[不定项选择题]共用题干 Where Did All the Ships Go?
The Bermuda Triangle 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 all accidents 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 disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle was the US Naval Air Right 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 forces.It is suggested that the ______(59)ships and planes were either transported to other times and places,kidnapped by aliens ______( 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 points towards true north______(63) magnetjc 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 turn up suddenly and destroy a plane or ship.Fast currents could then sweep away any trace of an accident. 63._________
A.instead of
B.except
C.than
D.nor