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A Magnesium(镁) is another mineral we now get by collecting huge amount of ocean water and treating it with chemicals, although man first got it from the treatment of rocks. In a cubic mile of seawater there are about four million tons of magnesium. Since the means used to get magnesium was developed about 1941, production has increased a great deal. It was magnesium that made possible the wartime growth of the plane industry, for every plane made in the United States (and in most other countries, too) has about half a ton of magnesium metal. And it has many uses in other industries where a lightweight metal is most wanted, besides its long-standing utility (效用) as a material that does not carry electricity, and its use in printing inks and medicine. 1. What was the paragraph about which this passage follows? A. The place where magnesium was found. B. Unusual qualities of magnesium. C. A different mineral collected from seawater. D. The use of chemicals in treating seawater. 2. What is the main topic of this passage? A. Uses of seawater. B. Treatment of seawater. C. Chemical qualities of magnesium. D. Sources and uses of magnesium. 3. The new means of getting magnesium directly led to ______. A. the development of using seawater B. increased plane production C. improved medicine D. the development of cheap ink for printing 4. Why is magnesium important to industry? A. It is strong. B. It conducts(传导) heat well. C. It weighs little. D. It is inexpensive to produce. 5. During the past fifty years the demand for magnesium has _______. A. slowed down greatly B. remained the same C. increased slightly D. risen greatly B The sky usually looks light blue. But if you went to the top of the highest mountain, went to the top of the highest mountain, where there is less air between you and the sun to scatter the sunlight, the sky would be deep, dark blue. And if