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DougFalter,anAmericanphotographer,returnedhome,

teary-eyedandexhausted.Hepoutedonlinethatevening,"Ilost

mybaby."That"baby"referredtoasurfboardthathadbeen

custom-madeforhim.Hoursearlier,abigwavehadseparated

Falterfromthisprizedpossession.

Monthspassedwithnosignofthesurfboard.Faltersaved

moneytobuyanewsurfboardfor$1,500.ButFalternever

completelyforgotthesurfboard,which-sixmonthslaterand

morethan5,000milesawayfromwhereitdisappeared-floated

tothesouthernPhilippines.Thelocalfishermanwhofoundit

didn'thavemuchuseofhisunusualcatchoftheday,sohesold

theboardfor$40toGiovanneBranzuela,anelementaryschool

teacher.Branzuelahopedtolearntosurfandonedaysharethe

skillwithhisstudents,whoregularlyaccompanyhimonbeach

clean-ups.

Theonce-blueboardhadfadedtoapalestrawcolorduring

itsjourney,butitsdistinctivemarkingswerestillthere:two

elephants,oneateitherend.Underneaththeelephantswerethe

words"DougFalterSurfboard".

Branzuelacouldn'tbelieveitonrealizinghowfarthe

surfboardhadtraveled.HereachedFalteronlineandsenthima

photoofthesurfboard.Falterwasshockedtolearnthathis

"baby"haddrifted（漂流）acrosstheworld'slargestoceanand

survived.Hewasoverjoyed.

Butthestorywasfarfromover.Falterwantedtothank

Branzuelawithsomesurfingsuppliesforhiskindact,butthe

teacheraskedforschoolsuppliesinstead,suchasbackpacksfor

hisstudentsandmaterialstohelpthemlearnEnglish.

Faltersaiditmadehimraisemoneyforthekids.Sofar,hehas

collected$2,500,whichhehasusedtobuyandshipmaps,

puzzles,classroomposters,textbooks,andworkbooks.

4.WhathappenedtoDougFalterthatafternoon?

A.Hisbabywaslostonthebeach.

B.Theseacarriedawayhissurfboard.

C.Hetookexcellentphotosofthesurf.

D.Hiscustom-madecamerawasdamaged.

5.WhydidGiovanneBranzuelabuythesurlboard?

A.Helikedthepalestrawcolorofit.

B.HefounditbelongedtoDougFalter.

C.Hefoundthefishermanchargedlowforit.

D.Hewantedtolearnanewskilltoteachhisstudents.

6.Whatcanweinferaboutthesurfboard?

A.Branzuelakeptitasaprizedpossession.

B.Branzuela'sstudentslearnedsurfingwithit.

C.Itwasreturnedtoitsownerafteralongjourney.

D.FaltersoldittohelpPhilippinechildren.

7.WhichofthefollowingcanbestdescribeGiovanneBranzuela?

A.Selfless.

B.Merciful.

C.Generous.

D.Knowledgeable.

BDCA

Thelifestoryofthehumanspeciesgoesbackamillionyears,

andthereisnodoubtthatmancameonlyrecentlytothe

westernhemisphere.Noneofthethousandsofsitesof

aboriginal（土著的）habitationuncoveredinNorthandSouth

AmericahasantiquitycomparabletothatofoldWorldsites.

Man,soccupationoftheNewWorldmaydateseveraltensof

thousandsofyears,butnoonerationallyarguesthathehas

beenhereeven100,000years.

SpeculationastohowmanfoundhiswaytoAmericawas

livelyattheoutset,andtheproposedroutesboxedthecompass.

Withoneortwonotableexceptions,however,studentsof

Americananthropologysoonsettledfortheplausibleideathat

thefirstimmigrantscamebwayofalandbridgethathad

connectedthenortheastcomerofAsiatothenorthwestcorner

ofNorthAmericaacrosstheBeringStrait.Marinerswereableto

supplythereassuringinformationthatthestraitisnotonly

narrow-itis56mileswide-butalsoshallow,aloweringof

thesealevelthereby100feetorsowouldtransformthestrait

intoanisthmus（地峽）.Withlittleeelsinthewayofevidenceto

sustaintheBeringStraitlandbridge,anthropologists（人類(lèi)學(xué)家）

embracedtheideathatmanwalkeddryshod（不濕鞋的）from

AsiatoAmerica.

Towardtheendofthelastcentury,however,itbecame

apparentthattheWesternHemispherewastheNewWorldnot

onlyformanbutalsoforahostofanimalsandplants.Zoologists

andbotanistsshowedthatnumeroussubjectsoftheirrespective

kingdomsmusthaveoriginatedinAsiaandspreadtoAmerica.

Thesefindingswereneitherastonishingnorwhollyunexpected.

Suchspreadofpopulationsisnottobeenvisionedasanexodus

ormassmigration,eveninthecaseofanimals.Itis,rather,a

spillingintonewterritorythataccompaniesincreaseinnumbers,

withmovementinthedirectionofleastpopulationpressureand

mostfavorableecologicalconditions.Buttheimmensetrafficin

plantandanimal1sformsplacedaheavyburdenontheBering

Straitlandbridgeastheanthropologistsaheadenvisionedit.

Whereaspurposefulmencouldmaketheirwayacrossanarrow

bridge,theslowdiffusionofplantandanimalswouldrequirean

avenueasacontinentandavailableforagesatastretch.

l.ThemovementofplantsandanimalsformAsiatoAmerica

indicates.

A.thattheycouldnothavetraveledacrosstheBeringStrait

B.thatAsiaandtheWesternhemispherewereconnectedby

alargelandmass

C.thattheBeringSeawasanisthmusatonetime

D.thatmigrationwasintheonedirectiononly

2.Theauthorisrefutingthenotionthat.

A.lifearoseinAmericaindependentlyoflifeinEurope

B.thefirstsettlersinAmericacameduringthesixteenth

century

C.alargecontinentonceexistedwhichhasdisappeared

D.manwasahosttoanimalsandplants

3.Byusingthewords"boxedthecompass”(inLine7)the

authorimpliesthat.

A.themigrationofmankindwasfromWesttoEast

B.themigrationofmanki