Question

The International Space Station，one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of the solar system，turns l0 years old Thursday．

    On Nov．20，1998，the first part of the space station was launched by the Russians from Kazakhstan．NASA followed up two weeks later with Piece No 2 carried up by a space shuttle．

    The space station has grown into a giant outpost(前哨)355 km up，home to three people at any given time—soon to be six．

    Thanks to the newly arrived shuttle Endeavour，the space station now has five sleep stations，two baths，two kitchens and two mini—gyms．Ahogether， there are nine rooms，three of which are full scale labs．

    The United States has financed the main part of the project，estimated to cost some 100 billion dollars．Fifteen other countries have also contributed， including Russia，Japan，Canada，Brazil anti eleven nations belonging to the  European Space Agency．

    Fhe space station has traveled 2．1 billion km，orbited Earth more than 57，300 times，hosted 167 people from 15 countries，and served up more than l 9，000 meals

    “The ISS is the largest ever expenment in international technological cooperation，” said John Logsdon。a historian at the National Air and Space Museum in US．

    “1 think it’s a necessary stepping stone to long—term human activities in new Areas of operations，”Logsdon said．The station is“off the planet and it’s the first Step outward—not all end in itself，but a step along the way．”

1.The passage is mainly about              ．

A the construction of the International Space Station

B．the history of the International Space Station．

C the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station．

D．the eountries that help establish the International Space Station．

2.Piece No 2 of the ISS was put into orbit oil             

A．Nov．6，1998       B．Nov．24，1998

C．Dec．8，1998       D．Dec．9，1998

3.Which of the following is true about Endeav our according to the passage?

A．Endeavour is a newly built shuttle

B．Endeavour is part of the space station

C．Endeavour didn’t get close to the space station

D．Endeavour carried a lot of equipment for the apace station

4.Which of the following country has not made a contribution to the eonstruction of the International space station according to the passage?

A．USA．    B．Japan．    C．Korea．    D．Spain

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了國(guó)際空間站于本周四迎來(lái)了它的10歲生日。國(guó)際空間站是人類歷史上最偉大的太空工程之一，是人類探索太陽(yáng)系的重要起點(diǎn)。經(jīng)過(guò)多年的建設(shè)，距地面355公里的空間站現(xiàn)已發(fā)展成一個(gè)“龐然大物”，目前它可容納三人，不久將擴(kuò)大至六人。國(guó)際空間站是人類向太空進(jìn)軍的第一步，它不是終點(diǎn)，而是前進(jìn)過(guò)程中的重要一步。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The International Space Station，one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of the solar system，turns l0 years old Thursday．國(guó)際空間站于本周四迎來(lái)了它的10歲生日。故選C。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)On Nov．20，1998，the first part of the space station was launched by the Russians from Kazakhstan．NASA followed up two weeks later with Piece No 2 carried up by a space shuttle．故選C。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Thanks to the newly arrived shuttle Endeavour，the space station now has five sleep stations，two baths，two kitchens and two mini—gyms．Ahogether， there are nine rooms，three of which are full scale labs．

故選D。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Fifteen other countries have also contributed， including Russia，Japan，Canada，Brazil anti eleven nations belonging to the  European Space Agency．故選C。

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