Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
The ocean is heating up. That's the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earth's oceans now 26 heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago. Around half of ocean heat intake since 1865 has taken place since 1997, researchers report online in Nature climate Change.
Warming waters are known to 27 to coral bleaching (珊瑚白化) and they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea 28 While the top of the ocean is well studied, its depths are more difficult to 29 The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperature data in order to get abetter 30 of heat absorption from surface to seabed. They gathered together temperature readings collected by everything from a 19th century 31 of British naval ships to modem automated ocean probes. The extensive data sources, 32 with computer simulations ( 计算机模拟), created a timeline of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming from fossil fuel 33
About 35 percent of the heat taken in by the oceans during the industrial era now resides at a 34 of more than 700 meters, the researchers found. They say they're 35 whether the deep-sea warming canceled out warming at the sea's surface.
A. absorb
B. Combined
C. Contribute
D. depth
E. emissions
F. excursion
G. explore
H. floor
I. heights
J. indifferent
K. levels
L. mixed
M. picture
N. unsure
O. voyage
答案解析：
26. 根据语境“Earth's oceans now 26 heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago”，这里表达海洋吸收热量的速率是18年前的两倍，“absorb”有“吸收”的意思，符合语境，所以选A。
27. “Warming waters are known to 27 to coral bleaching”，水温升高会导致珊瑚白化，“contribute to”是固定短语，意为“导致，促成”，符合此处逻辑，所以选C。
28. “they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea 28”，水温高的水比水温低的水占据更多空间，这会导致海平面上升，“sea levels”表示“海平面”，所以选K。
29. “While the top of the ocean is well studied, its depths are more difficult to 29”，虽然海洋表层被研究得比较透彻，但海洋深处更难去探索，“explore”有“探索”之意，所以选G。
30. “The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperature data in order to get a better 30 of heat absorption from surface to seabed”，研究人员收集150年的海洋温度数据是为了更好地了解从海面到海底的热量吸收情况，“get a better picture of”是固定表达，意为“更好地了解”，所以选M。
31. “from a 19th century 31 of British naval ships to modem automated ocean probes”，这里说数据收集来源从19世纪英国海军船只的……到现代自动海洋探测器，“voyage”表示“航行，航海”，19世纪英国海军船只的航行数据符合语境，所以选O。
32. “The extensive data sources, 32 with computer simulations, created a timeline of ocean temperature changes”，“combine with”是固定短语，意为“与……结合”，大量的数据来源与计算机模拟相结合，符合语境，所以选B。
33. “warming from fossil fuel 33”，化石燃料的排放会导致变暖，“emissions”表示“排放”，所以选E。
34. “About 35 percent of the heat taken in by the oceans during the industrial era now resides at a 34 of more than 700 meters”，工业时代海洋吸收的热量中约35%现在处于超过700米的……，“at a depth of”表示“在……深度”，所以选D。
35. “They say they're 35 whether the deep - sea warming canceled out warming at the sea's surface”，他们说他们不确定深海变暖是否抵消了海面变暖，“unsure”表示“不确定”，所以选N。
