阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 When you imagine the South Pole，what do you see？A pole with fla
英语试题 02-19
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
When you imagine the South Pole，what do you see？A pole with flags sticking out in an empty，frozen，white openness？Actually，there’s more than one South Pole—and none of them exactly fits the above ___36___ (describe).
If you think of the earth as a ___37___ (spin) basketball balanced on the tip of a finger，the place where the fingertip touches the ball is what ___38___ (call) the geographic South Pole.This South Pole is an imaginary point.There’s no pole with flags there，just a stick and a sign honoring the first explorers ___39___ (reach) the spot in 1911.
A short distance from the geographic South Pole is a ceremonial South Pole—___40___ actual pole with flags from some countries.Far，far away is the magnetic South Pole—the South Pole ___41___ which a compass would point you.Its current location is 1,800 miles away from the geographic South Pole，in the Southern Ocean，so far north ___42___ it’s not even in the Antarctic circle.The oceangoing magnetic South Pole is ___43___ (natural) unmarked，but if you happen to be there，you ___44___ (notice)：Your compass needle moves aimlessly.
There is still another South Pole：the pole of inaccessibility，defined as the place in Antarctica that is the ___45___ (far) from any shore.
【答案】36. description
37. spinning
38. is called
39. to reach
40. an 41. to/toward(s)
42. that 43. naturally
44. will notice
45. farthest
【解析】
When you imagine the South Pole，what do you see？A pole with flags sticking out in an empty，frozen，white openness？Actually，there’s more than one South Pole—and none of them exactly fits the above ___36___ (describe).
If you think of the earth as a ___37___ (spin) basketball balanced on the tip of a finger，the place where the fingertip touches the ball is what ___38___ (call) the geographic South Pole.This South Pole is an imaginary point.There’s no pole with flags there，just a stick and a sign honoring the first explorers ___39___ (reach) the spot in 1911.
A short distance from the geographic South Pole is a ceremonial South Pole—___40___ actual pole with flags from some countries.Far，far away is the magnetic South Pole—the South Pole ___41___ which a compass would point you.Its current location is 1,800 miles away from the geographic South Pole，in the Southern Ocean，so far north ___42___ it’s not even in the Antarctic circle.The oceangoing magnetic South Pole is ___43___ (natural) unmarked，but if you happen to be there，you ___44___ (notice)：Your compass needle moves aimlessly.
There is still another South Pole：the pole of inaccessibility，defined as the place in Antarctica that is the ___45___ (far) from any shore.
【答案】36. description
37. spinning
38. is called
39. to reach
40. an 41. to/toward(s)
42. that 43. naturally
44. will notice
45. farthest
【解析】
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