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2016下半年英语四级完形填空试题及答

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Today, most countries in the world have canals.Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel 1 the coast.Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other 2 of transport.These

3 make it possible for boats to travel 4 ports along the coast without being 5 to the dangers of the open.Some canals, such as the Suez and the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their 6 a thousand miles shorter.Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not 7 on the coast, still other canals 8 landsswheresthere is too much water, help to 9 fields wherethere is not enough water, and 10 water power for factories and mills.The size of a canal 11 on the kind of boats going through it.The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boats using it to 12 each other easily.It must

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be deep enough to leave about two feet of water 13 the keel of the largest boat using the canal.When the planet Mars was first 14 through a telescope, people saw that the round disk of the planet was criss-crossed by a 15 of strange blue-green lines.These were called“canals”16 they looked the same as canals on earth 17 are viewed from an airplane.However, scientists are now 18 that the Martian phenomena are really not canals.The photographs 19 from space-ships have helped us to 20 the truth about the Martia“canals”.

1.A.off B.with C.to D.by

2.A.way B.means C.method D.approach

3.A.waterways B.waterfronts C.channels D.paths 4.A.among B.between C.in D.to

5.A.revealed B.exposed C.opened D.shown 6.A.trip B.journey C.voyage D.route 7.A.lain B.stationed C.set D.located 8.A.escape B.drain C.dry D.leak 9.A.water B.wet C.soak D.irrigate 10.A.furnish B.afford C.offer D.give 11.A.focuses B.bases C.depends D.takes 12.A.cross B.pass C.move D.advance 13.A.down B.below C.beneath D.off

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14.A.studied B.researched C.surveyed D.observed 15.A.few B.number C.deal D.supply 16.A.although B.because C.so D.if 17.A.that B.where C.when D.as

18.A.exact B.definite C.certain D.decisive 19.A.held B.taken C.got D.developed 20.A.find B.expose C.uncover D.discover Cloze Test 20 1.【答案】C

【解析】parallel to“与……平行”，固定搭配。 2.【答案】B

【解析】means of transport“交通工具”，固定搭配。 3.【答案】A

【解析】waterways“水道”；waterfronts指城市的滨水区；channels指海峡；paths指小路。

4.【答案】B

【解析】between指在两个港口间航行。among指三个或三个以上。

5.【答案】B

【解析】expose“使暴露、面临”后接to；reveal“显示”；show“展示”；open意为打开。本句意为暴露在危险面前。

6.【答案】C

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