托福听力荟萃 25

Some of you may be familiar with the Apollo programs geological studies of the

moon during the 1960s. But you may not be aware of the _______research

that ______ those studies. The work of two early researchers was very

important in determining the nature of the surface of the moon. Back in 1892, a

geologist¹ named Carlos Gilbert was challenging the prevailing² views about the

lunar surfaces. At that time most scientists thought the ______ on the moon had

been created by volcanic³ action. Gilbert made some careful ______ studies.

There were no spacecrafts back then, so telescopes were the best way to

observe the moon. It concluded that the lunar crater⁴ is so uniform that they had

to be the result of impact of falling bodies such as meteorites⁵. I posted the

enlargements just some of the drawings on the board. If you compare them to

those in your text, you can see that his are amazingly accurate. Still, his

contemporaries ______ his work. 50 years later, a graduate student named

Wolf Baldwin reasserted Gilbert's species. He too met with resistance and he

left academics to run his family's machinery⁶ business. But he didn't give up his

research. He worked alone in his spare time, and eventually wrote an

influential⁷ book called "the face of the moon". A young geologist who read it

was so inspired that he persuaded NASA to incorporate geology into the Apollo

missions. Well, the Apollo missions eventually confirmed most of Baldwin's

ideas, which is astonishing, considering that he wasn't a professional scientis.

 

 

【填空答案】

extensive adj. 广泛的；大量的；广阔的

precedevt. 领先，在…之前；优于，高于 vi. 领先，在前面

crater n. 火山口；弹坑

telescopic adj. 望远镜的；[眼科] 远视的；套管式伸缩的；眼力好的；有先见之明的

rejected v. 拒绝，驳回（reject的过去分词形式）adj. 被拒的；不合格的

【听力原文】

Some of you may be familiar with the Apollo programs geological studies of the

moon during the 1960s. But you may not be aware of the extensive research

that preceded those studies. The work of two early researchers was very

important in determining the nature of the surface of the moon. Back in 1892, a

geologist named Carlos Gilbert was challenging the prevailing views about the

lunar surfaces. At that time most scientists thought the crater on the moon had

been created by volcanic action. Gilbert made some careful telescopic studies.

There were no spacecrafts back then, so telescopes were the best way to

observe the moon. It concluded that the lunar crater is so uniform that they had

to be the result of impact of falling bodies such as meteorites. I posted the

enlargements just some of the drawings on the board. If you compare them to

those in your text, you can see that his are amazingly accurate. Still, his

contemporaries rejected his work. 50 years later, a graduate student named

Wolf Baldwin reasserted Gilbert's species. He too met with resistance and he

left academics to run his family's machinery business. But he didn't give up his

research. He worked alone in his spare time, and eventually wrote an

influential book called "the face of the moon". A young geologist who read it

was so inspired that he persuaded NASA to incorporate geology into the Apollo

missions. Well, the Apollo missions eventually confirmed most of Baldwin's

ideas, which is astonishing, considering that he wasn't a professional scientist.

1 geologist   

n.地质学家

参考例句：

• The geologist found many uncovered fossils in the valley.在那山谷里，地质学家发现了许多裸露的化石。
• He was a geologist,rated by his cronies as the best in the business.他是一位地质学家，被他的老朋友们看做是这门行当中最好的一位。

2 prevailing   

adj.盛行的；占优势的；主要的

参考例句：

• She wears a fashionable hair style prevailing in the city.她的发型是这个城市流行的款式。
• This reflects attitudes and values prevailing in society.这反映了社会上盛行的态度和价值观。

3 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

4 crater   

n.火山口，弹坑

参考例句：

• With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
• They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。

5 meteorites   

n.陨星( meteorite的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Small meteorites have left impact craters all over the planet's surface. 这个行星的表面布满了小块陨石留下的撞击坑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• One theory about the existence of extraterrestrial life rests on the presence of carbon compounds in meteorites. 地球外存在生命的理论是基于陨星上存在碳化合物质这一事实的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

7 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。