Question

C完形填空。(30分)

   Are we alone in the universe? Or is there 1 on Mars?

   Ever since people first 2 up into the night sky,there’s been a question that has bothered us all.From the smallest 3 to the world’s greatest astronomers,all have 4 ,“Are we alone in the universe?”

   The question comes to me strongest at 5 ,looking up at the stars and looking at all those little 6 of light and wondering “This is a galaxy (星系) full of life,or is this it?”

   It’s the question that societies often have been asking 7 the ages. We really just want to know how we got here. Why do we exist? Are we the 8 sign of life?

   This 9 for life elsewhere in the universe is perhaps the greatest scientific question of all. But so far most efforts have 10 on just one planet.

   Searching for life is a difficult job. We d like to be 11 to travel to all these worlds far away. Unfortunately,12 of them are very good in terms of prospecting for biology (勘探生物) . The best one is probably Mars.

   Mars is just 60 million kilometers away.

   Mars is important because it’s close by. It’s our 13 neighbour to the Earth. And we'd like to see if life is there₉ because if we can find life in 14 places in our solar system (太陽系) ，we know that life isn t just on the Earth. It's much more 15 that life fully exists elsewhere,perhaps in other solar systems,other parts of the universe.

() 1. A. animal                          B. people       C. life       D. plant

() 2. A. jumped                          B. looked       C. climbed    D. shouted

() 3. A. astronomers                     B. life         C. plants     D. children

() 4. A. told                            B. wondered     C. talked     D. laughed

() 5. A. morning                         B. noon         C. night      D. evening

() 6. A. points                          B. ants         C. space      D. water

() 7. A. in                              B. after        C. between    D. over

() 8. A. best                            B. only         C. whole      D. high

() 9. A. thinking                        B. speaking     C. learning   D. singing

() 10. A. focused                        B. got          C. come       D. gone

() 11. A. happy                          B. easy         C. free       D. able

() 12. A. all                            B. none         C. any        D. more

() 13. A. farthest                       B. nearest      C. shortest   D. smallest

() 14. A. two                            B. second       C. one        D. first

() 15. A. possible                       B. open         C. likely     D. easy

Answer 1

1.C 2.B 3.D 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.D 8.B 9.A 10.A 11.D 12.B 13.B 14.A 15.C

1.C       (理解句意，這里詢問火星上是否有生命現象，不可數名詞life與be動詞is相對應，故選   C. )

2.B       (理解句意，此處指抬頭仰望天空，look up into為固定詞組。)

3.D       (理解句意，從最小的孩子到世界上最偉大的宇航員都有一個疑問，故選   D. )

4.B       (根據下句的詢問，推斷他們有一個疑問，故選B項，意為： 所有的人都有疑問。)

5.C       (根據后句，看看天上的星星，推斷在夜里。at night在夜晚。)

6.A       (根據常識可知，夜晚的天空只能看到點點星光，故選A. )

7.D       (理解句意，這個問題多年來人類一直在疑問著，over意為： 在……期間，故選 D. )

8.B       (理解文意，人們一直在懷疑自己是否是唯一的生命現象， 故選   B. )

9.A       (理解句意，這是對生命的思考，故選A. )

10.A      (理解句意，人們追尋其他星球生命現象的活動現在已僅集中于一個星球了，focus on意思:集中于。)

11.D      (句意:我們想要能夠到遙遠世界探索生命現象。be able to意為:能夠，固定詞組。)

12.B      (unfortunately意為：不幸的是。故推斷在探索生命的過 程中沒有一個是效果很好的，故選   B. )

13.B      (理解前兩句所述推斷，火星是地球最近的鄰居，故選   B. ) 

14.A      (理解前后句推斷人們想要在火星上發現生命現象，這樣太陽系中就有兩個地方有生命現象了，故選A. )

15.C      (理解句意，生命現象有很大的可能存在于其他星球，故選   C. )