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  3. Where Did All the Ships Go? The Bermuda Triangle is one【C1】______the greatest mysteries of the sea. In this triangular area

Where Did All the Ships Go? The Bermuda Triangle is one【C1】______the greatest mysteries of the sea. In this triangular area

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问题                     Where Did All the Ships Go?
    The Bermuda Triangle is one【C1】______the greatest mysteries of the sea. In this triangular area between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda in Atlantic, ships and airplanes【C2】______to disappear more often than in【C3】______parts of the ocean. And they do so【C4】______leaving any sign of all accidents or any dead bodies.
    It is【C5】______that Christopher Columbus was the first person to record strange happenings in the area. His compass stopped working, a flame came down from the sky, and a wave 100 to 200 feet high carried his ship about a mile away.
    The most famous disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle was the US Naval Air Flight 19.【C6】______ December 5 , 1945, five bomber planes carrying 14 men【C7】______on a training mission from the Florida coast. Later that day, all communications with Flight 19 were lost. They just disappeared without a trace.
    The next morning, 242 planes and 19 ships took part in the largest air-sea search in history. But they found nothing.
    Some people blame the disappearances【C8】______supernatural forces. It is suggested that the 【C9】______ships and planes were either transported to other times and places, kidnapped by aliens 【C10】______attacked by sea creatures.
    There are【C11】______natural explanations, though. The US Navy says that the Bermuda Triangle is one of two places on earth【C12】______a magnetic compass points towards true north【C13】______ magnetic north.【C14】______, planes and ships can lose their way if they don’t make adjustments.
    The area also has changing weather and is known【C15】______its high waves. Storms can turn up suddenly and destroy a plane or ship. Fast currents could then sweep away any trace of an accident.
【C13】
选项 A、instead of
B、except
C、than
D、nor
答案A
解析 这里要表示的是“(是)……而不是……”的意思，所以应用instead of。except除了，除外，不计；than比较，比；nor也不，也没有。
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