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Ⅲ.完形填空 Mars is not，it seems，the dry old planet we once believed __1__.Astronauts who are __2__ to go there in the next decade may find plenty __3__ water to slake (消除) their thirst.And with water present the __4__ of finding some sort of life of Mars are __5__ brighter. This is the view of forty geologists who have been analyzing __6__ of pictures and other scientific __7__ obtained by robot explorers in the sixties and seventies. To begin with，scientists thought the Red planet was as __8__ as the Moon __9__ dust storms swirling over vast sandy __10__.But now the picture is very different __11__ mountains and valleys carved by __12__ glaciers(冰川) and rivers rushing and rumbling deep underground. In a report on the analysis of the Martian pictures Dr.Michael Car of the U．S.Geological Survey comments，“I am convinced __13__ lots of water on Mars.” Any surface water will be in the __14__ of ice.But it could save explorers from __15__ to take so much __16__ with them. The report says __17__ Mars probably had a warmer climate in ages __18__ due to its axis (轴) having been more tilted (倾斜) towards the sun. __19__ signs of plant or animal life have been detected by instruments landed on Mars，__20__ the landing vehicles have been sent there for a few years. 1．A.it is B．it C．it to be D．was 【解析】　根据新的资料显示，火星似乎并不像我们过去认为的那么干燥。it代替前面的专有名词Mars; to be 为不定式的省略式，其后面省略了dry。 不定式的省略式通常省略to后面的成分，但后面为to be结构时，就要保留be而省略其后面的成分。 【答案】　C 2．A.expected B．hoped C．required D．sent 【解析】　expect sb. to do sth.表示“期待某人做某事”。这里用其被动语态形式：be expected to do sth.，表示“某人被期待做某事”。 【答案】　A 3．A.to B．of C．more D．in 【解析】　此句的plenty of＝a lot of为固定词组，意思是“大量的；许多的；充足的”。 【答案】　B 4．A.chances B．openings C．occasions D．possibility 【解析】　本句的意思是“由于水的发现，在火星上面找到某种生命形式的机会就变得更加明朗了”。 【答案】　A 5．A.quite B．very C．much D．more 【解析】　此处的much用来修饰比较级，其他选项都不能修饰比较级。 【答案】　C 6．A.a few B．many C．thousand D．thousands 【解析】　thousands of用复数形式表示不确定的数字，此处意思是“数以千计的 ”，后接复数名词；a few of后接“限定词＋复数名词”，意思是“某(固【解析】　此处为“with ＋ 名词＋分词”构成的复合结构作