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1、英语翻译高级口译模拟29SECTION1LISTENINGTESTPartASpotDictationDirections:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassageandreadthesamepassagewithblanksinit.Fillineachoftheblankswiththewordorwordsyouhaveheardonthetape•ItstreakedacrosstheskyinawarmMarcheveninglastyear,then]astreetinthesma
2、lltownofMonahans,Texas.Whensevenboysquittheirbasketballgameto2thedamage,theyfoundashiny,blackgrapefruit-sizerocknestledintheasphalt.3traveledquicklyinnewspapersandonTV.Thenextday,NASAscientistEverettGibsonarrivedandtookthemeteorite,laternamedMonahans1998,backtoalabinH
3、ouston.Thereresearchers4theextraterrestrialrockwithahammerandchisel.Totheirsurprise,theysmackwater.AteamledbyMichaelZolenskyoftheJohnsonSpaceCenterreports5inthecurrentissueofthejournalScience•It1sthefirsttimeanyonehasfoundliquidwater6fromspace-andatantalizingsuggestio
4、nthat7•Meteoritescontainingwaterareprobablynot8,Zolenskysays•Butbythetimeresearchersgettheirhandsontherocks,mineralsthattrapthewater9away,andthewaterhasevaporated.nWorse,someresearchersdestroytheaqueousevidencebycuttingmeteoritesopenwithrocksawsandwater.11mbettingthis
5、isn1110;it!sjustthatpeoplehavebeen11theirmeteorites,HZolenskysays.Ofcourse,Zolensky1steamdidgetabitlucky.Monahans1998wassafeintheirlablessthantwodaysafterithitEarth,sotheyexamined12•Thescientistswereintriguedtofindvividpurplecrystalsofhaliteinsidethemeteorite,sincehal
6、iteisasalt13usuallyformedfromliquidwater.Evenmorecuriouswerethehundredsoftinybubbles14inthehalitecrystals•Zolensky1steamanalyzedthebubblesbyshining15throughthemandconfirmedtheyweremadeofsaltybrine•Bydatingthehalite,Zolensky1steamfoundthewatertrappedinsideitformedatlea
7、st4•5bi11ionyearsago,backwhenmostscientistsbelieve16wasborn・Thatmeansthebrinyrelicmayhelpresearcherslearnaboutthegaseous-nebulathat17oursunandplanets.Buthowdidthemeteoritegetwet?Onepossibilityisthatapassingcomet18therock,droppingoffaloadofliquidwater.Ortherockmighthav
8、echippedoffanasteroidthatholdspoolsoffluid
