[導(dǎo)讀]2011年公共英語三級閱讀輔導(dǎo)(5)
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
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For the __________26 month, mysterious falls of large chunks of ice (冰雹) ________27 rained down on Spain and Italy. Juana Sanchez, a 70-year-old woman in Almeria, southern Spain, was knocked ________ 28 when she was struck on the shoulder by a falling ice chunk ________29 she walked in a street ________30 her home. On January 12, just about 200 miles away in Seville, a man narrowly ________ 31 serious injury when a 9-pound ball of ice ________ 32 into his car. ________33 the evening of January 27 priests at the Salesian monastery in L'Aquila, Italy were startled by a loud crash. _______ 34 the noise, they discovered a large chunk of ice on their yard, _______ 35 intact. Upon examination, the block of ice _______ 36 in at 2 kilograms and no source _______37 . On the same day, about 100 miles northeast in Ancona, Italy, the local officials were called to investigate the report of a man _______38 was struck _______ 39 the head by a 1 kilogram chunk of ice that apparently fell from the sky.
Spain and Italy aren't the only European _______40 getting attacked by huge ice blocks in January. On January 2 in Surrey, England (southwest of London), an East Indian man was walking through Newton Athletic Park when he _______ 41 a strange whistling sound overhead. Seconds _______ 42, a large hunk of ice fell out of the clear blue sky and pounded into the soft ground, shattering over a 50-foot-wide area. The ice dug a hole of a foot deep and a foot in diameter. Even the shattered remains of the mystery ice were as large as tennis balls and were described as opaque _______43 no unusual color or smell.
Although eyewitnesses to the phenomenon report that they did not see anything in the sky that could account _______ 44 the ice, scientists had to come up with a rationalization. Professor Jesus Martinez Frias, the geologist investigating the ice falls in Spain, told BBC News that the ice pieces had probably been _______ 45 through sudden temperature drops in the stratosphere. This was the most likely explanation, he said, for the "very unusual" phenomenon.
26. [ A ] last
[ B ] past
[ C ] passed
[ D ] early
27. [A] was
[B] were
[C] has
[D] have
28. [ A ] conscious
[ B ] consciously
[ C ] unconscious
[ D ] unconsciously
29. [ A ] before
[ B ] after
[ C ] as
[ D ] since
30. [ A ] at
[ B ] in
[ C ] along
[ D ] near
31. [A] escaped
[B] went
[C] attacked
[D] got
32. [ A ] smashed
[ B ] broke
[ C ] roiled
[ D ] fell
33. [ A ] In
[ B ] At
[ C ] During
[ D ] On
34. [ A ] Investigate
[ B ] Investigating
[ C ] Investigated
[ D ] Investigation
35. [ A ] large
[ B ] largely
[ C ] big
[ D ] huge
36. [ A ] weighs
[ B ] weighed
[ C ] has weighed
[ D ] had weighed
37. [ A ] determined
[ B ] has determined
[ C ] was determined
[ D ] had been determined
38. [ A ] which
[ B ] who
[ C ] whom
[ D ] what
39. [A] in
B] at
[C] from
[D] on
40. [ A ] country
[ B ] nation
[ C ] countries
[ D ] place
41. [ A ] saw
[ B ] found
[ C ] heard
[ D ] witnessed
42. [ A ] ago
[ B ] before
[ C ] after
[ D ] later
43. [ A ] in
[ B ] with
[ C ] has
[ D ] have
44. [A] /
[B] for
[C] with
[D] on
45. [ A ] formed
[ B ] caused
[ C ] made
[ D ] fallen
參考譯文
在過去的一個月里，西班牙和意大利都不可思議地下起了大塊大塊的冰雹。胡安娜?桑切斯是西班牙南部阿爾梅里亞市一名70歲的老太太，她在家附近的一條街上走路時，被一個從空中落下的大冰塊砸中了肩膀，昏了過去。1月12號那天，就在離塞維里亞市約200英里處，一個9磅重的大冰球砸到了一輛汽車上，車里的男人險些被砸成重傷。l月27號晚，意大利拉魁拉市慈幼會修道院里傳出了一聲巨響，驚動了院里的牧師們。循著聲音的方向找過去;他們發(fā)現(xiàn)一個幾乎完整無損、巨大的冰塊砸在了他們的院子里。檢查發(fā)現(xiàn)這個大冰塊重達2公斤，但還是不清楚它是從哪兒來的。就在同一天，在意大利安科納市東北約l00英里處，當?shù)毓賳T被要求去調(diào)查一個電話報告，該報告稱有人被一塊顯然是從天上掉下來的、重l公斤的冰塊砸中了頭部。
在1月份遭巨冰襲擊的歐洲國家并不只有西班牙和意大利兩個國家。l月2號在英國薩里地區(qū)(位于倫敦的西南方向)，一個東印度男人正在牛頓運動公園里走路。突然他聽到頭頂上空傳來一聲奇怪的呼嘯聲。幾秒鐘之后，一個巨大的冰塊從朗朗青天上掉了下來，重重地摔到了松軟的土地上，整整有50英尺寬面積的土地上滿是它的碎渣。地上被砸出了一個深1英尺、直徑1英尺的坑。這塊冰碩大無比，即使是它的碎渣也有網(wǎng)球那么大，而且據(jù)描述它不透明，顏色和氣味也沒什么不尋常。
盡管目擊者都說他們沒有看到天空中有任何可以解釋冰塊來源的現(xiàn)象，但是科學(xué)家們必須找到其中的原因。地質(zhì)學(xué)家杰西?馬丁內(nèi)斯?弗里亞斯教授告訴英國廣播公司新聞頻道說，冰塊很可能是由于大氣中同溫層溫度突變造成的。他說，這是對這種“極為異?！爆F(xiàn)象的可能的解釋。
以上是小編整理發(fā)布的2011年公共英語三級閱讀輔導(dǎo)(5)，恭?？加褌兛荚図樌ㄟ^！
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text
For the __________26 month, mysterious falls of large chunks of ice (冰雹) ________27 rained down on Spain and Italy. Juana Sanchez, a 70-year-old woman in Almeria, southern Spain, was knocked ________ 28 when she was struck on the shoulder by a falling ice chunk ________29 she walked in a street ________30 her home. On January 12, just about 200 miles away in Seville, a man narrowly ________ 31 serious injury when a 9-pound ball of ice ________ 32 into his car. ________33 the evening of January 27 priests at the Salesian monastery in L'Aquila, Italy were startled by a loud crash. _______ 34 the noise, they discovered a large chunk of ice on their yard, _______ 35 intact. Upon examination, the block of ice _______ 36 in at 2 kilograms and no source _______37 . On the same day, about 100 miles northeast in Ancona, Italy, the local officials were called to investigate the report of a man _______38 was struck _______ 39 the head by a 1 kilogram chunk of ice that apparently fell from the sky.
Spain and Italy aren't the only European _______40 getting attacked by huge ice blocks in January. On January 2 in Surrey, England (southwest of London), an East Indian man was walking through Newton Athletic Park when he _______ 41 a strange whistling sound overhead. Seconds _______ 42, a large hunk of ice fell out of the clear blue sky and pounded into the soft ground, shattering over a 50-foot-wide area. The ice dug a hole of a foot deep and a foot in diameter. Even the shattered remains of the mystery ice were as large as tennis balls and were described as opaque _______43 no unusual color or smell.
Although eyewitnesses to the phenomenon report that they did not see anything in the sky that could account _______ 44 the ice, scientists had to come up with a rationalization. Professor Jesus Martinez Frias, the geologist investigating the ice falls in Spain, told BBC News that the ice pieces had probably been _______ 45 through sudden temperature drops in the stratosphere. This was the most likely explanation, he said, for the "very unusual" phenomenon.
26. [ A ] last
[ B ] past
[ C ] passed
[ D ] early
27. [A] was
[B] were
[C] has
[D] have
28. [ A ] conscious
[ B ] consciously
[ C ] unconscious
[ D ] unconsciously
29. [ A ] before
[ B ] after
[ C ] as
[ D ] since
30. [ A ] at
[ B ] in
[ C ] along
[ D ] near
31. [A] escaped
[B] went
[C] attacked
[D] got
32. [ A ] smashed
[ B ] broke
[ C ] roiled
[ D ] fell
33. [ A ] In
[ B ] At
[ C ] During
[ D ] On
34. [ A ] Investigate
[ B ] Investigating
[ C ] Investigated
[ D ] Investigation
35. [ A ] large
[ B ] largely
[ C ] big
[ D ] huge
36. [ A ] weighs
[ B ] weighed
[ C ] has weighed
[ D ] had weighed
37. [ A ] determined
[ B ] has determined
[ C ] was determined
[ D ] had been determined
38. [ A ] which
[ B ] who
[ C ] whom
[ D ] what
39. [A] in
B] at
[C] from
[D] on
40. [ A ] country
[ B ] nation
[ C ] countries
[ D ] place
41. [ A ] saw
[ B ] found
[ C ] heard
[ D ] witnessed
42. [ A ] ago
[ B ] before
[ C ] after
[ D ] later
43. [ A ] in
[ B ] with
[ C ] has
[ D ] have
44. [A] /
[B] for
[C] with
[D] on
45. [ A ] formed
[ B ] caused
[ C ] made
[ D ] fallen
參考譯文
在過去的一個月里，西班牙和意大利都不可思議地下起了大塊大塊的冰雹。胡安娜?桑切斯是西班牙南部阿爾梅里亞市一名70歲的老太太，她在家附近的一條街上走路時，被一個從空中落下的大冰塊砸中了肩膀，昏了過去。1月12號那天，就在離塞維里亞市約200英里處，一個9磅重的大冰球砸到了一輛汽車上，車里的男人險些被砸成重傷。l月27號晚，意大利拉魁拉市慈幼會修道院里傳出了一聲巨響，驚動了院里的牧師們。循著聲音的方向找過去;他們發(fā)現(xiàn)一個幾乎完整無損、巨大的冰塊砸在了他們的院子里。檢查發(fā)現(xiàn)這個大冰塊重達2公斤，但還是不清楚它是從哪兒來的。就在同一天，在意大利安科納市東北約l00英里處，當?shù)毓賳T被要求去調(diào)查一個電話報告，該報告稱有人被一塊顯然是從天上掉下來的、重l公斤的冰塊砸中了頭部。
在1月份遭巨冰襲擊的歐洲國家并不只有西班牙和意大利兩個國家。l月2號在英國薩里地區(qū)(位于倫敦的西南方向)，一個東印度男人正在牛頓運動公園里走路。突然他聽到頭頂上空傳來一聲奇怪的呼嘯聲。幾秒鐘之后，一個巨大的冰塊從朗朗青天上掉了下來，重重地摔到了松軟的土地上，整整有50英尺寬面積的土地上滿是它的碎渣。地上被砸出了一個深1英尺、直徑1英尺的坑。這塊冰碩大無比，即使是它的碎渣也有網(wǎng)球那么大，而且據(jù)描述它不透明，顏色和氣味也沒什么不尋常。
盡管目擊者都說他們沒有看到天空中有任何可以解釋冰塊來源的現(xiàn)象，但是科學(xué)家們必須找到其中的原因。地質(zhì)學(xué)家杰西?馬丁內(nèi)斯?弗里亞斯教授告訴英國廣播公司新聞頻道說，冰塊很可能是由于大氣中同溫層溫度突變造成的。他說，這是對這種“極為異?！爆F(xiàn)象的可能的解釋。
以上是小編整理發(fā)布的2011年公共英語三級閱讀輔導(dǎo)(5)，恭?？加褌兛荚図樌ㄟ^！