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One Small Word, One Big Difference in Meaning As Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon, a global audience

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               One Small Word, One Big Difference in Meaning
    As Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon, a global audience of 500 million people were watching and listening. " That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," they heard him say as he dropped from the ladder of his spacecraft to make the first human footprint on the lunar surface. It was the perfect quote for such a momentous occasion. But from the moment he said it, people have argued about whether the NASA astronaut got his lines wrong.
     【B1】______In the tense six hours and forty minutes between landing on the Moon and stepping out of the capsule, Armstrong wrote what he knew would become some of the most memorable words in history.
     【B2】______It would have been a more meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. Without the missing "a" , the intended meaning of the sentence is lost. In effect, the line means, "That’s one small step for mankind(or humanity), one giant leap for mankind. "
     【B3】______Until his death Armstrong himself had never been sure if he actually said what he wrote. In his biography First Man he told the author James Hansen, "I must admit that it doesn’t sound like the word "a" is there. On the other hand, certainly the "a" was intended, because that’s the only way it makes sense.
     【B4】______Using hi-tech sound analysis techniques, Peter Shann Ford, an Australian computer expert has discovered that the "a" was spoken by Armstrong, but he said it so quickly that it was inaudible on the recording which was broadcast to the world.
     【B5】______James Hansen said, " Neil is a modest guy, but I think it means a lot to him to know that he didn’t make a mistake. "
Questions 61—65
Complete the following sentences. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use.
A. But now, after almost five decades, the spaceman has been vindicated.
B. What was the life like on the Moon?
C. Armstrong has always intsisted that he wrote "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
D. Mr. Ford could not do anything about it.
E. Mr. Ford’s findings have been presented to relieve Mr. Armstrong.
F. Did Armstrong really say the sentence incorrectly?
G. Armstrong landed the Apollo 11 spacecraft on the Moon on 20’ July 1969.
【B4】
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答案A
解析 此段论述的是Peter Shann Ford证实了阿姆斯特丹的话中有“a”这个单词，因此宇航员的话被证实了，A项符合此意，故A为正确答案。
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