Question

閱讀短文，按照題目要求用英語回答問題。（請注意問題后的詞數(shù)要求）

My name is Clara. I still remember that chilly December day, sitting in science class. I’d finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine. A piece of news caught my eye: NASA was holding an essay contest to name its Mars rover(火星探測器).Before I even knew anything else about it, a single word flooded my 11-year-old mind, Curiosity.

    I couldn’t want for the bell to ring so I could get started on my essay. That afternoon, I raced home, sat down at the computer, and typed until my fingers ached. “Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone’s mind...”

    Five months later, my mom received a phone call, and immediately, a wide smile spread across her face.

    On August 5,2012,at 10:31 p.m, the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the surface of Mars, and I was honored to have a front-row seat in NASA.

    Curiosity is such an important part of who I am. I have always been fascinated by the stars, the planets, the sky and the universe. I remember as a little girl, my grandmother and I would sit together in the backyard for hours. She’d tell me stories and point out the stars, Grandma lived in China, thousands of miles away from my home in Kansas, but the stars kept us together even when we were apart. They were always there, yet there was so much I didn’t know about them. That’s what I love so much about space.

    People often ask me why we go to faraway places like Mares. My answer is simple because we’re curious. We human beings do not just hole up in one place. We are constantly wondering and trying to find out what’s over the hill and beyond the horizon.

1.How did Clara get the new about the essay contest?( no more than 10 words)

2.Why did Clara have a front-row seat in NASA?( no more than 10 words)

3.What does Clara remember about the time spent with Grandma?( no more than 15 words)

4.What does the underlined phrase “hole up”mean?(1 word)

5.In your opinion, why is curiosity important?( no more than 20 words)

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.By reading a Time for Kids magazine

Or: From a Time for kids magazine

2.She won the essay contest held by NASA.

Or: She named the Mars rover”Curiosity”

Or: “Curiosity” was chosen as the name of the Mars rover

3.She sat together with Grandma listening to her stories about the stars

Or: Her grandma told her stories about the stars

Or: They sat together talking about the stars.

4.Stay/Remain/Live/Hide

5.Curiosity is important because it leads to discovery or invention.

Or: With curiosity, we keep asking questions and exploring the world unknown

Or: Curiosity drives us through our lives so that we never stop wondering about the things beyond our knowledge.

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：文章介紹美國的TIME for Kids舉行對火星探測器命名的比賽，Clara將探測器命名為“好奇號”，并由此贏得比賽，文章介紹了為什么她這么命名，因?yàn)樾�時(shí)候奶奶對她的影響，以及好奇對人類的重要性。

1.細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：I’d finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine. A piece of news caught my eye: NASA was holding an essay contest to name its Mars rover(火星探測器). 可知Clara 是通過閱讀a TIME for Kids magazine. 得知這個(gè)消息的。By reading a Time for Kids magazine，Or: From a Time for kids magazine

2.從第三段和第四段的句子：the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the surface of Mars, and I was honored to have a front-row seat in NASA.可知她坐在美國宇航局前排是因?yàn)樗�獲得比賽的勝利，或是她給宇宙探測器命名“好奇”。 She won the essay contest held by NASA.Or: She named the Mars rover”Curiosity” Or: “Curiosity” was chosen as the name of the Mars rover

3.細(xì)節(jié)題：從第五段的句子：I remember as a little girl, my grandmother and I would sit together in the backyard for hours. She’d tell me stories and point out the stars,可知她小的時(shí)候經(jīng)常聽奶奶講關(guān)于星星的故事。She sat together with Grandma listening to her stories about the stars Or: Her grandma told her stories about the stars Or: They sat together talking about the stars.

4.猜詞題：這句話：We human beings do not just hole up in one place. 是我們?nèi)祟惒粫�呆在一個(gè)地方。Hold up和Stay/Remain/Live/Hide意思相近。

5.自由發(fā)揮題：學(xué)生可以根據(jù)最后一句話We are constantly wondering and trying to find out what’s over the hill and beyond the horizon. 自己用適當(dāng)?shù)恼Z言表達(dá)：Curiosity is important because it leads to discovery or invention. Or: With curiosity, we keep asking questions and exploring the world unknown Or: Curiosity drives us through our lives so that we never stop wondering about the things beyond our knowledge.

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