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  3. At 2 P.M. on Dec. 5,1945, five Navy bombers took off in perfect flying weather from the Naval Air Station at Fort Lauderdale, Fl

At 2 P.M. on Dec. 5,1945, five Navy bombers took off in perfect flying weather from the Naval Air Station at Fort Lauderdale, Fl

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问题      At 2 P.M. on Dec. 5,1945, five Navy bombers took off in perfect flying weather from the Naval Air Station at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on a 【C1】______  training mission over the Atlantic Ocean. Less than two hours later, the flight commander 【C2】______  that he was "completely lost." Then there was silence. A 【C3】______  plane was sent to search for the missing aircraft and it, too, disappeared. In all, six planes and 27 men 【C4】______  that day without a trace. Despite one of history’s most 【C5】______  search efforts, Involving more than 300 planes and dozens of ships, the Navy was unable to 【C6】______  even floating wreckage or a telltale oil slick.
   This is just one of the many chilling stories told of "The Bermuda Triangle". During the past 30 years, the triangle has 【C7】______  the lives of some 1000 seamen and pilots. 【C8】______  sailors, it is known variously as "The Triangle of Death," "The Hoodoo Sea" and "The Graveyard of the Atlantic" because of the mysterious calms, waterspouts, and sudden storms that have 【C9】______  seafarers in its water.
     The triangle has 【C10】______  considerable public interest through three 【C11】______  books, a television documentary (narrated by horror master Vincent Price) and a special exposition at the Library of Congress. None of these investigations has produced 【C12】______  answers to the mystery of the triangle, but there is no 【C13】______  of interesting theories. Some scientists and popular authors go 【C14】______  suggest that triangle is the 【C15】______  ground of extraterrestrial beings in search of human specimens for their "cosmic zoos."   
【C7】
选项 A、murdered
B、destroyed
C、claimed
D、attained
答案C
解析 claim意为“事故或灾难使人失踪或死亡”，此处意为“百慕大三角已经使将近1000名海员和飞行员丧生”。The earthquake claimed 1,500 lives．地震使一千五百人丧生。
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