The majority of astronauts（宇航員）from America have been men．At the start of the space programme there was strong resistance from some people against having women in space．However, some women were very keen to become astronauts and in the end they were successful．In 1978, NASA began the first training programme for women astronauts．

Judy Resnick and Christa McAuliffe were both astronauts and they were both women, but in many other ways they were very different．Both of them were on Flight STS-5L-L．Judy Resnick was born in 1949 and studied engineering at university and went on to obtain a PhD in 1977．She was a member of the first group of women selected for astronaut training in 1978, and in 1984, she became the second woman in space．During that flight, she helped to launch three new satellites and she carried out a programme of research．She was, in many ways, a professional astronaut whose whole life was devoted to space travel．

Christa McAuliffe was born in 1948 and she was an astronaut almost by accident．In 1984, NASA decided to find a teacher who could accompany astronauts into space．They hoped that she would be able to communicate with students from space and encourage every one of them to be interested in space travel．Christa was a secondary teacher in history and social studies．She was a gifted teacher and she was selected from over 11,000 applicants to go on flight STS-51-L．She was also a very good communicator and she immediately established a very good relationship with the news media(radio, television and newspapers）．It was partly because of this that there was a great deal of interest and excitement about the flight．Thousands of students in schools and universities all around the country were looking forward to communicating with Christa in space．Millions of people were watching her flight with great interest．It is partly because of the excitement over McAuliffe's place in the flight that the disaster in 1986 had such an effect on people．

1.We can learn from the first two paragraphs that ___________．

A．Judy was against the idea of having women in space at first

B．Judy was the first woman selected for astronaut training

C．Judy helped to launch three new satellites at the age of 35

D．Judy carried out a programme during her second space travel

2.Christa McAuliffe was chosen for training because _______．

A．she was popular with the news media

B．she expected to give history lessons in space

C．she was an excellent teacher and communicator

D．she made the students in space very excited

3.The reason why there was great interest in Flight STS-51-L is that ________．

A．both Christa and Judy got PhD degrees in the same year

B．a(chǎn) young secondary school teacher was on the flight

C．students were going to learn more about space travel

D．it was the first time for women to travel in space

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Two Astronauts B．Flight STS-51-L

C．Travelling in Space D．The Training Programme

 

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析: 在太空計(jì)劃的開始，大多數(shù)的宇航員都是男性的，人們強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)女性進(jìn)入太空。然而許多婦女卻對(duì)宇航員這一職業(yè)情有獨(dú)鐘，最后在1978年，美國航天局首次訓(xùn)練了兩名女宇航員。本文就是對(duì)這兩位女性宇航員的介紹。

1.推理判斷題。從文章第二段 Both of them were on Flight STS-5L-L．Judy Resnick was born in 1949 和 in 1984, she became the second woman in space．During that flight, she helped to launch three new satellites可知Judy當(dāng)她幫助發(fā)射三顆衛(wèi)星的時(shí)候是35歲，選C。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段She was a gifted teacher and she was selected from over 11,000 applicants to go on flight STS-51-L．She was also a very good communicator可知由于她的聰明天賦和善于交流而被選，選C。

3. It was partly because of this that there was a great deal of interest and excitement about the flight．Thousands of students in schools and universities all around the country were looking forward to communicating with Christa in space.可知人們對(duì)Flight STS-51-L感興趣的原因之一是由于這位女士在飛船上，選B。

4.主旨大意題。文章首段提出女宇航員的出現(xiàn)，然后在以下段落中介紹美國歷史上的兩名女宇航員，由此判斷文章標(biāo)題可以歸納為Two Astronauts。

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