Question

阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题（请注意问题后的词数要求）。

My name is Clara. I still remember that chilly December day, sitting in science class. I had finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine. A piece of news caught my eye: NASA (美国宇航局) was holding an essay contest to name its Mars rover (火星探测器). Before I even knew anything else about it, a single word flooded my 11-year-old mind, Curiosity.

I couldn’t wait for the bell to ring so I could get started on my essay. That afternoon, I raced home, sat down at the computer, and typed until my fingers ached. “Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone’s mind…”

Five months later, my mom received a phone call, and immediately, a wide smile spread across her face.

On August 5, 2012, at 10: 31pm, the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the surface of Mars, and I was honored to have a front-row seat in NASA.

Curiosity is such an important part of who I am. I have always been fascinated by the stars, the planets, the sky and the universe. I remember as a little girl, my grandmother and I would sit together in the backyard for hours. She would tell me stories and point out the stars. Grandma lived in China, thousands of miles away from my home in Kansas, but the stars kept us together even when we were apart. They were always there, yet there was so much I didn’t know about them. That’s what I love so much about space.

People often ask me why we go to faraway places like Mars. My answer is simple because we’re curious. We human beings do not just hole up in one place. We are constantly wondering and trying to find out what’s over the hill and beyond the horizon.

1.How did the author get the news about the essay contest? (within 7 words)

           

2.In which year was the author born according to the passage? (within 2 words)

       

3.Why did author have a front-row seat in NASA? (within 10 words)

       

4.What does the author remember about the time spent with Grandma? (within 15 words)[

       

5.What does the underlined phrase “hole up” in the last paragraph probably mean? (1 word)

       

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.By reading a TIME for Kids magazine. / From a TIME for Kids magazine.

2.In 2000.

3.Because she won the essay contest held by NASA. / Because she named the Mars rover “Curiosity”.

4.She sat together with grandma listening to her stories about stars. / Her grandma told her stories about stars. / They sat together talking about stars.

5.stay / remain / live

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了给火星探测器命名的故事。作者想到的名字“好奇”得到了认可，并受到NASA的邀请，观看“好奇号”的发射。

1.根据第一段“I had finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine.”可知，作者是从TIME for Kids magazine上了解到的。故填By reading a TIME for Kids magazine. / From a TIME for Kids magazine.。

2.根据“that chilly December day, my 11-year-old mind, Five months later, On August 5, 2012”可知，作者发现那篇征文是在2011年12月，那时，他11岁，因此是2000年出生的。故填In 2000.。

3.根据“a single word flooded my 11-year-old mind, Curiosity...I was honored to have a front-row seat in NASA”可知，作者把火星探测器命名为“Curiosity”，得到了NASA的邀请。故填Because she won the essay contest held by NASA. / Because she named the Mars rover “Curiosity”.。

4.根据倒数第二段“my grandmother and I would sit together in the backyard for hours. She would tell me stories and point out the stars”可知，作者记得和外婆一起坐在后院，听外婆讲有关星星的故事。故填She sat together with grandma listening to her stories about stars. / Her grandma told her stories about stars. / They sat together talking about stars.。

5.We human beings do not just hole up in one place.我们人类不只是待在一个地方。故填stay / remain / live。

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