【名词&注释】
上下文(context)、关键词、市中心(city center)、分析家(analyst)、后半段(bottom half)、外星人(extraterrestrial)、星球大战(star wars)、月牙形(crescent)
[单选题]请在第__61__处填上正确答案。
根据材料,完成下面的题目。UFOS Sixty years ago, a. man named Kenneth Arnold saw something that we can still (51) today -- something that changed popular culture for ever.Flying his plane over mountains in the U. S. state of Washington, he saw a,line of strange objects, either crescent-shaped (月牙形(crescent)的) or disc-like, flying (52) the motion of a saucer (碟) skimming (飞速掠过) on water. The media soon picked up on the story -- the Flying Saucers were here] Was the earth being (53) by creatures from another planet? Soon, So many sightings were made that the U. S. military began to (54) It called these strange Objects UFOs – Unidentified Flying Objects, and that is how they are (55) today. Military investigations found no evidence of visitors from outer space. But that did not stop the true (56) The military were (57) up, they said. Or maybe it was because the travelers from space were of such superior intelligence (58) they could hide from military analysts (分析家).People have always seen strange lights in the sky. In the past these were explained in (59) ways. In a world where religion was less influential and science fiction was popular, signs from God were replaced by visitors from other (60). The date of the first UFO sightings was also significant. In 1947, World War II had just ended and the (61) War was just .beginning. Humanity seemed locked in endless conflicts. Like generations before them, people looked (62) the skies for help. But instead of seeking God, they looked for help from super-intelligent aliens (外星人(extraterrestrial)) with (63) technology. Belief in UFOs became the first religion of science.However, even people who believe in UFOs are not quite sure why they visit the earth.The universe is a big place and it is (64) to assume that there is life somewhere out there. It is possible that aliens have worked out how to travel through space. Yet some people report that they have been taken by aliens and have had experiments (65) on them. Why would anyone travel across half the universe to conduct medical experiments on people living in small towns in the United States?请在第__51__处填上正确答案。
A. cool
B. nuclear
C. star
D. cold
回答下面的题目:Traffic in Uur CitiesTile volume of traffic in many cities in the world today continuesto expand.This causes many problems,including serious air pollution,lengthydelays,and the greater risk__________ (51)accidents.Clearly,something must be done,but it is often difficult to persuade people to__________ (52)theirhabits and leave their cars at home.One possible__________ (53)is to make it more expensive for peopleto use their cars by__________ (54)charges for parking and__________ (55)tougherfines for anyone who__________ (56)the law.In addition,drivers could be required to pay for using particular routes atdifferent times of the day.This system,__________ (57)as“road pricin9”,is alreadybeing introduced in a__________ (58)of cities,using aspecial electronic card__________ (59)to the windscreen of the car.Another way of__________ (60)with the problem is to provide cheapparking on the__________ (61)of the city,and strictly control the number ofvehicles allowed into the centre.Drivers and their passengersthen use a special bus__________ (62)for the final stage of their journey,Ofcourse.the most important__________ (63)is to providegood public transport.However,toget people to__________ (64)the comfort of their cars,publictransport must be felt to be reliable,convenient andcomfortable,with fares__________ (65)at an acceptablelevel.
根据以下资料,回答下面的题目。 请在第____处填上正确答案。