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【题目】

After people have been used to their new work situation. But what if your job was to control a multi-billion-dollar space rover (探测车) located on a planet nearly 200 million km away from Earth?

A team of NASA scientists is doing just that. In order to follow social distancing rules, these scientists have had to work from home. But they’ve still found ways to work together and take care of the complex (复杂的) tasks that are needed to keep the Curiosity rover working on Mars.

Their work-from-home setups (装配) as seen in photos provided to CNBC and ScienceAlert, look much like home office setups. They use ordinary computers. But instead of working on spreadsheets (电子制表), these scientists are programming complex sequences (序列) of instructions that are then sent to the rover. These instructions allowed the rover to find a rock sample (样本) in a location on Mars called “Edinburgh”.

Usually, the team’s 20 scientists work together by communicating through apps or video meetings. One scientist might have to follow 15 message channels (通道) at once.

NASA gave the scientists headsets (耳机) monitors and other equipment to allow them to do their jobs from home. However, the goggles (眼镜) they usually use to analyze (分析) pictures from Mars could not be sent out. So they have to depend on red-and-blue glass lenses (镜片) instead.

But difficulties like these have not been a problem for the scientists. In fact, getting used to changing situations is “classic, textbook NASA,” according to the head of science operations Carrie Bridge. “We’re presented with a problem and we find out how to make things work. Mars isn’t standing still for us; we’re still exploring,” she said.

【1】During the outbreak, NASA scientists ________.

A.use different computers to work

B.work on spreadsheets

C.are making Curiosity rover work from home

【2】Working at home is not convenient for NASA scientists because ________.

A.they have to use red-and-blue glass lenses

B.they cannot communicate person to person

C.they don’t have the equipment to do their jobs

【3】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the article?

A.Mars is nearly 200 million km away from Earth.

B.One scientist might have to contact with several other scientists at the same time.

C.NASA scientists can’t work together.

【4】How do we understand “classic, textbook NASA” in the last paragraph?

A.NASA wrote a textbook on how to deal with problems.

B.NASA always finds ways to deal with new situations.

C.Difficulties are uncommon for NASA.

【5】What is the story mainly about?

A.NASA’s project on Mars.

B.The problems NASA faces.

C.How NASA scientists work at home.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

本文讲述了为了遵守社交距离规则，这些科学家不得不在家工作，NASA的一组科学家正在控制“好奇号”在火星上工作，讲述了他们在家如何合作，共同工作的情况。

【1】细节理解题。根据“In order to follow social distancing rules, these scientists have had to work from home.”可知为了遵守社交距离规则，这些科学家不得不在家工作，可推测出是在家控制“好奇号”工作，故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据“However, the goggles (眼镜) they usually use to analyze (分析) pictures from Mars could not be sent out. So they have to depend on red-and-blue glass lenses (镜片) instead.”可知他们用来分析火星图片的护目镜却无法发送出去。所以他们不得不依靠红蓝玻璃镜片来代替，这是他们在家工作不方便的地方。故选A。

【3】推理判断题。根据“But what if your job was to control a multi-billion-dollar space rover (探测车) located on a planet nearly 200 million km away from Earth”可知如果你的工作是控制一个位于距离地球近2亿公里的行星上的价值数十亿美元的太空探测车会怎么样呢，及下文“keep the Curiosity rover working on Mars.”可知保持“好奇号”在火星上工作，可推测出火星距离地球2亿公里，选项A正确；根据“the team’s 20 scientists work together by communicating through apps or video meetings.”可知团队的20名科学家通过应用程序或视频会议进行交流，可推测出科学家们同时交流，选项B正确，选项C错误；故选C。

【4】细节理解题。根据“We’re presented with a problem and we find out how to-make things work.”可知当我们遇到问题时，我们会找出解决问题的方法，说明困难是常见的，遇到困难便解决困难。故选B。

【5】主旨大意题。根据“In order to follow social distancing rules, these scientists have had to work from home.”可知为了遵守社交距离规则，这些科学家不得不在家工作，可推测出是在家制造“好奇号”，下面内容围绕科学家们在家工作的情况，所以本文主旨大意是NASA科学家如何在家工作。故选C。