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Where Did All the Ships Go?
The Bermuda Triangle(三角区)is one___(51)the greatest mysteries of the sea．
In this triangular area between Florida，Puerto Rico and Bermuda in Atlantic，ships and airplanes
___(52)to disappear more often than in____(53)parts of the ocean．And they
do so___(54)leaving any sign of an accident or any dead bodies．
It is___(55)that Christopher Columbus was the first person to record strange
happenings in the area．His compass stopped working，a flame came down from the sky，and a
wave 100 to 200-feet-high carried his ship about a mile away．
The most famous disappearanceinthe Bermuda Triangle was the US Naval(海军的)Air
Flight 19.___(56)December 5，1945，five bomber planes carrying 14 men____(57)
on a training mission from the Florida coast．Later that day，all communications with Flight 19
were lost They just disappeared without a trace．
The next morning，242 planes and 19 ships took part in the largest air-sea search in history．
But they found nothing．
Some people blame the disappearances_____(58)supernatural(超自然的)forces．
It is suggested the____(59)ships and planes were either transposed to other times and
places，kidnapped(绑架)by aliens(外星人)____(60)attacked by sea creatures．
There are____(61)natural explanations，though．The US Navy says that the
Bermuda Triangle is one of two places on earth_____(62)a magnetic compass(指南针)
points towards true north______(63)magnetic north，____(64)，planes and ships
can lose their way if they don’t make adjustments
The area also has changing weather and is known_____(65)its high waves.Storms
can tum up suddenly and destroy a plane or ship．Fast currents could then sweep away any trace
of an accident.
51 A from B of C about D on
52 A often B look C sometimes D seem
53 A rest B another C other D others
54 A without B by C from D upon
55 A saying B say C said D says
56 A On B In C From D Since
57 A took up B took on C took out D took off
58 A for B about C on D from
59 A missing B missed C miss D misses
60 A and B or C nor D neither
61 A also B no C barely D hardly
62 A which B there C where D that
63 A in stead of B except C but D out of
64 A Similarly B Furthermore C However D Therefore
65 A as B for C by D from