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Spacetravelisnothingnew.Thefirstspacecraftwithahumanwassentupintospacein1961.Sincethen,peoplehavenotonlytraveledtospace,butalsomanyofthemhavelivedthereinspacestationsforsometime.
TheSovietUnion(前苏联)sentthefirstspacestationintospacein1971.ThisspacestationwascalledSalyut1.Salyut1wasdesignedasaplacewherepeoplecouldlivewhiletheyobservedspaceanddidexperiments.Thefirstgroupofastronautslivedtherefor23days.TheSovietUnionwentontomakesevenmoreSalyutspacestations.Ataboutthesametime,theUnitedStatesbuiltitsownspacestation,calledSkylab.
Astronautsvisitedandoftenlivedinthesespacestationsforashorttime.However,itwasn’tuntilthelate1980swhenTheSovietUnionsenttheMirspacestationthatpeoplebegantoliveinspaceforalongertime.Mirstayedinspacefrom1989until2001,whenitwasdecidedthatthespacestationwastoooldandnolongersafetolivein.
Livinginspacestationsseemstobefun,butastronautsfacemanyproblems.Oneofthemisfood.AllthemealsonspacestationareputtogetheronEarthandsenttherebyspaceshuttle.Becausethefoodhastolastalongtime(sometimesuptothreemonths),alotofithastobestoredincans.Thespacestationdoesnothaveafridge,butithasacoolroomtokeepfruitandvegetablesfresh.Astronautsalsoeatmanyotherfoodssuchasdriedmeatthatdonotneedspecialcare.
Withoutthehelpofgravity,sittingdowntoeatcanbetough.Astronautssometimeshavetofixthemselvestothewallwhileeating.Theyalsohavetobeverycarefultothatfooddoesnotfloataway.
1.Whichofthefollowinghastheclosestmeaningtotheunderlinedword“observed”inParagraph2?
A.DiscoveredB.CheckedC.WatchedD.Fixed
2.Whatcanweinfer(推断)fromthepassage?
A.Astronautscanneverhaveachancetoeatfreshfoodwhentheyliveinspacestation.
B.TheSovietUnionsentatotalof9spacestationsintospaceinthe1970sand1980s.
C.AstronautscouldliveintheMirspacestationfornomorethanthreeweeks.
D.Spacetravelhasquitealonghistoryofmorethan60years.
3.Whatisthebesttitleofthispassage?
A.ExploringSpaceB.SpaceTravelC.LivinginSpaceD.SpaceStations
【答案】1.C2.B3.D
【解析】这篇短文主要描述了空间站的建设和科研人员在空间站的工作生活情况。
1.联系上下文,可知此处指的是观察太空的意思,故选C,观看.
2.根据第二段TheSovietUnion(前苏联)sentthefirstspacestationintospacein1971.……TheSovietUnionwentontomakesevenmoreSalyutspacestations.描述,可知选B。
3.这篇短文主要描述了空间站的建设和科研人员在空间站的工作生活情况。
故选D。
考点:
关于空间站的说明文阅读
点评:
本文浅显易懂,层次分明,学生很容易把握文章中心内容。
答题中注意带着问题阅读短文,一般就能顺利找出答题依据。
对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文,根据短文中心总结出正确答案。
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Asspacesciencedevelops,manhaslearnedmoreandmoreaboutspace.Spaceisnotonlyamazingbutalsodangerous.Whileworkinginspace,spacemenarefacingdanger.
Scientistshavefoundoutthatradiation(辐射)isthegreatestdangertospacemeninspace.Whenspacemenareworkinginspace,theyareindangerofradiationfromthesunandotherstars,whichisbadfortheirhealth.Somespecialmedicinemayworkalittle,butthere’snoreallyhelpfulmedicine.
Spacejunkisalsothoughtagreatdangertospacemen.It’sreportedthatthereare9,000man-madethingsflyinginspace.About30%oftheseareman-madesatellites(卫星),10%arespaceships,andtherestarespacejunk.Anexplosion(爆炸)in1996madeacloudof300,000fragments(碎片),eachatleast4mminsize,andevenasmallpieceoftheseknockedagainstaspaceshipwindowanddidsome
damage.Scientistsareworkingonhelpfulwaystodowithspacejunk.
Althoughspaceisreallydangerous,itinterestseveryoneontheearth.Inthenearfuture,itmaybecomeusualforpeopletospendafewdaysinaspacehotel.Wemayevenchoosetoleavetheearthandliveinspaceforafewyears.Soweshouldcareforspaceanddosomethingtohelpimprovethespaceenvironment.
4.________ofman-madethingsinspacearespacejunk.
A.10%B.30%C.60%D.80%
5._______is/arethemostdangeroustospacemen.
A.SatellitesB.RadiationC.FragmentsD.Spacejunk
6.Whatcanpeopledoinspaceinthenearfuture?
________
A.Theycanonlyliveandtravelinspace.
B.Theycangrowsomefruitandvegetablesinspace.
C.Theycanfindoutwaystosolvealltheproblemsinspace.
D.Theycanspendafewdaysorliveforafewyearsinspace.
7.Thepurpose(目的)ofthewriterwhowritesthepassageismainlyto_________.
A.introducewhatthespaceisliketous
B.talkaboutsomeimportantspacetravels
C.tellusthespaceenvironmentandtocareforspace
D.showushowinterestingthelifeofthespacemeninspace
【答案】4.C5.B6.D7.C
【解析】短文大意:
本文是科普文,介绍了神奇太空的危险环境,呼吁人们关心太空并做一些事情来帮助改善太空环境。
4.题意:
太空中60%的人造物品都是太空垃圾。
考查细节计算。
根据About30%oftheseareman-madesatellites(卫星),10%are