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【题目】B

Showering typically sends water down the drain, but a new space-age shower could change that. The design, inspired by NASA, saves water and money.

Astronauts have no choice but to recycle the water they use in space. Now the Orbital Systems Shower of the Future brings that concept down to Earth. This futuristic shower comes from Orbital Systems, a Swedish advanced technology company. Its CEO, Mehrdad Mahdjoubi, invented the product.

"The shower of the future is a water-recycling shower, thus enabling water savings up to 90 percent, energy savings up to 80 percent, at the same time increasing comfort and hygiene. The water is being collected in the drain, it's being analyzed, purified and then pumped back up to the shower head. So what is so special about the purification technology? Well, it's based on a patented purification capsule system that makes sure that the water is always crystal clear," he explained.

Mahdjoubi was inspired by a project between NASA and Sweden's Lund University to come up with designs for a mission to Mars. He adapted the closed-loop system that allows astronauts to re-use shower water again and again.

The product already has been tested in Sweden, where it saved up to 100,000 liters of water over four months. Based on those results, Mahdjoubi is confident his company can distribute the shower system worldwide.

"Our market is anyone who takes a shower, actually, and the biggest benefit it gives is to the market segment where the water consumption is the highest, such as bathing establishments, gyms, sports centers. Also, private households where the water consumption and the prices are high," said Mahdjoubi.

The "out of this world" design has won several business and innovation

【1】What does the underlined sentence mean in paragraph 2?

A. Astronauts bring the space water to the earth.

B. There’s need for the astronauts to save water any more.

C. People on the earth can do the same like the astronauts.

D. People have to recycle water on the earth.

【2】What’s the order of working procedure of the new shower?

①collect the water; ② purify the water;

③analyze the water; ④pump back the water

A. ①②③④ B. ①③②④

C. ①④②③ D. ①②④③

【3】What’s Mahdjoubi’s attitude towards the new product?

A. Optimistic B. Uncertain

C. Negative D. Indifferent

【4】Why does the author write the passage?

A. To introduce a new technology

B. To find a way to save energy

C. To promote a new product

D. To seek for investment

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】试题分析：文章大意：文章主要介绍了一种新型的可以节省水和能源的淋浴装置。

【1】C 句意推测题 依据文章第二段上下文来看可以得出现在有公司将太空中的循环淋浴方式在地球上也进行推广，故选C适合。

【2】B 细节理解题 依据文章第三段中的“The water is being collected in the drain, it's being analyzed, purified and then pumped back up to the shower head.”可知答案为B。

【3】A 观点态度题 依据文章的主要内容尤其是最后一段的内容来看对新产品研发商还是比较乐观有信心的，故选A。

【4】C 主旨要义题 依据文章大意来看是介绍一种新产品并阐述了相关的优点和工作原理，其根本目的还是为了开发并促销此新产品，故C适合。