单选题 Directions : Read the
following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark
A, B, C, or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
In 1942, the HMS Edinburgh was sunk in
the Barents Sea. It was on its {{U}}(21) {{/U}} back to Britain with
ninety-one boxes of Russian gold. {{U}}(22) {{/U}} thirty-nine years it
lay there, too deep for divers to {{U}}(23) {{/U}}. No one was allowed
to explode it, either, since the bodies of sixty of the crew also lay in the
{{U}}(24) {{/U}}. Then, in 1981, an ex-diver called Jessop decided to
try using new diving techniques. {{U}}(25) {{/U}} he could not afford to
finance the {{U}}(26) {{/U}} which was going to cost four million
pounds, he had to look for people who were {{U}}(27) {{/U}} to take the
risk. {{U}}(28) {{/U}}, they were not even sure the gold was going to be
there! First a Scottish diving company, then a German shipping company agreed to
join in the retrieval {{U}}(29) {{/U}}. Not long after that, Jessop
{{U}}(30) {{/U}} a fourth company to take a {{U}}(31) {{/U}}.
Since the gold was the {{U}}(32) {{/U}} of the British and the Soviet
governments, they both hoped to make a {{U}}(33) {{/U}}, too! The
biggest problem was how to get {{U}}(34) {{/U}} the gold. Fortunately,
they were able to examine the Edinburgh's sister ship, the HMS Belfast, to
{{U}}(35) {{/U}} out the exact location of the bomb room, {{U}}(36)
{{/U}} the gold was stored. They knew it was to be an
extremely difficult and dangerous undertaking. To reach the gold, they would
have to cut a large square {{U}}(37) {{/U}} the body of the ship, go
through the empty fuel tank and down to the bomb room. After twenty-eight dives,
they {{U}}(38) {{/U}} to find the first bar. Everyone worked
{{U}}(39) {{/U}} the clock, helping to clean and stack the gold,
{{U}}(40) {{/U}} as to finish the job as quickly as
possible.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】road道路；path小路，小径；way路；passage通道，过道。这四个词都有道路的含义，但只有way可用于固定搭配on one's way to，表示“在…去…的路上”。在此句中，on its way back to Britain意为“在巡洋舰返回英国的路上”，故选C。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】这四个介词都可以用来表示时间，但用法却不尽相同。during在…期间，当…之时，用来表示一段时间；for持续达，计，后面常跟具体的时间段，如：for five months；at在…时刻，通常指时间的某一点，如at eight o'clock；since自从…之后，要与现在完成时连用。根据句意“这艘巡洋舰三十九年以来就一直沉于海底”可知，此处需要一个表示时间段的介词，且能够与“三十九年”搭配，只有for符合要求，故选B。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】find找到；discover发现；dive潜水；reach到达。根据前文句意可知，此处想要表达的意思是“到达”，too deep for divers to reach意为“(沉船的位置)太深以至于潜水员无法到达”，故选D。
【答案解析】introduce介绍；persuade说服；associate联合；stimulate激励。由于前文中提到这项任务资金不够且有风险，可以推断出此处想要表达的是“劝说，说服”一些公司来投资和加入搜索任务；stimulate sb to do sth表示“激励某人去做某事”，与文意不符；其余两项的用法分别是：introduce sb to sth介绍某人尝试某物；associate sb/sth with把某人/某物与…联系起来；A、C、D均不符合文意，故选B。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】chance机会；look看；measure测量，措施；choice选择。根据前文提示，杰森普需要寻找愿意承担风险的人，可以推断出此处表示杰森普说服了第四家公司来承担风险。take a chance为固定搭配，表示“冒险”，等同于前文中提到的take the risk。take a look表示“看一看”；measure和choice均不与take搭配，且与文意不符，故选A。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】business生意，事务；estate地产，财产；obligation义务，责任；property财产，资产。根据句意可知，此处要表达的是这些黄金是英国和苏联的财产。从四个选项的词义可排除A，C两项。estate和properly都有财产的意思。但property侧重于指金钱上的财产，如：Some of the stolen property was found in Mason's house. (在梅森的房子里找到了一些被盗的财物。)而estate侧重于指地产，如：He owns a large estate in Scotland．(他在苏格兰有大量地产。)根据上下文可知property较为合适，故选D。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】profit益处，收益；benefit益处，好处；Success成功；welfare福利。make a profit表示获利，为固定搭配。四个选项只有profit，可与make搭配。benefit表示获利时，用其固定搭配benefit，from/by，success可用于固定搭配make a Success of sth，表示“获取成功，取得成就”，welfare常用于welfare services表示“福利事业”。本句话意思为“这两个国家都希望能够从中获利。”故选A。
【答案解析】此空要填非限定性定语从句的引导词。非限定性定语从句的作用是对所修饰的成分做进一步说明，通常有引导词，且和主句间用逗号隔开。例如：The southern states wanted to set up a country of their own, where they would be free to keep black slaves. (南方各州要建立一个属于他们自己的国家，在那里他们将自由地保留黑人奴隶。)由于前面的先行词the bomb room表示地点，所以此处需要一个表示地点的关系副词where，整个非限定性定语从句修饰bomb room，表示弹药房就是黄金所在地，故选B。