历届高考完形填空语篇荟萃(27)

(二十七)
He has been called the "missing link". Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount¹ Everest.
He is Known as the Abominable² Snowman. The story of the Snowman has been around for many years. Climbers in the 19205 reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native People said they knew of this creature and called it the "Yeti", and they said that they had even caught Yetis on two occasions though none has ever been produced as evidence（证据）.
Over the years, the story of the Yetis has continued. In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest, Shipton believed that they were not simply the tracks of a monkey or bear and felt that the Abominable Snowman might really exist.
Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were more footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than ordinary animal tracks, which had been made large as they melted(融化) and refroze in the snow. However, in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was real and was a remaining link with the prehistoric³ humans. But, again, no evidence has ever actually been produced.
These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman seriously. But if they ever succeed in catching⁴ one, they may face a real problem. Would they put it in a zoo or give it a room in a hotel? [NMET2001]
简析：新闻综述，围绕雪人是否存在进行叙述。

1 mount   

n.山峰，乘用马，框，衬纸；vi.增长，骑上（马）；vt.提升，爬上，装备

参考例句：

• Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。
• She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。

2 abominable   

adj.可厌的，令人憎恶的

参考例句：

• Their cruel treatment of prisoners was abominable.他们虐待犯人的做法令人厌恶。
• The sanitary conditions in this restaurant are abominable.这家饭馆的卫生状况糟透了。

3 prehistoric   

adj.（有记载的）历史以前的，史前的，古老的

参考例句：

• They have found prehistoric remains.他们发现了史前遗迹。
• It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。

4 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。