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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] 【C10】
选项
答案 E
解析 动词辨析题。空格后面是名词词组the inside of，且与前面的taking a trip underwater构成并列结构，因此本空应填人动词的-ing形式。空格所在处意思是“潜入水下游览，______一架沉没的A300内部将是一场大冒险”。第二段第一句提到venture through the cabin，与本句表达类似的意思，由此可推断本空应填人含有“探险、探索”含义的动词-ing形式，故本题答案为E)exploring“探查；考察”。备选项中的另外一个动词-ing形式K)revealing不符合句意，因此排除。
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