2. 外语
  3. In 1942, the HMS Edinburgh was sunk in the Barents Sea. It was on its 【C1】________back to Britain with ninety-one boxes of Russi

In 1942, the HMS Edinburgh was sunk in the Barents Sea. It was on its 【C1】________back to Britain with ninety-one boxes of Russi

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问题     In 1942, the HMS Edinburgh was sunk in the Barents Sea. It was on its 【C1】________back to Britain with ninety-one boxes of Russian gold. 【C2】________thirty-nine years it lay there, too deep for divers to【C3】________ No one was allowed to explode it, either, since the bodies of sixty of the crew also lay in the【C4】________. Then, in 1981, an ex-diver called Jessop decided to try using new diving techniques. 【C5】________he could not afford to finance the【C6】________which was going to cost four million pounds, he had to look for people who were 【C7】________to take the risk. 【C8】________, they were not even sure the gold was going to be there! First a Scottish diving company, then a German shipping company agreed to join in the retrieval【C9】________Not long after that, Jessop【C10】________a fourth company to take a【C11】________Since the gold was the【C12】________of the British and the Soviet governments, they both hoped to make a【C13】________, too! The biggest problem was how to get【C14】________the gold. Fortunately, they were able to examine the Edinburgh’s sister ship, the HMS Belfast, to【C15】________out the exact location of the bomb room, 【C16】________the gold was stored.
    They knew it was to be an extremely difficult and dangerous undertaking.  To reach the gold, they would have to cut a large square【C17】________the body of the ship, go through the empty fuel tank and down to the bomb room.  After twenty-eight dives, they     【C18】________to find the first bar.  Everyone worked【C19】________the clock, helping to clean and stack the gold,【C20】________as to finish the job as quickly as possible.
【C6】
选项 A、research
B、operation
C、movement
D、search
答案D
解析 由全文内容可知，这次潜水寻找黄金是一次搜索任务，只有search可表示“搜索，探查”，符合文意，故选D。
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