2007公共英语PETS四级完型填空模拟试题十三

时间：2007-12-01 03:13:13

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EXERCISE 13

     Although many governments try to convince their respective subjects that atomic energy is an acceptable alternative _1__ the burning of fossil fuels,no government has taken the least trouble to explain the dangers.Maybe they are __2_ them.__3_ the reason,the public must learn by experience,even though this _4__ may be catastrophic.

     While it is true that nuclear reactors1 do not produce visible smoke,it is certainly not __5_ that they do not pollute.And the pollution they produce is much more insidious2 precisely3 because it is __6_.

     __7_ inconvenient4 it may be for governments to publish all the facts,they have no moral excuse for not doing so,__8_ they think they are acting5 in our best interest.At least some of the facts are known,even though they are not widely reported.

     Nuclear reactors produce radioactive water and gases in vast _9__.What __10_ all this waste?It is __11_ concrete tanks and stored on tank farms.It is __12_ in disused salt mines.It is run into fractured rock.It is buried.It is __13_ about in special trains.But even when dumped,it has to be kept __14_ by sprinklers to stop it from boiling.And the contents of the tanks are,of course,extremely corrosive6.The efforts of a fracture in the tank or a failure of the cooling system would be _15__.

     While every effort is made to _16__ that radioactive wastes do not excape into the sea or _17__ supplies of drinking water,such a leakage7 would be too horrible __18_ contemplate8.But even then ,governments would presumably continue to belittle9 the hazards.

     It seems that __19_ governments can get away with not telling the truth,they will continue to keep silent.Nevertheless the people _20__ to know the full facts.Do you know what happens to the radioactive waste in your country?No?Well—find out!

1)  A  for          B with             C to            D instead of

2)  A  unaware of   B aware of          C unaware from  D aware from

3)  A  however     B whatever          C whenever     D wherever

4)  A  experiment   B government        C danger       D experience

6)  A  visible       B invisible          C disvisible     D unvisible

5)  A  unture       B unreal            C true          D distrue

7)  A  however     B whatever          C whenever     D wherever

8)  A  even        B if even            C if            D even if

 9)  A  numbers     B quality           C quantities      D degree

 10)  A  happens to   B happen to        C happened to     D happening to

 11)  A  put down    B put into          C put up          D puto onto

 12)  A  stored       B storing          C being stored     D to be stored

 13)  A  transporting  B transport        C being transported  D transported

 14)   A  hot        B cooled          C cool             D to cool

 15)   A  disaster    B danger          C a disaster         D disastrous

 16)   A  reassure    B ensure          C convince         D assure

 17)   A  in front of   B behind         C forward          D into

18)   A  against     B that            C to               D too

 19)   A  as long as  B as well as        C as good as        D as smart as

 20)   A  has a right  B with a right      C having a right      D have a right

 答案:

1--5 CABDC 
6--10 BADCA
11--15 BADCD
16--20 BDCAD

 


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1 reactors 774794d45796c1ac60b7fda5e55a878b     
起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 )； 反应装置； 原子炉； 核反应堆
参考例句：
  • The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
  • The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。
2 insidious fx6yh     
adj.阴险的，隐匿的，暗中为害的，（疾病）不知不觉之间加剧
参考例句：
  • That insidious man bad-mouthed me to almost everyone else.那个阴险的家伙几乎见人便说我的坏话。
  • Organized crime has an insidious influence on all who come into contact with it.所有和集团犯罪有关的人都会不知不觉地受坏影响。
3 precisely zlWzUb     
adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地
参考例句：
  • It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
  • The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
4 inconvenient m4hy5     
adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的
参考例句：
  • You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
  • Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？
5 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
参考例句：
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
6 corrosive wzsxn     
adj.腐蚀性的；有害的；恶毒的
参考例句：
  • Many highly corrosive substances are used in the nuclear industry.核工业使用许多腐蚀性很强的物质。
  • Many highly corrosive substances are used in the nuclear industry.核工业使用许多腐蚀性很强的物质。
7 leakage H1dxq     
n.漏，泄漏；泄漏物；漏出量
参考例句：
  • Large areas of land have been contaminated by the leakage from the nuclear reactor.大片地区都被核反应堆的泄漏物污染了。
  • The continuing leakage is the result of the long crack in the pipe.这根管子上的那一条裂缝致使渗漏不断。
8 contemplate PaXyl     
vt.盘算，计议；周密考虑；注视，凝视
参考例句：
  • The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。
  • The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.后果不堪设想。
9 belittle quozZ     
v.轻视，小看，贬低
参考例句：
  • Do not belittle what he has achieved.不能小看他取得的成绩。
  • When you belittle others,you are actually the one who appears small.当你轻视他人时， 真正渺小的其实是你自己。

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