第6部分:完形填空 (第51~65题,每题i分,共15分)+ p( y d: i) Z% A2 r- d8 w
阅读下面的短文,文中有15处空白,每处空白给出了4个选项,请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案,涂在答题卡相应的位置上。: y4 x* Y5 B6 d/ s6 [$ P- b8 `
Where Did All the Ships Go?
& i' o2 _7 z' N9 E" r6 k The Bermuda Triangle(三角区)is one___(51)the greatest mysteries of the sea.7 } T: a* L* R; _9 t* y* @* y0 m; Z
In this triangular area between Florida,Puerto Rico and Bermuda in Atlantic,ships and airplanes6 m* i% l2 ^. c( ^, }! Q/ l& I, ?
___(52)to disappear more often than in____(53)parts of the ocean.And they) S! V% P0 `3 c, y6 Y
do so___(54)leaving any sign of an accident or any dead bodies.
3 o$ v0 K0 s9 ]7 p0 C( V It is___(55)that Christopher Columbus was the first person to record strange- s1 e+ j. p, ~" Z% X8 A! G! Y
happenings in the area.His compass stopped working,a flame came down from the sky,and a# M* U- i: c% J( L9 l1 W8 |8 Y8 C
wave 100 to 200-feet-high carried his ship about a mile away.5 K# X8 r4 q3 l E w# Z
The most famous disappearanceinthe Bermuda Triangle was the US Naval(海军的)Air
6 b0 [ E* k( n6 z; Z Flight 19.___(56)December 5,1945,five bomber planes carrying 14 men____(57)
" [. p+ [; A2 o7 W, V R on a training mission from the Florida coast.Later that day,all communications with Flight 195 V9 |' I7 s) k, e0 b4 \7 }
were lost They just disappeared without a trace.* Y m7 G) v. d1 Y) M! ]7 V$ S
The next morning,242 planes and 19 ships took part in the largest air-sea search in history.
9 D& L& E* b" C. Q! ~2 C# u% w But they found nothing.
8 ~- N, V j) |% ~9 | C Some people blame the disappearances_____(58)supernatural(超自然的)forces." L, ]- L4 Y7 C* E* c1 i# z
It is suggested the____(59)ships and planes were either transposed to other times and$ ?6 x# k& c2 ^3 A( p
places,kidnapped(绑架)by aliens(外星人)____(60)attacked by sea creatures.
3 ^4 E0 s% a" C V There are____(61)natural explanations,though.The US Navy says that the# n! h! `* c+ U' d+ R* s9 O. o* O) U
Bermuda Triangle is one of two places on earth_____(62)a magnetic compass(指南针)
- g9 [1 A" X' F points towards true north______(63)magnetic north,____(64),planes and ships* F4 \- Z' W: J; f. I9 D' ]* Z" b
can lose their way if they don’t make adjustments7 z' a' q" @# @0 i- I* ]
The area also has changing weather and is known_____(65)its high waves.Storms
, Q- G6 W2 S- Z/ c# S' B4 e can tum up suddenly and destroy a plane or ship.Fast currents could then sweep away any trace
. i' A8 P' K @1 \ of an accident.
- i& W3 a2 z6 d( Z' @* A& g, s# x9 u 51 A from B of C about D on
3 J! n ]4 p- z7 h7 P6 k3 I! X 52 A often B look C sometimes D seem
2 _) R7 ?# n" B+ ?% B9 L 53 A rest B another C other D others9 u3 R% d0 R, ~2 V) B( y
54 A without B by C from D upon
/ n, B9 k: c! D+ u" `1 F }) J9 \ 55 A saying B say C said D says
7 v9 _1 o- x: I6 o8 d5 W 56 A On B In C From D Since7 v. w" Z, I; s8 D8 `
57 A took up B took on C took out D took off
/ Q% e, G8 t+ X# J, R 58 A for B about C on D from
, l3 z0 D6 r$ S6 ]* Z+ T, v 59 A missing B missed C miss D misses+ W2 g* y9 y0 u. [/ t4 r: r$ F+ z& b
60 A and B or C nor D neither
. r9 l3 T- m. p( ^ 61 A also B no C barely D hardly
5 d/ J4 g* E8 o 62 A which B there C where D that
0 {7 z `! b& D% P; i0 @ 63 A in stead of B except C but D out of
3 f% x* K8 X3 ~( `, l 64 A Similarly B Furthermore C However D Therefore# H+ k: I3 q3 o$ O
65 A as B for C by D from |