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江苏省常州市 2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空训练（35）含答案 维A 完形填空(每题1.5分，满分30分) 选材相似度：★★★★ 设题相似度：★★★ 难度系数：★★★★ Being surrounded by sharks may sound like a bad thing，but scientists say sharks are actually a good sign of ocean health.__1__ knowing that，Enric Sala，a marine ecologist and National Geographic Fellow，was a little __2__ when he first dived at Kingman Reef，the heart of a massive，newly __3__ area south of Hawaii now called the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. “The __4__ time I jumped in the water，as soon as the bubbles __5__，my heartbeat doubled—there were a dozen sharks swimming around us and so __6__ corals on the bottom that there was not even __7__ for sand between them，” says Sala. Sala led a series of __8__ to the regions coral reefs over the past several years，__9__ part of his work at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla，Calif.His teams __10__ about sharks and corals there helped __11__ the U．S.government to set up the new monument，where fishing for sharks or anything else is now __12__.Groups around the world are working to __13__ other huge protected ocean areas in hopes of __14__ some of the planets most incredible and important spots. President George W．Bush set up another new marine __15__，or protected area，__16__ the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument just before he __17__ office in January.The reserve __18__ waters around several groups of islands near Kingman Reef，__19__ is 1,000 miles south of Hawaii，and it covers 86,888 square miles.Thats bigger than the size of Virginia and Tennessee __20__. Note： marine ecologist海洋生态学家 【语篇解读】 科学家们对海洋生物的发现促成美国建立了海洋生物保护区。保护区发挥了极大的作用，不仅有利于科学家的研究，更重要的是保护了一些稀有的种类，其他一些国家也纷纷效仿。 1．A.Ever B．Even C．Without D．Instead of 答案　B　[联系下文“my heartbeat doubled”可知，“即使”知道鲨鱼是海洋健康的标志，Enric Sala也是有些紧张的。] 2．A.excited B．happy C．nervous D．sad 答案　C　[联系到鲨鱼是凶猛的动物，在鲨鱼附近也是有些紧张的。A有一定的干扰性，excited的意思是“兴奋的”，不符合面临凶猛动物时的心情。] 3．A.protected B．built C．surrounded D．