Questions 61 to 70 are based on the following passage.
【真题来源:2019年6月大学英语四级真题(第二套)PartⅢ,Section A,第26-35题】
Ships are often sunk in order to create underwater reefs (暗礁)perfect for scuba diving (水肺式潜泳)and preserving marine (61)________Turkish authorities have just sunk something a little different than a ship, and it wouldn't normally ever touch water, an Airbus A300. The hollowed-out A300 was(62)________of everything potentially harmful to the environment and sunk off the Aegean coast today. Not only will the sunken plane(63)________the perfect skeleton for artificial reef growth, tut authorities hope this new underwater attraction will bring tourists to the area.
The plane(64)________a total length of 54 meters, where experienced scuba divers will(65)________be able to venture through the cabin and around the plane's(66)________. Aydin Municipality bought the plane from a private company for just under US$100,000, but they hope to see a return on that(67)________through the tourism industry. Tourism throughout Turkey is expected to fall this year as the country has been the(68)________ of several deadly terrorist attacks. As far as sunken planes go, this Airbus A300 is the largest(69)________sunk aircraft ever.
Taking a trip underwater and(70)________the inside of a sunken A300 would be quite an adventure, and that is exactly what Turkish authorities are hoping this attraction will make people think. Drawing in adventure seekers and experienced divers, this new artificial Airbus reef will be a scuba diver's paradise (天堂).
A)create
B)depressed
C)eventually
D)experiences
E)exploring
F)exterior
G)habitats
H)innovate
I)intentionally
J)investment
K)revealing
L)stretches
M)stripped
N)territory
O)victim
该段讲述人为沉船的目的是为了打造暗礁,用来水肺式潜泳和保护海洋的________,由此可知括号里需要填名词,分析选项可知D),F),G),J),N)和O)是名词,再根据搭配的动词“preserve”可排除D),根据句意可排除F),J)和O),从剩下的两个中可以看出一个是“栖息地”,一个是“领土”,那么要保护的是自然是海洋的栖息地这一常见搭配。
所填单词的所在句为The hollowed-out A300 was of everything potentially harmful to the environment……, 此处考查的是一个固定搭配,be stripped of 表示“被剥夺,除去”,这个考题相对较难,一些考生不太容易迅速识别出来,因此在复习过程中要提高固定搭配的掌握程度。
所填单词的所在句为Not only will the sunken plane the perfect skeleton for artificial reef growth,此句为倒装句,由“will”可知后面需要填一个动词原形,那么从A和H中选,这就涉及到“create”和“innovate”的辨析,“innovate”一般用作不及物动词,英文解释为“to introduce new things, ideas, or ways of doing sth”,中文意思为发明,而“create”一般用作及物动词,英文解释为“to make sth happen or exist”,中文意思为创造,再根据句意“下沉的飞机不仅会为人工暗礁的发展________完美构架”可知“create”是正确选项。
所填单词的所在句为The plane a total length of 54 meters, 这是在说飞机的长度,即使不知道长度的固定搭配是“stretch”,也可根据主语“the plane”判断谓语必须是单数第三人称,因此可直接选到L。
所填单词的所在句为where experienced scuba divers will be able to venture through the cabin……可判断需填的单词词性为副词,可定位到eventually 和 intentionally这两个词上,分别表示“最终”和“有意地”,根据句意可知“eventually”更符合 。
所填单词的所在句为and around the plane's 显然应填个名词,符合条件的名词有experiences, investment, territory 和 victim,再根据句意“潜水者最终可以探索机舱和飞机的________”,潜水者会探索飞机的内部和外部,所以应选exterior。
所填单词的所在句为but they hope to see a return on that through the tourism industry. 由that代词可知需填一个名词。符合条件的有experiences, investment, territory和victim,句子大意为:他们希望通过旅游业看到在________上的回报,前一句说明投资者在飞机上花了大量的金钱,所以应选择investment。
所填单词的所在句为……as the country has been the of several deadly terrorist attacks. “the”和“of”可知要填一个名词,则需从experiences, territory 和victim里选,再根据句意“土耳其这个国家是几起致命的恐怖袭击的________” 可知选victim,受害者。
所填单词的所在句为this Airbus A300 is the largest________sunk aircraft ever. 此处可以填写一个形容词和sunk并列修饰aircraft,也可以是一个副词修饰形容词sunk。符合条件的形容词有depressed(沮丧的)、revealing(透露真情的、有启迪作用的);符合条件的副词有intentionally(故意地、有意地)。由上下文可知,这架飞机是被人为地沉没到海底地,所以此处应该选intentionally,故意被沉没的飞机。
所填单词的所在句为Taking a trip underwater and________the inside of a sunken A300 would be quite an adventure, and并联连词连接taking和填空部分,形式应与taking保持一致,动词的现在分词形式。符合条件的动词有exploring(探索)、revealing(揭露)。再根据句意“经历一场水下旅行和________沉没的A300内部”可知,应该选择exploring,探索内部。