Ufos

　　sixty years ago, a man named kenneth arnold saw something that we canstill __today, something that changed popular culture for ever.

　　flying his plane over mountains in the us state of washington, he saw a line of strange objects, either crescent-shapedor disc like, flying __ the motion of a saucerskimmingon water.

　　the media soon picked up on the story the flying saucers were here! was the earth being __by creatures from another planet? soon, so many sightings were made that the us military began to __. it called these strange objects ufos - unidentified flying objects, and that is how they are __today.

　　military investigations found no evidence of visitors from outer space. but that did not stop the true __. the military were __up, they said. or

　　maybe it was because the travelers from space were of such superior intelligence__they could hide from military analysts.

　　people have always seen strange lights in the sky. in the past these were explained in __ways. in a world where religion was less influential and science fiction was popular, signs from god were replaced by visitors from other__.

　　the date of the first ufo sightings was also significant. in 1947, world war ii had just ended and the __war was just beginning. humanity seemed locked

　　in endless conflicts. like generations before them, people looked __the skies for help. but instead of seeking god, they looked for help fromsuper-intelligent alienswith__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 __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 __on them. why would anyone travel across half the universe to conduct medical experiments on people living in small towns in the united states?

　　51.

　　a. look

　　b. see

　　c. seek

　　d. feel

　　52.

　　a. below

　　b. before

　　c. with

　　d. under

　　53.

　　a. ruled

　　b. bombed

　　c. captured

　　d. visited

　　54.

　　a. investigate

　　b. attack

　　c. shoot

　　d. confront

　　55.

　　a. written

　　b. said

　　c. known

　　d. told

　　56.

　　a. believers

　　b. thinkers

　　c. followers

　　d. runners

　　57.

　　a. putting

　　b. covering

　　c. cheating

　　d. tricking

　　58.

　　a. which

　　b. what

　　c. this

　　d. that

　　59.

　　a. funny

　　b. crude

　　c. religious

　　d. foolish

　　60.

　　a. planets

　　b. continents

　　c, countries

　　d. regions

　　61.

　　a. cool

　　b. nuclear

　　c. star

　　d. cold

　　62.

　　a. above

　　b. to

　　c. at

　　d. up

　　63.

　　a. traditional

　　b. backward

　　c. classical

　　d. advanced

　　64.

　　a. unthinkable

　　b. impossible

　　c. reasonable

　　d. unimaginable

　　65.

　　a. performed

　　b. studied

　　c. brought

　　d. taken

　　参考答案:

　　51.b 52.c 53.d 54.a 55.c 56.a 57.b

　　58.d 59.c 60.a 61.d 62.b 63.d 64.c 65.a

　　Ufos

　　sixty years ago, a man named kenneth arnold saw something that we canstill __today, something that changed popular culture for ever.

　　flying his plane over mountains in the us state of washington, he saw a line of strange objects, either crescent-shapedor disc like, flying __ the motion of a saucerskimmingon water.

　　the media soon picked up on the story the flying saucers were here! was the earth being __by creatures from another planet? soon, so many sightings were made that the us military began to __. it called these strange objects ufos - unidentified flying objects, and that is how they are __today.

　　military investigations found no evidence of visitors from outer space. but that did not stop the true __. the military were __up, they said. or

　　maybe it was because the travelers from space were of such superior intelligence__they could hide from military analysts.

　　people have always seen strange lights in the sky. in the past these were explained in __ways. in a world where religion was less influential and science fiction was popular, signs from god were replaced by visitors from other__.

　　the date of the first ufo sightings was also significant. in 1947, world war ii had just ended and the __war was just beginning. humanity seemed locked

　　in endless conflicts. like generations before them, people looked __the skies for help. but instead of seeking god, they looked for help fromsuper-intelligent alienswith__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 __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 __on them. why would anyone travel across half the universe to conduct medical experiments on people living in small towns in the united states?

　　51.

　　a. look

　　b. see

　　c. seek

　　d. feel

　　52.

　　a. below

　　b. before

　　c. with

　　d. under

　　53.

　　a. ruled

　　b. bombed

　　c. captured

　　d. visited

　　54.

　　a. investigate

　　b. attack

　　c. shoot

　　d. confront

　　55.

　　a. written

　　b. said

　　c. known

　　d. told

　　56.

　　a. believers

　　b. thinkers

　　c. followers

　　d. runners

　　57.

　　a. putting

　　b. covering

　　c. cheating

　　d. tricking

　　58.

　　a. which

　　b. what

　　c. this

　　d. that

　　59.

　　a. funny

　　b. crude

　　c. religious

　　d. foolish

　　60.

　　a. planets

　　b. continents

　　c, countries

　　d. regions

　　61.

　　a. cool

　　b. nuclear

　　c. star

　　d. cold

　　62.

　　a. above

　　b. to

　　c. at

　　d. up

　　63.

　　a. traditional

　　b. backward

　　c. classical

　　d. advanced

　　64.

　　a. unthinkable

　　b. impossible

　　c. reasonable

　　d. unimaginable

　　65.

　　a. performed

　　b. studied

　　c. brought

　　d. taken

　　参考答案:

　　51.b 52.c 53.d 54.a 55.c 56.a 57.b

　　58.d 59.c 60.a 61.d 62.b 63.d 64.c 65.a