劍橋商務英語的閱讀題

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AstronautsaboardthespacestationCelebratedaspacefirstonWednesdaybydrinkingwaterthathadbeenrecycledfromtheirurineandsweatandwaterthatcondensesfromexhaledair.Theysaid“cheers”，clickeddrinkingbagsandtoastedNASAworkersonthegroundwhoweresippingtheirownversionofrecycleddrinkingwater.

TherecyclingsystemisneededforastronautstationsonthemoonandMars.ItalsowillsaveNASAmoneybecauseitwon’thavetoshipupasmuchwatertothestationbyspaceshuttleorcargorockets.Besides,it’simportantasthespacestationisabouttoexpandfromthreepeoplelivingonboardtosix.

TherecyclingsystemhadbeenbroughtuptothespacestationlastNovemberbyspaceshuttleEndeavour,butitcouldn’tbeuseduntilsamplesweretestedbackonEarth.Sowhenitcametimetoactuallydrinkup,NASAmadeabigdealofit.Thethree?mancrewstood,holdingtheirdrinksandcongratulatedengineersintwoNASAcentersthatworkedonthesystem.

“Thisissomethingthathadbeenthestuffofsciencefiction，”Barrattsaidbeforetakingasmallmouthful.“Thetasteisworthtrying.”

NASAdeputyspaceshuttlemanagerLeRoyCaincalledit“ahugemilestone”．

Thenewsystemtakesthecombinedurineofthecrewfromthetoilet,movesittoabigtank,wherethewaterisboiledoff,andthevaporiscollected.Therestoftheurineisthrownaway.Thewatervaporismixedwithwaterfromaircondensation,andthenitgoesthroughfilters.Whensixcrewmembersareaboarditcanmakeaboutsixgallonsfromurineinaboutsixhours.

“Somepeoplemayfindtheideaofdrinkingrecycledurinedistasteful,butitisalsodoneonEarthwithalotlongertimebetweenurineandthetap”saidMarybethEdeen,thespacestation’snationallabmanager.

ThetechnologyNASAdevelopedforthissystemhasalreadybeenusedforquickwaterpurificationafterthe2023Asiantsunami,Edeensaid.

“Wearehappytohavethiswaterworkthroughthesystem—we’rehappytohaveitworkthroughoursystems，”Barrattsaid.

[語篇解讀]本文講的是國際空間站宇航員試飲尿液循環(huán)水。

1．Accordingtothetext,therecyclingsystemisimportantbecause________.

A.itmakestravelingtothemoonforthecommonpersonpossible

B.withitNASAwon’tneedtoshipanywateruptothespacestation

C.itcanhelptomeettheneedformorewaterafterthecrewareexpanded

D.itprotectstheenvironmentinspacebyreducingtheamountofwaste

[解析]詳情理解題。依據(jù)其次段中的.“it’simportantasthespacestationisabouttoexpandfromthreepeoplelivingonboardtosix”可知C項正確。

[答案]C

2．WhatistheRIGHTtimeorderofthefollowingevents?

a.ThesamplesoftherecycledwaterweretestedonEarth.

b.Astronautscelebratedthespacefirstofmakingwaterfromurine.

c.Therecyclingsystemwasbroughtuptothespacestation.

d.Thetechnologyforthesystemwasusedtoquicklypurifywater.

A.a，d，c，bB.a，c，b，d

C.d，a，c，bD.d，c，a，b

[解析]詳情理解題。依據(jù)倒數(shù)其次段的“ThetechnologyNASAdevelopedforthissystemhasalreadybeenusedforquickwaterpurificationafterthe2023Asiantsunami”可知d發(fā)生最早。依據(jù)第三段的“TherecyclingsystemhadbeenbroughtuptothespacestationlastNovember...couldn’tbeuseduntilsamplesweretestedbackonEarth”可知c發(fā)生在a的前面，因此D項正確。

[答案]D

3．FromPara.6wecanknow________.

A.thetheorybehindtherecyclingsystem

B.theeffectoftherecyclingsystem

C.theprocessoftherecyclingsystem

D.anopinionontherecyclingsystem

[解析]段落概括題。該段主要講解并描述的是使用尿液循環(huán)系統(tǒng)將尿制成水的過程。

[答案]C

4．WhatdidEdeensayaboutrecycledurineandtherecyclingsystem?

A.Thetasteofrecycledurineisnotasgoodascommonwater.

B.Therecyclingsystemhasmadeasciencefictionstorycometrue.

C.Theideaofdrinkingrecycledurinemakesastronautsfeelunpleasant.

D.IttakesalongertimeonEarthtomakewaterfromurinethaninspace.

[解析]詳情理解題。依據(jù)第七段中的“withalotongertimebetweenurineandthetap”可知D項正確。

[答案]D

5．Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.TheresearchofNASAhasmadegreatprogress

B.Newtechnologyisusedinthespacestation

C.Drinkup:spacestationrecyclesurinetowater

D.Goodnews:waterrecycledfromurinetastesgood

[解析]標題概括題。本文報道了國際空間站的宇航員試飲尿液循環(huán)水，“Drinkup”生動反映飲用時的情景，“spacestationrecyclesurinetowatert”點明白制造技術。故C項最正確。

[答案]C

[長難句解讀]AstronautsaboardthespacestationcelebratedaspacefirstonWednesdaybydrinkingwaterthathadbeenrecycledfromtheirurineandsweatandwaterthatcondensesfromexhaledair.

主句是：AstronautscelebratedaspacefirstonWednesdaybydrinkingwater.aboardthespacestation和thathadbeenrecycledfromtheirurineandsweatandwater充當定語分別修飾名詞Astronauts和water。

劍橋商務英語的閱讀題篇3

Isitpossibletopersuademankindtolivewithoutwar?Warisanancientinstitution,whichhasexistedforatleastsixthousandyears.Itwasalwaysbadandusuallyfoolish,butinthepasthumanracemanagedtolivewithit.Moderningenuityhaschangedthis.Eithermanwillabolishwar,orwarwillabolishman.Forthepresent,itisnuclearweaponsthatcausethemostseriousdanger,butbacteriologicalorchemicalweaponsmay,beforelong,offeranevengreaterthreat.Ifwesucceedinabolishingnuclearweapons,ourworkwillnotbedone.Itwillneverbedoneuntilwehavesucceededinabolishingwar.Todothis,weneedtopersuademankindtolookuponinternationalquestionsinanewway,notascontestsofforce,inwhichthevictorygoestothesidewhichismostskillfulinkillingpeople,butbyarbitrationinaccordancewithagreedprinciplesoflaw.Itisnoteasytochangeveryoldmentalhabits,butthisiswhatmustbeattempted.

Therearethosewhosaythattheadoptionofthisorthatideologywouldpreventwar.Ibelievethistobeabigerror.Allideologiesarebasedupondogmaticstatementsthatare,atbest,doubtful,andatworst,totallyfalse.Theiradherentsbelieveinthemsofanaticallythattheyarewillingtogotowarinsupportofthem.

Themovementofworldopinionduringthepastfewyearshasbeenverylargelysuchaswecanwelcome.Ithasbecomeacommonplacethatnuclearwarmustbeavoided.Ofcourseverydifficultproblemsremainintheworld,butthespiritinwhichtheyarebeingapproachedisabetteronethanitwassomeyearsago.Ithasbeguntobethought,evenbythepowerfulmenwhodecidewhetherweshallliveordie,thatnegotiationsshouldreachagreementsevenifbothsidesdonotfindtheseagreementswhollysatisfactory.Ithasbeguntobeunderstoodthattheimportantconflictnowadaysisnotbetweendifferentcountries,butbetweenmanandtheatombomb.

1.Thispassageimpliesthatwarisnow___.

A.worsethaninthepast.

B.asbadasinthepast

C.notsodangerousasinthepast

D.asnecessaryasinthepast

2.Inthesentence“Todothis,weneedtopersuademankind”(Para1),“this”refersto___.

A.abolishwar

B.improveweapons

C.solveinternationalproblems

D.liveapeacefullife

3.FromParagraph2welearnthattheauthorofthepassage___.

A.isanad