綜合類考試：完形填空模擬Good Reason
It’s now affair bet that we will never see the total extinction of the smallpox virus. The idea was to cap the glorious achievement of 1980， when smallpox was eradicated in the wild， by destroying the killer virus in the last two labs the are supposed to have it—one in the US and one in Russia. If smallpox had truly gone from the planet， what point was there in keeping these reserves？
____1____ reality， of course， it was naïve to ___2___ that everyone would let _____3_____ of such a potent potential weapon.1 Undoubtedly several nations still have _____4_____ vials. _____5_____ the last “official” stocks of live virus bred mistrust of the US and Russia，2 ______6_____ no obvious gain.
Now American researchers have ____7_____ an animal model of the human disease， opening the ____8____ for tests on new treatments and vaccines. So once again there’s a good reason to _____9_____ the virus—just in ____10____ the disease puts in a reappearance.
How do we _____11_____ with the mistrust of the US and Russia？ ____12____。 Keep the virus _____13_____ international auspices in a well-guarded UN laboratory that’s open to all countries. The US will object， of course， just at it rejects a multilateral approach to just about everything. But it doesn’t ____14____ the idea is wrong. If the virus _____15______ useful， then let’s make it the servant of all humanity—not just a part of it.
1. A) In B) On C) At D) For
2. A) know B) imagine C) realize D) be aware
3. A) to go B) going C) go D) went
4. A) much B) more C) most D) a few
5. A) And B) While C) Whereas D) Although
6. A) since B) for C) because D) of
7. A) looked for B) sought C) found D) talked about
8. A) method B) road C) street D) way
9. A) keep B) put C) destroy D) eradicate
10. A) need B) case C)necessity D) time
11. A) handle B) tackle C) deal D) treat
12. A) Difficult B) Hard C) Safe D) Simple
13. A) under B) in C) on D) for
14. A) say B) mean C) state D) declare
15. A) will be B) would be C) is D) are
NO.2
Animal’s “Sixth Sense"
A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December， 2004. It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals， ___1___， seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami. This phenomenon adds weight to notions that I they possess a “sixth sense” for ____2____， experts said. Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24，000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast clearly ____3____ wild beasts， with no dead animals found. “No elephants are dead， not ____4_____ a dead rabbit. I think animals can _____5____ disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening.” H.D. Ratnayake， deputy director of Sri Lanka’s Wildlife Department， said about one month after the tsunami attack. The ____6____ washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast， Sri Lanka’s biggest wildlife _____7____ and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards. “There has been a lot of ____8____ evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven，” said Matthew van Lierop an animal behavior____9____ at Johannesburg Zoo. “There have been no ____10____ studies because you can’t really test it in a lab or field setting2，” he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred with this ____11____。 “Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain ____12____， especially birds… there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters，” said Clive Walker， who has written several books on African wildlife. Animals ____13___ rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators. The notion of an animal “sixth sense”-or _____14_____ other mythical power-is an enduring one3 which the evidence on Sri Lanka’s ravaged coast is likely to add to. The Romans saw owls ___15___ omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes.
1. A) therefore B) however C) although D) whatever
2. A) shelters B) foods C) disasters D) water
3. A) missed B) protected C) raised D) caught
4. A) such B) too C) so D) even
5. A) feel B) see C) hear D) sense
6. A) waves B) tides C) winds D) rivers
7. A) birthplaces B) playground C) reserve D) storage
8. A) experimental B) apparent C) scientific D) chemical
9. A) specialist B) assistant C) supporter D) sponsor
10. A) additional B) specific C) especial D) exceptional
11. A) modification B) detection C) assessment D) value
12 A) route B) behavior C) principle D) phenomenon
13. A) unwillingly B) occasionally C) doubtfully D) certainly
14. A) some B) much C) many D) few
15. B) on B) as C) for D) in