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  3. Seeing the wreck for the first time, under the great arc of a sunny sky on that level shore, I was initially impressed by its re

Seeing the wreck for the first time, under the great arc of a sunny sky on that level shore, I was initially impressed by its re

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问题     Seeing the wreck for the first time, under the great arc of a sunny sky on that level shore, I was initially impressed by its remoteness. Here was the focus of those weeks of discussion, of seemingly endless careful planning: a slightly projecting, elongated outline.
    The warmth of the day meant that many holiday-makers were about, and our equipment rapidly attracted them to the site, unmistakable with its brilliant orange marker, each attached to a steel post. These posts marked off the four corners of our working area, and were linked by a rope to keep it clear of curious sightseers.
    Many structural features of the wreck which would normally have been visible were obscured by the sand, which was not only right up to but even above the upper gun deck. We went to work immediately when the first low tide made a start possible, and set up our basic survey line running down the middle of the wreck from bow to stern. As we set about measuring the sides of the ship in their relation to survey line, the "Amsterdam" emerged as a vessel of substance, and more so when the members of the team had scoured her aged timbers free from mussel shells and seaweed.
    All this activity attracted an increasing number of sightseers, whose interest was natural and welcome, since the more people who were moved to understand what we were about, the better it was for archaeology in general and for the future preservation of the " Amsterdam" in particular. However, there were also predatory souvenir hunters who were most disappointed by our merely taking elaborate measurements, with no apparent intention of digging up more objects.
The word "obscured" in the passage probably means______.
选项 A、made clearer
B、made less clear
C、obtained
D、filled
答案B
解析 词义理解题。根据题干中的obscured将本题出处定位于第三段第一句。该句提到，沉船残骸在正常情况下本应可见的结构特点被沙子“obscured”，这些沙子不仅到达了炮甲板，甚至没过了它。由此推测， “obscured”指本应可见的东西变得看不清了，即“使变得模糊”，故答案为[B]项。
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