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1、Unit 4 Astronomy the science of the stars.阅读理解(建议用时16)A2017复旦附中高三检测Space exploration has always been the province of dreamers: The human imagination readily soars while human ingenuity (创造力) struggles to follow. A Voyage to the Moon, often cited as the first science fiction story, was written by Cyr
2、ano de Bergerac in 1649. Cyrano was dead and buried for a good three centuries before the first manned rockets started to fly.In 1961, when President Kennedy declared that America would send a man to the moon by the decades end, those words, too, had a dreamlike quality. They resonated with optimism
3、 and ambition in much the same way as the most famous dream speech of all, delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. two years later. By the end of the decade, both visions had yielded concrete results and transformed American society. And yet in many ways the two dreams ended up at odds with each other.
4、The fight for racial and economic equality is intensely pragmatic (讲求实用的) and immediate in its impact. The urge to explore space is just the opposite. It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its aims.When the dust settled, the space dreamers lost out. There was no grand followup to the Apol
5、lo missions. The technologically compromised space shuttle program has just come to an end， with no successor. The perpetual argument is that funds are tight, that we have more pressing problems here on Earth. Amid the current concerns about the federal deficit, reaching toward the stars seems a dis
6、pensable luxuryas if saving onethousandth of a single years budget would solve our problems.But human ingenuity struggles on. NASA is developing a series of robotic probes that will get the most bang from a buck. They will serve as modern Magellans, mapping out the solar system for whatever explorer
7、s follow, whether man or machine. On the flip side, companies like Virgin Galactic are plotting a bottomup assault on the space dream by making it a reality to the public. Private spaceflight could lie within reach of rich civilians in a few years. Another decade or two and it could go mainstream.Th
8、e space dreamers end up benefiting all of usnot just because of the way they expand human knowledge, or because of the spinoff technologies they produce, but because the two types of dreams feed_off each other. Both Martin Luther King and John Kennedy appealed to the idea that humans can transcend w
9、hat were once considered inherent limitations. Today we face seeming challenges in energy, the environment, health care. Tomorrow we will transcend these as well, and the dreamers will deserve a lot of the credit. The more evidence we collect that our species is capable of greatness, the more we wil
10、l actually achieve it.篇章导读：本文是一篇议论文。作者认为太空探索一直都是梦想家的领域，它激发了人类的想象力和创造力。1The author mentions Cyrano de Bergerac in order to show that_.Aimagination is the mother of inventionBingenuity is essential for science fiction writersCit takes patience for humans to realize their dreamsDdreamers have always be
11、en interested in science fiction答案：A 推理判断题。根据文章第一段第一句中的“The human imagination readily soars while human ingenuity (创造力) struggles to follow.”可知，人类想象力汹涌澎湃，而人类的创造力也苦苦地紧追不舍，也就是“想象是创造之母”。故选A。2How did the general public view Kennedys space exploration plan?AIt symbolized the American dream.BIt was as urg
12、ent as racial equality.CIt sounded very much like a dream.DIt made an ancient dream come true.答案：C 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“In 1961, when President Kennedy declared that America would send a man to the moon by the decades end, those words, too, had a dreamlike quality.”可知，1961年肯尼迪总统宣布美国将到20世纪60年代末把人类送到月球上，那样的
13、话语同样也像是做梦一般。故选C。3What does the author say about Americas aim to explore space?AIt may not bring about immediate economic gains.BIt cannot be realized without technological innovation.CIt will not help the realization of racial and economic equality.DIt cannot be achieved without a good knowledge of
14、the other worlds.答案：A 推理判断题。根据第二段最后三句“The fight for racial and economic equality is intensely pragmatic (讲求实用的) and immediate in its impact. The urge to explore space is just the opposite. It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its aims.”可知，为种族和经济平等的斗争非常讲求实用，能够产生立竿见影的效果，而探索太空不可能产生立竿见影的经济效果
15、。故选A。4Which of the following is the closest to the underlined phrase “feed off” in the last paragraph?Asupport BcontradictCweaken Dsubstitute for答案：A 词义猜测题。根据最后一段第一句“The space dreamers end up benefiting all of usnot just because of the way they expand human knowledge, or because of the spinoff techn
16、ologies they produce, but because the two types of dreams feed off each other.”可知，太空梦想家们的努力终将造福我们所有人，其原因不仅在于他们拓展人类知识的方式，或者他们研发出来的衍生技术，而是因为两种类型的梦想可以相互扶持。可知feed off是“support”的意思。故选A。5What is the authors attitude toward space programs?ACritical. BReserved.CUnbiased. DSupportive.答案：D 推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句“The space dreamers end up benefiting all of us”可知，作者是支持梦想家们的，也是支持美国的太
