全国职称英语考试综合类C级课堂补全短文第6讲_第3页

F   They will tip up（使倾斜） the scales at 166, 500 tons – more than half the bridge’s total mass.
 
　　Rumor has it that a legendary six-headed monster lurks in the deep waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea between Italy and the island of Sicily. __1__ When completed in 2010, the world’s longest bridge will weigh nearly 300,000 tons –equivalent to the iceberg that sank the Titanic.
1. C。分析：思路特点：注意空格前后句中的词语使用特点：前句中发现了a legendary six-headed monster（与C中的the beast呼应），而C中的the Messina Strait （Bridge）也在空格前句中有呼应的内容：the deep waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea between Italy and the island of Sicily，有两个线索可以表明C是答案，因此判断C是答案。 
A   Some environmentalists are against the project on biological grounds.
B   What do the world’s longest bridges have in common?
D   They’re what will keep the bridge from going anywhere.
E   The second job will be to pull two sets of steel cables across the strait, each set being a bundle of 44,352 individuals steel wires.
F   They will tip up（使倾斜） the scales at 166, 500 tons – more than half the bridge’s total mass.
 
 

A   Some environmentalists are against the project on biological grounds.
D   They’re what will keep the bridge from going anywhere.
E   The second job will be to pull two sets of steel cables across the strait, each set being a bundle of 44,352 individuals steel wires.
F   They will tip up（使倾斜） the scales at 166, 500 tons – more than half the bridge’s total mass.

 
　　When construction begins on the Messina Strait Bridge in 2005, the first job will be to erect two 370 meter-tall steel towers. __3__. Getting these cables up will be something.
3. E。 分析：思路特点：注意空格后句中的词语使用特点：空格前面中出现了the first job(与E中the second job呼应)，而空格后句中的 theses cables 在E中也有呼应内容： steel cable，因此判断E是答案。
 
A   Some environmentalists are against the project on biological grounds.