题目内容
His theory was thought to be______ (荒谬的) at that time.
ridiculous
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At 2 p.m. on December 5, 1945, five Navy aircraft took off in perfect flying weather from a naval air installation in southeastern Florida, on a routine training mission over the Atlantic Ocean. Less than two hours later, the flight commander radioed that he was “completely lost”. Then there was silence. A rescue plane was sent to search for the missing aircraft, and it, too, disappeared. Despite one of history’s most extensive search efforts, involving more than 300 planes and dozens of ships, the Navy found nothing, not even an oil stain floating on the water.
This is just one of the many frightening stories told of “the Bermuda Triangle”, a mysterious area of the Atlantic Ocean roughly stretching southwest from Bermuda to the Florida coast and down to Puerto Rico. During the past 30 years, the triangle has claimed the lives of some 1,000 sailors and pilots.
Stranger yet are the numerous “ghost” ships that have been found floating crewless within the triangle. On one strange occasion in 1881, the cargo ship Ellen Austin discovered a small sailing ship, sails waving uselessly in the wind. The boat was full of wood with no one on deck. The captain of the Ellen Austin installed a new crew to sail it, but two days later, during a rough storm, the two ships temporarily lost sight of each other. When the captain again boarded the boat, he found his crew had disappeared. After a second crew was assigned, the ship was again lost in a fog bank. This time, no trace of the boat — or the crew — was ever found.
Charles Berlitz, a man with an interest in Atlantis, the legendary lost island, puts forward his theory that a giant solar crystal, which once was the power generator for Atlantis, lies on the ocean floor. From time to time, according to his theory, passing ships and planes set off the crystal, which confuses their instruments and engulfs them into the ocean.
Officially, the U.S. Navy does not recognize the triangle as a danger zone and is convinced that “the majority of disappearances in the triangle can be due to the unique features of the area’s environment.” These include the swift Gulf Stream current and the unexplored valleys under water of the Atlantic. Also, the triangle is one of only two places on earth where a compass needle points to true north rather than magnetic north, causing problems in navigation.
However, other scientists argue that beings from outer space have established a highly advanced civilization in the unexplored depths of the Atlantic inside the triangle. There, they believe, most of the missing vessels – and their crews – may still be on display for study by these higher intelligences.
【小题1】The author develops the first two paragraphs through _______.
| A．a series of events described in order of time |
| B．a general view supported by specific examples |
| C．a specific incident followed by a general introduction |
| D．a strange phenomenon followed by cause explanation |
| A．He had all the wood transferred onto his own ship. |
| B．He had new powerful sails fixed on the small boat. |
| C．He sent a message that they were in danger and needed help. |
| D．He asked some of his sailors to get onto the boat to sail it. |
| A．drops | B．sucks | C．puts | D．throws |
| A．The Mysterious Bermuda Triangle |
| B．The History of the Bermuda Triangle |
| C．A New Research on the Bermuda Triangle |
| D．A New Angle to Look at the Bermuda Triangle |
London: It’s well known that Charles Darwin’s famous theory of evolution annoyed many people because it was against the Biblical view of creation. But few know that it also created problems for Darwin at home with his deeply religious wife, Emma.
“Darwin held back the publication of On the Origin of Species to avoid offending (触怒) his wife,” says Ruth Padel, the naturalist’s great – great – granddaughter. “Emma told him that he seemed to be putting God further and further off”, Padel says in her north London home. “But they talked it through, and Emma once said, ‘Don’t change any of your ideas for fear of hurting me.’”
As the world celebrates the 200th birthday of the man who changed scientific thought forever and the 150th anniversary of his book today, even his opponents admitted he was a giant figure.
Though opposition to his theory continues, it is the elegant explanation of how species evolutes through natural selection that makes his 200th birthday such a major event.
More than 300 celebrations have been planned in Britain alone, where Darwin's face graces (使增光)the 10-pound bill along with that of Queen Elizabeth II.
Shrewsbury, the central England town where Darwin was born and raised, is holding a month-long festival for its most famous son. Down House, his former home near London, will hold a permanent exhibition recreating some of his most famous experiments.
Many more events have been planned all over the world.
What would he be doing if he were alive today? Padel thinks he would properly be studying DNA and the immune system.
【小题1】The main purpose of the author is .
| A．to say something about Darwin and his wife |
| B．to introduce Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution |
| C．to sing high praise for the book On the Origin of Species |
| D．to report some celebrations of Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of his books |
| A．Everyone agrees with Darwin now. |
| B．Darwin was brought up in Shrewsbury. |
| C．Emma was not really fond of his theory. |
| D．Darwin was very interested in living things. |
| A．prevented from | B．kept a secret | C．cared about | D．put off |
| A．a scientific report | B．a news report |
| C．an English composition | D．a text |
John Snow was born and worked as a __36__ in Great Britain．Exactly, he was an anaesthetist，37 means that he put people to sleep during operation．He also began to experiment using the same drugs to help women when they had 38 ．That is why he became the doctor who 39 Queen victoria to give the birth of her babies．
At the time he lived，cholera was the most 40 disease．Neither its cause，nor its 41 was understood．So many thousands of people died 42 there was an outbreak．John Snow was 43 to help ordinary people 44 from cholera．He 45 the disease began in the stomach and the patients died quickly after severe vomiting(呕吐)and diarrhea (腹泄)．46 ，he believed cholera resulted from water．When another 47 hit London in 1854，John Snow set to work．
John Snow approached the problem in a systematic way．He marked on a map 48 all the dead people had lived and found many of the 49 were near a water pump．It seemed the water was the 50 ．So he collected information about the 51 habits of the dead people and used them eventually to prove his theory．With the information 52 ，John Snow was sure that 53 water was the cause．
Then people were required to 54 the water company to supply them with clean water．Thanks __55___ John Snow there was no more outbreaks of cholera．
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