单选题 Directions:There are 20 blanks in the
following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and
D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into
the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet
2 with a single line through the centre.
Today, most countries in the world have
canals. Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel
{{U}}(67) {{/U}} the coast. Even in the twentieth century, goods can be
moved more cheaply by boat than by any other {{U}}(68) {{/U}} of
transport. These waterways make it {{U}}(69) {{/U}} for boats to travel
{{U}}(70) {{/U}} ports along the coast without being {{U}}(71)
{{/U}} to the dangers of the open. Some canals, such as the Suez and the
Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their {{U}}(72) {{/U}} a
thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not
{{U}}(73) {{/U}} on the coast, still other canals {{U}}(74)
{{/U}} lands where there is too much water, help to {{U}}(75) {{/U}}
fields where there is not enough water, and {{U}}(76) {{/U}} water power
for factories and mills. The size of a canal {{U}}(77) {{/U}} on the
kind of boats going through it. The canal must be wide enough to permit two of
the largest boats using it to {{U}}(78) {{/U}} each other easily. It
must be deep enough to leave about two feet of water {{U}}(79) {{/U}}
the keel (船的龙骨) of the largest boat using the canal. When the planet Mars was
first {{U}}(80) {{/U}} through a telescope, people saw that the round
disk of the planet was crisscrossed by a {{U}}(81) {{/U}} of strange
blue-green lines. These were called "canals" {{U}}(82) {{/U}} they
looked the same as canals on earth {{U}}(83) {{/U}} are viewed from an
airplane. However, scientists are now {{U}}(84) {{/U}} that the Martian
phenomena are really not canals. The photographs {{U}}(85) {{/U}} from
space-ships have helped us to {{U}}(86) {{/U}} the truth about the
Martian "canals".
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查固定搭配。parallel to“与……平行”。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查固定搭配。means of transport“交通工具”。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查上下文语义逻辑。指“这些水路使得船只有可能在港口之间航行”，表示“使……成为可能”，用make it possible而不用make it likely。