PassageOne
Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Theseaisthecommonpropertyofallnations.Itbelongsequallytoall.Nonecanappropriateitexclusivelytothemselves；norisit“foreign”toany.ThiswasthedecisionofJohnMarshall,chiefjusticeoftheUnitedStatesfrom1801to1835.Itwasstatedasafundamentalruletheseathatnoone,andthereforeeveryone,ownstheocean.Thismeansthatoutsideterritorialwaters(thewaterswithinthreemilesofacountr y'scoast),thelawiswhatevernationsagreeoninpeacetimeandwhateverthestr ongestnavalpowerscanenforceinwartime.AftertheUnitedStatespurchasedAlaska,AmericansbegantoseizeCanadianswhowerehuntingsealsoutsideAlaskanterritorialwaters.TheAmericansclaimedthatthesealswereAmericanpropertybecausetheyoftencameintotheAlaskanshoresownedbytheUnitedStates.Internationalarbitr atorsdisagreedwiththisreasoning.Insomecases,however,thespecialrightsofanationthatmakesuseofanopen-seaareaarerecognized.
Allofthesea'srulesoftheroadareestablishedbyinternationalconferencesandtr eaties.
Thefundamentalruleoftheseameansthat______.
A.theseashouldbeequallydividedamongallthenationsintheworld
B.anyareaoftheseabelongstothenationclosesttoit
C.nonationhasanysearights
D.nonationhasexclusiverighttotheopensea
正确答案：D[解析]由文章第一段前六句可判断，答案为D。
