2011年职称英语考试《完型填空》冲刺题及答案(2)

2011年职称英语考试《完型填空》冲刺题及答案(2) #
The Greatest Mystery Of Whales
The whale is a warm-blooded,air-breathing animal,giving birth to its young alive,sucking them--and,like all mammals,originated on land.There are many front flippers(鳍状肢),used for steering and stability, are traces of feet. #
__________ . (51)of this.Its Immense strength is __________ . (52)into the great body of the big whales,and in fact most of a whale’s body is one gigantic muscle.The blue whale’s pulling strength has been estimated __________ . (53)400 horsepower.One specimen was reported to have towed(拖)a whaling vessel for seven hours at the __________. (54) of eight knot (节).
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An angry whale will __________ . (55) A famous example of this was the fate of Whaler Essex, __________ . (56)was sunk off the coast of South America early in the last century.More recently, steel ships have __________ . (57)their plates buckled(使弯曲)in the same way.Sperm whales(抹香鲸)were known to seize the old-time whaleboats in their jaws and crush Them. #
The greatest __________ . (58)of whales is their diving ability.The sperm whale dives to the Bottom for his __________ . (59)food,the octopus(章鱼).In that search he is known to go as far Down as 3,200 feet, where the. __________ . (60)is 1,400 pounds,to a square inch.Doing so he
Will __________ . (61)underwater long as one hour.Two special skills are involved in this storing up enough __________. (62)(all whales are air—breathed)and tolerating the great change in pressure.Just how he does it scientists have not __________ . (63).It is believed that some of the oxygen is stored in a special __________ . (64)of blood vessels,rather than just held in the lungs.And it is believed that a special kind of oil in his head is some sort of compensating mechanism that __________ . (65)adjusts the internal pressure of his body.But since you can’t bring a live whale into the laboratory for study, no one knows just how these things work. #
51 A aspects
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B signs #
C ways
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D reasons #
52 A worked #
B divided
C built #
D moved
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53 A at
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B in #
C of
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D with #
54A number #
B degree #
C distance
D rate
55A abandon #
B attack
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C leave
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D board
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56A as #
B who
C which
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D that #
57A had
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B operated #
C Seen
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D caught
58A interest #
B job
C danger
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D mystery #
59A favorite #
B fast #
C new #
D sufficient
60A depth #
B pressure #
C level
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D size
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61A set
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B become #
C remain
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D rest #
62A heat #
B energy
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C food #
D oxygen #
63A witnessed #
B determined
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C applied
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D calculated
64A system
B place #
C arrangement #
D equipment #
65A mentally #
B artificially #
C manually
D automatically #
2011年职称英语考试《完型填空》冲刺题答案解析
51.答案为B。第一段讲到鲸鱼很像陆地上的哺乳动物,最后一句举了一些例子来说明这一点。sign的意思是“符号,特征”,鲸鱼具有陆地上哺乳动物的一些特征,故选B。
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52.答案为c。something is built into…的意思是“把……装(建、插)入……”,这里指鲸鱼生有巨大的气力。其他几个选项意思上讲不通。
53.答案为A。只能用介词at,不能用其他介词。 #
54.答案为D。rate表示“速度”,从上下文来讲,选D意思才讲得通。 #
55.答案为B。此题亦必须根据上下文的意思来推测选哪个词。鲸鱼被惹怒后会攻击船只,所以选B。 #
56.答案为C。这里是一非限定性定语从句,关系代词作 主语,用which,故选C。
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57.答案为A。have + something+过去分词是一固定结构,此处只能选A。 #
58.答案为D。本题所在句子为该段主题句,谈的是鲸鱼的潜水能力。鲸鱼的潜水能力很强,能下潜到很深的地方,科学家们不解,所以说是个迷,故选D。 #
59.答案为A。虽然本题的几个选项都能与food搭配,但从上下文意思来讲,只有A正确。
60.答案为B。空格后面的名词是pound,重量单位,据此可以判断选B,因为其他几个选项不能和pound搭配。
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61.答案为C。呆在水下要用动词remain,其他几个动词放入空格处意思讲不通。
62.答案为D。此题也必须在读懂上下文意思的基础上才能作出判断,这里指鲸鱼聚集氧气,故选D。
63.答案为B。上文谈到鲸鱼为什么能够在水下承受巨大的压力,科学家们还没有找到答案。选项中的deterrmine的意思是“确定”,此词放入空格处意思讲得通,其他几个选项讲不通,故选B。
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64.答案为A。special虽然和几个选项都能搭配使用,但只有选项A意思上讲得通,故A为正确答案。
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65.答案为D。此题亦需根据上下文的意思作出判断。automatically的意思是“自动地”。 #
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