Question

【题目】 Earlier this year in Norway, people buried a steel bottle with plant seeds, a wristwatch and rock samples (样本) in it. Why did they do this? They were making a time capsule(时间胶囊).

Time capsules are small collections of goods or information that are stored somewhere safe. They can be opened by people many years later, giving future people a view of life in the past.

They may contain (包含) newspaper articles, popular music recordings, and photos. Historians can use time capsules to learn more about societies that lived in the past.

One of the earliest time capsules was the Detroit Century Box. On Dec 31st, 1900, the city picked several photos and letters to be placed in a box. The box was then locked until Dec 31st, 2000. The things inside the capsule give us a look at Detroit in the past. There were photos of people and places, as well as letters written by local people. Some of them even gave predictions for the future. One person predicted that Detroit would have a population of 4 million by 2000. But in fact, the city’s population was about 951,000 that year.

Humans have even sent time capsules into space! The US sent two capsules into space on the Voyager spacecraft (旅行者号航天器) in 1977. They are called the Voyager Golden Records. They contain sounds and pictures that show the diversity of human life and culture. For example, they have music by German composer (作曲家) Beethoven and pictures of plants, insects and landscapes (山水风景画). The Voyager spacecraft has traveled far away from our solar system(太阳系). It is hoped that aliens might find the time capsules someday and learn about us.

【1】A time capsule________.

A.is a subject about societies that lived in the past

B.is a small collection of things stored in a safe place

C.collects medicines and buries them deep underground

D.collects music recordings which will be popular in the future

【2】The earliest time capsule was locked for________ .

A.23 yearsB.77 yearsC.100 yearsD.218 years

【3】From the collections in the Detroit Century Box, we may learn________.

A.what people wore in the pastB.what Detroit was like in 1977

C.what would happen to Detroit in the futureD.what the population of Detroit is in 2000

【4】What does underline word “diversity” in paragraph 5 probably mean in Chinese?

A.思想性B.普遍性C.预见性D.多样性

【5】The Voyager Golden Records________.

A.contain pictures and plantsB.were sent into space by Germany

C.have traveled far from the solar systemD.have been found by the aliens

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介绍的是很多人在制作时间胶囊，它可以储存商品或信息，许多年后当人们打开时，可以知道过去生活的一些观念。人们甚至把时间胶囊送到太空，希望外星人有一天能找到时间胶囊并了解我们。

【1】细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一行“Time capsules are small collections of goods or information that are stored somewhere safe”“时间胶囊是储存在安全地方的货物或信息的收藏品”，故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据文章第四段第一、二、三行“One of the ……until Dec 31st, 2000”“最早的胶囊之一是底特律世纪盒子。1900年12月31日，这个城市挑选了几张照片和几封信放在一个盒子里。然后这个箱子一直锁到2000年12月31日”可知，最早的时间胶囊被锁了100年，故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据文章第四段第四行“There were photos of people and places, as well as letters written by local people”“有人和地方的照片，还有当地人写的信”可以知道盒子里有人的照片，可以看到过去人们穿什么，可知，A说法是正确的；根据文章第四段第四、五行“Some of them even gave predictions for the future. One person predicted that Detroit would have a population of 4 million by 2000”“其中一些人甚至对未来做出了预测。有人预测到2000年底特律将有400万人口”可知，C和D说法是错误的；根据文章最后一段第一、二行“Humans ……spacecraft (旅行者号航天器) in 1977”“人类甚至将时间胶囊送入太空！1977年，美国用旅行者号宇宙飞船将两个太空舱送入太空”和文章最后一行“It is hoped that aliens might find the time capsules someday and learn about us”“希望有一天外星人能找到时间胶囊，了解我们”可知，B说法是错误的，故选A。

【4】词句猜测题。根据文章第五段第三行“They contain sounds and pictures”“它们包含声音和图片”和第四、五行“they ……insects and landscapes (山水风景画)”“他们有德国作曲家贝多芬的音乐和植物、昆虫和风景画”可推知diversity的意思是多样性，故选D。

【5】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段第三行“They contain sounds and pictures”“它们包含声音和图片”可知，A说法是错误的；根据文章最后一段第一、二行“The US sent two capsules into space on the Voyager spacecraft (旅行者号航天器) in 1977”“1977年，美国用旅行者号宇宙飞船将两个太空舱送入太空”可知，B说法是错误的；根据文章最后一段倒数第二行“The Voyager spacecraft has traveled far away from our solar system”“旅行者号宇宙飞船已经远离我们的太阳系”可知，C说法是正确的；根据文章最后一行“It is hoped that aliens might find the time capsules someday and learn about us”“希望有一天外星人能找到时间胶囊，了解我们”可知，D说法是错误的，故选C。