五、補全短文

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 (記錄) 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  空格后面那句話以but開頭是一個很好的提示，既然這句話說的是“然而，從高空看下去……”，那么空格里那句話應該和這句話形成對比，果然，這句話說的是：Seen from the ground, it looks like lines scratched into the earth（從地面上看……）。

47 E  和上面一題同理，空格后面那句話的第一個詞However可以是一個很好的提示；此外，這句話講的“在一幅滿是狗和猴子的圖畫中間降落飛船有點難以理解”(it would probably be very tricky to land a spaceship in the middle of pictures of dogs ancl monkeys),也是一個很好的提示，空格里的話可能和飛行物有關。果然，選項E講的就是一位瑞士作家曾寫道這些圖形是為不明飛行物的降落設計的。

48 A  從空格前后的兩個句子可以看出，這一段是從天文學研究的角度來揣測這些奇怪圖像的作用的，六個選項中只有A和天文學有關：He called Nazca“the largest astronomy book in the world”。此外，這句話中的代詞he也能在上文中找到合適的所指，即an American explorer named Paul Kosok。

49 F  這一段講的是另外一種猜測，即這些圖形可能和當地人的宗教活動有關，六個選項中只有F提到宗教典禮。

50 D  這一段說的又是另一種猜測，即這些圖形和當地的水利建設有關，不過這也只是個別研究者如Johnson的猜測，尚需更多的證據來證實，最后一句話Other scientists are now searching for evidence to prove this說的正是這一點。此外，這句話中的代詞this也在上文里找到合適的所指，即Johnson的猜測。

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