首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The "father of waters", the Mississippi River is one of the【C1】______ in the world. According to the United States Army Corps of
The "father of waters", the Mississippi River is one of the【C1】______ in the world. According to the United States Army Corps of
admin
2010-01-15
20
问题
The "father of waters", the Mississippi River is one of the【C1】______ in the world. According to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, if it is【C2】______ from the Upper Red Rock Reservoir which leads to its longest【C3】______ , the Missouri-the Mississippi【C4】______ 3,658 miles to the Head of Passes in the delta. From Lake Itasca in Minnesota to the Passes the Mississippi measures 2,550 miles. The upper Mississippi River is 1,401 miles long. The drainage basin, which【C5】______ from western Pennsylvania to Idaho, embraces two fifths of the continental United States, not【C6】______ Alaska. It is third in size only【C7】______ the Amazon and Congo river basins. The greater part of this vast region is enormously fertile,【C8】______ makes the Mississippi Valley an agricultural empire second to【C9】______ .
Early Spanish explorers in the Gulf of Mexico had noted the mouth of this great river and【C10】______ it the River of the Holy Ghost. Hemando de Soto is usually considered【C11】______ He not only【C12】______ the wide muddy stream in his explorations in 1541,【C13】______ he died upon its banks and was buried in it. More than a hundred years passed【C14】______ other Europeans saw it. Then in 1673 the brave and【C15】______ Frenchmen Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet 【C16】______ it as far as the mouth of the Arkansas River. It【C17】______ for La Salle and his party, in 1682, to【C18】______ the river to the gulf. Two years earlier Louis Hennepin, sent by La Salle,【C19】______ the upper river from the mouth of the Illinois to St. Anthony Falls, the present site of Minneapolis. A hundred and fifty years【C20】______ , in 1832, Henry Schoolcraft followed the Mississippi proper to its source in several small Minnesota lakes, including Lake Itasca.
【C2】
选项
A、estimated
B、assessed
C、measured
D、surveyed
答案
C
解析
本题考查的是estimate,assess,measure和survey四个词的意义区分。Estimate意思是“估计、估价”,assess意思是“评定、估价”,survey的意思是“调查”,这三个词意思均不符合题意,只有measure表示“测量”,符合题意,为本题的正确选择。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/aGnK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
(1)"Britain’sbestexport,"IwastoldbytheheadoftheDepartmentofImmigrationinCanberra,"ispeople."Closeon100,0
Lastweekoilpricesfinallystoppedrising.Theynowhoveraround$43abarrel,a20-yearhigh.TheaverageAmericanfamilyw
HowtoBeRespectfulofYourParentsChangingyourthoughtsandfeelingsaboutyourparent
Wouldyoubeshockedtofindoutanaverageof18peopledieeverydayduetotheshortageofavailableorgandonors?Duetoc
A、Becausemainstreamlanguageneedschange.B、Becausecomputerscientistsdon’tusethesewords.C、BecausetheInternetisdevel
A、Becausetheweatherisfinethen.B、Becauseitischeaptotravelinthismonth.C、Becausethere’safilmfestivaloninMay.
A、Becauseallresearchisjust.B、Becauseallresearchisbiased.C、Becauseallresearchisneutral.D、Becauseresearchresults
PassageOne(1)Themultimilliondollarbraintrainingindustryisunderattack.InOctober2014,agroupofover100emine
OurculturehascausedmostAmericanstoassumenotonlythatourlanguageisuniversalbutthatthegesturesweuseareunderst
______myuncle’shelp,Iwouldn’thavefinishedmycollegeeducation.
随机试题
带底商的多层住宅建筑,关于集中采暖系统设置的说法,正确的是:
Ourstudentsarefreetostudy______intereststhem.
在填写票据出票日期时,“10月31日”应填写成()。
申请个人汽车贷款时,可以由经销商包办从借款申请到签订合同的全部手续。()
委托加工的物资收回后用于连续生产的,应将受托方代收代缴的消费税计入委托加工物资的成本。()(2011年)
八字教学法指()
有关技能和习惯,下列说法不正确的是()
为何要建立行业信息网络?如何建立?
A=BOOK1B=BOOK2C=BOOK3D=BOOK4Whichbook(s)say(s)that...theclimateaffectsthefuturesustainableagricultural
ItisexpectedthatHXIndustrialBankwill______becomethebiggestplayerinthelocalbankingmarket.
最新回复
(
0
)