单选题
Where Did All the Ships Go?

The Bermuda Triangle(三角区)is one 1 the greatest mysteries of the sea.
In this triangular area between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda in Atlantic, ships and airplanes 2 to disappear more often than in 3 parts of the ocean. And they do so 4 leaving any sign of an accident or any dead bodies. It is 5 that Christopher Columbus was the first person to record strange happenings in the area. His compass stopped working, a flame came down from the sky, and a wave 100 to 200-feet-high carried his ship about a mile away.
The most famous disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle was the US Naval(海军的) Air Flight 19. 6 December 5, 1945, five bomber planes carrying 14 men 7 on a training mission from the Florida coast. Later that day, all communications with Flight 19 were lost. They just disappeared without a trace.
The next morning, 242 planes and 19 ships took part in the largest air-sea search in history. But they found nothing.
Some people blame the disappearances 8 supernatural(超自然的)forces.
It is suggested the 9 ships and planes were either transposed to other times and places, kidnapped(绑架)by aliens(外星人) 10 attacked by sea creatures.
There are 11 natural explanations, though. The US Navy says that the Bermuda Triangle is one of two places on earth 12 a magnetic compass(指南针)points towards true north 13 magnetic north. 14 , planes and ships can lose their way if they don"t make adjustments. The area also has changing weather and is known 15 its high waves. Storms can turn up suddenly and destroy a plane or ship. Fast currents could then sweep away any trace of an accident.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 百慕大三角区是海洋中最大的谜团之一。of表示所属关系,最符合本题。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 这里需要填入一个动词,这就排除了A和C。look后面不跟动词不定式,因此只有seem是正确的。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] rest和others都不能放在名词前,another跟单数名词。因此只有other是正确的选择。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 这个句子表达的是否定的意思,即“这些船没有留下……便失踪了”,所以只能选择without这个介词。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 表示“据说”用“It is said...”。整个句子说的是:据说,Christopher Columbus是记录这一海域怪现象的第一人。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 表示具体的一天前面用on。又如:He was born on May 4, 1980.他生于1980年5月4日。from和since表示“从……起”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查固定搭配,表示飞机起飞的词组是take off。故D为正确答案。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 动词blame可以跟for,也可以跟on搭配。试比较:They blame him for the fire. They blame the fire on him.他们把火灾归罪于他。根据位置,此处应用on。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 注意:miss和missing是两个不同的词。miss:想念,错过。missing:失踪。显然,此处应用missing。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 前面的either一词是很好的提示,告诉我们应用or。either...or表示“或是……或是……”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 讲的是其他的解释,因此用also。no是否定词,barely和hardly是具有否定意义的副词。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查定语从句。这里需要一个引导定语从句的词,由于先行词是two places,所以应用where。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 这里要表示的是“(不是)……而是……”的意思,所以选择instead of。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 这里需要一个表示因果关系的词。在四个选项中只有Therefore表示因果关系。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此题考查固定搭配。to be known for:因……而出名,to be known as:作为……而著称。如:He is known for his humor.他以幽默出名。He is known as a humorist.大家都知道他是幽默大师。根据文意,B为正确答案。