【題目】 A few hours after my first mission, returning to Earth on the space shuttle Endeavour, I completed all of my medical tests after flight, met with NASA officials, and reunited with my family. Finally, I was alone in my office room in astronaut crew quarters at the Kennedy Space Center, exhausted and ready for bed. And I did what anyone does when they return to their hotel room on a business trip: I turned on the TV. The television news started up: Such and such had happened, people were shocked, blah blah blah. Sports scores. Silly commercials.

It didn’t take more than a minute before I had to turn it off. It felt like my body was rejecting all this input, just as it would reject an organ donation that had the wrong blood type. All of this noise was just completely foreign to who I was—or, more appropriately, who I had become. A few hours before, I had been orbiting Earth, seeing our planet from space, flying the most amazing machine ever built by human hands, working with a team that was the absolute success of human. And now here in my room watching what was being sold as news, and with my newfound perspective, I just could not stomach it. My worldview was changed forever in a profound (深刻的) way.

The biggest change by far and the one for which I will always be most grateful is this big-picture perspective. That will stick with me for the rest of my life.

Whenever I feel the pressure of modern life, the stress about work, or worry about the future, I remember my time in the space station. Back to seeing the sun set Or watching our galaxy rise on the horizon. Or seeing a sea of lightning flash a hundred times a second. Or simply back to floating weightlessly.

When I’m there in my mind and realize how many billions of these beautiful sunsets there have been and will be in the future, the cares of the world just don’t seem that pressing. It goes that, “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.” Living daily life down here on the planet is so much better with this attitude!

【1】Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word stomach in paragraph 2?

A.Access.B.Attend.

C.Accept.D.Afford.

【2】What is the most important change to the writer?

A.He has a broader view of the world.

B.He doesn’t like watching TV any more.

C.He will always be most grateful for everything.

D.He can fly the most amazing machine by hands.

【3】What attitude to life does the writer tend to have?

A.caged bird longs for clouds.B.Live in the present moment.

C.Let bygones be bygones.D.Time works great changes.

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，講述了在一次太空之旅后作者對待生活的態(tài)度的變化。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二段第一句“It didn’t take more than a minute before I had to turn it off.”以及畫線詞后的“My worldview was changed forever in a profound (深刻的) way.”可知，我的世界觀以一種深刻的方式永遠改變了，因此此處是說以我現(xiàn)在的視角，看這種新聞是我無法忍受的，所以不到一分鐘我就關(guān)掉了電視，由此可知畫線詞詞義為“接受、忍受”，故C項正確。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“The biggest change by far and the one for which I will always be most grateful is this big-picture perspective.”可知，作者最重要的改變是他對世界有更廣闊的看法，故A項正確。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It goes that, “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.” Living daily life down here on the planet is so much better with this attitude!”可知，它說，“不要為將來擔心，生活在這個星球上的日常生活是如此的好，這句話表明了作者對待生活的態(tài)度是不要擔心將來，活在當下，故B項正確。

詞義猜測題的難度較大，對畫線詞上下文的理解是關(guān)鍵，例如本篇第1題，根據(jù)第二段第一句“It didn’t take more than a minute before I had to turn it off.”，再結(jié)合畫線詞后的“My worldview was changed forever in a profound (深刻的) way.”可知，我的世界觀以一種深刻的方式永遠改變了，因此此處是說現(xiàn)在我無法忍受看這種新聞，所以不到一分鐘我就關(guān)掉了電視，由此可知畫線詞詞義為“接受、忍受”。

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