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  3. A leading biologist has compared the physiology(生理学)of flighted species with

A leading biologist has compared the physiology(生理学)of flighted species with

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问题     A leading biologist has compared the physiology(生理学)of flighted species with the representations of spiritual and mythical creatures in art. He found the angels and fairies that sit atop of Christmas trees did not get there under their own power【C1】______.
    Prof. Roger Wotton, from University College London, found that flight would be impossible for angels【C2】______with arms and bird-like feathered wings. "Even a【C3】______examination of the evidence in representational arts shows that angels and fairies(小精灵)cannot take off and cannot use powered【C4】______, and even if they used gliding flight, they would need to be exposed to very high wind speed at take-off - such high winds that they would be【C5】______away and have no need for wings. "
    Angels, fairies adorn some of the world’s most famous religious paintings and【C6】______, hovering in the air to【C7】______the deeds of God and men. Their power to capture the imagination is so strong that a survey last year【C8】______that most Americans believe in angels. Prof. Wotton explores the reason in his paper: "Angels are very【C9】______religious icons for people with faith. Their similarity to humans adds to their power. At the same time, they have wings on them because they are more than human. They take【C10】______to heaven and therefore have to fly. "
A)actually F)cursory K)powerful
B)additionally G)finally L)prove
C)architecture H)flight M)pushed
D)blown I)messages N)revealed
E)curious J)portrayed O)witness [br] 【C9】
选项
答案 K
解析 形容词辨析题。由空格前的are very和后面的 religious icons可知，这里应填一个形容词，用来说明主语Angels"天使" 并修饰表语icons“象征”。上一句提到，大多数美国人相信天使的存 在。空格所在句表述了原因：对于有信仰的人来说，天使是非常 ——宗教象征。结合备选形容词词义可知，只有powerful“有力量 的”符合句意。
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