学位英语

五、补全短文

The Mysteries of Nazca

In the desert of Peru, 300 kilometers from Lima, one of the most unusual artworks in the world has mystified (迷惑) people for decades. ______F____ (46) But from high above, these marks are huge images of birds, fish, seashells, all beautifully carved into the earth.

The Nazca lines are so difficult to see from the ground that they weren’t discovered until the 1930s, when pilots spotted them while flying over the area. In all, there are about 70 different human and animal figures on the plain, along with 900 triangles, circles, and lines.

Researchers have figured out that the lines are at least 1,500 years old, but their purpose is still a mystery. _____D _______(47) However, it would probably be very tricky to xxxxx and a spaceship in the middle of pictures of dogs and monkeys.

In the 1940s, an American explorer named Paul Kosok suggested that the drawings are a chronicle (记录) of the movement of the stars and planets.______C____ (48) xxxxx an astronomer tested his theory with a computer, but he couldn’t find any relation between the lines and movements in space.

Another explanation is that the lines may have been made for religious reasons. xxxxx researcher Tony Morrison investigated the customs of people in the Andes xxxxx and learned that they sometimes pray by the side of the road. It’s possible that xxxxx, the lines of Nazca were created for a similar purpose._______B___ (49) But xxxxx people have never constructed anything this big.

Recently, two other scientists, David Johnson and Steve Mabee, have speculated xxxxx lines could have been related to water. Nazca is one of the driest places in the xxxxx receives only 2cm of rain every year. While Johnson was searching for xxxxx water sources in the area, he noticed that some waterways built ancient xxxxx were connected with the lines. Johnson believes that the Nazca lines are a giant xxxxx underground water in the area.______ E__ (50)

A.. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs.

B. The largest picture may have been the sites for special ceremonies.

C. He called Nazca “the largest astronomy book in the world”

D. A Swiss writer named Erich von Daniken wrote that the Nazca lines were designed as a landing place for UFOs.

E. Other scientists are now searching for evidence to prove this.

F. Seen from the ground, it looks like lines scratched into the earth.

46 B  空格后面那句话以but开头是一个很好的提示，既然这句话说的是“然而，从高空看下去……”，那么空格里那句话应该和这句话形成对比，果然，这句话说的是：Seen from the ground, it looks like lines scratched into the earth（从地面上看……）。

47 E  和上面一题同理，空格后面那句话的第一个词However可以是一个很好的提示；此外，这句话讲的“在一幅满是狗和猴子的图画中间降落飞船有点难以理解”(it would probably be very tricky to land a spaceship in the middle of pictures of dogs ancl monkeys),也是一个很好的提示，空格里的话可能和飞行物有关。果然，选项E讲的就是一位瑞士作家曾写道这些图形是为不明飞行物的降落设计的。

48 A  从空格前后的两个句子可以看出，这一段是从天文学研究的角度来揣测这些奇怪图像的作用的，六个选项中只有A和天文学有关：He called Nazca“the largest astronomy book in the world”。此外，这句话中的代词he也能在上文中找到合适的所指，即an American explorer named Paul Kosok。

49 F  这一段讲的是另外一种猜测，即这些图形可能和当地人的宗教活动有关，六个选项中只有F提到宗教典礼。

50 D  这一段说的又是另一种猜测，即这些图形和当地的水利建设有关，不过这也只是个别研究者如Johnson的猜测，尚需更多的证据来证实，最后一句话Other scientists are now searching for evidence to prove this说的正是这一点。此外，这句话中的代词this也在上文里找到合适的所指，即Johnson的猜测。

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