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Of all the planets,
none has captured (吸引) the world's imagination
like reddish (淡
红的) color and changes in
brightness over time make the planet an
unforgettable sight.
In Cosmos, the television
science series from the 1980s, scientist Carl
Sagan talked about
some traditional ideas
about of these ideas are from the English science
fiction writer
H．' The War of the are from
the mistaken science of Percival Lowell, the
American astronomer who believed intelligent
beings lived on described Martians as
imagined them as the hopeful engineers of great
Sagan said that
both ideas influenced the
public deeply.
Today, Mars continues to excite
humans — not as the object of science fiction but
of
scientific scientists have collected a
wealth of information from spacecrafts that have
orbited (沿轨道运行), landed on and dug into the
Martian surface.
The Smithsonian's “Mars Day”
offered a chance for people of all ages to touch
Mars, or at
least a piece of n and Alycia from
Silver Spring, Maryland, brought their children,
Grace,
Sam, Ryan and heard about Mars and its
geology from could see a test
version of the
Viking landers that reached Mars in July of also
saw meteorites (陨星)
known to have come from
the red, or reddish yearold Sam learned that the
ancient
description of Mars as red is not
exactly said，“It's actually orangish more than
red and
it's also kind of brown.”Emma is
learned about the volcanic activity that has
shaped the
surface of said，“The closest thing
to Mars — the stuff — is from volcanoes mostly.”
“Mars Day”offered Allison and Alycia's
children a chance to learn more about a world that
they are very likely to set foot on within
their lifetimes.
1．What is Paragraph 2 mainly
about?
A．Why Martians were considered
threatening.
B．Why Mars has captured the
world's imagination.
C．What people generally
thought of Mars in the past.
D．How H． got the
idea for his science fiction.
2．It is
implied in Paragraph 3 that ________．
A．today's space scientists still know nothing
about Mars
B．today's space scientists are very
interested in Mars
C．science fiction films are
no longer set in Mars
D．space scientists
haven't made any progress in knowing Mars
3．What is the writer's attitude toward the
idea that humans will set foot on Mars?
A．He
thinks it may happen in this year.
B．He thinks
it will always remain a dream.
C．He thinks it
will come true within hundreds of years.
D．He
thinks it may happen in the following decades.
4．The Smithsonian's “Mars Day” might NOT offer
people a chance to ________．
A．learn about the
surface of Mars
B．see a test version of some
Viking landers
C．see meteorites known to have
come from Mars
D．sit in a spacecraft to
experience the life of an astronaut
B
When
I arrived at 6 am in the hospital kitchen, Rose
was already checking name tags (标签)
on the
trays (托盘)．
“Hi, I'm Janet.” I tried to sound
cheerful, although I already knew Rose's
reputation for
being impossible to work with.
“I'm scheduled to work with you this week.”
Rose, a middleaged woman, stopped what she
was doing and looked closely over her
reading
glasses. I could tell from her expression she
wasn't pleased to see a student worker.
“What
do you want me to do? Start the coffee？” I asked.
Rose nodded and went back to checking name
tags.
I filled the 40cup pot with cold water
and began making coffee when Rose yelled, “That's
not the way to make coffee！” She stepped in
and took over. Nothing I did pleased her.
Back
at home, I stayed alone in my room, fighting back
tears. I thought, “Maybe she didn't
feel well.
Maybe she had some trouble.” I decided to forgive
her and try to get along with her.
The next
morning, I ignored the hurtful remarks thrown in
my direction and did things Rose's
way as much
as possible.
Over the next few days an amazing
thing began to happen. My focus shifted from what
she
was doing to me, and I started seeing Rose
as the person she was hurting. The icy tension
began to
melt away.
Throughout the rest of
the summer, we had numerous opportunities to work
together. Each
time she seemed happy to see
me. As I worked with this lonely woman, I listened
to her —
something no one else had
done. I learned that she was burdened by elderly
parents who needed
her care and her own health
problems.
That summer I learned a lesson I've
never forgotten. The world is full of people like
Rose —
annoying, demanding, unlovable — yet
hurting inside. I've found that love is the best
way to turn
an enemy into a friend.
5．What
was Rose's attitude towards the author the first
day they met?
A．Polite. B．Curious.
C．Dissatisfied. D．Unashamed.
6．After
getting home from work the first day, the author
________．
A．was very tired B．felt quite upset
C．was pretty lonely D．felt generally unwell
7．What did the author do after her first day
of working with Rose?
A．She hurt Rose.
B．She helped Rose.
C．She ignored Rose. D．She
tolerated Rose.
8．What can we infer from the
text?
A．Never judge by appearances.
B．Friendship is love with understanding.
C．Misfortunes test the sincerity of friends.
D．Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
C
It seems we can't get off the
planet fast enough. Two thirds of NASA's money is
spent on
manned space exploration, and that
number will grow with the USA's decision to send a
man to
Mars in 2037. We've seen all there is
to see on Earth, right? Wrong. The final place is
here, under
the surface of the sea.
Heading down into the ocean, human limits are
quickly reached. At 200 metres, the water is
as black as a moonless night. Most nuclear
submarines (核潜艇) would implode (内爆) before
they reach 1 km down. At 3 km — still less
than the average depth of the ocean — there's a
good chance that you'll discover a new
species. The deepest-diving whales go no further.
At the
very bottom, about 11 km down, lies the
Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana
Trench
in the Pacific Ocean. Eighteen humans
have walked on the Moon, but only three have seen
the
Deep with their own eyes.
Yet things
live down there. Big things. A very loud sound was
once heard and scientists
suggested
that it was produced by an animal bigger than a
blue whale, the largest creature known
on the
planet.
In the late 1990s, deepwater
submarine was dropped in the Southern Ocean, and
passing 4，
000 metres, it discovered something
huge passing under it. Surprised? Don't be. The
ocean covers
70% of the planet's surface and
we've studied less than 5% of it. We know more
about the dark
side of the Moon than about the
bottom of the sea.
One reason that we explore
space is to find evidence of other life forms. The
search for life
outside of Earth is important,
but robots can look under the dry rocks of Mars
better than humans.
They're absolutely
important for doing ocean research too, but they
can't look under the sea. The
cost of
exploration is rising, but the results would
benefit all our lives. Understanding the oceans
will help us find new sources of food, drugs
and energy.
Perhaps now it's time to begin a
new period of sea exploration. Manned exploration
of space
is science fiction (科幻小说). The
adventure of the deep sea is science fact.
9．What do we know about the Challenger Deep?
A．Blue whales live there.
B．No one has
ever been there.
C．People are terrified by the
sight of it.
D．It is the deepest known
location on Earth.
10．What does the author
think of the discovery in the Southern Ocean?
A．It's surprising. B．It's no wonder.
C．It's worrying. D．It's no success.
11．Why do we need to explore the sea?
A．Sea exploration is cheaper than ever before.
B．We have explored less than 5% of the sea.
C．It will help improve our future life.
D．It will benefit space exploration.
12．What does the author want to tell us?
A．Space exploration is of little value.
B．We spend too much money on space travel.
C．Humans' success lies in how much they
explore the sea.
D．The ocean is the place
where we should make our efforts.
答案：
语篇解读：在“火星日”，人们可以对火星有更好的了解和认识。
1．解析：选C
段落大意题。通读第二段，可知主要是讲人们关于火星的一些传统认
识，故选C。
2．解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第三段的“Today, Mars
continues to excite humans —
not as the object
of science fiction but of scientific
study.”以及后一句“Space scientists have
collected a
wealth of information ...”可推断现在的航天科学家们对火星很感兴趣。
3．解析：选D 观点态度题。根据末段的“a world that they are very
likely to set foot on
within their
lifetimes”可知作者认为人类在接下来的几十年内就有可能登上火星。
4．解析：选D 细
节理解题。通读全文，可知作者并没有提到在火星日，前往参观的
人可以坐在宇宙飞船里体验宇航员的生
活，故选D。
语篇解读：本文是记叙文。作者通过暑期兼职经历领悟到要善待不好相处的人。
5．解析：选C 推理判断题。由第六段末的“Rose yelled ‘That's not
the way to make
coffee！’ She stepped in and
took over. Nothing I did pleased
her.”可推断，Rose与作者认识
的当天对作者很不满意。
6．解析：选B
细节理解题。由第七段中的“fighting back
tears”可知，作者在第一天工
作完回家后感到很不开心。
7．解析：选D
细节理解题。由第八段中的“I ignored the hurtful remarks thrown
in my
direction and did things Rose's way as
much as possible”可知，与Rose第一天合作后，作者开
始包容Rose。
8．解析：选B 推理判断题。由最后两段尤其是文章末句“I've found that
love is the best
way to turn an enemy into a f
riend.”可知，作者对Rose采取了包容的态度后两人关系变得和
谐，作者逐渐理解了Rose
，且两人最终成为了朋友。据此可推断，友谊就是爱和理解。
语篇解读：本文是议论文。作者在文中讨论了进行海洋探索的重大意义。
9．解析：选D
细节理解题。根据第二段中的“the Challenger Deep, the deepest
part of the
Mariana Trench in the Pacific
Ocean”可知，挑战号深渊是地球上目前已知的最深的海底。
10．解析：选B
观点态度题。根据第四段中的“Surprised? Don't be. The ocean
covers 70%
of the planet's surface and we've
studied less than 5% of it. We know more about the
dark side of
the Moon than about the bottom of
the sea.”可知，作者认为南冰洋中可能存在比蓝鲸更大生
物的发现不足为奇。
11．解析：选C 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“the results would
benefit all our lives.
Understanding the
oceans will help us find new sources of food,
drugs and energy”可知，海洋探
索将造福人类。
12．解析：选D
主旨大意题。作者在文章第一段就点出自己的观点：“The final place is
here, under the surface of the
sea.”，并在接下来的段落中具体论述海洋探索的重大意义。由此
可知，D项概括了文章主旨。