2009年完型填空联考题汇编——说明类
Passage 4 (2009届南昌市南昌二中高三冲刺模拟考试) 完形填空
Mars is not, it seems, the dry old planet we once believed 36 .Astronauts who are 37 to go there in the next decade may find plenty 38 water to slake (消除) their thirst.And with water present the 39 of finding some sort of life of Mars are 40 brighter.
This is the view of forty geologists who have been analyzing 41 of pictures and other scientific 42 obtained by robot explorers in the sixties and seventies.
To begin with, scientists thought the Red planet was as 43 as the Moon 44 dust storms swirling over vast sandy 45 .But now the picture is very different 46 mountains and valleys carved by 47 glaciers and rivers rushing and rumbling deep underground.
In a report on the analysis of the Martian pictures Dr.Michael Car of the U.S.Geological Survey comments: “I am convinced 48 lots of water on Mars.” Any surface water will be in the 49 of ice.But it could save explorers from 50 to take so much 51 with them.
The report says 52 Mars probably had a warmer climate in ages 53 due to its axis (轴) having been more tilted (倾斜) towards the sun.
54 signs of plant or animal life have been detected by instruments landed on Mars, 55 the landing vehicles have been sent there for a few years.
36.A.it is B.it C.it to be D.was
37.A.expected B.hoped C.required D.sent
38.A.to B.of C.more D.in
39.A.chances B.openings C.occasions D.possibility
40.A.quite B.very C.much D.more
41.A.a few B.many C.thousand D.thousands
42.A.skills B.news C.intelligence D.information
43.A.peaceful B.quiet C.lifeless D.dead
44.A.of B.with C.for D.through
45.A.deserts B.mountains C.rivers D.seas
46.A.from B.between C.for D.with
47.A.energetic B.great C.heavy D.powerful
48.A.there’s B.there’re C.here’s D.here’re
49.A.appearance B.way C.form D.shape
50.A.have B.having C.carry D.carrying
51.A.water B.ice C.equipment D.oxygen
52.A.what B.if C.how D.that
53.A.pass B.past C.ago D.before
54.A.Not B.No C.Nor D.Never
55.A.probably B.perhaps C.supposed D.although
答案 36.C 37.A 38.B 39.A 40.C 41.D 42.D 43.C 44.B 45.A 46.D 47.D 48.A 49.C 50.B 51.A 52.D 53.B 54.B 55.D