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【题目】

“I’m ready”, said Alyssna Carson, a 17-year-old girl from Louisiana,US. She is taking an astronaut-in-taking training. She is a great and lucky girl. If all goes according to her plans, NASA* will send her to Mars* in 2033, making her the first human to step foot on the planet. She will spend two to three years doing something on it, growing food, performing a science experiments, and searching for signs of life. “The Martian is actually very amazing,” she said, “I saw a lot of things in the movies and they are going to happen.

__________. When she was 3 years old, she watched a cartoon called The Backyardigans.It’s about many adventures in their backyard including one part to Mars. “I thought this red planet is so cool,” she said, “I started watching videos of rovers landing on Mars, I had a large map of Mars in my room. I started getting telescopes *so I could look at space.”

At 7 her father took her to U. S. Space Camp in Huntsville Alabama. “That was the weekend of my life,” she said. “I got to learn everything I had been wanting to know and more. I got to see a life-size rocket.” She was crazy about the rocket so much that she returned I8 times. At the age of 12 she became the first person in history to attend all three NASA space camps. Then she started to learn about the basics of space and how humans have over explored it. As she got older she started trying to reach a gravity-free zones, a situation like in Mars.

When she was 9 she met NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus. The experienced astronaut told her she was the same age as her when she decided to go to space. At that moment Alyssa knew her love of space was not a passing hobby. “I did the same thing as other kids, like thinking about the future jobs, wanting to be a teacher or the president one day,” she said, “But the way I always thought about it was I would become an astronaut, go to Mars, come back, and then be a teacher or the president.

【1】Why is Alyssa Carson great? Because ________________________.

A.she has created the trip to Mars.

B.she is the youngest to have completed astronaut training.

C.she is likely to be the first human to perform different tasks on Mars.

D.she has visited the space camp in Huntsville Alabama for 20 times.

【2】NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus is mentioned in the last paragraph to show____ .

A.the power of space dreamB.the popularity of space travel

C.the importance of job choiceD.the danger of Mars travel

【3】What is the writer’s purpose of writing the text?

A.To introduce American space industry.

B.To improve the values of American teenagers.

C.To encourage tours to Mars.

D.To present a rising American space star.

【4】Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 ?

A.She will go travelling in Mars.

B.She did a lot of experiments about Mars.

C.She's spent her life preparing for this journey.

D.She was interested in space travel when she was young.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

本文介绍了美国女孩卡森·阿丽莎正在接受训练并准备登上火星，同时介绍了她为什么要去火星和为此所做的准备。

【1】细节理解题。根据If all goes according to her plans, NASA will send her to Mars in 2033, making her the first human to step foot on the planet. She will spend two to three years doing something on it, growing food, performing a science experiments, and searching for signs of life.可知，她之所以伟大，是因为她可能是第一个登上火星的人类，并且在火星上完成不同的任务。故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据The experienced astronaut told her she was the same age as her when she decided to go to space. At that moment Alyssa knew her love of space was not a passing hobby.可知，根据这位经验丰富的宇航员对她说的话，让她感觉到太空梦想的力量。故选A。

【3】主旨大意题。根据文章开头“I’m ready”, said Alyssna Carson, a 17-year-old girl from Louisiana,US. She is taking an astronaut-in-taking training.以及下文内容可知，文章的主要内容都是在介绍卡森·阿丽莎，她很优秀。所以作者写这篇文章的目的就是为了介绍这位冉冉升起的美国太空之星。故选D。

【4】细节理解题。第二段的主要内容是她童年时期看过关于太空的电影，而且在她的房间里有一张大的火星地图，她还用望远镜看太空，这些都足以说明她对太空充满了好奇和兴趣。故选D。