In Switzerland, six miles west of Geneva, lies a collection of laboratories and buildings, and, 1 curious of all, a circular mound of 2 more than 650 feet in diameter. This cluster has unique importance. It is Europe’s 3 atomic city dedicated to 4 the atom for peaceful purposes.

The strange buildings 5 the European Council for Nuclear Research, more popularly known, from 6 French initials, as CERN. The council was 7 when a handful of statesmen and scientific experts 8 in Paris in 1950. Their aim was to “ 9 an organization providing for co-operation among European states 10 nuclear research of a pure scientific and fundamental character.”

The CERN agreement was 11 in 1953, and work on the atomic city began in 1954. today CERN’s 12 are among the most modern and the most diversified in the world. 13 as the scientific aspect may be, the real significance of CERN may lie 14 the thousand people ----the scientists, lab workers, and administrative 15 drawn from the fourteen member nations ---- 16 populate it. British engineers work 17 with Swiss electricians and Yugoslav nuclear physicists. The 18 languages are French and English, with German an unofficial third. But BERN is 19 tower of Babel ---- the language of science is 20 and all-embracing.

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2. A. earth B. dirt C. mud D. soil

3. A. one and best B. one and only C. one and an D. one and merely 密

4. A. investigation B. being investigated C. investigate D. investigating

5. A. work with B. belong to C. consist of D. are located in

6. A. his B. their C. its D. those

7. A. come into being B. constructed C. erected D. born

8. A. joined B. developed C. met D. met with

9. A. found B. put up C. build D. establish

10. A. in B. on C. for D. about

11. A. sealed B. signed C. secured D. settled

12. A. resources B. accommodations C. facilities D. funds

13. A. Impressionistic B. Impressing C. Impressed D. Impressive

14. A. in B. with C. on D. at

15. A. crew B. crowd C. party D. group

16. A. whoever B. who C. which D. whatever

17. A. side by side B. back to back C. heart to heart D. face to face

18. A. living B. authentic C. official D. real

19. A. the B. a C. not D. no

20. A. worldwide B. infinite C. universal D. comprehensive

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