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  3. A leading biologist has compared the physiology(生理学)of flighted species with the representations of spiritual and mythical creat

A leading biologist has compared the physiology(生理学)of flighted species with the representations of spiritual and mythical creat

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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
【C1】
选项
答案A
解析 副词辨析题。空格所在句主谓宾结构完整，故空格处应选择一个副词。此处讲的是生物学家的研究发现，想表达的意思为：坐在圣诞树顶上的天使和精灵——都不可能凭借自己的力量飞到上面。对比选项中的三个副词可知，只有actually“实际上，事实上”合适。
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