Question

The Myth of crop circles

Have you ever heard of the crop circles? It’s a magic event: crops in the field get curved（弯曲的）over one night and show different patterns（图案）. Most times, they show simple circles or circles with rings. So they are named “crop circles”.

It’s not a m_______ event. But in ancient times, people couldn’t see these patterns, because you need to see them from some h_______ places and there were no tall buildings in the fields. With the invention of planes, a lot of aerial（航空的）p_______ let people see the crop circles with their own eyes.

Some people say they are the work of tornado（龙卷风）; and some believe supernatural（超自然的）power c_______ them. But most people think it’s just a trick played by artists. According to some research, 80 percent of the crop circles may be man-made. But some facts are undeniable. At Stonehenge（英国巨石阵）in 1996, a pilot r_______ seeing nothing while flying above the place. Fifteen minutes later, a huge 900-foot pattern of 149 circles a_______. This took eleven scientists more than five hours to survey. How could human beings finish it in just 15 minutes? No one has a certain answer.

1.m________

2.h________

3.p________

4.c________

5.r________

6.a________

Answer

1.modern

2.high

3.photos

4.created

5.reported

6.appeared

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要讲述了麦田怪圈的神话而且这是一个不解之谜。

1.句意：这不是现代的事件。

根据空前不定冠词a和空后名词event可知，此空应填形容词，由下句But in ancient times, people couldn’t see these patterns,可知，此空是“现代的”意思，结合句意和首字母提示可知，故答案为modern 。

2.句意：但在古代，人们看不到这些图案，因为你需要从一些高处看到它们，田野里没有高楼。

根据空前不定代词some和空后名词的复数形式places 可知，此空应填形容词，结合句意和首字母提示可知，表示”高出”,故答案为high。

3.句意：随着飞机的发明，许多航空照片让人们亲眼看到麦田怪圈。

根据空前a lot of aerial可知，此空应填名词，结合句意和首字母提示可知，是photo”照片”,且根据a lot of可知，用复数，故答案为photos。

4.句意：有些人说它们是龙卷风的产物；有些人认为是超自然的力量创造了它们。

根据句子结构可知，此句缺少谓语动词，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“创造”的意思，create创造，且用一般过去时，故答案为created

5.句意：1996年，在巨石阵，一名飞行员报告说，他在巨石阵上空飞行时什么也没看到。

根据句子结构可知，此句缺少谓语动词，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“报告”的意思，report报道，且用一般过去时，故答案为reported。

6.句意：15分钟后，一个由149个圆圈组成的900英尺的巨大图案出现了。

根据句子结构可知，此句缺少谓语动词，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“出现”的意思，appear出现，且根据全文可知，用一般过去时，故答案为appeared。