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 Astronauts' meals have come a long way from the freezedried powders and semiliquid pastes of decades ago：now US scientists want to grow vegetables in minigreenhouses on the moon.

  Scientists say they are looking forward to a time when residents of future lunar or even Mar?tian outposts will be able to dine on fresh vegetables. Paragon Space Development Corporation has unveiled what it called the first step toward growing flowers―and eventually food―on the moon. 

  Paragon,which has partnered with NASA in previous experiments on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station,calls it a "Lunar Oasis".

  This is a sealed greenhouse that looks like a bell jar encased in a 46 cm triangular aluminum frame. It is designed to safely land a laboratory plant on the lunar surface,and protect it while it grows.

  The miniature greenhouse is to be launched into space by Odyssey Moon Ltd.，a participant in the Google Lunar X Prize. This competition offers $ 20 million to any entrant who can launch,land and operate a rover on the lunar surface.

  Paragon officials say future testing of the " Lunar Oasis" will be driven by Odyssey's flight schedule,which will not happen until 2012 at the earliest.

  When it does lift off the greenhouse will contain the seeds of Brassica,a hardy plant related to Brussels sprouts and cabbage. Because Brassica goes from seed to flower in just 14 days,it can complete its life cycle in a single lunar night.

  "Colonizing the Moon or Mars seems so far away,but it is important that we do this re?search now," Paragon president Jane Poynter said.

  "It takes a long time to get a lot of research,and to get integrated,reliable efficient sys?tems before colonists move in ," she said.

(   ) 5. What can we know from the text?

   A. American astronauts have eaten fresh vegetables on the moon:

   B. Astronauts' meals have been the freezedried powers and semiliquid pastes so far.

   C. The sealed greenhouse looks like a semicircle jar.

   D. It won't take long before colonists move in to get a lot of research.

(   ) 6. The article implies that         .

   A. astronauts can grow flowers in space at present

   B. Paragon and NASA will carry out the test separately

   C. Lunar Oasis is a series of experiments carried out in space

   D. the earliest testing of the Lunar Oasis may be in 2012

(   ) 7. The underlined word "colonists" in the last paragraph probably has the meaning of

   A. plants   B. wild beasts   C. human beings   D. scientists

(   ) 8. The seeds of Brassica will be contained in the greenhouse mainly because         .

   A. their life cycle is much shorter

   B. they are more nutritious than other food

   C. they are related to Brussels sprouts and cabbage

   D. they are very delicious

Answer 1

5-8 BDCA

B篇：宇航員的太空食品是什么呢？目前科學家們正在從事一項名叫"Lunar Oasis"的實驗，因此，未來人們有望實現在其他星球上種植緣色植物的夢想。

5. B細節理解題。根據第一段第一句內容可知答案為 B. A項還沒有實現；C項與第四段第一句內容不符；而D項與最后一段所敘述內容不符。

6. D推理判斷題。由文中第六段可知，最早實現實驗可能是2012年。

7. C詞義猜測題。由文中最后兩段可以推測這里指的是人類。

8. A細節理解題。由文中倒數第三段尾句可知，它的生長周期短容易培植。