1、In 1947 the pilot of a small aeroplane saw nine strange objects in the sky over Washington. He said that they looked like 21 . Newspapers printed his story under the 22 "Flying Saucers".
Since then, all over the world, people have 23 seeing similar strange objects. No one knows 24 they are or where they come from. Some people say that they do not 25 , but many others say that they have seen them. Usually people on the ground have seen them 26 not always. Airline 27 also have reported seeing them and so have 28 ── the men who fly in spaceships.
Perhaps some people saw them only in their 29 . Perhaps some people made a mistake. But airline pilots and astronauts do not usually make 30 of this kind. Captain Ed Mitchell, who was the sixth man to 31 on the moon, said in 1974 that he believes that some "flying saucers" are 32 . Many other people now believe that these 33 flying objects are visiting the 34 from other worlds in space.
The American government 35 to find out more about these objects. It listened to a great many people who said they had 36 them. But the Government Committee could not decide on what the objects were. It called them UFOs, which is 37 for "Unidentified Flying Objects".
In 1964, a driver of a police car in New Mexico saw a UFO landing a mile away. When he reached it, there were two small figures 38 near it. They looked like little men. When he reported on his radio, they got inside the object and 39 away.
There are many other 40 stories. Some are probably untrue but some may be true. No one knows.
21. A. spaceships |
B. objects |
C. saucers |
D. planes |
22. A. topic |
B. headline |
C. passage |
D. advertisement |
23. A. said |
B. claimed |
C. reported |
D. announced |
24. A. what |
B. who |
C. why |
D. which |
25. A. circle |
B. understand |
C. believe |
D. exist |
26. A. still |
B. but |
C. and |
D. or |
27. A. drivers |
B. passengers |
C. riders |
D. pilots |
28. A. astronauts |
B. scientists |
C. officials |
D. flyers |
29. A. creativity |
B. imagination |
C. mind |
D. eyes |
30. A. troubles |
B. changes |
C. suggestions |
D. mistakes |
31. A. walk |
B. live |
C. train |
D. plough |
32. A. true |
B. important |
C. real |
D. big |
33. A. ordinary |
B. curious |
C. strange |
D. familiar |
34. A. ground |
B. earth |
C. land |
D. people |
35. A. managed |
B. succeeded |
C. tried |
D. persuaded |
36. A. seen |
B. created |
C. caught |
D. entered |
37. A. good |
B. long |
C. fit |
D. short |
38. A. coming |
B. sitting |
C. lying |
D. standing |
39. A. rushed |
B. flew |
C. went |
D. ran |
40. A. fiction |
B. different |
C. similar |
D. frustrating |