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Ships are often sunk in order to create underwater reefs (暗礁) perfect for scu

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问题    Ships are often sunk in order to create underwater reefs (暗礁) perfect for scuba diving (水肺式潜泳) and preserving marine【C1】______. Turkish authorities have just sunk something a little different than a ship, and it wouldn’t normally ever touch water, an Airbus A300. The hollowed-out A300 was【C2】______of everything potentially harmful to the environment and sunk off the Aegean coast today. Not only will the sunken plane【C3】______the perfect skeleton for artificial reef growth, but authorities hope this new underwater attraction will bring tourists to the area.
   The plane【C4】______a total length of 54 meters, where experienced scuba divers will【C5】______be able to venture through the cabin and around the plane’s【C6】______. Aydin Municipality bought the plane from a private company for just under US $100,000, but they hope to see a return on that【C7】______through the tourism industry. Tourism throughout Turkey is expected to fall this year as the country has been the【C8】______of several deadly terrorist attacks. As far as sunken planes go, this Airbus A300 is the largest【C9】______sunk aircraft ever.
   Taking a trip underwater and【C10】______the inside of a sunken A300 would be quite an adventure, and that is exactly what Turkish authorities are hoping this attraction will make people think. Drawing in adventure seekers and experienced divers, this new artificial Airbus reef will be a scuba diver’s paradise (天堂).
   A) create I) intentionally
   B) depressed J) investment
   C) eventually K) revealing
   D) experiences L) stretches
   E) exploring M) stripped
   F) exterior N) territory
   G) habitats O) victim
   H) innovate [br] 【C1】
选项
答案 G
解析 名词辨析题。空格前面是形容词marine，因此应填入名词。空格所在句意思是“人们通常沉没船只以制造适合水肺式潜泳的水下暗礁，并用于保护海洋______。”可知preserving marine______和scuba diving是并列成分，二者都是perfect for的宾语，也就是水下暗礁的作用。由常识可知，暗礁是很多海洋生物的栖息地，因此本空应填入含有“栖息地、居住地”意义的名词，故本题答案为G)habitats“栖息地，生活环境”。其他备选名词均不符合语境，故排除。
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