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热点01空间科学与太空探索梦解析版备战中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练

备战2021年中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练

热点01空间科学与太空探索梦

一、阅读单选

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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