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【題目】 At the beginning of November, the 35th Chinese Antarctic expedition(南極科考隊) set off for the polar(極地的) region. This time, one of their main tasks is to build China's first permanent(永久的) Antarctic airport, Science and Technology Daily reported.

There are more than 20 airports in Antarctica, according to Global Times. But none of them belongs to China. China's polar plane Xueying 601 has to take off and land at Russian airports.

The new airport will help Chinese airplanes take off and land in the South Pole. This will make it easier to transport scientific equipment and do research, Zhang Xia from the Polar Research Institute of China(中國極地研究中心) told Global Times.

In order to be environmentally friendly, the airport will be small, said Sun Bo, the leader of the research team. It is much smaller than the usual airports in our cities.

However, this doesn't make it easy to build the airport.

The site of the airport is an ice cap 28 kilometers away from Zhongshan Antarctic Station, Xinhua noted. An ice cap is a thick layer(層) of ice. It covers the land like a warm coat. But this "coat" is always moving. Scientists have to find the slowest-moving part of the cap. You can hardly notice the movement of the ice in this area.

The next problem is the snow. The snow on the ice cap can be very thick. Also, it is as soft as cotton, which makes it hard to build a runway(跑道) for airplanes. Scientists have to use a snow blower to get rid of the snow on the top of the cap. Then, they compact the rest of the snow with a road roller-like machine. This way, the snow will be strong and hard enough to build a runway.

The builders intend to set off on November 2 and the building would start later the same month.

【1】The main task of the 35th Chinese Antarctic expedition is to _______.（ ）

A.transport scientific equipmentB.do research

C.set up a research stationD.build an airport

【2】China's polar plane Xueying 601 got to Antarctica with the help of ________.（ ）

A.Beijing airportsB.Antarctic airportsC.Russian airportsD.American airports

【3】What is the main idea of the third paragraph? （ ）

A.Why we need to explore Antarctica.B.Where China's polar planes take off and land.

C.What the new airport in Antarctica can help do.D.How other countries build their own airports.

【4】The meaning of the underlined word "compact" in the seventh paragraph is "________".（ ）

A.壓緊B.鏟除C.凍結(jié)D.融化

【5】Which of the following is not among the difficulties of building a polar airport according to the passage? （ ）

A.The weather changes very often.B.The ice cap is always moving.

C.The snow on the ice cap is thick.D.The snow on the ice cap is soft.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【5】A

【解析】

文章主要講述中國第35次南極考察隊將在極地建設(shè)中國第一座永久性南極機場，詳細介紹建設(shè)機場面對的困難。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“This time, one of their main tasks is to build china' s first permanent(永久的) Antarctic airport,…”可知，此次科考隊的任務(wù)是建立第一個永久性南極機場。故選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“Chinas polar plane Xueying 601 has to take off and land at Russian air ports.”及第三段“The new airport will help Chinese airplanes take off and land in the South Pole.”可知，中國的極地飛機雪鷹601是在俄羅斯機場的幫助下到達南極的。故選C。

【3】段落大意題。根據(jù)第三段“The new airport will help Chinese airplanes take off and land in the South Pole. This will make it easier to transport scientific equipment and do research,…”可知，此段重點講了新機場的用途：可以幫助中國飛機起降，使運送科研裝備和做研究更加容易。故選C。

【4】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)本段中“it is as soft as cotton”及最后一句“This way, the snow will be strong and hard enough to build a runway.”可知，雪很松軟，通過這種方法使得雪變得足夠結(jié)實和堅硬，足以建一條跑道。因此劃線單詞compact指用機器將雪壓緊。故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段“But this "coat" is always moving.”可知，冰蓋經(jīng)常移動；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“The snow on the ice cap can be very thick. Also, it is as soft as cotton,”可知，冰蓋上的積雪很厚，并且像棉花一樣柔軟。故B、C、D皆為建造飛機場遇到的困難。文章沒有提到的困難是南極的天氣變化異常。故選A。

本題的第4小題是詞義猜測題。詞義猜測題是閱讀理解中常見的一種題型，所猜測詞匯可以是生詞，也可以是熟詞新義，還可以是人稱代詞的指代內(nèi)容。詞義猜測題主要考查考生根據(jù)上下文推測詞義和語義的能力，突出考查對語境的分析和把握能力。本題可以利用上下文語境來猜測詞意。猜測任何詞義都離不開上下文，所以要借助上下文對需要猜測的詞或短語進行合乎邏輯的推測。