Question

【題目】 Rich Americans want to spend many dollars flying into space, according to a recent survey.

Many rich Americans got bored of the things on earth. The survey said 19 per cent would like to pay $100,000 for a 15-minute trip into space.

Derek Webber said, "We made this survey in order to find out what rich people think of the space trip. " He added, "We will say these trips will cost much, but it's exciting for you to feel space weightlessness and see the world from up there.”

Webber also said if the price was $50,000, 16% more of rich people would be interested in these space trips. However, the tourists must have a strong and healthy body and get some space training first.

【1】_________of rich people would be interested in space trips if the cost was $50,000.

A. 16%B. 19%C. 81%D. 65%

【2】The underlined word "weightlessness" means ________ in Chinese.

A. lighteningB. without weightC. over weightD. light enough

【3】Why do many rich people want to fly to space?

A. Flying into space is very cheap .B. It's good for their health.

C. They feel tired of the things on earth.D. It's dangerous but exciting.

【4】You will need _________ if you'd like to travel in space.

A. enough moneyB. a healthy bodyC. some space trainingD. all of the above

【5】The article wants to tell us that __________.

A. it's exciting to travel in spaceB. rich Americans want to spend many dollars flying into space

C. space trips are too expensive to go onD. it is easy to travel in space

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

根據最近的一項調查表明，美國富人想花很多錢飛向太空，因為他們對地球上的事物厭煩了。當然除了有錢外，飛向天空的游客首先要有一個強壯健康的身體并得到一些空間訓練。

【1】細節理解題。根據Webber also said if the price was $50,000, 16% more of rich people would be interested in these space trips.可知如果價格是5萬美元，那么會有16%的富人對這些太空旅行感興趣，故選A。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據but it's exciting for you to feel space weightlessness and see the world from up there. 但讓感受太空______和從那里看世界是令人興奮的。對比選項：A.減輕;B.失重；C.超重；D.足夠輕，根據常識可以太空中有失重現象，結合選項，故選B。

【3】細節理解題。根據Many rich Americans got bored of the things on earth“許多富有的美國人對地球上的事物感到厭煩”可知許多夫人想要去太空的原因，故選C。

【4】細節理解題。根據However, the tourists must have a strong and healthy body and get some space training first.可知飛向天空的游客首先要有一個強壯健康的身體并得到一些空間訓練及前文提及去太空旅行的價格，可知還需要錢，結合選項，故選D。

【5】主旨大意題。根據短文主要介紹了許多美國富人想要花很多錢飛向太空。A.在太空旅行很刺激；B.富有的美國人想花很多美元飛向太空；C.太空旅行太貴而不能繼續； D.在太空旅行是容易的。結合選項，故選B。