Question

Chinese space trainer Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project. He was very happy to be chosen and will accept the meaningful challenge(挑战) Another five volunteers are all space lovers., including three Russians, an Italy-Colombian and a Frenchman. They are about to feel what it’s like to travel to Mars, only without leaving the earth. They are locked up together for a year and a half under a similar condition to the red planet during the whole process. So the experiment is called Mars-500.

When reporters asked what they would miss most during the 520-day special life, French trainer Charles said:”For me, it will be mainly my family, the sun and fresh air.”

The Mars-500 test will be in a special building in Moscow, Russia. Although the people won’t leave the building, they will fell as if they are on a real trip to the Mars. The most difficult thing will be to be separated(分离) from the people that they used to live with. The trainer won’t see sunsets, sunrises, won’t feel rain for 18 months. That will be hard.

The main task is to study the “Man and environment”. It’ll care about the astronauts’ getting experience and physical effects. The 520-day-test is divided into three parts,the first 250days to Mars, the middle 30days of landing on Mars, the last 240 days to return to the earth. Everyone will stay there alone for a long time and will work lonely. They will have to make decisions themselves and only then report to the earth, and the earth will tell them whether they do the right thing or not.

Each astronaut is preparing for the great challenge. It is learned that they will be launched（发射）early in June. And the experiment will end in November 2011.

1. _______ members were chosen as volunteers.

A．Five              B．Six               C．Three            D．Four

2. The most difficult thing for the trainers is ______.

A．no vegetables to eat

B．they can’t watch TV

C．they can’t see many people

D．they must lie all day

3. Mars-500 test will be done in ______

A．Moscow                              B．a red planet

C．November                             D．Xichang

4. It will take trainers _______ days to land on Mars.

A．250              B．30               C．240              D．520

5. Which sentence is NOT true about the 520-day-test?

A．The trainers won’t see rain or snow

B．The experiment will begin in June.

C．Trainers are all astronauts.

D．Trainers will report to the earth.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：中国航天教练王元已被选定为火星-500试验项目的一位志愿者。他被选中非常高兴，将接受有意义的挑战，五个志愿者都是太空爱好者。火星-500实验将在莫斯科的一个特殊的建筑，他们会觉得好像他们正在进行真正的火星之旅。他们看不到日落，日出，感觉不到18个月的雨。这将是很困难的。每个宇航员正准备迎接更大的挑战。据悉，他们将在六月发射，实验将在2011年的十一月结束。

1.细节理解题，根据文中语句“Another five volunteers are all space lovers.,”理解可知。除了王元还有五人，故共选拔6人，选择B。

2.细节理解题，根据文中语句“The most difficult thing will be to be separated(分离) from the people that they used to live with.”理解可知。最困难的就是将和家人分离，故选C。

3.细节理解题，根据文中语句“The Mars-500 test will be in a special building in Moscow, Russia.”理解可知。这项实验将在俄罗斯的莫斯科举行，故选A。

4.细节理解题，根据文中语句“The 520-day-test is divided into three parts,”理解可知。这项实验将继续520天，故选B。

5.细节理解题，根据文中语句“Another five volunteers are all space lovers.”理解可知。这六名志愿者都是太空爱好者，不是宇航员，故选C

考点：有关火星-500试验项目的说明文