Question

The International Space Station，one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of the solar system，turns l0 years old Thursday．

    On Nov．20，1998，the first part of the space station was launched by the Russians from Kazakhstan．NASA followed up two weeks later with Piece No 2 carried up by a space shuttle．

    The space station has grown into a giant outpost(前哨)355 km up，home to three people at any given time—soon to be six．

    Thanks to the newly arrived shuttle Endeavour，the space station now has five sleep stations，two baths，two kitchens and two mini—gyms．Ahogether， there are nine rooms，three of which are full scale labs．

    The United States has financed the main part of the project，estimated to cost some 100 billion dollars．Fifteen other countries have also contributed， including Russia，Japan，Canada，Brazil anti eleven nations belonging to the  European Space Agency．

    ’Fhe space station has traveled 2．1 billion km，orbited Earth more than 57，300 times，hosted 167 people from 15 countries，and served up more than l 9，000 meals

    ”The ISS is the largest ever expenmeni in international technological cooperation，’’ said John Logsdon。a historian at the National Air and Space Museum in US．

    “1 think it’s a necessary stepping stone to long—term human activities in new Areas of operations，”Logsdon said．The station is“off the planet and it’s the first Step outward—not all end in itself，but a step along the way．’’

The passage is mainly about              ．

      A the construction of the International Space Station．

      B．the history of the International Space Station．

    C the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station．

     D．the eountries that help establish the International Space Station．

Piece No 2 of the ISS was put into orbit oil             

      A．Nov．6，1998    B．Nov．24，1998

      C．Dee．8，1998       D．Dec．9，1998

Which of the following is true about Endeav our according to the passage?

      A．Endeavour is a newly built shuttle．

      B．Endeavour is part of the space station，

      C．Endeavour didn’t get close to the space station．

    D．Endeavour carried a lot of equipment for the apace station．

Which of the following country has not made a contribution to the eonstruction of

    the International space station according to the passage?

      A．USA．    B．Japan．    C．Korea．D．Spain．    

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】C

【小題3】D

【小題4】C

解析:

【小題1】主旨大意題。這是一篇新聞報道，新聞報道的中心內容在第一段中就體現出來，故選擇C。

【小題2】數字計算題。從第二段可知，空間站的第二個組件在Nov．20，1 998之后的兩個周由航天飛機送人軌道，1998年的11月份有30天，所以這一天應該是12月8目。

【小題3】 推理判斷題。從第三段我們得知，Endeavour是航天飛機，但是文中沒說是新造的，排除A；它不是空間站的一部分，排除B；它到達了空間站，排除C。因為它的到達，國際空間站擴大了，我們可以推知，它帶去了空間站所需要的一些設備，故選D。

【小題4】細節推理題。從第四段我們可以得知。Korea沒有提到，也不屬歐空局。