2014年PETS3公共英语考试三级阅读精选5
2014年PETS3公共英语考试三级阅读精选5
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
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For the __________26 month, mysterious falls of large chunks of ice (冰雹) ________27 rained down on Spain and Italy. Juana Sanchez, a 70-year-old woman in Almeria, southern Spain, was knocked ________ 28 when she was struck on the shoulder by a falling ice chunk ________29 she walked in a street ________30 her home. On January 12, just about 200 miles away in Seville, a man narrowly ________ 31 serious injury when a 9-pound ball of ice ________ 32 into his car. ________33 the evening of January 27 priests at the Salesian monastery in L'Aquila, Italy were startled by a loud crash. _______ 34 the noise, they discovered a large chunk of ice on their yard, _______ 35 intact. Upon examination, the block of ice _______ 36 in at 2 kilograms and no source _______37 . On the same day, about 100 miles northeast in Ancona, Italy, the local officials were called to investigate the report of a man _______38 was struck _______ 39 the head by a 1 kilogram chunk of ice that apparently fell from the sky.
Spain and Italy aren't the only European _______40 getting attacked by huge ice blocks in January. On January 2 in Surrey, England (southwest of London), an East Indian man was walking through Newton Athletic Park when he _______ 41 a strange whistling sound overhead. Seconds _______ 42, a large hunk of ice fell out of the clear blue sky and pounded into the soft ground, shattering over a 50-foot-wide area. The ice dug a hole of a foot deep and a foot in diameter. Even the shattered remains of the mystery ice were as large as tennis balls and were described as opaque _______43 no unusual color or smell.
Although eyewitnesses to the phenomenon report that they did not see anything in the sky that could account _______ 44 the ice, scientists had to come up with a rationalization. Professor Jesus Martinez Frias, the geologist investigating the ice falls in Spain, told BBC News that the ice pieces had probably been _______ 45 through sudden temperature drops in the stratosphere. This was the most likely explanation, he said, for the "very unusual" phenomenon.
26. [ A ] last [ B ] past [ C ] passed[ D ] early
27. [A] was[B] were [C] has[D] have
28. [ A ] conscious[ B ] consciously [ C ] unconscious [ D ] unconsciously
29. [ A ] before [ B ] after [ C ] as [ D ] since
30. [ A ] at [ B ] in[ C ] along [ D ] near
31. [A] escaped [B] went [C] attacked [D] got
32. [ A ] smashed [ B ] broke [ C ] roiled [ D ] fell
33. [ A ] In [ B ] At [ C ] During[ D ] On
34. [ A ] Investigate[ B ] Investigating [ C ] Investigated [ D ] Investigation
35. [ A ] large [ B ] largely [ C ] big [ D ] huge
36. [ A ] weighs [ B ] weighed [ C ] has weighed [ D ] had weighed
37. [ A ] determined [ B ] has determined[ C ] was determined [ D ] had been determined
38. [ A ] which [ B ] who [ C ] whom [ D ] what
39. [A] in [B] at [C] from [D] on
40. [ A ] country [ B ] nation [ C ] countries[ D ] place
41. [ A ] saw [ B ] found [ C ] heard [ D ] witnessed
42. [ A ] ago [ B ] before [ C ] after [ D ] later
43. [ A ] in [ B ] with [ C ] has[ D ] have
44. [A] / [B] for [C] with [D] on
45. [ A ] formed [ B ] caused [ C ] made [ D ] fallen
参考译文
在过去的一个月里，西班牙和意大利都不可思议地下起了大块大块的冰雹。胡安娜?桑切斯是西班牙南部阿尔梅里亚市一名70岁的老太太，她在家附近的一条街上走路时，被一个从空中落下的大冰块砸中了肩膀，昏了过去。1月12号那天，就在离塞维里亚市约200英里处，一个9磅重的大冰球砸到了一辆汽车上，车里的男人险些被砸成重伤。l月27号晚，意大利拉魁拉市慈幼会修道院里传出了一声巨响，惊动了院里的牧师们。循着声音的方向找过去;他们发现一个几乎完整无损、巨大的冰块砸在了他们的院子里。检查发现这个大冰块重达2公斤，但还是不清楚它是从哪儿来的。就在同一天，在意大利安科纳市东北约l00英里处，当地官员被要求去调查一个电话报告，该报告称有人被一块显然是从天上掉下来的、重l公斤的冰块砸中了头部。
