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