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6.The astronauts working on the International Space Station,the ISS,have started their zero-gravity preview of the World Cup match on Thursday,June 26,between the United States and Germany.
NASA astronauts Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman and European astronaut Alexander Gerst,called out from Germany,showed off their moves in a soccer exhibition aboard the orbiting lab recently.An American video released today shows th eir performing space bicycle kicks,headers and,as players tend to do here on the earth,celebrating happily after scoring goals.
NASA's humanoid (仿真) robot Robonaut 2,which is designed to help astronauts perform,even gets into the spirit,wavin g its arms this way and that.
The weightless action tells a key World Cup game on Thursday in Brazil featuring the two teams currently at the top of the match's so-called"group of Death".
The winner will win the group and move on to the single-elimination (淘汰)"knockout stage"of the World Cup,while the loser may go home,depending on what happens in Thursday's game between Ghana and Portugal,the other two teams in the group.Two teams from the group will advance.If the U.S.and Germany tie,they both will move on to the next stage.
Swanson,Wiseman and Gerst are obviously fond of the World Cup.The three space-flyers also played micro-gravity (微重力) soccer in another video that NASA posted on June 11,the day before the World Cup kicked off.
"We want to wish all the teams and fans on the ground and in Brazil a great World Cup,"Gerst said in that video,"Have fun and have peaceful games.May the best win".
The three astronauts make up half of the space station's current Expedition 40.The other three crew members are Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov,Oleg Artemyev and Maxim Suraev.
47.How many astronauts are working on the ISS?C
A.Three.
B.Five.
C.Six.
D.Nine.
48.The"two teams"in Paragraph 4 refers toD.
A.Brazil and the USA                     
B.Brazil and Germany
C.Ghana and Portugal                     
D.Germany and America
49.Which of the following expressions is mostly related to the soccer game?A
A.Kick off          
B.Move on          
C.Show off      
D.Make up
50.There has been a weightless world cup in the ISS becauseB.
A.astronauts love to play football in their ISS
B.astronauts are concerned about the World Cup
C.Astronauts are asked to play a weightless game
D.astronauts are curious about a weightless match.

分析 本文主要讲的是在国际空间站的宇航员,为了庆祝巴西世界杯美国和德国之间开始他们的零重力世界杯比赛.

解答 47.C.细节理解题.根据文中"The three astronauts make up half of the space station's current Expedition 40."可知国际空间站上共有6位宇航员.故选C.
48.D.推理判断题.根据前文中"NASA astronauts Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman and European astronaut Alexander Gerst,called out from Germany"可知,两队是美国和德国.故选D.
49.A.推理判断题.Kick off  踢开,开球   Move on  前进   Show off  炫耀  Make up  弥补   易知与足球最接近的词是Kick off.故选A.
50.B.细节理解题.根据文中倒数第二段"We want to wish all the teams and fans on the ground and in Brazil a great World Cup,"可知宇航员非常关心巴西世界杯.故选B.

点评 本文是新闻报道类阅读理解文章,阅读此类文章主要是要了解:
①新闻报道了什么事件;②事件是因为什么而发生的,相关背景如何;③文段中指出的事件发生过程中的突出细节是 什么;④事件造成的后果是什么;⑤事件的本质是什么,透过事件的表面现象,我们看到了什么社会问题.通过这样的梳理,我们就可以把新闻的脉络理清楚.这类材料命题点往往落在事实细节上

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