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Ships are often sunk in order to create underwater reefs (暗礁) perfect for scu

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问题    Ships are often sunk in order to create underwater reefs (暗礁) perfect for scuba diving (水肺式潜泳) and preserving marine【C1】______. Turkish authorities have just sunk something a little different than a ship, and it wouldn’t normally ever touch water, an Airbus A300. The hollowed-out A300 was【C2】______of everything potentially harmful to the environment and sunk off the Aegean coast today. Not only will the sunken plane【C3】______the perfect skeleton for artificial reef growth, but authorities hope this new underwater attraction will bring tourists to the area.
   The plane【C4】______a total length of 54 meters, where experienced scuba divers will【C5】______be able to venture through the cabin and around the plane’s【C6】______. Aydin Municipality bought the plane from a private company for just under US $100,000, but they hope to see a return on that【C7】______through the tourism industry. Tourism throughout Turkey is expected to fall this year as the country has been the【C8】______of several deadly terrorist attacks. As far as sunken planes go, this Airbus A300 is the largest【C9】______sunk aircraft ever.
   Taking a trip underwater and【C10】______the inside of a sunken A300 would be quite an adventure, and that is exactly what Turkish authorities are hoping this attraction will make people think. Drawing in adventure seekers and experienced divers, this new artificial Airbus reef will be a scuba diver’s paradise (天堂).
   A) create I) intentionally
   B) depressed J) investment
   C) eventually K) revealing
   D) experiences L) stretches
   E) exploring M) stripped
   F) exterior N) territory
   G) habitats O) victim
   H) innovate [br] 【C2】
选项
答案 M
解析 动词辨析题。空格前有动词was，而且空格处与and后面的sunk off是并列关系，因此本空应填人动词的-ed形式。空格所在处意思是“这架中空的A300被______了一切对环境有潜在危害的东西”。由空格前面的hollowed-out(中空的)可知，这架A300里面的东西都被拆卸了，因此本空应填人含有“拆除、移除”意义的动词-ed形式，因此本题答案为M)stripped“拆除；剥去”。另外一个备选动词B)depressed不符合此处语境，因此排除。
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