高中英语外刊英国卫报改编完形填空【含答案解析】

外刊英国卫报改编完形填空1
Reading Comprehension
Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A.B C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Stephen Hawking remembered by Bernard Carr
8January 1942-14 March 2018 The physicist 's former research student recalls their close relationship at Cambridge,the sheer might of his intellect, and how he once bored the great man to sleep
Stephen was not so famous when I began my PhD at Cambridge in 1972,but his brilliance was already clear to his peers and I found it rather daunting when,on becoming his research student,I was informed by one of my tutors that he was the brightest person in the department.(1) ,it soon became(2) that my relationship with him would not be the usual type of supervisor-student relationship.In those days,before he had his entourage of nurses and assistants,students would necessarily have to help him in various ways (3) his disability.This was not an arduous task,but it did mean that my relationship with him became quite (4) . Indeed,I shared an office with him, lived with his family for a while and (5) him as he travelled around the world,giving talks and collecting medals.
I soon discovered some of Stephen's singular (6) .The first,of course,was that he was very smart.Students are probably always in awe of their (7) and with Stephen the awe was even greater.Indeed,on matters of physics,I always regarded him as an oracle,just a few words from him yielding(产生)insights that would have taken weeks to (8) on my own.However,Stephen was only human and not all encounters led to illumination.Once I asked a question about something that was (9) me.He thought about it silently for several minutes and I was quite (10) with myself for asking something that Stephen couldn't answer immediately.His eyes then closed and I was even more impressed with myself because he was
clearly having to think about it very deeply.Only after some time did it become clear that he had fallen asleep.Nowadays,I also sometimes fall asleep while talking to students,so I recall this incident with amusement.
The other human side of Stephen is that he didn't suffer fools gladly and sometimes got annoyed.One of the stories put around is that he would vent his frustration by running over students 'toes.I'm not sure about that-he once ran over the toes of the Prince of Wales,and I'm sure that was just an accident.On the other hand,I well recall one occasion when I made a remark in the departmental common room at tea time that showed I had misunderstood what he'd been saying.Stephen screamed “No!"so loudly that his wheelchair shot back halfway across the room under the recoil.I was most impressed that a single word from him could have such (11) consequences.
I also learned about Stephen's stubbornness and determination to continue doing things for himself as long as possible,despite the relentless progress of his illness.For example,because he had an office in both the department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics and the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge,I also had offices in both places.I recall that he sometimes gave me a lift(probably illegally!)between the two places in his three-wheeled invalid car.I found this rather (12) because I thought he drove faster than was ter,he had to discontinue the use of the car but he never lost his drive and the desire to travel as far and wide as possible.One regret is he didn't live long enough to achieve his dream of going into space.
I'm often asked where Stephen stands in the pantheon(名流群)of great physicists.There are many ways of being a great physicist and they cannot be (13) like runners in an Olympic race.Stephen himself never (14) to have the status of Newton or Einstein, but I strongly disagree with people who suggest that his scientific contributions have been (15) because of his iconic status.His disability was clearly a factor in his becoming so famous,but I doubt any other (16) physicist will achieve the accolade of being interred next to Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey.
Stephen died on Einstein's birthday and was born on the date of Galileo's death,so it's (17) that he should be connected to his two greatest heroes in this way.I doubt Stephen would have
attributed much significance to this,but he would certainly (18) that we don't understand the mystery of time.In any case,the synchronicity is fitting because his first major discovery was that spacetime trajectories can have singular endpoints where strange things may happen.Stephen was the most (19) person I have ever known and I feel truly (20) that he was my friend.
1.A.Otherwise B.Nevertheless C.Moreover D.Therefore
2.A.worldwide B.popular C.evident D.neutral
3.A.in process of B.on account of C.in possession of D.accounting for
4.A.familiar B.acquainted C.intimate D.related
5.A.accompanied B.served C.treated D.entertained
6.A.habits B.habitats C.tempers D.characteristics
7.A.supervisors B.inspectors C.tutors D.conductors
8.A.work out B.pick out C.put out y out
9.A.bothering B.puzzling C.disordering D.suffering
10 A.satisfied B.delighted C.impressed D.amused
11 A.distant B.dramatic C.remote D.distinct
12 A.fairy B.chilly C.scary D.nasty
13 A.leveled B.classified C.ranked D.awarded
14 A.claimed B.appealed C.fastened D.applied
15 A.outnumbered B.emphasized C.outlined D.exaggerated
16 A.optimistically B.potentially C.positively D.contemporary
17 A.magic B.odd C.mysterious D.procedure
18 A.overtake B.promote C.confess D.acknowledge
19 A.singular B.strange C.single D.simple
20 A.enjoyable B.grateful C.privileged D.rewarding
【答案】BCBCA DAABC BCCAD DBDAC
【解析】
1，根据前面一句中，我的其他导师告诉我Stephen是整个部门里最耀眼的人，后面说很快我和Stephen的关系不是一般的导师和学生之间的关系可知，作者虽然认为Stephen聪明耀眼，但是与自己关系密切，所以用让步比较合适，答案选B.
2，由本段后文中可推出，我和Stephen关系密切是很明显的。

3，根据句意是由于霍金的残疾，所以学生需要以不同方式帮助他，四个选项中B项表示的是由于。

4，根据句意，虽然帮助残疾的霍金并不是什么艰难的工作，但是这让我们的关系变得亲密起来，所以选C比较合适，其他不适合句意。

5，根据句意，知此处选A合适，意思为；确实，我与霍金在一个办公室，和他家人同住过一段时间，陪伴他周游世界......
6，结合文章第二段和第三段讲的都是霍金的一些性格特征，所以知此处应选D.
7，由前文知学生通常对自己的导师怀有敬畏之心，supervisor在前文已出现过。

8，9，我常常把霍金视作无所不知之人，他的三言两语就足够让我对于困惑着的我的问题产生了新的见解，要没有他，我估计得自己琢磨好些时间呢。

10，复现词，后文中由，我对于提出了一个连霍金也要思考的问题感到印象深刻。

11，我没有想到他的简简单单一个字能产生如此巨大的后果。

12，我觉的这相当不安全，随意反推知霍金开车是相当吓人了。

13，经常有人问我霍金在伟大物理学家群中地位如何，可是成为一个伟大的物理学家由太多种方式，并不能像奥运会中的赛跑者一样被排名。

14，霍金他自己从来没有声称过自己和牛顿和爱因斯坦一样牛掰。

15，我强烈的反对有人说霍金的名气夸大了他的科学贡献。

16，当然，他的残疾是使他出名的因素之一，但是我怀疑当代由任何的科学家能够有资格埋在牛顿坟墓旁。

17，霍金的忌日是爱因斯坦的诞辰，霍金的诞辰又是伽利略的忌日，所以以如此额方式把霍金和其他两位科学家联系在一起很奇怪。

18，我怀疑这事和霍金有关，但是他肯定不会承认我们懂得时间的奥秘。

（霍金说任何的同
步性是合理的，因为他的第一个发现就是时间的轨道会有一些奇怪的结点，而在这些结点会有奇怪的事情发生。

）
19，霍金是我认识并了解的当中最奇特的一个，所以选A比较合适。

20，并且能与他为友，我倍感荣幸。

外刊英国卫报改编完形填空2
Reading Comprehension
Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B, C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Country diary:a chainsaw massacre in the alder woods
On an overcast,drizzly afternoon at Durham Wildlife Trust's Low Barns nature
(1) ,alder provided the brightest splash of colour in the (2) .
A tree had been felled and sawn into (3) ..Chainsaw wounds on this species can look like a massacre,because soon after the timber is cut,it turns a lurid shade of red,almost like blood,in stark contrast to the battleship-grey bark.(4) those wounds,which briefly (5) raw meat,fade to orange and finally to chestnut brown.
When this reserve was established half a century ago,around old gravel pits(采沙场），some moisture-loving alders were planted to help (6) a bare,windswept site.Alder wood is one of the finest sources of charcoal,and the plantation trees are old enough now to be coppiced,to produce barbecue fuel.
There is also an important natural alder wood here,created by a cataclysm almost two and a half centuries ago,which led to the designation of the reserve as a site of special scientific interest.
The Great Flood of 1771 (7) Weardale,washing away bridges all the way to the coast.When the water subsided,the course of the River Wear had (8) half a mile south,and
the old riverbed became what is now the reserve's Long Alder Wood,the finest example of its kind in the region.
When it sometimes floods,this tangle of gnarled(苍劲鳞峋的）trees has a (9) of the Florida Everglades(佛罗里达大沼泽)about it,with mossy,fallen trunks sinking back into the ooze(淤泥).Year round,there are wonderful (10) to watch birds from an embankment level with the tree canopy.This afternoon an acrobatic flock of about 3o goldfinches(金翅雀）(11) and chattered through the twigs,feeding on tiny seeds that fall from the woody cones.
Sadly,since the mid-199os,another (12) has befallen this locally (13) woodland:alder dieback disease has killed around half the mature trees.Coppicing is leading to some regeneration,though in this precious (14) dead timber is allowed to lay where it falls,reserved for the needs of a (15) community of fungi,invertebrates and woodpeckers,rather than back-garden burger-flippers on summer evenings.
1.A.reserve B.preserve C.conserve D.deserve
2.A.scene B.view C.scope ndscape
3.A.logs B.materials C.resources D.sources
4.A.Everlastingly B.Eventually C.Continually D.Sustainably
5.A.assemble B.present C.overcast D.resemble
6.A.rejuvenate B.revegetate C.reform D.remain
7.A.gone through B.got through C.swept through D.cut through
8.A.changed B.shifted C.reversed D.revised
9.A.clue B.plot C.evidence D.hint
10 A.opportunities B.possibilities C.alternatives D.probabilities
11 A.schemed B.crawled C.bounced D.scattered
12 A.misfortune B.catastrophe C.setback D.adversity
13 A.unique B.peculiar C.especial D.particular
14 A.frontier B.territory C.habitat D.boundary
15 A.various B.versatile C.multiple D.diverse
【答案】1-5 ADABD 6-10 BCBDA 11-15 CBACD
【解析】
1，reserve有保护区的意思。

2，阿尔德木给这景色添上了灿烂的一笔（阿尔德木颜色后面有写）
3，一棵大树被砍下哎，很快被整理修建成了伐木。

4，5，这些被砍下的树木口一开始颜色像生肉，然后会褪成橙色，最终变成栗棕色。

6，半个世纪之前，这个保护区被建立的时候，这个地方还是个老旧额采砂场，为了让这片光秃秃的表面有些生机，喜爱潮湿的阿尔德木就此被种下。

revegetate是让....有生机，继续生长的意思。

7，由后面的washing away可知，前面选C比较合适，swept through席卷。

8，当洪水退去的时候，River Wear的河道向南半公里（洪水改变了河道走向)
9,有时候当洪水要来的时候，这片佛罗里达大沼泽的阿尔德木会显现出不一样的迹象，暗示洪水的到来。

10，年复一年，由很多机会可以看见鸟儿迁徙。

11，金翅雀在树林间跳跃私语。

12，13，自20世纪90年代中后期之后，灾难再次降临在这片对于当地而言独一无二的林区。

14，在这边珍贵的栖息地
15，被砍伐的树木可以放置在原地，以满足不同真菌生长繁衍。

外刊英国卫报改编完形填空3
素材源：英国卫报（原文有删改）
Guardian graphic
△Global team of scientists find ecosystem below earth that is twice the size of world's oceans Reading Comprehension
Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A.B.
C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem
The Earth is far more alive than 1 thought,according to"deep life"studies that reveal a rich ecosystem beneath our feet that is almost twice the size of that found in all the world's oceans.
Despite extreme heat,no light,minuscule nutrition and intense pressure,scientists estimate this subterranean biosphere is teeming with between 15bn and 23bn tonnes of micro-organisms, hundreds of times the combined weight of every human on the planet.
Researchers at the Deep Carbon Observatory say the 2 of underworld species bears comparison to the Amazon or the Galapagos Islands,but unlike those places the environment is still largely original because people have yet to 3 most of the subsurface.
The team combines 1,200 scientists from 52 countries in 4 ranging from geology and microbiology to chemistry and physics.A year before the conclusion of their 10-year study,they will 5 an amalgamation(融合）of findings to date before the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting opens this week.
Samples were taken from boreholes more than 5km deep and undersea drilling sites to construct 6 of the ecosystem and estimate how much living carbon it might contain.
One organism found 2.5km below the surface has been buried for millions of years and may not 7 at all on energy from the sun.Instead,the methanogen(甲烷微生物) has found a way to create methane in this low 8 environment,which it may not use to reproduce or divide,but to replace or repair broken parts.The strangest thing is that some organisms can exist for millennia.They are
metabolically active but in stasis,with less energy than we thought possible of 9 life.
Rick Colwell,a microbial ecologist at Oregon State University,said the timescales of subterranean life were completely different.Some microorganisms have been alive for thousands of years,barely moving except for 10 in the tectonic plates,earthquakes or eruptions.
Underworld biospheres vary depending on geology and geography.Their combined size
is estimated to be more than 2bn cubic kilometers,but this could be 11 further in the future.
The researchers said their discoveries were made possible by two technical advances:drills that can penetrate far deeper below the Earth's crust,and improvements in microscopes that allow life to be 12 at decreasingly minute levels.
The scientists have been trying to find a lower limit beyond which life cannot exist,but the deeper they dig the more life they find.There is a temperature maximum-currently l22C-but the researchers believe this record will be broken if they keep exploring and developing more 13 instruments.
Mysteries remain,including whether life colonizes up from the depths or down from chemical processes,and what this might the surface,how the microbes 14 revealing about how life and the Earth co-evolved.
The scientists say some findings enter the realm of philosophy and exobiology-the study of extraterrestrial life.Robert,a mineralogist at the Carnegie Institution for Science,said:"We must ask ourselves:if life on Earth can be this different from what experience has led us to expect,then what strangeness might 15 as we probe for life on other worlds?"
paratively B.dramatically C.elegantly D.previously
2.A.variety B.diversity C.variability D.transformation
3.A.distinguish B.faint C.probe D.drain
4.A.disciplines B.subjects C.regions D.branches
5.A.deliberate B.expose C.present D.promote
6.A.patterns B.models C.imitations D.assumptions
7.A.rely B.focus C.concentrate D.touch
8.A.nutrition B.element C.fuel D.energy
9.A.earning B.supporting C.breeding D.generating
10 A.conditions B.stabilities C.shifts D.transmissions
11 A.extended B.expanded C.calculated D.tempted
12 A.scratched B.mortgaged C.monitored D.detected
13 A.sophisticated B.feasible C.precise D.rough
14 A.stick to B.strive for C.interact with D.see to
15 A.await B.alter C.erase D.knit
【词汇详解】
注意：参考答案是本页右下方：释义及例句来自柯林斯词典
minuscule/"mɪnɜ,skju:1/
ADJ If you describe something as minuscule,you mean that it is very small.极小的
例：The film was shot in 17 days,a minuscule amount of time.
这部电影用了短短的17天就拍摄完成了。

teem /ti:m/(teeming,teemed,teems)
V-I If you say that a place is teeming with people or animals,you mean that it is crowded and the people and animals are moving around a lot.挤满
例：For most of the year,the area is teeming with tourists.
一年的大部分时间里这个地方都挤满了游客.
bears comparison to比得上...：可与...相媲美
【答案】DBCAC BADBC BDACA
【解析】
1.副词辨析，第一句话句意：地球远比我们以前所想的更有活力，故选previously。

A.相对地 B.显著地C 优雅地意思都不合适。

2.名词辨析，此处主要区分variety和diversity，前者是various的名词形式，主要侧重点在不同品种，常用固定搭配“a variety of”;后者强调事物的多样性，常用固定搭配“the diversity of”此处句意：地下物种的多样性，故选Diversity.
3.动词辨析,A.区分B.晕厥C.探索D.促进；前面“is still largely original”可判断，人类尚未’probe’，have yet to=have not。

4.固定用法，in disciplines 在各个领域、学科方面；由后文“ranging from geology and...to chemistry and physics”克制，
5.动词辨析，A.仔细考虑B.暴露C.呈现，出席D. 提升；将会在美国地球物理联合会年会之前提出迄今为止的综合调查结果。

6.名词辨析，A.模式B.模型 C.模仿D.设想；探索场地建立模型，故选models.
7.固定搭配，A.依靠 B.C.集中精力于 D.涉及，碰到；可能不依赖于来自太阳的能源，故选rely.
8.名词辨析，由上文“not rely at all on energy form sun”可知选energy.
9.动词辨析,用比我们所认为的，更少的能源来支撑我们的生活，故选supporting
10.名词辨析，A.条件 B.稳定 C.转换，替换 D.传播，发射；除了地壳板块运动以外几乎不移动，根据’barely moving’可知后面对应的应选C.shifts
11.动词辨析，A.延伸 B.扩大 C.积累 D.诱惑；未来他们结合的规模会扩大，故选expanded.
12.动词辨析,A.抓 B.抵押 C.监测 D.发觉，察觉；……让生命可以以递减的微小水平被发觉。

13.形容词辨析，A精密的 B.可行的 C.精确的 D.艰难的；仪器是精密的，故选sophisticated。

14.固定搭配，A.坚持 B.争取 C.与……相互作用 D.照顾；这些微生物是如何相互作用的揭示了生命和地球是如何共同进化的。

15.动词辨析，A.等待 B.改变 C.清除 D.编织；当我们在探索其他世界的生命时，等待着什么样的奇异呢？故选await.
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Section A (15%)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
BT removing Huawei equipment from parts of 4G network BT has confirmed it is removing Huawei equipment from key areas of its 4G network after concerns were raised about the Chinese firm's presence in (1)__________telecoms infrastructure.
The company said the removals were merely the continuation of a policy which began the mobile phone carrier EE in 2o15,to ensure that both parts of the when it(2)__________ combined network adopt the same technology.Many peripheral parts of BT and EE's systems still (3)__________Huawei equipment,and there were no plans to (4)__________ that.
Governments in the US,New Zealand and Australia have already moved to(5)__________the use of Huawei's equipment as part of the future rollout of 5G networks.Earlier this week the head of MI6 also suggested the UK needed to decide if it was"comfortable"with Chinese ownership of the technology being used.
On Wednesday it (6)__________ hat Canada has arrested Huawei's global chief financial officer in Vancouver,where she is facing extradition to the US in a move likely to exacerbate
tensions between the US and China.
BT confirmed in a(7)__________that it was in the process of removing Huawei equipment from the key parts of its 3G and 4G networks to meet an existing(8)__________ policy not to have the Chinese firm at the centre of its infrastructure.
Under BT's “21st Century Network programme”,the company uses France's Alcatel-Lucent (which was bought by Nokia in 2016)and US-based Cisco to provide core hardware.However,Huawei has still been(9)__________ in the network,providing the technology that powers the telephone exchanges,and also the optical fibre that connects the network core.
“We're (10)__________these same principles to our current RFP(request for proposal) for 5G core infrastructure,BT said. “As a result,Huawei have not been included in vendor selection for our 5G core.Huawei remains an important equipment provider outside the core network and a valued (11)__________ partner.”
Most notably,Huawei has been(12)__________ involved in EE's provision of the new emergency services network(ESN),a £1.2bn Home Office-led project to replace the ageing voice-only airwave system that powers police,ambulance and fire brigade radios with a 4G-capable network that covers all of the UK's major and minor roads.Earlier this year,BT’s Simon Frumkin,the head of the ESN project,described the company as a “key partner”.
Other phone networks,such as Three,have also used Huawei equipment as part of their rollout of 5G-capable st month,Huawei's Yang Chaobin said the company would"continue to work with Three UK to bring customers more market-leading(13)__________applications of 5G .
The UK would have to make"some decisions"about such firms after other governments had taken steps to block the firm. “We need to decide the to(14)__________ which we are going to be comfortable with Chinese ownership of these technologies and these platforms in an environment where some of our allies have taken a very(15)__________position,”BT said.
1.A.influential B.critical C.favourable D.traditional
2.A.enrolled B.recruited C.purchased D.advertised
3.A.run on B.operate on C.carry on D.focus on
4.A.alert B.applaud C.mature D.alter
5.A.erupt B.block C.associate D.strike
6.A.cracked B.bended C.emerged D.prayed
7.A. paper B.document C.judgement D.statement
8.A.inferior B.internal C.initial rmative
9.A. consisted B.participated C.involved D.invited
10.A.executing B.applying C.limiting D.seeking
11.A.origination bination C.creation D.innovation
12. A.heavily B.meaningfully C.boldly D.scarcely
13. A.civil B.domestic C.moderate mercial
14. A.scale B.extent C.field D.scope
15. A.definite B.dominated C.aggressive D.ambitious
【答案】1-5 BCADB 6-10 CDBCB 11-15 DADBA
【解析】
1.B考查形容词词义辨析。

critical重要的，关键的，这里表示是中国公司在关键的电信基础设施出现。

2.C 考察动词词义辨析。

意思是该公司表示，此次撤换只是当它在2015年购买了移动电话运营商ee开始实施的一项政策的延续，以确保合并网络的部分都采用相同的技术。

3.A 考察句意分析。

Run on是运行于，继续的意思，表示很多设备都会继续在华为设备上运营。

operate on对....做手术，对...起作用;carry on表示开展，参与，继续。

4.D 考察上下句推测。

前一句说了会继续在华为设备上运营，所以这里表示目前没有计划要去改变。

5.B 考察动词词义辨析。

表示美国、新西兰和澳大利亚政府已经采取行动，阻止华为设备
的使用，作为未来5G网络推广的一部分。

本周早些时候，军情六处的负责人还建议，英国需要决定是否对中国拥有所使用的技术感到“舒服”。

Block 阻止的意思。

erupt是爆发;喷发;突然发生。

6.C 考察句意理解。

周三有消息称，加拿大已在温哥华逮捕了华为全球首席财务官，她将面临被引渡至美国，此举可能加剧美中之间的紧张关系。

it emerges that …为人所知的是…
7.D 考察句意理解。

英国电信在一份声明中证实，该公司正在将华为的设备从其3G和4G 网络的关键部分中移除。

Statement,声明。

8.B 考察上下文。

表示以满足现有的内部政策，即不让这家中国公司成为其基础设施的中心。

Internal 对应文章第一段第一句，是英国国内的事情。

9.C 考察上下文。

意思是在英国电信的“21世纪网络计划”中，该公司利用法国阿尔卡特朗讯公司（诺基亚于2016年收购了该公司）和美国思科公司（Cisco）提供核心硬件。

然而，华为仍在参与该网络，提供为电话交换提供动力的技术，以及连接网络核心的iCal光纤。

因为前文说了该公司正在将华为的设备从其3G和4G网络的关键部分中移除，所以此处转折表示依然在用华为。

10.考察动词词义辨析。

Apply 申请，应用的意思。

英国电信表示：“我们正在将这些相同的原则应用于5G核心基础设施的当前征求建议书。

“因此，华为没有被纳入5G核心的供应商选择范围。

华为仍然是核心网络之外的重要设备供应商和有价值的合作伙伴。

”
11.考察名词词义辨析。

这里是在评价华为，可知和科技相关的词语应该是创新，innovation.
12.考察副词。

这里是说最值得注意的是，华为一直在大力参与ee提供新的紧急服务网络（esn），这是一个由内政部牵头、耗资12亿英镑的项目。

Heavily：在很大程度上，大量地。

13.考察上下文推断。

空格前面说了是market,和市场有关的就是商业的，commercial.表示上个月，华为的杨朝斌表示，公司将“继续与三家英国公司合作，为客户带来更多市场领先的5G商业应用。

14.考察句意理解。

我们将在多大程度上对中国拥有这些技术和平台感到满意。

To some extent 从某种程度来说。

15.考察细节理解。

表示英国电信表示：“我们需要决定，在我们的一些盟友已经采取非常明确立场的环境下，我们将在多大程度上对中国拥有这些技术和平台感到满意。

”definite一定的；确切的,明确的。

外刊英国卫报改编完形填空5
Reading Comprehension
Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B.
C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Forgotten statue kept in a margarine tub is 2,000-year-old treasure
A 2,000-year-old Roman statuette of a silver-eyed goddess Minerva that for more than a decade was kept in a plastic margarine tub(黄油容器）is among a record number of treasure discoveries made by the nation's army of metal detectorists.
The British Museum on Tuesday revealed the details of 1,267 finds 1__________ England,Wales and Northern Ireland,more than there has ever been since the Treasure Act was 2_________in 1996.They include everything from 3_________metalwork to a 1th-century pocket watch- but the goddess with the silver eyes was particularly 4___________.It was discovered by a detectorist in a field near the village of Hailey,Oxford shire,more than a decade ago but it was 5___________to be a modern copy,nothing more than a 6__________.The landowner placed the Minerva statuette in a large,empty Flora tub and 7___________forgot about it.
This year Len Jackman,a retired lorry driver,asked the farmer 8 _________he could search for treasures on his land and was told about the statue in the tub.The copper-alloy and lead statuette of Minerva,the Roman goddess of wisdom,dates from the first or second century and would most likely have been on a shrine.Her head has been detached from the body but to even find her head was 9__________,said archaeologists.
"It is such an amazing object and it could make an amazing object for a museum 10__________if that's what happens to it,"said Michael Lewis,the head of portable antiquities and treasure at the British Museum."It really is one of the most 11_______ pieces of bronze age gold that I've seen.”
In the 1970s and 80s there was a 12_______ by some archaeologists to stop metal detecting.Lewis said:"There was a 13_________on both sides about hat the other was up to.There was an idea that metal detecting was all about finding things for 14________ gain and ruining archaeology."Over the years it has been realized that there are a lot of people interested in the past,quite happy for the objects to go in to museums.We're still on a journey,don't get me wrong..…it is very 15_______ that the right people are doing metal detecting.”said Michael
Ellis,the heritage minister,who has announced a consultation on how the system could be improved.
1 A.among B.beside C.across D.alongside
2 A.claimed B.applied C.passed D.authorized
3 A.prehistoric B.historical C.historic D.contemporary
4 A.striking B.representative C.specific D.sufficient
5 A.subscribed B.assumed C.wiped D.interpreted
6 A.marvel B.trap C.curiosity D.formula
7 A.now and then B.more or less C.here and there D.time to time
8 A.unless B.what C.if D.that
9 A.remarkable B.magnificent C.permanent D.reasonable
10 A.display B.quantity C.procedure D.collection
11 A.moral B.delicate C.medium D.extinguished
12 A.motion B.protest C.campaign D.parade
13 A.mistake B.mission C.fraction D.misunderstanding
14 A.financial B.rewarding C.neutral D.vital
15 A.awkward B.bold C.significant D.casual
【词汇详解】
shrine
n.圣地：神殿；神龛：圣祠
vt.将……置于神龛内；把…奉为神圣
detached
v.分离
adj.分离的，分开的：超然的
antiquity
n.高龄；古物；古代的遗物
heritage
n.遗产：传统；继承物；继承权
consultation
n.咨询：磋商；[临床]会诊；讨论会
【答案】CCAAB CBCAD BCDAC
【解析】
1.根据语义：大英博物馆本周二向英格兰、威尔士和爱尔兰地区公布了这1267件珍宝的细节。

总数超过1996年通过《珍宝法》后发现的总和，所以应该选择across
2.根据语义：大英博物馆本周二向英格兰、威尔士和爱尔兰地区公布了这1267件珍宝的细节。

总数超过1996年通过《珍宝法》后发现的总和，所以应该选择passed
3.根据语义：这批珍宝所涵盖的范围，自史前金属器具到十七世纪怀表，所以选择
A.prehistoric ，表示“史前的”；
B.historical：历史的，史学的；
C.historic：有历史意义的；
D.contemporary：当代的，同时代的
4.根据语义：不过这件银眼女神雕像格外突出。

所以选择A.striking ：突出的，引人注目
的；B.representative：典型的，有代表性的； C.specific特定的，具体的；sufficient：充足的
5.根据语义：它由探测人员发现于牛津郡黑利镇附近的天地，但当时被认为是一件现代仿制品。

所以选择B。

A.subscribed：订阅，捐款，认购，赞成B.assumed认为，承担C.wiped 擦D.interpreted解释
6.这里是指，不过是由于好奇心，挖掘了这个东西。

A.marvel：感到惊讶，钦佩B.trap：陷阱，圈套；C.curiosity：好奇心；D.formula：公式
7.根据语义：于是土地所有者将这尊密涅瓦雕像置于一个又大又空的植物桶中，就此将其遗忘。

所以选择B。

A.now and then偶尔，有时；B.more or less 多少有点；C.here and there 到处；D.time to time：不时地，时常
8.根据语义和逻辑关系：而今年，退休卡车司机连•杰克曼咨询在农民是否能够在土地上发掘财宝，得知了桶中雕像之存在，所以选择C。

A.unless B.what C.if D.that
9.根据语义：虽然她的头已经和身体分离的，但是她的头非常引人注目，可以知道答案，其他的单词意思都是不合适的。

A.remarkable：突出的，引人注目的B.magnificent重要的，重大的C.permanent永久的D.reasonable合理的
10.根据语义：“这物件如此让人惊喜，它绝对会是博物馆藏品中令人震惊的一件，”所以选择D。

A.display展览B.quantity数量C.procedure流程，程序D.collection收藏，收藏系列，收藏品。

11.根据语义：“这绝对是我所见过的最为精美的青铜时期金饰”可以知道答案。

A.moral:道德的，道德B.delicate：精致的，易碎的C.medium：中等的D.extinguished熄灭的，灭绝的
12.根据语义：1970至80年代，曾有一些考古学家发起运动抵制金属探测，可以知道答案。

A.motion：动作，移动
B.protest抗议
C.campaign运动，竞选
D.parade游行，阅兵
13.根据语义：刘易斯认为，“当时双方对于对方所从事之事都有一定误解。

”
可以知道答案。

A.mistake错误B.mission任务C.fraction碎片D.misunderstanding误解
14 .根据语义：“有观点认为金属探测的全部目的都在于经济牟利，并摧毁考古学。

”
可以知道答案。

A.financial经济的B.rewarding有益的，值得的C.neutral中立的D.vital重要的，生机勃勃的
15.根据语义：“然而在过去几年里，人们开始认识到许多人只是出于兴趣，非常希望将发现的物件送至博物馆。

我们仍在旅途中。

不过不要误解我的意思……确保正确的人参与金属探测仍是非常重要的，可以知道答案。

A.awkward笨拙的B.bold醒目的，明显的，大胆的，鲁莽的C.significant重要的D.casual偶然的
原文译文：
一件距今两千年之久的罗马时期银眼密涅瓦女神雕像，在过去十年中被储藏在塑料制黄油桶中，近日才被当地军队使用金属探测器时发现。

大英博物馆本周二向英格兰、威尔士和爱尔兰地区公布了这1267件珍宝的细节。

总数超过1996年通过《珍宝法》后发现的总和。

这批珍宝所涵盖的范围，自史前金属器具到十七世纪怀表。

不过这件银眼女神雕像格外突出。

约十年前，它由探测人员发现于牛津郡黑利镇附近的天地，但当时被认为是一件现代仿制品。

于是土地所有者将这尊密涅瓦雕像置于一个又大又空的植物桶中，就此将其遗忘。

而今年，退休卡车司机连•杰克曼咨询在农民土地上发掘财宝的可能性，得知了桶中雕像之存在。

“我觉得它看上去很重要，很古老，”杰克曼说。

但直到数月之后，当他在附近发现了一系列物件，才找到当地联络官员。

我说“我觉得你们将会接到一通电话。

”
牛津郡联络员安妮•巴德回忆道，“那些东西就放在我的桌子上，我拿起那桶来，觉得很重，认为它是铅制的。

直到我打开包裹纸张，顿时惊讶无语，那真是一个奇妙的时刻。

”
立马就认定了它来自罗马时期，绝非你平时能见到的物件。

“我过去工作的十年里，第一次见到这种尺寸的雕像。

”
这尊黄铜和铅合金的罗马时期密涅瓦怒神雕像可断代到公元一至二世纪，或许曾经放在神龛之中。

她的头部与身体已经分离，但头部能保存下来就已经幸运至极。

考古学家这样说道。