Passage 7  (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