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1、A(2011年湖南三市六校檢測(cè)二)Fromthefirstuseoftherockettocarrysatellitesintospacetothesettingupofspacestations，humanbeingshavebeenputtinggreatefftintospaceresearch.sofar，wehaveachievedmanysuccesses.Buttherearestillnumeroustasksinfro

2、ntofusweshouldnotceasetryingtoprogress.Theinternationalspacestationisanimptantstepweshouldtakeinspaceexplation.Itisnotonlyhelpfulbutalsoessential.Itprovidesaproperspaceenvironmentfmanyexperimentsthatwehavewantedtodofalon

3、gtime.Itisalsoabaseftheobservationsoftheearththeuniverse.ItcouldalsobeanimptantbaseflatertraveltothemoonMars.Inawd，ifwewanttoexplespaceme，thefirstthingweshoulddoistosetupaspacestation.Asthespacestationcostsalotofmoney，it

4、ishardfonecountryalonetoestablishone.TheUSAseemstobetheonlycountrythathastheabilitytobuildaspacestationalone，ithastriedtodoso，butnotverysuccessful.Soitaggregatedmanyothercountriestowkonittogether.Thoughitisstillextremely

5、expensive，itismuchcheaperthandoingitalone.Itisreallyajobthatneedseveryone’sefftwillbenefiteveryone.Butevenso，thefundsneededarestillabigproblem.AsftheUSA，itseemsthatithastoomanythingstospenditsmoneyon.Althoughitistheriche

6、stcountryinthewld，ithasmuchdebteveryyear.Ithastomakearrangementsaboutitsfinance，atrytofindabalanceinalltheseissues.【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】這是一篇說(shuō)明文。國(guó)際空間站對(duì)于人類(lèi)探索太空起著至關(guān)重要的作用。由于耗資巨大，財(cái)大氣粗的美國(guó)單獨(dú)建造起來(lái)也并不那么成功。只有各國(guó)合作起來(lái)，才能解決資金問(wèn)題，從而使國(guó)際空間站造福全人類(lèi)。1Whatist

7、heauth’sattitudetowardsbuildingdevelopingtheinternationalspacestationASupptive.BDoubtful.CCritical.DDissatisfied.解析：選A。態(tài)度判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的“weshouldnotceasetryingtoprogress”和文中作者介紹國(guó)際空間站的重要性可知，作者對(duì)建設(shè)國(guó)際空間站持支持態(tài)度。2FromParagraph2wele

8、arnthat__________.AthenecessityofbuildingtheinternationalspacestationisnotrealizednowBmanyexperimentshavebeendoneintheinternationalspacestationCtheinternationalspacestationisnecessaryfpeopletoexplespacemeDpeoplehavetrave

9、ledtoMarsfromtheinternationalspacestation解析：選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“Inawd，ifwewanttoexplespaceme，thefirstthingweshoulddoistosetupaspacestation”可知，國(guó)際空間站是進(jìn)行太空探索所必需的。3WhichofthefollowingisNOTareasonfcountries’cooperationinbuilding

10、theinternationalspacestationAThatitrequiresalotofmoney.BThatitneedseveryone’sefft.CThatitwillbenefiteveryparticipatingcountry.DThatitistoofarawayfromtheearth.2Accdingtothepassage，whatisAikoAAikoisafemaleperson.BAikoisMr.

11、Trungsgirlfriend.CAikoisarobotthatlookslikeabeautifulwoman.DAikoisaperfectwoman.答案與解析：C細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段中“sohedesignedcreatedhisidealwomanusingthelatesttechnology.”以及倒數(shù)第二段“Mr.TrunghasdesignedAikowithatouchsensitivefacebody..

12、.”可推知Aiko是一個(gè)女機(jī)器人。3AikocandothefollowingthingsEXCEPT________.AthatshecanunderstspeakEnglishJapaneseBthatshecandomathsquestionsverywellCthatshecansmellthestrangesmellDthatshecanhelptoreceivesomefamiliarguests答案與解析：C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根

13、據(jù)文章最后一段可知，Aiko沒(méi)有嗅覺(jué)能力。故選C。A項(xiàng)根據(jù)文章第九段可知。B項(xiàng)根據(jù)文章第二段可知。D項(xiàng)根據(jù)倒數(shù)第六段可知。4WhatisthemainideaofthepassageAThereasonfLeTrungcreatingAiko.BTheintroductiontoanewscientificproduct－Aiko.CAikosabilityfunctions.DTheprocessofmakingAiko.答案與解析：

14、B主旨大意題。根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可知，本文是對(duì)新的科技產(chǎn)品Aiko的介紹。CFromMr.WardHoffman.SirIwashalfwaythroughProfessRajPersaud’sarticle“What’sthetippingpoint”(FinancialTimesWeekendApril910)whenitoccurredtomethatwhatIwasreadingwasnotironic(諷刺的).IfProfPers

15、audwantstoknowwhyAmericanstipinrestaurantsheneedsonlytoaskthefirstAmericanhemeetsinLondon.Americanstipinrestaurantsfonereasononereasononly:wetiptosupplement(補(bǔ)貼)thesalaryofrestaurantwkers.Qualityofservicedoesnotenterinto

16、itbeyondthefactthatonemaytipabitlessfposervicealittlemefgoodservice.Nottippingatallinanonfastfoodrestaurantisnotachoice.IntheUSoneusedtotipabout15percentfdininginafamilystylerestaurantinanupmarket(高檔的)restaurant.HereinSa

17、nFranciscoBayarearestaurantsweareencouragedtotip20percentmetohelprestaurantwkersliveinthisveryexpensivearea.AftereatingatanItalianrestaurantinmycityIleftatipof20percentonthenontaxpartofourdinnerbill.Itwasexpected.Thereis

18、nothingmecomplicated(復(fù)雜的)thanthataboutAmericanstippinginrestaurants.WardHoffmanPaloAltoCA94306USFromMr.PhilipMcBrideJohnson.SirIagreewithmostofRajPersaud’sopinionaboutthedoubtfulvalueoftippingbutwithoneexception(例外).Tip

19、scanbeveryusefulwhenoneisarepeatcustomerdiner.Itisonlywhenthetipperisastrangerlikelytoremainsothatthesystemdoesnotwktohisheradvantage.Butfrequentahotelarestaurantalwaystipabitmethedifferenceinservicetreatmentwillbeeasily