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14．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 schedute is far too demanding for long missions on the Internaitional Space Sttation（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．Weekends give the crew valuable time to rest and do a few hours of housework．They can communicate with family and friends by email，isternet phone and throhgh
Private video conferenes．
While astronauts cannot go to a baseball game or a movie in orbit，there are many familiar activetics that they can stil 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 astromauts to look at when they will be floating 370kilometers above the Earth．During ther missiom，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 astronaouts the chance to do some"web surfing （沖浪）"in their personal time．Besides relaxing with these more commom entertainments，astromauts can simply enjoy the experience of living in spaec．
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．

60．What does the word"minic"in Paragraph 1probably mean？B
A．Find       
B．Copy        
C．Change        
D．Lose
61．Which of the following best describes the families of the astromauts on the ISS？A
A．The are caring and thoughtful
B．The are impatient and annoyed
C．The are impatient and ammoyed．
D．The are excited and curious．
62．In the final paragraph，the author shows that astronautsD．
A．get more pleasure in space than on the Earth
B．find living in space a bit boring and tiring
C．regard space life as common
D．love to see the Earth from space
63．The passage mainly discusses how astronautsD．
A．work for longer missions in space
B．connect with people on the Earth
C．observe the Earth from space
D．spend their free time in space．

Answer 1

分析 本文是記敘文．向我們介紹了宇航員在太空中是如何打發他們的自由利用的時間的．宇航員的生活往往是與眾不同的，但是在國際空間站的工作人員的生活可以跟在地球上的生活很相似．他們可以與家人或者朋友聯系，也可以做一些日常的活動．

解答 60．答案：B．詞義猜測題．根據第一段第四句"They work five days on and two days off"可知，這和在地球上的工作時間一致，所以這樣做的目的是盡可能地模仿地球上的正常生活，故選B．
61．答案：A．推理判斷題．根據第二段第二句"Before a mission，the family and friends of each ISS crewmember put together a collection of family photo，messages，videos and reading material for the astronauts to look at when they will be floating…可知，宇航員的家人是體貼的，考慮周到的．故選A．
62．答案：D．細節理解題．根據第三段"the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the Earth．"可知，宇航員喜歡在太空看地球．故選D．
63．答案：D．主旨大意題．本文主要向我們介紹了宇航員在休息時做的事，全文講述了國際空間站的宇航員是如何度過工作之余的閑暇時間的．B，C有一定的干擾性．文章提到過宇航員與地面上的家人和朋友的聯系，也提到了他們透過窗子看地球上的景觀，但是這些都是細節，而不是主題．故選D．

點評 做這類題時，不僅要掌握文章的主旨大意，而且要根據題干在文章中找出關鍵信息進行細節理解，并根據上下文猜測詞義．