题目内容
9.Seven years of careful design and planning all came together on Monday,when James Cameron became the first man to make a solo (独自的) trip to the deepest known point on Earth-the Challenger Deep!More importantly though,he appeared safely seven hours later,with exciting photos and videos from this dark mysterious world that has been visited by only two people before!Seated inside a specially built 12-ton green submersible (潜水器) called the Deep Sea Challenger,the filmmaker caught every moment of his 2-hour-36-minute journey down to the bottom of the Marianna Trench on video-it's 120times larger than the Grand Canyon and a mile deeper than Mount Everest.
There were no mysterious footprints-just a flat lonely land that Mr.Cameron describes as"lack of sunlight,any heat,any warmth".The only things swimming around were some small shrimp-like creatures.
While Mr.Cameron had expected to spend six hours at the bottom,he was forced to return in three,because the robotic arm that helped him collect samples (样本)went wrong.
However,these small setbacks (挫折) didn't make the whole trip any less exciting for Mr.Cameron.The director,who returned to the surface in a speedy 70minutes,believes this is just one of many trips he and other adventurers will be taking.In fact,Sir Richard Branson,the founder of the Virgin Group,is planning a similar trip to the Puerto Rico Trench that lies five miles below the surface of the water.Though Mr.Cameron has promised to develop his trip into an exciting documentary,he doesn't talk about how the experience will be used in his next movie.We cannot wait to see!
28.From Paragraph 1we can learn thatD
A.the trip lasted for half a day
B.the pictures Cameron took were dark
C.Cameron was the first man to visit the Challenger Deep
D.the trip had been well prepared in the past few years
29.What can we learn about the green submersible that Cameron took?A
A.It was very heavy.
B.It could play videos.
C.It was once used to make films.
D.It was used to explore the Grand Canyon.
30.What did Cameron find about the bottom of the Challenger Deep?A
A.It was dark and cold.
B.It wasn't a very large area.
C.There were various sea creatures.
D.There were some mysterious footprints.
31.Why did Cameron return earlier than planned?C
A.He had finished all his tasks.
B.He couldn't stand the environment.
C.There was something wrong with his submersible.
D.He wanted to show his photos and videos to others earlier.
分析 经过七年的精心策划和准备,James Cameron成功地完成了去the Challenger Deep的探险,并带回了许多珍贵的照片和录像.
解答 28.D 细节理解题.根据文章第一句的"Seven years of careful design and planning"可知这次旅行经过了七年的准备,因此A项正确.根据文章第一段第一句后半部分可知C项描述不确切,且本段最后一句话的后半部分也是提示;此次旅行的时间是七小时,因此A 项错误;根据第一段最后一句的"exciting photos and videos from this dark mysterious world"可知B项错误.
29.A 细节理解题.根据第二段第一句中的a specially built 12-ton green submersible可知,这个潜水器重达12吨.所以选A.
30.A 细节理解题.根据第三段第一句中的lack of sunlight,any heat,any warmth可知,那里既黑暗又寒冷.所以选A.
31.C 细节理解题.根据文章第四段句子he was forced to return in three,because the robotic arm that helped him collect samples (样本)went wrong.可知,机器发生了故障,因此Cameron先生不得不提前返回.故答案选C.
点评 故事类文章在阅读过程中,我们一直在某个线索的引导下,随着作者的思路去了解一个故事或一件事情的始末,因此会感到比较轻松.命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件之间的关系、作者的意图和态度、故事的前因和后果等方面入手,考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力. 阅读故事类文章时,应注意把握主旨大意,弄清主要情节,立足文章的内容揣摩作者的态度和意图,根据文章的情节展开合理的想象,从而达到解题的目的.
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