夜雨聆风2001年高考英语完形填空真题（全国卷）
He has been called the “missing link”. Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world — Mount Everest. He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The ___1___ of Snowman has been around for ___2___. Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they ___3___ this creature and called it the “Yeti”, and they said that they had ___4___ caught Yetis on two occasions ___5___ none has ever been produced as evidence (证据).
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has ___6___. In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not ___7___ the tracks of a monkey or bear and ___8___ that the Abominable Snowman might really ___9___.
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were ___10___ footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than ___11___ animal tracks, which had been made ___12___ as they melted(融化) and refroze in the snow. ___13___, in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was ___14___ and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, ___15___, no evidence has ever ___16___ been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman ___17___, but if they ever ___18___ catching one, they may face a real ___19___: Would they put it in a ___20___ or give it a room in a hotel?
1.A. eventB. storyC.adventureD. description
2.A. centuriesB. too longC. some timeD.many years
3.A. heard fromB. cared forC. knew ofD.read about
4.A. evenB. hardlyC. certainlyD.probably
5.A. asB. thoughC. whenD. until
6.A. developedB. changedC. occurredD.continued
7.A. entirelyB. naturallyC. clearlyD.simply
8.A. foundB. declaredC. feltD.doubled
9.A. existB. escapeC. disappearD.return
10.A. clearerB. moreC. possibleD.rare
11.A. hugeB. recentC. ordinaryD.frightening
12.A. strangeB. largeC. deepD.rough
13.A. In the endB. ThereforeC. After allD.However
14.A. imaginedB. realC.specialD.familiar
15.A. soB. besidesC. againD. instead
16.A. rightlyB. actuallyC. normallyD.particularly
17.A. lightlyB. jokinglyC. seriouslyD.properly
18.A. succeed inB. insist onC. depend onD.join in
19.A. decisionB. situationC. subjectD.problem
20.A. zooB. mountainC.museumD.laboratory
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1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.B6.D 7.D 8.C 9.A 10.B
11.C 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.C16.B 17.C 18.A 19.D 20.A
一、
Adventure
1.[ C]an unusual, exciting or dangerous experience, journey or series of events冒险；冒险经历；奇遇
her adventures travelling in Africa她在非洲旅行时的冒险经历
When you're a child, life is one big adventure.在孩提时代，生活是一次大不寻常的经历。
2.[ U]excitement and the willingness to take risks, try new ideas, etc.冒险的刺激；大胆开拓
a sense/spirit of adventure 冒险意识╱精神
以上来源于: 牛津词典
以上来源于: 网易有道翻译
二、
but if they ever succeed in catching one, they may face a real problem: Would they put it in a zoo or give it a room in a hotel?
三、
the legend of the Yeti in the Himalayas
四、重点短语 & 固定搭配
1.the missing link 缺失的一环（进化术语）
2.Abominable Snowman 喜马拉雅雪人
3.Mount Everest 珠穆朗玛峰
4.be supposed to do 据说；被认为……
5.native people 当地人，原住民
6.on two occasions 两次，有两回
7.as evidence 作为证据
8.over the years 多年以来
9.a set of tracks 一串足迹
10.nothing more than 只不过，仅仅
11.melt and refreeze 融化再结冰
12.prehistoric humans 史前人类
13.take … seriously 认真对待，当真相信
14.succeed in doing sth. 成功做成某事
15.face a real problem 面临现实难题
