2011年GCT英语完型填空训练及答案解析(八)

The rocket engine, with its steady roar like that of a waterfall or a thunderstorm, is an impressive symbol of the new space age. Rocket engines have __1_ powerful enough to shoot astronauts beyond the earth′s gravitational pull and __2 __them on the moon. We have now become travelers space.
　　Impressive and complex __3__ it may appear, the rocket, which was invented in China over 800 years __4__ , is a relatively simple device. Fuel that is __5__ in the rocket engine changes into gas. The hot and rapidly __6__ gas must escape, but it can do so only through an opening that __7__ backward. As the gas is radiated with great force, it __8__ the rocket in the opposite direction. Like the kick of a gun that it is fired, it __9__ the laws of nature described by Sir Isaac Newton when he discovered that “for every action, there is __10__ equal and opposite reaction.”
　　1. A. shown B. been C. appeared D. proved
　　2. A. send B. land C. take D. carry
　　3. A. that B. so C. as D. sometimes
　　4. A. in advance B .before C. earlier D. ago
　　5. A. round B. contained C. stored D. burned
　　6. A. heating B. escaping C. expanding D. conducting
　　7. A. turns B. goes C. faces D. directs
　　8. A. attracts B. leads C. pulls D. pushes
　　9. A. states B. proves C. follows D. breaks
　　10. A. no B. an C .another D. the
　　1.【答案】D
　　【解析】因其后接形容词powerful作表语故应填系词。shown不是系词；been和appeared虽可作系词但与句意不符；而proved可作系词，意为“证明是”，符合句意。
　　2.【答案】B
　　【解析】因land on意为“使……着陆”, 而send, take和carry表示“把……送到……上去” 时,常接介词to, 故应选land.
　　3.【答案】C
　　【解析】原句是表示让步的状语从句，而且是一个倒装句，故只能选C as。
　　4.【答案】D
　　【解析】该句为which引导的定语从句，意为“中国发明火箭是在距今800多年前。” 句中谓语是一般过去时，故应选D. ago。
　　5.【答案】D
　　【解析】根据句子意思判断，burned正确。
　　6.【答案】C
　　【解析】根据句子意思判断，应选expanding gas膨胀的气体。
　　7.【答案】C
　　【解析】faces意为“朝着”。
　　8.【答案】D
　　【解析】根据句子意思判断，应为push“推”。
　　9.【答案】C
　　【解析】根据句子意思判断, follow在这里是遵循的意思。
　　10.【答案】B
　　【解析】根据上下文,只能用不定冠词an。