Question

Astronauts on shorter shuttle missions（使命）often work very long days.  Tasks are scheduled so tightly that break times are often used to finish the day’s work.  This type of schedule is far too demanding for long missions on the International  Space Station（ISS）. ISS crewmembers usually live in space for at least a quarter of a year. They work five days on and two days off to mimic the normal way they do things on Earth as much as possible. Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework. They can communicate with family and friends by email , internet phone and through private video conferences.
While astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit, there are many familiar activities that they can still enjoy . Before a mission, the family and friends of each ISS crewmember put together a collection of family photos, messages, videos and reading material for the astronauts to look at when they will be floating 370 kilometers above the Earth. During their mission, the crew also receives care packages with CDs, books, magazines, photos and letters . And as from early 2010, the internet became available on the ISS , giving astronauts the chance to do some “web surfing（沖浪）”in their personal time. Besides relaxing with these more common entertainments, astronauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in space.
Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the Earth’s vast land mass and oceans.
【小題1】What does the word “mimic” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．find

B．lose

C．change

D．copy

【小題2】Which of the following best describes the families of the astronauts on the ISS ?

A．They are caring and thoughtful.

B．They are worried and upset.

C．They are impatient and annoyed.

D．They are excited and curious.

【小題3】In the final paragraph, the author shows that astronauts          .

A．get more pleasure in space than on the Earth

B．love to see the Earth from space

C．regard space life as common

D．find living in space a bit boring and tiring

【小題4】The passage mainly discusses how astronauts          .

A．work for longer missions in space

B．connect with people on the Earth

C．spend their free time in space

D．observe the Earth from space

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：本文主要講述的是宇航員在太空里的生活情況，既講述了工作，也講述的了休息和娛樂的具體情況。
【小題1】D 推理題。根據(jù)下面2句They work five days on and two days off to mimic the normal way they do things on Earth as much as possible. Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework. They can communicate with family and friends by email , internet phone and through private video conferences.可知宇航員在太空艙里休息的時候做的很多事情和他們在地球上做的事情是相似的，故該詞是指copy，故D正確。
【小題2】A 推理題。根據(jù)第二段2,3,4行Before a mission, the family and friends of each ISS crewmember put together a collection of family photos, messages, videos and reading material for the astronauts to look at when they will be floating 370 kilometers above the Earth.可知在出發(fā)之前，家人就給他們準(zhǔn)備了很多的資料，讓他們在飛行的時候看，故說明他們的家人是很細(xì)心和體貼的。故A正確。
【小題3】B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the Earth’s vast land mass and oceans.
說明他們喜歡從太空里看地球上的情況。故B正確。
【小題4】C 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是宇航員在太空里的生活情況，既講述了工作，也講述的了休息和娛樂的具體情況。故C正確。
考點(diǎn)：考察科普類閱讀
點(diǎn)評：本文主要講述的是宇航員在太空里的生活情況，既講述了工作，也講述的了休息和娛樂的具體情況。測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)。