Question

Space is a lonely place. Hundreds of thousands of kilometers from home, astronauts have a hard life. It stands to reason that, once in a while, they need to have a good cry. But this is a lot harder than it sounds.

We still know very little about space, and about living in zero gravity (重力). In fact, we are discovering new things every time astronauts take to the sky. As The Atlantic reported in January, crying is not all that simple in space. This is because when a person normally cries, gravity makes their tears move downwards. But in a spacecraft, this is not the case. Here, there is no gravity, which is why we so often see pictures of astronauts floating around. This means that, strangely, when you cry, your tears have nowhere to go. As a result, they just stick to your eyes.

In May 2011, astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this. “Tears,” as he said, “don’t fall off of your eye...they just kind of stay there.” This can be quite painful. In space, your eyes get very dry, and the added moisture is annoying. Sometimes, things get even unusual. The astronaut Ron Parise told The Atlantic that when tears get big enough, they “break free of the eye and float around”.

No one can be quite sure why we cry. Why should water in our eyes have anything to do with feeling sad? If you stop to think about it, crying is a very strange thing indeed. And now, thanks to the wonders of space, it just got even stranger.

1.What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. It’s hard to cry in space.

B. It’s easy to feel sad in space.

C. Living in space is lonely.

D. Nobody wants to live in space.

2.What will happen if astronauts cry in a spacecraft?

A. The tears will move downwards.

B. The tears will stick to their eyes.

C. The tears will go out of the window.

D. The tears will move upwards.

3.What does the underlined word “float” probably mean in this passage?

A. 靜止 B.漂浮 C.盤旋 D.下沉

4.How will astronauts feel if tears are always in their eyes?

A. Sad. B. Comfortable.

C. Happy. D. Uncomfortable.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Our eyes usually feel very wet in space.

B. Gravity makes people’s tears move upwards in space.

C. People know about living in zero gravity very well.

D. Tears will float around if they are big enough in space.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章說的是關(guān)于太空的知識，在太空哭也不是一件很簡單的事情，在太空由于沒有重力，宇航員都是漂浮著，所以即使是哭，淚水也掉不下來，粘在眼睛周圍。沒人確定我們?yōu)槭裁磿�哭，為什么眼中的水是傷感的表現(xiàn)。

1.主旨大意題，根據(jù)整篇文章的內(nèi)容我們判斷這篇文章是在講關(guān)于在太空哭的事情。故選擇A。

2.細節(jié)辨析題，根據(jù)文章第二段倒數(shù)第一行when you cry, your tears have nowhere to go. As a result, they just stick to your eyes.，當(dāng)你哭時，眼淚無處可去，粘在眼睛周圍。故選B。

3.詞語猜測題，根據(jù)文章第三段最后一行The Atlantic that when tears get big enough, they “break free of the eye and float around”. 當(dāng)眼淚變得足夠大，他們“掙脫的眼睛漂浮在周圍。故選擇B。

4.細節(jié)辨析題，根據(jù)文章第三段第二行Tears,” as he said, “don’t fall off of your eye...they just kind of stay there.” This can be quite painful. 在太空眼中有淚是很疼的。A. Sad.難過的，B. Comfortable.舒服的，C. Happy.高興的，D. Uncomfortable不舒服的，.故選D。

5.細節(jié)辨析題，根據(jù)第三段In space, your eyes get very dry,得知A是錯誤的，根據(jù)第一段末尾they just stick to your eyes.B是錯誤的，根據(jù)整篇文章的意思，生活在沒有重力的世界是很不方便的，故C是錯誤的。故選擇D。

考點：科普類閱讀短文。