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1、四川大学2013年博士研究生入学考试英语试题I.ReadingComprehension(30%;onemarkeach):Direction:Readthefollowingsixpassages.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachpassagebychoosingA,B,CorD,WriteyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.PassageOneOverthepastseveraldecades,theU.S.,Canada,andEuropehavereceivedagreatdealofmediaandevenresearchattentio
2、noverunusualphenomenaandunsolvedmysteries.TheseincludeUFOsaswellassightingsandencounterswith"nonhumancreatures"suchasBigfootandtheLochNessmonster.OnlyrecentlyhasLatinAmericabeguntoreceivesomeattentionaswell.AlthoughthemysteriesoftheAztec,Mayan,andIncacivilizationshavebeenknownforcenturies,nowthepu
3、blicisalsobecomingawareofunusual,paranormalphenomenaincountriessuchasPeru.TheNazca"lines"ofPeruWerediscoveredinthe1930s.Theselinesaredeeplycarvedintoaflat,stonyplain,andformabout300intricatepicturesofanimalssuchasbirds,amonkey,andalizard.Seenatgroundlevel,thedesignsareajumbledsenselessmess.Theimag
4、esaresolargethattheycanonlybeviewedataheightof1,000feet-meaningfromanaircraftYettherewerenoaircraftin300B.C.,whenitisjudgedthedesignsweremade.Norweretherethen,oraretherenow,anynearbymountainrangesfromwhichtoviewthem.SohowandwhydidthenativepeopleofNazcacreatethesemarvelousdesigns?Oneanswerappearedi
5、n1969,whentheGermanresearcher,andwriterErichyonDanikenproposedthatthelinesweredrawnbyextraterrestrialsasrunwaysfortheiraircraft.ThescientificcommunitydidnottakelongtoscoffatandabandonyonDaniken'stheory.Overtheyearsseveralothertheorieshavebeenputforth,butnonehasbeenacceptedbythescientificcommunity.
6、TodaythereisanewandheightenedinterestintheNazcalines.ItisadirectresultofthecreationoftheInternet.Currentlythereareover60sitesdedicatedtothismysteryfromLatinAmerica'spast,andevenrespectedscientistshavejoinedthediscussionthroughe-mailandchatrooms.WilltheInternethelpexplainthese:unsolvedmysteries?Per
7、hapsitisastepintherightdirection.1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisINCORRECT?[A]LatinAmericahaslongreceivedattentionforunusualphenomena.[B]PublicattentionisnowdirectedtowardscountrieslikePeru.[C]Publicinterestusua
