2013年职称英语综合类B级:完形填空模拟01
3 @1 B/ T1 M3 iWhere Did All the Ships Go? 0 y2 m* B( B+ v( A
The Bermuda Triangle is one__1__the greatest mysteries of the sea.In this triangular area between Florida,Puerto Rico and Bermuda in Atlantic,ships and airplanes __2__to disappear more often than in__3__parts of the ocean。And they do so__4__ leaving any sign of all accident or any dead bodies. ! \8 T) x4 Y- R
It is__5__that Christopher Columbus was the first person to record strange 3 k1 v+ U* E! \4 U
happenings in the area.His compass stopped working,a flame came down from the sky,and a wave 1 00 to 200.feet.high carried his ship about a mile away. : }/ u" [1 g+ v z8 ]
The most famous disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle was the US Naval Air Flight 19.__6__December 5,1945,five bomber planes carrying 14 men.__7__ on a training mission’from the Florida coast.Later that day, all communications with Flight 1 9 were lost.They just disappeared without a trace.
' M: D& e( O6 H# E# X# k: @9 E; pThe next morning,242 planes and 19 ships took part in the largest air-sea search in history. But they found nothing. 9 w, V, Q& [, Q: w
Some people blame the disappearances__8__supernatural forces.It is suggested the
$ F7 P8 T Y2 Z( l- U__9__ships and planes were either transported to other times and places,kidnappedby aliens__10__ attacked by sea creatures. / a0 r) ~- k4 n) \0 n* D8 I, H/ Y
There are__11__natural explanations,though.The US Navy says that the Bermuda triangle is one of two places on earth __12__a magnetic compass points towards true north__13__magnetic north.__14__planes and ships can lose their way if they don’t make adjustments. 8 h, g7 J7 r9 N: P; \; q, C& d9 R, b
The area also has changing weather and is known__15__its high waves.Storms
) q' B& n/ H& S3 \5 F0 ^; CCan turn up suddenly and destroy a plane or ship.Fast currents could then sweep away any trace of an accident. ; u# v% a/ _! C- H
Bermuda Triangle 百慕大三角区
. ]4 i( K- B$ r5 EFlorida 佛罗里达,美国的一个州
8 Y$ p( w3 J1 QPueto Rico 波多利加] 中 华 考 试 网
1 \/ c/ J% |1 ?) K' d& K' ECompass n.罗盘,指南针 " O3 S2 @+ b2 s; Y9 m4 U
Supernatural adj.超自然的
& P+ W( d2 o, G( [2 MKidnap v.绑架 " f1 G& a9 b8 p# Y/ c, x2 @
Alien n.外星人 , | U) o2 m* z; p, C+ d
Magnetic adj.有磁性的 " L3 X4 i- [5 j% U
Trace n.痕迹 |