Question

Marley is a businessman. His business is freezing people. He works for a company in California called Trans Time. Trans Time freezes people after they die. Why does Trans Time freeze people? Doctors today can cure many diseases, but they cannot cure all diseases. People still get sick and die. Maybe in the future doctors will have medicine for all diseases. Some people think so. They want Trans Time to freeze their bodies after they die. Maybe 100 or 200, or 300 years later, Trans Time doctors will bring the people back to life. The doctors will cure their diseases, and the people will be alive and healthy again.

People often ask the scientists at the Trans Time, “How will Trans Time bring dead people back to life?” They say, “We can freeze a healthy animal and bring it back to life. We think that someday it will be possible with human.” When they say “someday”, they mean years from now — maybe 100 or 200 years. How can Trans Time keep people frozen for 200 years?

After a person dies, workers at Trans Time cool the body with ice and chemicals. When the body is very cold, workers put the body into a capsule (密封舱). They fill the capsule with liquid nitrogen (液氮). The temperature in it is 196 degrees centigrade below zero. Every two weeks workers add more liquid nitrogen. The liquid nitrogen keeps the bodies frozen.

Trans Time charges $21,000 to freeze a body and $59,000 to keep a body frozen. That’s $80,000 all together. It is a lot of money. But some people think that $80,000 is a fair price. It’s a fair price for a chance to live again, isn’t it?

1.What kind of people does Trans Time serve? (No more than 2 words)

                                                                              

2.How much should one pay together, if he wants his body to be cooled and kept by Trans Time?

(No more than 2 words)

                                                                              

3.Why do people want to be frozen? (No more than 9 words)

                                                                              

4.What is the main idea of Paragraph 3? (No more than 6 words)

                                                                            

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1. The dead. / Dead people. （2分）

2. $ 80,000. （2分）

3.Because they want to be alive and healthy again. （3分）

4.How Trans Time preserves a body. / How to preserve a body. / The steps of preserving a body.    （3分）

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了Trans Time所提供的冷冻尸体的服务，这些人希望以后自己能够重新活过来，取得健康。

1. The dead. / Dead people. （2分）

细节题。根据文章第二行Trans Time freezes people after they die.可知他们服务的对象是去世的死人。

2. $ 80,000. （2分）

细节题。根据文章最后一段Trans Time charges $21,000 to freeze a body and $59,000 to keep a body frozen. That’s $80,000 all together.可知总共的价格是$80,000。

3. Because they want to be alive and healthy again. （3分）

细节题。根据The doctors will cure their diseases, and the people will be alive and healthy again.

4. How Trans Time preserves a body. / How to preserve a body. / The steps of preserving a body.    （3分）

段落大意题。文章第三段讲述的就是这家公司冷冻死人的过程。

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点评：本文讲述了Trans Time所提供的冷冻尸体的服务，这些人希望以后自己能够重新活过来，取得健康。本文所设试题主要考察细节查找，对于文章中的细节题，要注意文本内容的理解。关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读