Question

If you have a bottle of water recycled(再利用) from urine(尿), would you drink it? Astronauts at the ISS may soon do so.

NASA(美國航空航天局) said it would use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS. The machine will recycle water for washing hands, shower water, water for brushing teeth and even urine to make drinking water. It will save millions of dollars each year.

At present, each ISS astronaut uses about 4.4 liters(升) of water every day. It costs about 24 million dollars a year to send water up to the ISS. A liter of water costs about $ 11,000.

The machine will be sent to the ISS later. NASA hopes it will recycle about 93% of all the water used on the station.

Will the water be clean? Different chemicals will be put in the wastewater. The water will be heated to 130℃ to kill bacteria(細菌). Scientists say that the recycled water is thousands of times better than the water from a city tap.

1.NASA will use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS to ______.

A．protect the ISS

B．make the astronauts work harder

C．provide better water and food for the astronauts

D．save the cost of sending water up to the ISS

2.At present it costs NASA about ______ dollars to transport water up to an astronaut at the ISS a day.

A．4.4 thousand                           B．11 thousand

C．48.4 thousand                          D．24 million

3.Scientists plan to get rid of bacteria in the wastewater by ______.

A．freezing                              B．heating

C．shaking                               D．precipitating(沉淀)

4.The passage mainly tells us something about ______.

A．water recycling at the ISS

B．the International Space Station

C．a(chǎn) high-tech machine

D．the cost of NASA

5.Which of the following sentences is TURE?

A．The recycled water is much better than that from a city tap.

B．The high-tech machine will recycle all the water used on the station.

C．The ISS astronauts use more water than us.

D．The high-tech machine can only recycle urine to make water.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.Ｄ

2.Ｃ

3.Ｂ

4.Ａ

5.Ａ

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了在空間站上水的回收利用問題�？茖W家們用一種高科技機器把人員在空間站上產(chǎn)生的廢水，回收利用，從而減少往空間站運水的費用。

1.根據(jù)短文第一二段描述，可知選Ｄ，用高科技機器來節(jié)約送水去空間站的花費。

2.根據(jù)第三段描述，計算可知11,000*4.4=" 48.4" thousand，故選Ｃ。

3.根據(jù)最后一段The water will be heated to 130℃ to kill bacteria(細菌).描述，可知選Ｂ。

4.這篇短文主要描述了在空間站上水的回收利用問題。故選Ａ。

5.根據(jù)最后一段Scientists say that the recycled water is thousands of times better than the water from a city tap.描述，可知選Ａ。

考點：關(guān)于水的回收利用問題的說明文閱讀

點評：本文信息量較大，出現(xiàn)數(shù)字較多。閱讀中注意把握短文的重點內(nèi)容。然后帶著問題,再讀短文,找出答題依據(jù).對于有關(guān)數(shù)字的問題,要認真分析,并進行必要的計算.