Question

【題目】 Earlier this year in Norway, people buried a steel bottle with plant seeds, a wristwatch and rock samples (樣本) in it. Why did they do this? They were making a time capsule (膠囊).

Time capsules are small collections of goods or information that are stored somewhere safe. They can be opened by people many years later, giving future people a view of life in the past.

They may contain（包含）newspaper articles, popular music recordings and photos. Historians can use time capsules to learn more about societies that lived in the past.

One of the earliest time capsules was the Detroit Century Box. On Dec 31, 1900, the city picked several photos and letters to be placed in a box. The box was then locked until Dec 31, 2000.

The things inside the capsule give us a look at Detroit in the past. There were photos of people and places, as well as letters written by local people. Some of them even gave predictions for the future. One person predicted that Detroit would have a population of 4 million by 2000. But in fact, the city’s population was about 951,000 that year, according to historydetroit.com.

Humans have even sent time capsules into space! The US sent two capsules into space on the Voyager spacecraft (旅行者號航天器) in 1977. They’re called the Voyager Golden Records. They contain sounds and pictures that show the diversity of human life and culture. For example, they have music by classical composer Beethoven and pictures of plants, insects and landscapes (山水風景). The Voyager spacecraft has traveled far away from our solar system. It is hoped that aliens might find the time capsules someday and learn about us.

【1】What is a time capsule?

A.A collection of medicine buried deep underground.

B.A small collection of things stored in a safe place.

C.A store selling newspapers from the past.

D.A video where future people can see the past.

【2】How long was one of the earliest time capsule, the Detroit Century Box locked?

A.For 50 years.B.For 100 years.C.For 117 years.D.For 200 years.

【3】From the things in the Detroit Century Box, we may learn________.

A.what people wore in the pastB.what the city was like in 1977

C.what would happen to the city in the futureD.the real population of the city in 2000

【4】The Voyager Golden Records ________.

A.were sent into space in 2000B.contain sounds, pictures and insects

C.have traveled far from the solar systemD.have been found by the aliens

【5】What is the best title for the passage?

A.What does a time capsule contain?B.Why did people make a time capsule?

C.The Detroit Century Box, the earliest time capsuleD.The time capsule, a gift for the future

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

這是一篇科普知識類閱讀。主要介紹很多人在制作時間膠囊，它可以儲存商品或信息，許多年后當人們打開時，可以知道過去生活的一些觀念。人類甚至把時間膠囊送到太空，希望外星人有一天能找到時間膠囊并了解我們。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句“Time capsules are small collections of goods or information that are stored somewhere safe. ”時間膠囊是儲存在安全地方的商品或信息的收藏品。可知，時間膠囊是存放在安全地方的小收藏品。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“One of the earliest time capsules was the Detroit Century Box. On Dec 31, 1900, the city picked several photos and letters to be placed in a box. The box was then locked until Dec 31, 2000.”最早的時間膠囊之一是1900年12月31日底特律世紀盒子。箱子被鎖到2000年12月31日�？芍�，最早的時間膠囊鎖了100年了。故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段“There were photos of people and places, as well as letters written by local people. ”有人和地方的照片，還有當?shù)厝藢懙男��？芍�，底特律世紀盒子里有人的照片�？梢钥吹竭^去人們穿什么。故選A。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“The Voyager spacecraft has traveled far away from our solar system.”旅行者號航天器已經(jīng)離我們的太陽系很遠了。可知，時間膠囊被放在旅行者號航天器上，因此時間膠囊已經(jīng)離我們的太陽系很遠了。故選C。

【5】標題歸納題。根據(jù)文章大意以及最后一段“The Voyager spacecraft has traveled far away from our solar system. It is hoped that aliens might find the time capsules someday and learn about us.”可知，這篇文章主要說明人類制作時間膠囊甚至送到太空，在多年以后人們打開可以了解過去。人們也希望外星人有一天能找到時間膠囊并了解我們。The time capsule, a gift for the future最適合作為標題。故選D。