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1、“阅读理解阅读七选五”板块提速练(一).阅读理解AIf asked if space exploration should continue, most Americans would give an immediate response either in favor of continuing or in favor of ending space exploration. A common response would be that space exploration is a waste of money. An average American, uneducated on the
2、 subject, might believe that the government is wasting billions of dollars on the research that has no value. Someone strange to the subject might say that a space shuttle goes up once in a while and that is about all that happens. Research is ongoing and continues when there are no shuttles being l
3、aunched. This also costs the government money. Does the extreme cost of space exploration make sense?One argument is that the government is wasting money on the research not being used on Earth. Actually, the money goes to workers and scientists that support National Aeronautics and Space Administra
4、tion (NASA) missions, and goes to major companies that play important roles in major sectors of the US economy. Boeing is a partner of NASA for aircraft, the same company that makes commercial aircraft for the airline industry.Another benefit to continuing space exploration is the many technologies
5、it provides. The artificial (人造的) heart resulted from experiments on the space shuttle. The handheld Jaws of Life used to save victims from car accidents resulted from the system used to separate the space shuttle from its booster rockets. Insulation (隔热板) in homes that keeps them warm and energy ef
6、ficient is based on the technology used to insulate the space shuttle.There are direct benefits to the economy provided by NASA missions as well as those technologies. These advances are found in food, building materials, medical procedures and the vehicles we drive. While it can be proven that bill
7、ions of dollars that could be used elsewhere is being spent on space exploration, the benefits it provides outweigh the terrible aspects. As a matter of fact, the money spent helps to improve the quality of our lives.1How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?ABy offering analyses.BBy making comparisons.C
8、By giving some examples.DBy presenting research findings.2The function of Jaws of Life is to _.Asave people from traffic accidentsBdo experiments on the space shuttleCkeep houses warm and energy efficientDseparate the space shuttle from its booster rockets3In the authors opinion, space exploration _
9、.Ahas changed our life completelyBcosts too much of our timeCbenefits us in many waysDhas nothing to do with us4What would be the best title for the text?ABenefits of space explorationBIs space exploration worth the cost?CHow to make space exploration affordableDMissions of the NASA space shuttle pr
10、ogramBIt is a live celebration of the lasting power of letter writing!Letters Live, which started in December 2013, was held at the Freemasons Hall in London from March 10 to 15. The show invited various great performers who read remarkable letters that had been written around the world over the cen
11、turies.“Bringing letters alive through outstanding performances is one of the most powerful ways in which the joy and pain and humor and tragedy of being human can be shared，” Jamie Byng, managing director of Canongate Books publishing firm, told the Nowness video channel.British actor Benedict Cumb
12、erbatch agreed. “Letters are windows into the love, beauty, pain and humor of their creators and receivers，” he told The Guardian. “Letters Live makes us stop and imagine the lives behind the letters read and where they came from. Its a privilege to read this most ancient of communications live to a
13、n audience.” This year, the movie Sherlock star treated the audience by playing the part of a 17year Tom Hanks. He put on the young actors voice when he read his letter to the Hollywood director George Roy Hill, a letter that urged Hill to “discover” him. The letter revealed that twotime Oscar winne
14、r Hanks teenage dream was not to “be a bigtime Hollywood superstar” but to one day own a Porsche car and call his favorite US actor Robert Redford his nickname “Bob”Other famous faces at the event included Carey Mulligan, who played a fictional laundry worker, a female activist fighting for womens r
15、ights in the 2015 movie Suffragette. The British actress once again played the role of a suffragette, when she read a very enthusiastic letter demanding the vote for women. The suffragette sent a precious 1913 note to The Daily Telegraph newspaper.“Everyone seems to agree upon the necessity of putti
16、ng a stop to Suffragist anger, but no one seems certain how to do so，” Mulligan read out. “There are two, and only two, ways in which this can be done. Both will be effectual. One, kill every woman in the UK. Two, give women the vote.”5What was Cumberbatchs attitude towards Jamie Byngs opinion?ADoubtful.BPositive.COptimistic. DCautious.6Which o
