2022年职称英语考试综合类课堂笔记十二1

2022年职称英语考试综合类课堂笔记十二1WhereHaveAllOurVisitorsGone?

Sixtyyearsago,amannamedKennethArnoldsawsomethingthatpeoplearestill__1__today-somethingthatchangedpopularcultureforever.

FlyinghisplaneovermountainsintheUSstateofWashington,hesawalineofstrangeobjects,eithercrescent-shapedordisc-like,flying__2__themotionofasaucerskimmingonwater.

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Themediasoonpickeduponthestory-theFlyingSaucerswerehere1!Wastheearthbeing__3__bycreaturesfromanotherplanet?Soon，somanysightingsweremadethattheUSmilitarybeganto__4__.ItcalledthesestrangeobjectsUFOs-UnidentifiedFlyingObjects,andthatishowtheyare__5__today.

Militaryinvestigationsfoundnoevidenceofvisitorsfromouterspace.Butthatdidnotstopthetrue__6__.Themilitarywere__7__up,theysaid.Or__8__itwasbecausethetravelersfromspacewereofsuchsuperiorintelligencethattheycouldhidefromthemostsophisticatedmilitaryanalysts.

Peoplehavealwaysseenstrangelightsinthesky.Inthepastthesewereexplainedin__9__ways.Inaworldwherereligionwaslessinfluentialandsciencefictionwaspopular,signsfromgodwerereplacedbyvisitorsfromother__10__.

ThedateofthefirstUFOsigningswasalsosignificant.In1947,WorldWarIIhadjustendedandthe__11__warwasjustbeginning.Humanityseemedlockedinendlessconflicts.Likegenerationsbeforethem,peoplelooked__12__theskiesforhelp.ButinsteadofseekingGod,theylookedforhelpfromsuper-intelligentalienswith__13__technology.BeliefinUFOsbecamethefirstreligionofscience.

However,evenpeoplewhobelieveinUFOsarenotquitesurewhytheyvisittheearth.Theuniverseisabigplaceanditis__14__toassumethatthereislifesomewhereoutthere.Itispossiblethatalienshaveworkedouthowtotravelthroughspace.Yetsomepeoplereportthattheyhavebeentakenbyaliensandhavehadexperiments__15__onthem.WhywouldanyonetravelacrosshalftheuniversetoconductmedicalexperimentsonpeoplelivinginsmalltownsintheUnitedStates?

词汇：

crescentn．月牙，月牙形物saucern．碟

skimv．飞速拂过alienn．外星人

练习：

1.A)lookingB)seeingC)seekingD)feeling

2.A)belowB)underneathC)withD)under

3.A)ruledB)bombardedC)capturedD)visited

4.A)investigateB)attackC)shootD)confront

5.A)namedB)calledC)knownD)dubbed

6.A)believersB)thinkersC)followersD)liars

7.A)hidingB)coveringC)cheatingD)tricking

8.A)definitelyB)undoubtedlyC)necessarilyD)maybe

9.A)awkwardB)crudeC)religiousD)foolish

10.A)planetsB)continentsC)countries.D)regions

11.A)coolB)starC)nuclearD)cold

12.A)aboveB)toC)atD)up

13.A)traditionalB)backwardC)classicalD