ЕГЭ по Английскому Языку/ Репетитор Английского языка / Тест 23

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 1 - 8. Определите, какой вариант ответа соответствует данному пропуску.
 

some facts about antarctica

Antarctica occupies about 9% of the earth’s total land surface. For this to be true, of course, you must accept snow and ice as “land surface,”  ... [because/owing to/despite/although]  this is what mainly constitutes that part of the continent that lies above sea level. Think of the antarctic continent as a vast  ... [convex/convert/convent/converse]  lens of ice with a thin veneer of snow. In ... [contrast/addition/harmony/order]  to the region around the north pole, which is just ... [floating/fleeting/sailing/swimming]  ice at the surface of the ocean, the antarctic ice lens rests on solid rock. In most places the ice is so thick, and weights so much, that it has depressed the underlying rock to about sea level. If the ice melted completely, the surface of the continent would ... [rebound/rebate/rebuke/renown]  over a long period of time until its average elevation would be higher than any other continent. As it ... [is/happens/goes/does], the ice surface itself gives Antarctica a higher average elevation than any other continent. It is only a few places, where mountains  ... [defy/provoke/disregard/confront]  the ice cover, that we can directly sample the underlying rocks. At the centre of the continent the elevation is about 4000 m. At the south geographic  ...[pole/poll/pool/post], which is not at the centre of the continent, the elevation is 3000m.

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GAP 1
BECAUSE

CONJUNCTION

BECAUSE

Used when you are giving the reason for something:  Just because I don't complain, people think I'm satisfied.

 

 

GAP 2
CONVEX

COLLOCATION

CONVEX LENS

A lens having at least one surface that curves outward like the exterior of a sphere: The lenses which make the rays from an object converge are called convex lenses.

 

 

GAP 3
CONTRAST

IDIOM

IN CONTRAST TO

A difference between people, ideas, situations, things etc that are being compared: The company lost $7 million this quarter in contrast to a profit of $6.2 million a year earlier

 

 

GAP 4
FLOATING

VERB

FLOAT

To move slowly on water or in the air: I wasn't sure if the raft would float.

 

 

GAP 5
REBOUND

VERB

REBOUND

To bounce back after hitting something: The ball rebounded from the goalpost and Podolski headed it in.

 

 

GAP 6
IS

PHRASE

AS IT IS

Considering the present situation; as things are: We were hoping to finish it by next week — as it is, it may be the week after.

 

 

GAP 7
DEFY

VERB

DEFY

To successfully resist something to a very unusual degree: I defy anyone to prove otherwise.

 

 

GAP 8
POLE

COLLOCATION

GEOGRAPHIC POLE

Either of the two points at the opposite ends of the line on which the earth or any other planet turns: A shift in geographic poles is another commonly discussed concept throughout the scientific world.