10．An astronaut is required to make some repairs to the outside of the International Space Station．After a successful repair，the astronaut finishes the task．Unfortunately，a tool flies off into space．The tool has now become space junk，high-speed pieces of objects（物體） going around the Earth at 17，000 kilometers per hour．
While humans produce an unbelievable amount of waste on Earth，we might not think too much about space junk．But NASA says there are probable millions of objects，both small and large，going around the Earth in a giant cloud of junk．
Space junk got its start in the middle of the twentieth century，at the very beginning of the space race，when satellite began to be launched to go into orbit （軌道） around the Earth．So far，space junks include waste spaceships and waste spaceship parts，rocket fuel containers and even pieces of paint．Believe or not，there are millions of tiny pieces of paint floating around Earth's orbit．Heat or crashes usually cut off paint from spaceship and turn them into space junk．Because there are so many objects flying around up there，there's concern that crashes between space junks will only produce more of them．Scientists are worried this is already happening．
Anything travelling at a high speed in space would cause a considerable amount of damage to a spaceship if a direct hit happened．Even a small piece of paint is capable of making a quarter-inch hole into the window of a space station．The good news for astronauts is that most space junk is located between 550 and 625 miles above the Earth--the International Space Station flies in orbit at 250 miles high，while spaceships usually only reach 375 miles above the Earth．Space programs are also working on rocket designs that limit the amount of space junk produced during a launch．
For those of us on the Earth，is there a possibility that space junk could fall back to the ground？Everything in orbit will finally be pulled back down by Earth's gravity-when that happens depends on how high the object is and how fast it's going．The higher the object is，the longer the object will take to fall．These objects could stay in orbit for thousands of years．As for the risks of getting hit on the head，fortunately，most objects burn up on their way back to the Earth，and no one has ever been killed by space junk．
44．Where is space junk from？D
A．Pieces from satellites．
B．Fuel coming from rockets．
C．Waste from the space station．
D．Spaceships that no longer work．
45．What are scientists worried about space junk？C
A．It may rub off the spaceship's outside paint．
B．It may be pulled back by gravity and hurt people．
C．More space junks will probably be produced in crashes．
D．The space station's windows may be blocked by space junk．
46．Where is the passage probably taken from？C
A．Astronauts'travel diary．
B．Scientists'research report．
C．Popular science magazine．
D．Adventure novel．

分析 文章主要講述了在太空中殘留的垃圾，可能在以后給人類造成的各類問題和在太空里引發(fā)的問題，幸運的是，到目前為止，還未有人員的傷亡是由它而引起的．

解答 44．D 細節(jié)理解題． 根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容Unfortunately，a tool flies off into space．The tool has now become space junk，high-speed pieces of objects（物體） going around the Earth at 17，000 kilometers per hour．可知在修復期間飄漂移走的工具和廢舊的飛船，變成了太空垃圾圍繞著地球，故選D．
45．C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段的最后一句話Because there are so many objects flying around up there，there's concern that crashes between space junks will only produce more of them．Scientists are worried this is already happening．太空垃圾聚集的越來越多，很有可能會引起太空垃圾撞擊，故C正確．
46．C 推理判斷題． 文章主要講述了在太空中殘留的垃圾，可能在以后給人類造成的各類問題和在太空里引發(fā)的問題，屬于科普類知識，故出現(xiàn)在科學類雜志的情況較多，因此C為正確選項．

點評 本文是人文地理類閱讀理解．做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．

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The new reports stress that humans hold no copyright on sound wisdom，and that a number of nonhuman animals produce what can rightly be called music，rather than random sound．Recent in-depth analyses of the songs sung by humpback whales show that，even when their organ would allow them to do otherwise，the animals converge on the same choices relating to sounds and beauty，and accept the same laws of song composition as those preferred by human musicians，and human ears，everywhere．
For example，male humpback whales，who spend six months of each year doing little else but singing，use rhythms （節(jié)奏） similar to those found in human music and musical phrases of similar length-a few seconds．Whales are able to make sounds over a range of at least seven octaves （八度音階），yet they tend to move on through a song in beautiful musical intervals，rather than moving forwards madly．They mix the sounds like drums and pure tones in a ratio （比例） which agrees with that heard in much western music．They also use a favorite technique of human singers，the so-called A-B-A form，in which a theme is stated，then developed，and then returned to in slightly revised form．
Perhaps most impressive，humpback songs contain tunes that rhyme．"This suggests that whales use rhyme in the same way we do：as a technique in poem to help them remember complex material，"the researchers write．
25．The underlined words"converge on"in Paragraph 3probably  meansA．
A．tend towards      
B．refer to    
C．turn into     
D．put forward
26．Which of the following shows the advanced musical ability in humpback whales？B
A．They can remember complex material．
B．They can create pleasing patterns of music．
C．They can make sounds like drums continuously．
D．They can sing along with rhythms of western music．
27．What is the main idea of the article？D
A．Animals are able to compose and enjoy music like humans．
B．Human beings borrow ideas in music from humpback whales．
C．Humpback whales are skillful performers in the animal kingdom．
D．Music-making it an ancient activity of both humans and animals．
28．The main purpose of the passage is toB．
A．a(chǎn)rgue and discuss        
B．inform and explain
C．compare and advertise    
D．examine and assess．

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17．In late October，officials in West Africa began reporting some good news in the battle against Ebola（埃博拉）．The number of new cases was dropping．But Anthony Banbury，the UN official responsible for emergency Ebola response efforts，warned that the fight against Ebola was far from over．
A health worker checks the temperature of a man entering Mali from Guinea at the border  checkpoint，Oct.2，2014，saying，"We  need  NGOs  （ non-governmental organizations） and others to come in and run these facilities．We are building the care centers．We are getting the equipment，everything we need to go in them．The patients are there in far too great numbers．What we don't have are the partners to run the facilities and we need them now．"
Lausanne's University Hospital in Switzerland began testing the vaccine on Tuesday in healthy volunteers．A doctor who only gave her name as"Tina"agreed to take part in the study．She said that a safe vaccine that worked was needed to prevent the spreading of Ebola．
Experts said there was no danger of getting Ebola from the vaccine．At the same time，they said，"What we measure is anti-bodies to the protein which is produced by the vaccine，and we also do some specific and detailed analysis on the white blood cells in the blood to ask the question whether the cells exposed to vaccine have a different biology than those who have not been exposed to the vaccine．"
French researchers are developing an Ebola test that would give results in 15minutes．The current test used to test for Ebola takes 24hours．Faster tests are also being developed in Japan and the United States．
32．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage？D
A．Ebola is spreading to many countries
B．We have won the battle against Ebola
C．The vaccine against Ebola has been developed
D．The battle against Ebola is on the way
33．What does the second paragraph suggest？D
A．Ebola is out of control in Mali．
B．Mali is in great need of equipment．
C．Ebola is not very serious in Mali．
D．More health workers are needed in Mali．
34．What is"Tina"in Para 3？C
A．A kind of vaccine against Ebola．
B．A new NGO made up of many countries．
C．A volunteer taking part in the test of the vaccine．
D．An Ebola test developed by researchers．
35．What can we infer from the last three paragraphs？B
A．Switzerland is the first country to test the vaccine．
B．Many countries are fighting against Ebola together．
C．We have managed to put the vaccine into use．
D．Japan's Ebola test is developed as fast as that in the US．

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18．While many probably remember using their childhood imaginations to turn the Moon's dark markings into a picture of a rabbit on the Moon，just recently China put a different sort of rabbit on the Moon：a lunar probe dubbed"Jade Rabbit．"Now，they have followed up by releasing pictures of the probe in action．
Last weekend，China's National Space Administration made China the first nation to make a soft landing on the Moon since 37 years ago．The Soviet Union's probe，Luna 2，was the first on September 14，1959，followed by the United States，who eventually caught up with and surpassed the Soviet Union by putting the first human on the Moon，Neil Armstrong，on July 20，1969．
Jade Rabbit was launched on December 1 with the mission of exploring the Moon's surface in an attempt to locate natural resources．It will be deployed on this mission for a period of three months．
The probe reportedly shut down its explorations on December 16 due to high temperatures with plans to leave it inactive until December 23，but it was started up again on December 20 in order to gain more research time．
The country has aspirations of putting a human on the Moon by 2025，an area which has up until now been dominated by the United States，who last landed a man on the Moon in 1972 with astronaut Eugene Cernan．
China's recent attention to the Moon appears to have once again stirred up American interest in space exploration．In the December issue of New Space magazine，Christopher McKay makes an argument that the U．S．should consider setting up a lunar research base，citing among his reasons the fact that it is important to maintain U．S．influence on the Moon．
63．When did the humans make a soft landing on the moon next to China's？A
A.1976．B.1972．C.1969．D.1959．
64．The mission of the lunar probe will endB？
A．a(chǎn)fter 37 years exploration
B．a(chǎn)fter three months research．
C．till 2025
D．till 2017．
65．Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE？B
A．China will put a human on the Moon twelve years later．
B．Two countries have put humans on the moon-The USA and the former USSR．
C．Christopher McKay stated that the USA is interested in returning to the moon．
D．The probe shut down its explorations because it is extremely hot on the moon．
66．What does the underlined word mean in the first paragraph？B
A．Launched
B．Named
C．Made
D．Explored．

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