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【題目】D

For generations, people have dreamed of traveling to Mars to explore Earth's closest planetary neighbor. NASA and other space agencies have announced plans to send people to the Red Planet. But such a manned mission is years away.

In the United States, some volunteers are learning how people will react to months of separation from other humans on a Mars base.

What would it be like to live on the planet Mars? Volunteers are spending eight months in an area that looks much like the surface of Mars. But actually, they are living in Hawaii.

Six people are isolated high on top of Mauna Loa, a volcanic mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii. They are living on a simulated, or make-believe, Mars Base. The American Space Agency, NASA, has provided financial support for the work. The project is called HI-SEAS, or Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation.

The six member HI-SEAS crew is mostly self-sufficient. They take care of themselves. Food and supplies are brought to them. But the individuals bringing those supplies cannot communicate with volunteers inside the habitat, or base.

The current crew has been living in the habitat since October, and will stay until June. Two earlier crews lived there before them. Crew members communicate with the outside world through e-mail and blogs. They also produce videos on the YouTube website.

Crew members also are using a smartphone app, or program, that creates a 20-minute delay for communications. That would be the same as if you were communicating from Mars.

This is not the only group of volunteers with sights set on Mars. A group called Mars One has appealed for would-be Mars astronauts from around the world. Mars One is a private, non-government project based in The Netherlands.

Others believe the American or European space agencies are the most likely to put people on Mars, maybe in the 2030s, or later.

For now, on a mountaintop in Hawaii, volunteers are getting a taste of life on a future Mars base.

【1】What's the main idea of the Paragraph 1__________?

A. people have dreamed of traveling to Mars to explore it

B. ther are plans to send people to the Red Planet

C. such a manned mission is years away

D. people dream of traveling in space

【2】What is HI-SEAS___________?

A. volunteers are spending eight months in an area

B. six people are isolated and are living on a simulated Mars Base

C. six people are living in Hawaii

D. NASA has provided financial support for the work

【3】How do the six member HI-SEAS crew live in the Mar Base__________?

A. they can not communicate with the outside world

B. they are not self-sufficient

C. they take care of themselves

D. individuals can communicate with volunteers

【4】Which of the following is TRUE__________?

A. HI-SEAS is the only group of volunteers with sights set on Mars

B. Mars One has not appealed for would-be Mars astronauts from around the world

C. Mars One is a government project

D. the American or European space agencies are the most likely to put people on Mars

【5】What’s the main idea of the passage__________?

A. a program which allows volunteers to experience the life on Mars

B. people are dreaming of traveling to Mars

C. the life on Mars

D. six member HI-SEAS crew’s life

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】夏威夷建造模擬火星生存基地，六名志愿者在哪里體驗(yàn)火星生活。人們世世代代夢想前往火星，去探索距離地球最近的行星鄰居。美國宇航局和其它航天機(jī)構(gòu)已經(jīng)宣布計(jì)劃把人送到這顆紅色星球。但這樣的載人航天任務(wù)還需要多年時(shí)間。

【1】A 段落大意題。根據(jù)第一段“For generations, people have dreamed of traveling to Mars to explore Earth's closest planetary neighbor.”可知，人們世世代代夢想前往火星，去探索這顆距離地球最近的行星鄰居。

【2】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“Six people are isolated high on top of Mauna Loa...They are living on a simulated, or make-believe, Mars Base”可知，六個(gè)人被隔離在夏威夷莫納羅亞山的山頂之上，他們生活在一個(gè)模擬的火星基地。這個(gè)項(xiàng)目叫作“HI-SEAS”。

【3】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段“The six member HI-SEAS crew is mostly self-sufficient. They take care of themselves.”可知，夏威夷太空探索仿真模擬項(xiàng)目的六位成員主要是自給自足。他們自己照顧自己。

【4】D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段“This is not the only group of volunteers with sights set on Mars. A group called Mars One has appealed for would-be Mars astronauts from around the world. Mars One is a private, non-government project based in The Netherlands.”可知，這并非唯一一組將目光投向火星的志愿者，一家名為火星一號的組織已經(jīng)引起了世界各地想成為火星宇航員的人們的興趣，火星一號是一家總部設(shè)在荷蘭的私營非政府組織；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第四段“Others believe the American or European space agencies are the most likely to put people on Mars”可知，美國或歐洲航天局最有可能把人送上火星。

【5】A 主旨大意題。根據(jù)第二段“some volunteers are learning how people will react to months of separation from other humans on a Mars base.”和第三段“What would it be like to live on the planet Mars? Volunteers are spending eight months in an area that looks much like the surface of Mars.”與第四段“Six people are isolated high on top of Mauna Loa...They are living on a simulated, or make-believe, Mars Base.”可知，文章主要介紹的是一項(xiàng)體驗(yàn)火星生活的項(xiàng)目，該項(xiàng)目在夏威夷莫納羅亞山的山頂進(jìn)行。