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【题目】D

For generations, people have dreamed of traveling to Mars to explore Earth's closest planetary neighbor. NASA and other space agencies have announced plans to send people to the Red Planet. But such a manned mission is years away.

In the United States, some volunteers are learning how people will react to months of separation from other humans on a Mars base.

What would it be like to live on the planet Mars? Volunteers are spending eight months in an area that looks much like the surface of Mars. But actually, they are living in Hawaii.

Six people are isolated high on top of Mauna Loa, a volcanic mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii. They are living on a simulated, or make-believe, Mars Base. The American Space Agency, NASA, has provided financial support for the work. The project is called HI-SEAS, or Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation.

The six member HI-SEAS crew is mostly self-sufficient. They take care of themselves. Food and supplies are brought to them. But the individuals bringing those supplies cannot communicate with volunteers inside the habitat, or base.

The current crew has been living in the habitat since October, and will stay until June. Two earlier crews lived there before them. Crew members communicate with the outside world through e-mail and blogs. They also produce videos on the YouTube website.

Crew members also are using a smartphone app, or program, that creates a 20-minute delay for communications. That would be the same as if you were communicating from Mars.

This is not the only group of volunteers with sights set on Mars. A group called Mars One has appealed for would-be Mars astronauts from around the world. Mars One is a private, non-government project based in The Netherlands.

Others believe the American or European space agencies are the most likely to put people on Mars, maybe in the 2030s, or later.

For now, on a mountaintop in Hawaii, volunteers are getting a taste of life on a future Mars base.

【1】What's the main idea of the Paragraph 1__________?

A. people have dreamed of traveling to Mars to explore it

B. ther are plans to send people to the Red Planet

C. such a manned mission is years away

D. people dream of traveling in space

【2】What is HI-SEAS___________?

A. volunteers are spending eight months in an area

B. six people are isolated and are living on a simulated Mars Base

C. six people are living in Hawaii

D. NASA has provided financial support for the work

【3】How do the six member HI-SEAS crew live in the Mar Base__________?

A. they can not communicate with the outside world

B. they are not self-sufficient

C. they take care of themselves

D. individuals can communicate with volunteers

【4】Which of the following is TRUE__________?

A. HI-SEAS is the only group of volunteers with sights set on Mars

B. Mars One has not appealed for would-be Mars astronauts from around the world

C. Mars One is a government project

D. the American or European space agencies are the most likely to put people on Mars

【5】What’s the main idea of the passage__________?

A. a program which allows volunteers to experience the life on Mars

B. people are dreaming of traveling to Mars

C. the life on Mars

D. six member HI-SEAS crew’s life

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】夏威夷建造模拟火星生存基地，六名志愿者在哪里体验火星生活。人们世世代代梦想前往火星，去探索距离地球最近的行星邻居。美国宇航局和其它航天机构已经宣布计划把人送到这颗红色星球。但这样的载人航天任务还需要多年时间。

【1】A 段落大意题。根据第一段“For generations, people have dreamed of traveling to Mars to explore Earth's closest planetary neighbor.”可知，人们世世代代梦想前往火星，去探索这颗距离地球最近的行星邻居。

【2】B 细节理解题。根据第四段“Six people are isolated high on top of Mauna Loa...They are living on a simulated, or make-believe, Mars Base”可知，六个人被隔离在夏威夷莫纳罗亚山的山顶之上，他们生活在一个模拟的火星基地。这个项目叫作“HI-SEAS”。

【3】C 细节理解题。根据第五段“The six member HI-SEAS crew is mostly self-sufficient. They take care of themselves.”可知，夏威夷太空探索仿真模拟项目的六位成员主要是自给自足。他们自己照顾自己。

【4】D 推理判断题。根据倒数第三段“This is not the only group of volunteers with sights set on Mars. A group called Mars One has appealed for would-be Mars astronauts from around the world. Mars One is a private, non-government project based in The Netherlands.”可知，这并非唯一一组将目光投向火星的志愿者，一家名为火星一号的组织已经引起了世界各地想成为火星宇航员的人们的兴趣，火星一号是一家总部设在荷兰的私营非政府组织；根据倒数第四段“Others believe the American or European space agencies are the most likely to put people on Mars”可知，美国或欧洲航天局最有可能把人送上火星。

【5】A 主旨大意题。根据第二段“some volunteers are learning how people will react to months of separation from other humans on a Mars base.”和第三段“What would it be like to live on the planet Mars? Volunteers are spending eight months in an area that looks much like the surface of Mars.”与第四段“Six people are isolated high on top of Mauna Loa...They are living on a simulated, or make-believe, Mars Base.”可知，文章主要介绍的是一项体验火星生活的项目，该项目在夏威夷莫纳罗亚山的山顶进行。

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