三级英语

09年PETS三级完形填空及（一） The rocket engine, with its steady roar like that of a waterfall or a thunderstorm, is an impressive symbol of the new space age.Rocket engines have 1 powerful enough to shoot astronauts 2 the earth’s gravitational pull and 3 them on the moon.We have now become 4 space. Impressive and complex 5 it may appear, the rocket, which was 6 in China over 800 years 7 , is a relatively simple device.Fuel that is 8 in the rocket engine changes 9 gas.The hot and rapidly 10 gas must escape, but it can do so only 11 an opening that 12 backward.As the gas is 13 with great force, it 14 the rocket in the 15 direction. Like the kick of a gun 16 it is fired, it 17 the laws of nature 18 by Sir Isaac Newton when he discovered that“ 19 every action, there is 20 equal and opposite reaction.” 1.A.shown 　B.been　 C.appeared 　D.proved 2.A.against　 B.despite 　C.beyond 　D.from 3.A.send 　B.land 　C.take 　D.carry 4.A.travelers 　B.astronauts 　C.researchers 　D.explorers 5.A.that 　B.so 　C.as 　D.sometimes 6.A.made 　B.discovered 　C.developed　 D.invented 7.A.in advance 　B.before 　C.earlier 　D.ago 8.A.round　 B.contained　 C.stored 　D.burned 9.A.as 　B.into 　C.for 　D.the 10.A.heating 　B.escaping 　C.expanding 　D.conducting 11.A.in　 B.at 　C.by 　D.through 12.A.turns 　B.goes 　C.faces 　D.directs 13.A.transmitted 　B.dispersed 　C.erected 　D.radiated 14.A.attracts 　B.leads　 C.pulls　 D.pushes 15.A.same 　B.other 　C.opposite 　D.wrong 16.A.that 　B.when 　C.if 　D.although 17.A.states 　B.proves 　C.follows　 D.breaks 18.A.described　 B.discussed 　C.considered 　D.made 19.A.like 　B.as 　C.with 　D.for 20.A.no 　B.an 　C.another 　D.theCloze 1.【答案】D 2.【答案】C 【解析】根据意思判断，beyond意为“超出，超过”。 3.【答案】B 4.【答案】A 【解析】根据意思判断，travelers正确. 5.【答案】C 【解析】原句是示让步的状语从句，而且是一个倒装句，故只能选C as。 6.【答案】D 【解析】根据词的意思区分，invented(指发明)合乎题意。 7.【答案】D 8.【答案】D 【解析】根据句子意思判断，burned正确。 9.【答案】B 【解析】change into是固定短语，“变成”的意思。 10.【答案】C 【解析】根据句子意思判断，应选expanding gas膨胀的气体。 11.【答案】D 【解析】through的意思为“穿过，通过”。 12.【答案】C 【解析】faces意为“朝着”。 13.【答案】D 14.【答案】D 【解析】根据句子意思判断，应为push“推”。 15.【答案】C 【解析】朝相反的方向，故选C。 16.【答案】B 【解析】when引导的定语从句。 17.【答案】C 【解析】根据句子意思判断, follow在这里是遵循的意思。 18.【答案】A 19.【答案】D 20.【答案】B