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第五篇
Flying over a
desert area in an airplane, two scientists looked
down with
trained eyes at trees and
bushes. After an hour's 11 one of the scientists
wrote
in
his
book,
here
for
12
metal.
Scientists
in
another
airplane,
flying
over
a
mountain region, sent a 13 to other scientists on
the ground,
Walking across hilly
ground, four scientists reported,
searched
for
metals.
From
an
airplane
over
a
hilly
wasteland
a
scientist
sent
back
by radio one word,
None of the scientists had X-ray eyes:
they had no 14 powers for looking down
below the earth's surface. They were 15
putting to use one of the newest methods
of 16 minerals in the
ground
—
using trees and
plants as 17 that certain minerals
may
lie beneath the ground on which the trees
and
plants are growing.
This newest
method of searching for minerals is 18 on the fact
that minerals
deep in the earth may 19
the kind of bushes and trees that grow on the
surface.
At
Watson
Bar
Creek,
a
brook
six
thousand
feet
high
in
the
mountains
of
British
Columbia, Canada, a
mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds.
Boxes were
filled with small branches
from the trees. Roots were dug and put into boxes.
Each
bag
and
box
was
20
marked.
In
a
scientific
laboratory
the
parts
of
the
forest
trees
were
burned
to
ashes
and
tested.
Each
small
part
was
examined
to
learn
whether
there
were minerals in it.
A. signs
E. merely
I. finding
B.
F.
J.
sufficiently C.
locating
magic
message
based
G.
hints
K.
flight
D.
affect
H.
carefully
L.
probable
M.
revealing
N.
答案：
O.
information
II. K 12. L 13. J 14. F 15.
E 16. C 17. A 18. N 19. D 20. H
第七篇
America's most famous
woman is the Goddess of Liberty, i. e. the Statue
of
Liberty. It was first thought of in
1865 by Edouard de Laboulaye and designed by
another Frenchman, Frederic Bartoldi.
They wanted to 11 liberty and
friendship.
It was hoped that the monument would be
completed by 1876 when America 12 its
centennial.
Fund
raising
and
the
13
of
the
statue
in
France
went
slowly.
It
was
1885
when the
214 crates containing the statue reached New
York.
Americans were initially 14 for they
had not raised the money to pay for the
erection
of
the
base.
Fund
raising
by
popular
subscription
was
behind
15
.
One
fund
raising
method
used
was
to
have
popular
Americans
write
letters
which
were
then
sold
in public.
The base and statue, 16 272
feet tall, were completed in 1886. From a 17
standpoint, the
statue is a
marvel. The inner structure was
designed
by
the
French
engineer, Alexandre Eiffel. His
design for the stressed copper skin of the statue
anticipated many of the 18 utilized in
modern aircraft.
After
a
century,
the
monument
began
to
show
signs
of
getting
worse
in
19
.
Just
as Frenchmen had created the Statue, so
it was with restoration.
A
Frenchman
noted
the
decay
and
French
and
American
craftsmen
and
contributions
brought
about
the
renewal
of
the
Statue
in
time
for
its
y
is
still
20 in
France and the United States.
A. completely
B.
measures
E. honor
I.
celebrated
M.
voluntary
N
答案：
11. E 12.
I 13. F 14. K 15. G 16. D 17. L
18. J 19.F 20. C
第九篇
Sophy
Brent came to visit me nearly every day. She made
me feel uneasy most
of
the
time.
She
smoked
11
and
never
used
an
ashtray.
She
followed
me
into
the
kitchen
while
I
made
tea
or
coffee
or
supper
and
12
herself
to
the
children's
orange
juice.
She
made a great hit with my two-year-old daughter
Flora, who would 13 about her
for hours
and refer to her lovingly as
husband
and asking me where he was.
I could not decide why she
chose my 14 , although I realized that nobody else
paid her very much attention. Her
situation was very difficult in that she was 15
out
of
drama
school
and
only
nineteen,
but
being
16
to
play
a
leading
part
in
a
company
of
fairly
17
and
experienced
actors.
They
would
not
have
liked
her
much
even
if
she
had been good, and as,
from all accounts, she was not good so they took
every 18
to run her down.
I
think she
thought
that I was
the only
person around who
was both
unconnected with the theatre
and tolerably 19 . To associate with me was not,
at
any rate, to step down the scale.
And for my part, although I felt troubled by her
I
did
not
dislike
her.
There
was
something
genuinely
outstanding
in
her
personality,
and
she
had
such
physical
20
that
with
me
she
could
get
away
with
anything.
She
was
nice to have around, like flowers or a
bowl of fruit.
A. helped
B. smart
B.
G.
K.
constantly
hang
D.
treated
H.
charm
conditions
0.
discouraged
C.
popular
D.
together
H.
reward
F.
manufacture G.
schedule
J.
principles
K.
embarrassed L.
technical
E. required
F. supreme
I.
continually
M.
straight
N. partner
J.
company
opportunity
L.
distinguished
O.
disappointed
答案：
11.I 12. A 13. G 14. J 15.
M 16. E 17. L 18. K 19. B 20. H
第十二篇
Many people often enjoy
eating out either before or after a visit to
the
theatre.
However,
most
of
us
would
rather
keep
the
two
11
separate.
One
man
who
thinks
that they can be successfully combined has not
only expressed his ideas in
a
recent
book,
but
also
set
up
an
establishment
where
the
theory
is
put
very
12
into
practice.
The
man
is
Paul
Thornton,
and
the
place
is
the
Hollics,
an
old
farmhouse.
Whenever I visit a new
restaurant, I feel the same excitement that keen
theatre-goers must experience on
opening night. I had this feeling last Friday
evening at dusk, as my wife and I were
taking a walk in the beautiful gardens of
the
restaurant
13
after
we
had
arrived.
Dinner
was
as
excellent
as
we
had
been
14
.
There is no menu, for Mr. Thornton
creates his meals rather as a director produces
a play. Nevertheless, the various
combinations of 15 at each course are always 16
as
if
they
were
done
by
magic.
He
and
his
team
of
highly
skilled
helpers
serve,
cut
and cook the food,
moving about the
is as different from
what one finds in ordinary restaurants as a 18
performance of
A Midsummer Night's
Dream would be from a second-rate television
production.
May
I
offer
a
few
words
of
advice
in
case
you
are
thinking
of
paying
him
a
visit.
Try not to arrive
just after noon, as Mr. Thornton does not serve a
normal lunch.
His
which
19
the
best
20
of
a
traditional
English
breakfast,
is
served
around
eleven o'clock and is so plentiful that
lunch is unnecessary.
选词填空：
A. features B.
shortly C. potential D. definitely
E. perfect F.
promoted G. live H. professional I.
characters
J.
promised
K.
choices
L.
includes
M.
pleasures
N.
vigorously
O.
substitutions
答案：
11. M 12. D 13. B 14. J 15.
K 16. E 17. H 18. G 19. L 20. A
第十七篇
Student
expeditions do a great deal of good work on the
Arctic islands
but from time to time
cause trouble in the huts, probably because
students are not
familiar with the 11
of the little wooden huts dotted all over the
islands of the
Spizbergen
group.
Each hut 12 has an inner and an outer
door, shutters over the windows, a store
of
wood
13
up
outside,
dry
chopped
wood
inside,
utensils
and
cutlery,
and
above
all,
a
small store of food. All these things must be
completely in 14 whenever the hut
is
left.
It makes no 15 if it is only the middle
of July. That 16 hut may not be visited
again before the winter. A door left
open can lead either to snow filling up the
hut
to
the
ceiling,
or
17
still,
wind
blowing
the
roof
off.
Unfastened
shutters
leave
the windows an easy prey for polar
bears 18 for food and the result is again snow
in the hut. The ready-chopped wood is
also very important.
A traveler visiting the hut
in the middle of the dark time and perhaps in bad
weather, his feet, hands and face
bitten by the frost, will have his difficulties
doubled
if
the
wood
he
left
has
been
used
up
by
others
and
he
had
nothing
with
which
to 19 a
fire.