Question

    From an early age,Parker always said that he would be an astronaut. But no matter how much he studied,worked,and took tests,he never passed.

   Year by year,he couldn’t take the successful test. And he was never able to achieve his dream.

   However,Parker went on working hard,and never gave up his dream. He continued training and studying everyday,just like he was studying for the next month's astronaut test.

   He kept on doing it as he got older,and when he was a very old man,he heard that doctors in Space Agency were doing some very important medical (醫(yī)學(xué) 的) experiments (實驗) . For those experiments,they needed a very old astronaut. Parker was the only old man in the whole world who was trained to fly in a rocket. He got the chance to fly this time.

   The experiments were very successful. The knowledge from the experiments helped doctors to cure one of the worst sicknesses for old people.

   People all over the world saw the photos of an astronaut with a walking stick and no teeth. They called him a hero. But Parker didn't care about it ,“I am just a real astronaut now. That's enough. ” Parker said to the reporter.

1. What did Parker want to be when he was a child?

   A. A doctor. B. A train driver.

   C. An astronaut. D. An engineer.

2. Why did Space Agency choose Parker?

   A. Because he was old but strong.

   B. Because he had a dream of flying.

   C. Because he was old but was trained to fly.

   D. Because he studied,worked,and took many tests.

3. The underlined word “cure” has the same meaning

“ ” as.

   A. find new food to eat

   B. find a good way to do with

   C. find a nice place to live in

   D. find a new kind of sickness

4. People called him a hero because.

   A. his dream came true

   B. he was the oldest astronaut

   C. he kept on studying and training

   D. he helped do the important medical experiments

5. What does the passage tell us?

   A. We are never too old to learn.

   B. We should keep on with the dream.

   C. We must do sports even if we are old.

   D. We must stop doing something useless.

Answer 1

1. C 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B

  Parker從小立志做一名宇航員，盡管夢想一次次破滅， 但是從未放棄希望，一如既往地進行飛行訓(xùn)練。終于有一 次，航天機構(gòu)招募志愿者到太空參加醫(yī)療實驗，他終于實現(xiàn) 了飛天夢。

詳析

1. C 細節(jié)理解題。由第一段 “Parker always said that he

would be an astronaut. ”可知，Parker從小的理想就是

做一名航天員。

2. C細節(jié)理解題。第三段中提到招聘的條件是“they needed a very old astronaut”，結(jié)合該段中提到的另一優(yōu)勢“who was trained to fly in a rocket”可知，這些都是航天機構(gòu) 挑中他的原因。

3. B詞義猜測題。由畫線單詞所在句中“one of the worst sicknesses for old people”可判斷，醫(yī)生攻克的是治愈這 種疾病的難題。 cure意為“治愈”，因此與B項“fmd a good way to do with” 解釋一致。

4. D細節(jié)理解題。 Parker的貢獻主要是協(xié)助醫(yī)生完成了在 太空的實驗，這是人們崇拜他的原因。

5. B主旨大意題。本文主要敘述的是:Parker的航天員夢想一次次破滅，但仍堅持航天培訓(xùn)，最終機會來臨的時 候，他成功地完成了夙愿。因此B項是本文的主旨。