2. A。 分析:借助空格所在的结构(。。主要的作用力被知道的很少)判断A(关于)合适。
3. A)waits for B)longs for C)accounts for D)looks for
Astronomers now know that luminous matter-stars, planets and hot gas – _3_ only about 0.4 percent of the universe.Non.1uminous components.such as black holes and intergalactic gas,make up 3.6 percent.The rest is either dark matter, about 23 percent,or dark energy, about 73 percent.
3。C. 分析:借助空格所在的局部结构的内容“行星和热的气体。。只有宇宙的0。4”判断C(v.说明, 占)合适。long for v.渴望
4. A)schedule B)time C)duration D)period
Dark matter, sometimes called “cold dark matter,” has been known for some _4_.
4. B。 分析:被选项在含义上都与“时间”有关系。借助空格所在的搭配结构“已经被知道。。”判断B合适((一段)时间)。
Period的用法是通常该词的前面要带修饰语,如:
a short waiting period 等了一小会儿;
one of the most difficult periods of her life她生命中最困难的时期;
或者是for a period of这样的结构
worked for a period of ten years工作了十年时间;
duration强调“持续时期”,与 for 搭配的结构是“for the duration”/ 在整段时间内
5. A)displayed B)delayed C)relayed D)played
Only recently have researchers come to understand the pivotal role it _5_ in the formation of stars, planets and even people.
5.D.分析:空格前出现了role,在role的后面是一个句子对role进行说明(定语从句),而这个定语从句与role有关,所以判断D是答案:play the/a role in ../在..方面起作用。定语从句的含义是“它在星星,行星甚至人的形成上所起的(关键性的作用)”
display vt.陈列, 展览, 显示 n.陈列, 展览, 显示
delay v.耽搁, 延迟, 延期 n.耽搁, 延迟
relay vt.(消息, 货物等)分程传递, 转播
6. A)previously B)back C)before D)ago
“We owe our very existence to dark matter,” said physicist Paul Steinhardt and a co-author of a review on dark matter which appeared not long _6_ in the journal Science.
1. D。 分析:借助空格所在的局部搭配结构“not long ”和谓语部分的时态—一般过去时态,判断D是答案。
7. A)beginning B)changing C)combining D)ending