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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words or the proper forms of the given words. Tw

英语试题 03-21
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words or the proper forms of the given words.
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne. The novel tells the classic story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as is seen from the point of view of Professor Pierre Aronnax, who is commissioned(委托)to find the sea monster responsible for sinking ships.
Ships of several nations spot a(n) ___35___ (mystery) sea monster, which is considered to be a giant narwhal (独角鲸). The US government gathers an expedition (探险队) in New York to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist (海洋生物学家), ___36___ happens to be in New York at the time, receives a last-minute ___37___ (invite) to join the expedition, which he accepts. Canadian whaler Ned Land and Aronnax’s ___38___ (faith) servant Conseil are also brought aboard.
The ship finds the monster after a long search and then attacks the beast, ___39___ damages the ship’s rudder (舵). The three people then jump into the water and grasp the “hide of the creature”, which they find, to their surprise, to be a submarine (潜艇) very far ahead of its time. They are quickly captured (俘获) and brought inside the submarine, where they meet its ___40___ (create) and commander, Captain Nemo.
The rest of the story follows the adventures of the people aboard the submarine, the Nautilus, ___41___ (build) in secrecy and now roams (漫游) the seas free from any land-based government. Nemo explains that his submarine is ___42___ (electric) powered. They visit many places under the ocean; some are real-life places, others are fictional. The travelers also use diving suits to hunt sharks and other marine life with air-guns and have an underwater funeral (葬礼) for a crew member who dies ___43___ an accident occurs under unknown conditions inside the Nautilus.
【答案】35. mysterious    
36. who    37. invitation    
38. faithful    
39. which    40. creator    
41. built    42. electrically    
43. when
【解析】
【分析】《海底二万盟》是一部经典科幻小说。本文介绍了这部小说的故事梗概。
【35题详解】
考查形容词。此处sea monster是名词,用形容词修饰,故答案为mysterious。
【36题详解】
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