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【題目】

After people have been used to their new work situation. But what if your job was to control a multi-billion-dollar space rover (探測車) located on a planet nearly 200 million km away from Earth?

A team of NASA scientists is doing just that. In order to follow social distancing rules, these scientists have had to work from home. But they’ve still found ways to work together and take care of the complex (復雜的) tasks that are needed to keep the Curiosity rover working on Mars.

Their work-from-home setups (裝配) as seen in photos provided to CNBC and ScienceAlert, look much like home office setups. They use ordinary computers. But instead of working on spreadsheets (電子制表), these scientists are programming complex sequences (序列) of instructions that are then sent to the rover. These instructions allowed the rover to find a rock sample (樣本) in a location on Mars called “Edinburgh”.

Usually, the team’s 20 scientists work together by communicating through apps or video meetings. One scientist might have to follow 15 message channels (通道) at once.

NASA gave the scientists headsets (耳機) monitors and other equipment to allow them to do their jobs from home. However, the goggles (眼鏡) they usually use to analyze (分析) pictures from Mars could not be sent out. So they have to depend on red-and-blue glass lenses (鏡片) instead.

But difficulties like these have not been a problem for the scientists. In fact, getting used to changing situations is “classic, textbook NASA,” according to the head of science operations Carrie Bridge. “We’re presented with a problem and we find out how to make things work. Mars isn’t standing still for us; we’re still exploring,” she said.

【1】During the outbreak, NASA scientists ________.

A.use different computers to work

B.work on spreadsheets

C.are making Curiosity rover work from home

【2】Working at home is not convenient for NASA scientists because ________.

A.they have to use red-and-blue glass lenses

B.they cannot communicate person to person

C.they don’t have the equipment to do their jobs

【3】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the article?

A.Mars is nearly 200 million km away from Earth.

B.One scientist might have to contact with several other scientists at the same time.

C.NASA scientists can’t work together.

【4】How do we understand “classic, textbook NASA” in the last paragraph?

A.NASA wrote a textbook on how to deal with problems.

B.NASA always finds ways to deal with new situations.

C.Difficulties are uncommon for NASA.

【5】What is the story mainly about?

A.NASA’s project on Mars.

B.The problems NASA faces.

C.How NASA scientists work at home.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

本文講述了為了遵守社交距離規(guī)則，這些科學家不得不在家工作，NASA的一組科學家正在控制“好奇號”在火星上工作，講述了他們在家如何合作，共同工作的情況。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“In order to follow social distancing rules, these scientists have had to work from home.”可知為了遵守社交距離規(guī)則，這些科學家不得不在家工作，可推測出是在家控制“好奇號”工作，故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“However, the goggles (眼鏡) they usually use to analyze (分析) pictures from Mars could not be sent out. So they have to depend on red-and-blue glass lenses (鏡片) instead.”可知他們用來分析火星圖片的護目鏡卻無法發(fā)送出去。所以他們不得不依靠紅藍玻璃鏡片來代替，這是他們在家工作不方便的地方。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“But what if your job was to control a multi-billion-dollar space rover (探測車) located on a planet nearly 200 million km away from Earth”可知如果你的工作是控制一個位于距離地球近2億公里的行星上的價值數(shù)十億美元的太空探測車會怎么樣呢，及下文“keep the Curiosity rover working on Mars.”可知保持“好奇號”在火星上工作，可推測出火星距離地球2億公里，選項A正確；根據(jù)“the team’s 20 scientists work together by communicating through apps or video meetings.”可知團隊的20名科學家通過應用程序或視頻會議進行交流，可推測出科學家們同時交流，選項B正確，選項C錯誤；故選C。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“We’re presented with a problem and we find out how to-make things work.”可知當我們遇到問題時，我們會找出解決問題的方法，說明困難是常見的，遇到困難便解決困難。故選B。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)“In order to follow social distancing rules, these scientists have had to work from home.”可知為了遵守社交距離規(guī)則，這些科學家不得不在家工作，可推測出是在家制造“好奇號”，下面內(nèi)容圍繞科學家們在家工作的情況，所以本文主旨大意是NASA科學家如何在家工作。故選C。