2023年三级笔译完形填空练习.doc

Section 3: Cloze Test (10 points)
　　In the following passage, there are 20 blanks representing words that are missing from the context. Below the passage, each blank has 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C and D respectively. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　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 proved powerful ________(91) to shoot astronauts ________(92) the earth’s gravitational ________(93) and put them on the moon. We have now ________(94) space travelers.

　　Impressive and complex ________(95) it may appear, the rocket, which was ________(96) in China over 800 years ________(97), is a relatively simple device. Fuel that is ________(98) in the rocket engine changes ________(99) gas. The hot and rapidly expanding ________(100) must escape, but it can do so only ________(101) an opening that heads ________(102). As the gas is ________(103) with great force, it ________(104) the rocket in the ________(105) direction. Like the ________(106) of a gun when it is fired, it ________(107) the ________(108) of nature described by Sir Isaac Newton when he found that “________(109) every action, there is another equal and opposite ________(120).”

　　91.

　　A. enough B. sufficiently C. adequately D. amply

　　92.

　　A. by B. from C. beyond D. to

　　93.

　　A. push B. pull C. pick D. plug

　　94.

　　A. called B. known C. become D. reckoned

　　95.

　　A. as B. if C. though D. for

　　96.

　　A. discovered B. invented C. unearthed D. explored

　　97.

　　A. before B. earlier C. ago D. ahead

　　98.

　　A. exploded B. filled C. contained D. burned

　　99.

　　A. by B. into C. through D. from

　　100.

A. air B. smoke C. gas D. ash
101.
　　A. through B. from C. out D. by

　　102.

　　A. forward B. backward C. inward D. outward

　　103.

　　A. illuminated B. reacted C. diffused D. radiated

　　104.

　　A. pulls B. pushes C. drags D. holds

　　105.

　　A. reverse B. vertical C. opposite D. downward

　　106.

　　A. kick B. shoot C. shock D. knock

　　107.

　　A. sticks B. follows C. adheres D. abides

　　108.

　　A. rules B. regulations C. mechanisms D. laws

　　109.

　　A. in B. for C. by D. on

　　110.

　　A. response B. action C. more D. reaction