【单选题】
Before the nineteenth century, scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical’ aspects of it in his writings, but he was {{U}} (26) {{/U}} to go to sea to {{U}} (27) {{/U}} his work. For most people the sea was {{U}} (28) {{/U}}, and with the {{U}} (29) {{/U}} of early international travelers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, {{U}} (30) {{/U}} alone to ask what lay beneath the surface. The flint time that the question "What is at the bottom of the oceans " had to be answered with any commercial {{U}} (31) {{/U}} was when the {{U}} (32) {{/U}} of a telegraph cable fromEurope toAmerica was proposeD、The engineers had to know the depth profile of the {{U}} (33) {{/U}} to estimate the length of cable that had to be {{U}} (34) {{/U}}. It was {{U}} (35) {{/U}} Maury of the US Navy {{U}} (36) {{/U}} theAtlantic TelegraphCompany turned, in 1853, {{U}} (37) {{/U}} information on this matter. The cable was laid, but not until 1866 {{U}} (38) {{/U}} the connection made {{U}} (39) {{/U}} and reliable.At the early {{U}} (40) {{/U}}, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs {{U}} (41) {{/U}} was found to be covered in living {{U}} (42) {{/U}}, a fact which {{U}} (43) {{/U}} contemporary scientific opinion {{U}} (44) {{/U}} there was no life in the deeper parts of the seA、 Within a few years oceanography was {{U}} (45) {{/U}} way. |
B.lying
C.haying
D.claying
网考网参考答案:A
网考网解析:
铺设海底电缆要用laying(铺设,放置),而haying的意思是“割草翻晒成干草”,claying的意思是“用黏土处理,用黏土盖”,所以选择A。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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