplaces.ThoughrelativelyfewpeopIeare(6)them,

redtidesarenotnew.

InthePhiIippinesraredtidewasfirstseenintheprovinceofBataan

in1908.Sincethen,redtideshavebeenseeninmanyother(7).A

PhiIippinesredtideexperttoldusthat”(8)thefishkills,the

Philippineshasdocumented1,96casesofdeadsheIIfishpoisoningcaused

byredtides.H

Theterm“redtide”(9)thediscolorationofwaterthatsometimes

occursincertainareasoftheoceanorsea.AIthoughthecolorisoften

red,itmayalsobe(10)ofbrownoryeIlow.TheWorIdBookEncycIopedia

reportsthat"thediscoIoredareasmayrangefrom(11)afewsquareyards

tomorethan2,600squarekilometers.11

WhatcausessuchdiscolorationRedtidesaregenerallycausedbyseveral

(12)ofsingle-celledorganisms.Thesetinyorganismshavehair-like

projectionswhichtheyuseto(13)themseIvesinwater.Thereareabout

2,000varietiesoftheseorganisms,10ofwhichcarrypoisonous(14)

Theseminuteorganismsusuallystayinwarmwaterswithhighcontentof

salt.

Aredtideoccurswhenthereisasuddenandrapid(15)ofthese

organisms.Theconcentrationoftheseorganismsmay(16)to50,000,000

perquartofwater!Althoughscientistsdonotfullyunderstandwhythis

happens,itisknownthattheseorganisms(17)whencertainconditions

simultaneouslyaffectthewater.TheseincludeabnormaIweather,(18)

temperatures,anoversupplyofnutrientsinthewater,agenerous(19)

sunIight,andfavorablewatercurrents.WhenaheavyrainfalIoccurs,

mineralsandothernutrientsaresometimeswashed(20)thelandinto

coastaIwaters.Thesenutrientscancontributetothebreedingofthe

organisms.TheresultRedtides!

A.except

B.besides

C.despite

D.without

13.

NiagaraisanIndianwordwhichmeansMroaringwater1',Indeed,theroar

ofthefallingwaterofNiagaracanbeheard(1)adistanceof5kms,

Imagine(2)ofwaterflowingoveracIiff90feethighandyouwiIIget

anideaofthatterriblenoise.And(3)tremendouspowertheNiagara

Riverhas!11movesbigrocksaboutandthrowsthemintotheboilingwater

beIow.(4)agoanoldshipwithoutsinglepersononboardwasputin

mid-stream.Itsaileddowntheriver(5)atoyboatwithgreatspeed.

Havingreachedthefall,theshipdroppedintotheboilingwater,never

(6)again.ThereweresomepeopIewhowantedtobecomefamous(7),

swimmingacrossthemostdangerouspartoftheNiagaraRiver.Oneofthem

wasCaptainWebbwhosaidthathewouldtrytoswimcrosstheNiagara,

which(8)crowdsofpeople.OntheeveningofJuly1st,1893,Captain

Webbcameuptotheriverand(9)apIunge.Hishavingjumpedintothe

water(10)manypeopIewithhorror.Soon,heappearedinthemiddleof

theriver.Aloudshoutwentupfromthecrowd,butamomentlaterthere

was(11)silence.Themanhaddisappearedunderthewater,Thousands

ofeyes(12)ontheriver,butthemanwasdrowned.In1902,acertain

MissTaylordecidedtogooverthefallsinabarrel.Thereweredifferent

kindsofpillowsinsidethebarreltopreventherfrom(13).Having

examinedthebarrelcarefully,MissTaylorgotin.Thebarrelwasclosed

andthen(14)intothewater.HavingreachedthefaIIs,itoverturned

andwasshotdownbytheterrible(15)ofthewater.Whenthebarrel

wasfinallycaughtandopened,MissTaylorcameoutalive(16)witha

frightenedlookinhereyes.Onceacrowdofvisitorssawarope(17)

overfromonebankoftherivertotheother.Thentheysawaman(18)

therope.Themanwasanactor,BIondin(19).HemanagedtocrossNiagara

Fallsonatightrope.ThepeopIeonthebankweresurprisedathis(20)

itsowell.

A.therefore

B.however

C.so

D.but

14.Passage4

Imaginefishermenwalkingdowntotheseashore,readytocarryouttheir

earlymorningroutineofpreparingtheirboatsandnet.(1)theyhope

foragoodcatchoffish.Buttotheir(2),ahorriblesightmeetstheir

stillsIeepyeyes.Thousandsoffishhavewashed(3)dead.Thecause

ofthismassdestructionAredtide!

RedtidesareagIobaI(4).TheyhavebeenobservedonboththeAtIantic

andthePacificcoastsoftheUnitedStatesandCanada.Theyhavealso

(5)inmanyotherplaces.ThoughrelativelyfewpeopIeare(6)them,

redtidesarenotnew.

InthePhiIippines,aredtidewasfirstseenintheprovinceofBataan

in1908.Sincethen,redtideshavebeenseeninmanyother(7).A

Philippinesredtideexperttoldusthat"(8)thefishkills,the

Philippineshasdocumented1,96casesofdeadsheIIfishpoisoningcaused

byredtides.n

Theterm“redtide"(9)thediscolorationofwaterthatsometimes

occursincertainareasoftheoceanorsea.Althoughthecolorisoften

red,itmayalsobe(10)ofbrownoryeIIow.TheWo