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1、A(2011年湖南三市六校檢測二)Fromthefirstuseoftherockettocarrysatellitesintospacetothesettingupofspacestations，humanbeingshavebeenputtinggreatefftintospaceresearch.sofar，wehaveachievedmanysuccesses.Buttherearestillnumeroustasksinfro

2、ntofusweshouldnotceasetryingtoprogress.Theinternationalspacestationisanimptantstepweshouldtakeinspaceexplation.Itisnotonlyhelpfulbutalsoessential.Itprovidesaproperspaceenvironmentfmanyexperimentsthatwehavewantedtodofalon

3、gtime.Itisalsoabaseftheobservationsoftheearththeuniverse.ItcouldalsobeanimptantbaseflatertraveltothemoonMars.Inawd，ifwewanttoexplespaceme，thefirstthingweshoulddoistosetupaspacestation.Asthespacestationcostsalotofmoney，it

4、ishardfonecountryalonetoestablishone.TheUSAseemstobetheonlycountrythathastheabilitytobuildaspacestationalone，ithastriedtodoso，butnotverysuccessful.Soitaggregatedmanyothercountriestowkonittogether.Thoughitisstillextremely

5、expensive，itismuchcheaperthandoingitalone.Itisreallyajobthatneedseveryone’sefftwillbenefiteveryone.Butevenso，thefundsneededarestillabigproblem.AsftheUSA，itseemsthatithastoomanythingstospenditsmoneyon.Althoughitistheriche

6、stcountryinthewld，ithasmuchdebteveryyear.Ithastomakearrangementsaboutitsfinance，atrytofindabalanceinalltheseissues.【解題導語】這是一篇說明文。國際空間站對于人類探索太空起著至關重要的作用。由于耗資巨大，財大氣粗的美國單獨建造起來也并不那么成功。只有各國合作起來，才能解決資金問題，從而使國際空間站造福全人類。1Whatist

7、heauth’sattitudetowardsbuildingdevelopingtheinternationalspacestationASupptive.BDoubtful.CCritical.DDissatisfied.解析：選A。態(tài)度判斷題。根據第一段中的“weshouldnotceasetryingtoprogress”和文中作者介紹國際空間站的重要性可知，作者對建設國際空間站持支持態(tài)度。2FromParagraph2wele

8、arnthat__________.AthenecessityofbuildingtheinternationalspacestationisnotrealizednowBmanyexperimentshavebeendoneintheinternationalspacestationCtheinternationalspacestationisnecessaryfpeopletoexplespacemeDpeoplehavetrave

9、ledtoMarsfromtheinternationalspacestation解析：選C。細節(jié)理解題。根據第二段中的“Inawd，ifwewanttoexplespaceme，thefirstthingweshoulddoistosetupaspacestation”可知，國際空間站是進行太空探索所必需的。3WhichofthefollowingisNOTareasonfcountries’cooperationinbuilding

10、theinternationalspacestationAThatitrequiresalotofmoney.BThatitneedseveryone’sefft.CThatitwillbenefiteveryparticipatingcountry.DThatitistoofarawayfromtheearth.2Accdingtothepassage，whatisAikoAAikoisafemaleperson.BAikoisMr.

11、Trungsgirlfriend.CAikoisarobotthatlookslikeabeautifulwoman.DAikoisaperfectwoman.答案與解析：C細節(jié)推理題。根據文章第三段中“sohedesignedcreatedhisidealwomanusingthelatesttechnology.”以及倒數(shù)第二段“Mr.TrunghasdesignedAikowithatouchsensitivefacebody..

12、.”可推知Aiko是一個女機器人。3AikocandothefollowingthingsEXCEPT________.AthatshecanunderstspeakEnglishJapaneseBthatshecandomathsquestionsverywellCthatshecansmellthestrangesmellDthatshecanhelptoreceivesomefamiliarguests答案與解析：C細節(jié)理解題。根

13、據文章最后一段可知，Aiko沒有嗅覺能力。故選C。A項根據文章第九段可知。B項根據文章第二段可知。D項根據倒數(shù)第六段可知。4WhatisthemainideaofthepassageAThereasonfLeTrungcreatingAiko.BTheintroductiontoanewscientificproduct－Aiko.CAikosabilityfunctions.DTheprocessofmakingAiko.答案與解析：

14、B主旨大意題。根據全文內容可知，本文是對新的科技產品Aiko的介紹。CFromMr.WardHoffman.SirIwashalfwaythroughProfessRajPersaud’sarticle“What’sthetippingpoint”(FinancialTimesWeekendApril910)whenitoccurredtomethatwhatIwasreadingwasnotironic(諷刺的).IfProfPers

15、audwantstoknowwhyAmericanstipinrestaurantsheneedsonlytoaskthefirstAmericanhemeetsinLondon.Americanstipinrestaurantsfonereasononereasononly:wetiptosupplement(補貼)thesalaryofrestaurantwkers.Qualityofservicedoesnotenterinto

16、itbeyondthefactthatonemaytipabitlessfposervicealittlemefgoodservice.Nottippingatallinanonfastfoodrestaurantisnotachoice.IntheUSoneusedtotipabout15percentfdininginafamilystylerestaurantinanupmarket(高檔的)restaurant.HereinSa

17、nFranciscoBayarearestaurantsweareencouragedtotip20percentmetohelprestaurantwkersliveinthisveryexpensivearea.AftereatingatanItalianrestaurantinmycityIleftatipof20percentonthenontaxpartofourdinnerbill.Itwasexpected.Thereis

18、nothingmecomplicated(復雜的)thanthataboutAmericanstippinginrestaurants.WardHoffmanPaloAltoCA94306USFromMr.PhilipMcBrideJohnson.SirIagreewithmostofRajPersaud’sopinionaboutthedoubtfulvalueoftippingbutwithoneexception(例外).Tip

19、scanbeveryusefulwhenoneisarepeatcustomerdiner.Itisonlywhenthetipperisastrangerlikelytoremainsothatthesystemdoesnotwktohisheradvantage.Butfrequentahotelarestaurantalwaystipabitmethedifferenceinservicetreatmentwillbeeasily