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Steel is valued for its reliability, but not when it gets cold. Most forms of

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问题    Steel is valued for its reliability, but not when it gets cold. Most forms of steel【C1】______become brittle (脆的) at temperatures below about -25℃ unless they are mixed with other metals. Now, though, a novel type of steel has been developed that resists【C2】______at much lower temperatures, while retaining its strength and toughness—without the need for expensive【C3】______.
   Steel’s fragility at low temperatures first became a major concern during the Second World War. After German U-boats torpedoed (用鱼雷攻击) numerous British ships, a 2,700-strong fleet of cheap- and-cheerful "Liberty ships" was introduced to replace the lost vessels, providing a lifeline for the【C4】______British. But the steel shells of hundreds of the ships【C5】______in the icy north Atlantic, and 12 broke in half and sank.
   Brittleness remains a problem when building steel structures in cold conditions, such as oil rigs in the Arctic. So scientists have【C6】______to find a solution by mixing it with expensive metals such as nickel.
   Yuuji Kimura and colleagues in Japan tried a more physical【C7】______. Rather than adding other metals, they developed a complex mechanical process involving repeated heating and very severe mechanical deformation, known as tempforming.
   The resulting steel appears to achieve a combination of strength and toughness that is【C8】______to that of modern steels that are very rich in alloy content and, therefore, very expensive.
   Kimura’s team intends to use its tempformed steel to make ultra-high strength parts, such as bolts. They hope to reduce both the number of【C9】______needed in a construction job and their weight—by replacing solid supports with【C10】______tubes, for example. This could reduce the amount of steel needed to make everything from automobiles to buildings and bridges.
   A) abruptly I) cracked
   B) additives J) fractures
   C) approach K) hollow
   D) ardently L) relevant
   E) besieged M) reshuffled
   F) channel N) strived
   G) comparable O) violent
   H) components [br] 【C8】
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答案 G
解析 形容词辨析题。空格前面是系动词is，后面是介词to，因此，空格处需填入形容词形式，构成系表结构，且该形容词能与to搭配使用。上文提到，木村勇次及其同事用新物理方式研发出的钢材达到了强度和韧性的结合。而根据上文，使用高价材料制作的现代钢材也是强度和韧性都很好，因此，此处是说木村勇次及其同事研发的新钢材与现代钢材不相上下。空格处所填形容词应该表达的是“相当的，不相上下的”之意，故G)comparable“类似的，相当的，可相比的”符合语境，且与介词to构成be comparable to短语，意为“比得上……的；可与……比较的”。其他几个备选形容词均与此处意义不符，故排除。
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