Reading Explorer F 首字母填空练习.docx

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ReadingExplorerF首字母填空练习

1AHavealiensvisitedus?

Manypeoplehavestoriesaboutseeingaliens.Herearetwo.JudyVarnsworksforagroupcalledtheMutualUFONetwork.Thep________ofthisgroupistor_______UFOsightings.VarnsthinksaplacecalledArea51,inNevadaintheU.S.,maybethebestplaceonE______toseeUFOs.Oneday,shetooksomephotosintheareaandsawsomethingshethinksisaUFO."Wesawthislittledisk-shapedthinginourphotos.It’skindofexciting,”shesays.PatTravislivesnearArea51.Onenight,shesawas______lightinthesky.Thelight'sm__________werevery___________.Travissawthelightsmovesidewaysandupanddown.Shesawthemmakemanystrangemoves.TravisthinksitwasaUFO.

SecretsofArea51

SomepeoplethinkArea51isw______theU.S.AirForcekeepssecrets,likeUFOsthatcametoEarthandthealiensinsidethem.Butreally,Area51isaplacetheU.S.AirForceusestotestnewt___________,suchasnewkindsofaircraft.JamesMcGahaisapilotwhoflewairplanesatArea51."Thereisa_________noUFOactivityatArea51."hesays.“Noflyingsaucers,nol_____aliens,nodeadaliens.”SowhatdidVarnsandTravissee?

BillFoxworkedatArea51,too.Hethinksheknowstheanswer.“Wed________buildsomestrange-lookingairplanes.”hesays.“IcouldseewhysomepeoplewouldthinktheywereUFOs.”SoareUFOsreal?

You'llhavetod______foryourself.ButifyoudovisitNevada,keepyoureyesontheskies!

1BThelostcityofAtlantis

Mostpeoplehaveheardthestoryofthelosti___________ofAtlantis.Butisanypartofthestorytrue?

Overtwothousandyearsago,theCreekwriterPlatowroteaboutAtlantis,anislandintheAtlanticOcean.Theisland'speoplewereveryrich.Theybuiltabigcitywithmanygreatbuildings.Atthec__________oftheisland,theybuiltabeautifulgoldentemple.Butthepeoplebecameg__________—theyhadmanythings,buttheystillwantedmore.Sothegodsbecameangry,andtheislandwass____________byearthquakesandverylargew________.Finally,thewholeislands________intothesea.

ManyexplorershavelookedforAtlantis.In2004,explorer，RobertSarmastreportedf_______ther_________ofacityundertheseanearCyprus.However,Sarmastandotherscientistslaterfoundoutthes_____________hefoundundertheseawerenatural,notman-made.

ManypeoplethinkAtlantisiss________astory.Thepurposeofthestoryistoteachpeoplenottobegreedy.RichardElliswroteabookaboutAtlantisin1999.Hesays"thereisnotapieceofsolide___________"orarealAtlantis.

Sowastheislandrealornot?

Weonlyknowonething:

Them___________ofAtlantiswillbewithusforalongtime.

2AThehistoryofPizza

Today,pizzaisoneoftheworld’sf________foods.Allovertheworld,peoplemakedifferentpizzas,withdifferenti_________.
Butwheredoespizzacomefrom?

Andwhomadethefirstone?

TheFirstPizza

Peoplehavebeenmakingpizzaforaverylongtime.IntheStoneAge,somepeoplemixedf_______withwatertomakedough.Thentheycookeditonhotrocks.Overtime,peoplestartedusingthecookeddoughasap______,coveringitwithv______otherfoods,herbs,andspices.Theyhadmadetheworld'sfirstpizza.

ANewIngredient

Then---intheearly1500s---E________explorersbroughtthefirsttomatoesbackfromtheAmericas.Tomatoesareab______ingredientinmanypizzastoday.Atfirst,however,mostEuropeanst_________eatingtomatoeswouldmakethemsick.So,forabout200years,fewpeopleatethem.

Slowly,peoplelearnedthattomatoesweresafetoeat,aswellast_______.Intheearly19thcentury,cooksinNaples,Italy,startedthet________ofputtingtomatoesonbakingdough.TheflatbreadsoonbecameafavoritefoodforpoorpeoplealloverNaples.In1_______,acookinNaplestookanotherbigs______inthehistoryofpizza—heopenedtheworld'sfirstpizzar__________.

AWorldFood

Today,aboutfivebillionpizzasaremadeeveryyeararoundtheworld.IntheU.S.a______,peopleeatabout350sliceseverysecond!

Peoplemaynotknowit.buteverypieceisas______ofhistory.

2BThehottestchilies

Youmayhavee__________thefeeling—yourmouthfeelslikeit’sonfire,andtheheatcausesyoureyestow________.You’vejusteatenoneofnature'shottestfoods—thechilipepper!

Chilipeppers,alsocalledchilies,aref________indishesaroundtheworld.TheyareindisheslikeIndiancurries,Thaitomyumsoup,andMexicanenchiladas.Chiliescomefromthecapsicump______.Theyare"hot"becausetheycontainsomethingcalledcapsaicin.

Capsaicinisverygoodforyourhealth.Ithelpsyoubreathebetter,anditmayevenhelpkeepyouf_______:

Capsaicinmakesyoufeellesshungry.Italsomakesyourbodyburnmorecalories.

Wecanmeasuretheheatofchiliesinu_____calledScovilleheatunits（SHU）.Theworld'shottestchiliistheCarolinaReaperItsometimesm__________upto2millionSHU!

Eatingahotchilicanbep_______,butsomepeoplereallyliketoeatthem.Recently,AnanditaDuttaTamuly,awomanfromAssam.India,becamef________foreatingchilies.Sheate51hotpeppersinjusttwominutes!

ThepepperssheatewereNagaJolokia（"GhostPeppers"）.TheygrowinAssamandarethethirdhottestchiliesintheworld.

"Ifoundeatingchilieswasagreatwaytostayhealthy,“saysTamuly.Shebeganeatingchilieswhenshewasachild.Sheeatschilieswhensheiss________,too."EverytimeIhaveacoldorflu,Ijustm________on2somechiliesandIfeelbetter,Tobehonest,Ib________noticethemnow.”

3ATrainingGrizzlies

RussellChadwickremembersthesummerhet______16.Itwasthesummerhew_______withgrizzlybears.

ItallstartedwhenRussellw______asananimalt______atWasatchRockyMountainWildlife.WasatchWildlifeisananimal-trainingcenterinUtah,intheU.S.Atthecenter,DougandLynneSeustrainanimalstobea______.

DougandLynneaskedRusselltohelptakecareoftwofour-month-oldgrizzlybearcubsn_______LittleBartandHoneyBump.That’smoredifficultthanits_______.Babybearsarebig.

Russell’sjobwastoplaywiththebears.Thisteachesthemtobec_________withhumans.Playingwiththebearswasf_______,butRussellhadtorememberthatbearsarew______animals.

“Onetime,HoneyBumptookab______outofmyback,andihadtowrestlehertotheg________.Butitalsoshowedmehows_______sheis.Sheknowshehaddonesomethingwronganda__________byputtingherheadinmylap.”

Russellfoundthatbearscanunderstandmorethanjust“sit”and“stay”.Forexample,whenRussellsaid“Peekaboo!

”toonebabybear,hec________hiseyeswithhispaws,justlikeah________child.

Russelldidn’tgetmuchm________fordoingthisjob.Butheenjoyedthee_________.Healsolearnedalotfromit.Whenyou’vewrestleswithagrizzlybear,thingslikeworkandexamsdon’tseemsodifficultanymore!

3BAninterviewwithJoelSartore

JoelSartoreisawriter,teacher,andphotographer.Hiswords---andimages---showhisp________forphotographyandfortheworldaroundus.

Question1:

HowdidyoubecomeaNationalGeographicphotographer?

Myfirstjobwasforanewspaper.Afterafewyearsthere,ImetaNationalGeographicphotographer.HelikedmyphotosandsaidIshouldsendmoretothem________.SoIdid.Thatl________toaone-dayjob,andsoon.

Question2:

WhatkindofphotographersistheNationalGeographicmagazinelookingfor?

TogetintoNationalGeographic,youhavetogivethemsomethingtheydon’thave.It’snote_________justtobeagreatphotographer.Youalsohaveto,forexample,beas_________,orbeabletod________underseaice,orspendseveraldaysintree.

Question3:

Isitdifficulttogetajobasaphotographertoday?

It’snowmoredifficulttoworkformagazines.T_________nowmakesiteasytotakegoodpictures,whichm________therearemorephotosandphotographers.Also,thewebisfullofphotosfromallaroundtheworldthataref_______,orc_______verylittle.Thesephotosareoftengoodenoughtobeputinbooksandmagazinesthatoncep_______forphotographersandtheirphotos.

Question4:

Iwanttobeaphotographer.Doyouhaveanya_______forme?

Advice?

Well,workhard.Bep________abouteveryp________youworkon.Takelotsofpicturesindifferents________.Lookatothers’photost__________andlearnfromthem.Andbec_________aboutlife.There’ssomethingtophotographeverywhere.

Butbeaphotographerfortherightr_________.Ifyoudoitforthemoney,youp_________won’treallybehappy.Doyouwanttomaketheworldab________place,ormakepeopleseethingsinad_________way?

Ifso,youwillenjoytheworkmuchmore.

4AI’vefoundtheTitanic

Asaboy,RobertBallardlikedtor______aboutshipwrecks.HereadalotabouttheTitanic.“Mylifelongd________wastofindthisgreatship,”hesays.

OnAugust31,1985,Ballard’sdreamc_______true.Hefoundthew_______oftheTitanic.Theshipwasintwomainpartsl_______fourkilometersunderthesea.Usingvideoc_______andanundersearobot,Ballardlookedaroundtheship.Hefoundmanyitemsthatt______thesadstoryoftheTitanic’send.Forexample,hefoundachild’sshoes,ar_______ofthemanyd_________thathappenedthatnightin1912.

In1986,BallardvisitedtheTitanicagain.Thistime,hereachedtheshipinasmalls________.Adeep-searobot---a“swimmingeyeball”---tookphotosinsidetheship.Whenotherpeoplesawthephotos,theywantedtovisitedtheship,too.

WhenBallardr_________in2004,hefoundtheTitanicinverybadc________.Otherexplorershadtakenawayabout6,000items,likeclothes,dishes,andshoes.Someeventookpiecesoftheship.Theythinkthesethingsshouldbemoved