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【完形填空】Cloze: A Scientist's Stand
Lena left the lab at dawn. Her town in Ohio had once (1) the atomic age.
Now a rusted factory (2) out of the snow. The plant closed in 2009, and hard times did follow.
She whispered a line from an old report: "We melt glass for the nation." (3), the town still had one open institute.
It was small but not entirely (4). Lena ran its materials lab, a kind of embryo project, and she had to (5) her grant defense each spring.
The use of old equipment was (6). Ultimately, she inherited the mantle of her mentor, a particularly imaginative man.
His work (7) her own. Subliminal cues from his notes kept her going. She had to acquaint herself with every machine.
One press was extendable; another could (8) thin sheets with gas. She had to concentrate, because the state would not fund mistakes.
Unfortunately, her mentor had tried to (9) the process to a single formula. That view proved predominantly wrong.
Success would (10) on an alternative path. Her subsequent years passed in obscurity.
Despite a small institute, she felt assured. She would not censor doubt. Water was indispensable for the cooling step, so she began to delve into the embryo of a new design: a lens that could bend light around a core.
It was not ideal, but it was advantageous. An analogous setup in nature, the eye of a shrimp, gave her a clue. She would resit the old tests with a new material.
Whereas the old glass was brittle, her blend would assimilate heat and express it outward. She used her own discretion. The nuclear option, quitting, was not for her.
Choices
(1) A. criticised B. symbolised C. advertised D. memorised
(2) A. rose B. stuck C. hid D. fell
(3) A. As a result B. On the contrary C. In addition D. For instance
(4) A. noisy B. idle C. busy D. modern
(5) A. resit B. skip C. forget D. prepare
(6) A. optional B. temporary C. inevitable D. avoidable
(7) A. underpinned B. undermined C. overlooked D. replaced
(8) A. block B. permeate C. cover D. dry
(9) A. compare B. enslave C. expose D. free
(10) A. focus B. depend C. hinge D. rely