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] 【C7】

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答案 J

解析 名词辨析题。空格前有代词that,因此本空应填入单数或不可数名词。空格所在处意思是“但是他们希望通过旅游业为这项______带来回报”。其中that______指的是前半句艾登市政府以不到100,000美元的价格买下这架飞机,而且a return(收益)与投资相对应,买飞机也可以看作是一种投资,由此可知本题答案为J)investment“投资,投入”。其他备选的单数或不可数名词均不符合句意,因此排除。
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