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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(小天使)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)cursory F)finally K)architecture
B)witness G)blown L)curious
C)pushed H)messages M)portrayed
D)flight I)actually N)prove
E)powerful J)apparently O)revealed
【C7】
选项
答案B
解析 动词辨析题。根据空格前的to及后面的名词the deeds可以推断，空格处应填一个动词。同时结合the deeds“行为，功绩”可以推断，这里的动词应能表示“见证，证实”等意思。prove虽然有证明的意思，但它强调通过提示论据或证据来确立真实性或有效性，故排除。因此，这里应填witness“见证，目击”。
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