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【題目】

“I’m ready”, said Alyssna Carson, a 17-year-old girl from Louisiana,US. She is taking an astronaut-in-taking training. She is a great and lucky girl. If all goes according to her plans, NASA* will send her to Mars* in 2033, making her the first human to step foot on the planet. She will spend two to three years doing something on it, growing food, performing a science experiments, and searching for signs of life. “The Martian is actually very amazing,” she said, “I saw a lot of things in the movies and they are going to happen.

__________. When she was 3 years old, she watched a cartoon called The Backyardigans.It’s about many adventures in their backyard including one part to Mars. “I thought this red planet is so cool,” she said, “I started watching videos of rovers landing on Mars, I had a large map of Mars in my room. I started getting telescopes *so I could look at space.”

At 7 her father took her to U. S. Space Camp in Huntsville Alabama. “That was the weekend of my life,” she said. “I got to learn everything I had been wanting to know and more. I got to see a life-size rocket.” She was crazy about the rocket so much that she returned I8 times. At the age of 12 she became the first person in history to attend all three NASA space camps. Then she started to learn about the basics of space and how humans have over explored it. As she got older she started trying to reach a gravity-free zones, a situation like in Mars.

When she was 9 she met NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus. The experienced astronaut told her she was the same age as her when she decided to go to space. At that moment Alyssa knew her love of space was not a passing hobby. “I did the same thing as other kids, like thinking about the future jobs, wanting to be a teacher or the president one day,” she said, “But the way I always thought about it was I would become an astronaut, go to Mars, come back, and then be a teacher or the president.

【1】Why is Alyssa Carson great? Because ________________________.

A.she has created the trip to Mars.

B.she is the youngest to have completed astronaut training.

C.she is likely to be the first human to perform different tasks on Mars.

D.she has visited the space camp in Huntsville Alabama for 20 times.

【2】NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus is mentioned in the last paragraph to show____ .

A.the power of space dreamB.the popularity of space travel

C.the importance of job choiceD.the danger of Mars travel

【3】What is the writer’s purpose of writing the text?

A.To introduce American space industry.

B.To improve the values of American teenagers.

C.To encourage tours to Mars.

D.To present a rising American space star.

【4】Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 ?

A.She will go travelling in Mars.

B.She did a lot of experiments about Mars.

C.She's spent her life preparing for this journey.

D.She was interested in space travel when she was young.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

本文介紹了美國女孩卡森·阿麗莎正在接受訓練并準備登上火星，同時介紹了她為什么要去火星和為此所做的準備。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)If all goes according to her plans, NASA will send her to Mars in 2033, making her the first human to step foot on the planet. She will spend two to three years doing something on it, growing food, performing a science experiments, and searching for signs of life.可知，她之所以偉大，是因為她可能是第一個登上火星的人類，并且在火星上完成不同的任務。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The experienced astronaut told her she was the same age as her when she decided to go to space. At that moment Alyssa knew her love of space was not a passing hobby.可知，根據(jù)這位經(jīng)驗豐富的宇航員對她說的話，讓她感覺到太空夢想的力量。故選A。

【3】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章開頭“I’m ready”, said Alyssna Carson, a 17-year-old girl from Louisiana,US. She is taking an astronaut-in-taking training.以及下文內(nèi)容可知，文章的主要內(nèi)容都是在介紹卡森·阿麗莎，她很優(yōu)秀。所以作者寫這篇文章的目的就是為了介紹這位冉冉升起的美國太空之星。故選D。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。第二段的主要內(nèi)容是她童年時期看過關于太空的電影，而且在她的房間里有一張大的火星地圖，她還用望遠鏡看太空，這些都足以說明她對太空充滿了好奇和興趣。故選D。