初中英语阅读训练材料
Years of planning went into a recent achievement in space travel. The European Space Agency’s “Philae”, a robot landing craft, met up with Comet 67P, which is 480 million kilometers away. The trip from Earth by “Philae” had taken ten years!
The scientists had no idea what the surface of the comet would be like. If the landing failed, it would be impossible to get information from the spacecraft. Twenty years of work would have been wasted.
When “Philae” tried to land, it bounced(弹起) away from the comet’s icy surface twice. Luckily, however, “Philae” landed successfully and began sending information back to Earth.
42. Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn’t finish college because_________.
A. they preferred to learn by themselves
B. they needed standard ways of teaching
C. their teachers didn’t like their new ideas
D. their teachers weren’t able to teach them
43. In Lesson 2, the writer mainly wants to tell us that _________.
A. we should get answers from facts
B. we can believe what we are taught
C. it’s hard to make others believe something
D. an expectation can help get an answer in research
44. The example “Philae” in Lesson 3 shows that _________.
A. Comet 67P is not far away from Earth
B. it took “Philae” 20 years to reach Comet 67P
C. “Philae” landed on Comet 67P with a little luck
D. scientists know nothing about the surface of Comet 67P
45. The best title for this passage is ______.
A. Ways of discovering B. Lessons for success
C. Ways of being special D. Lessons for experiments
【考点】科普知识类阅读.
【分析】世界上非常成功的人，把不可能变为可能，我们能学到什么?
第一点，要具有创造性思维.
比尔•盖茨和马克•扎克伯格都从大学退学，他们喜欢打破常规，发展自己的思维方式，他们认为学校教学阻止人们创作有新的想法.
第二点，答案可能不是你期待中的.
从不是你期待中，找到你的答案.来自西北大学的斯蒂芬•雅克布格，相信结论：地球上的水来自冰冷的彗星或撞到地球的行星.
然而，通过研究一个特殊的岩石，他发现，它就像一块海绵，这表明地球上的水可能来自内部，由地质活动驱动表面形成海洋.他说，这让人很难以相信，思考这样一个事实，你可以是第一个人，太棒了.
第三点，一点点运气也会有很大的帮助.太空旅行是最近的成就.欧洲航天局的“飞莱”号机器人，遇到了480百万公里远的彗星Comet 67P，“飞莱”号机器人登陆已经十年了.
科学家对彗星表面是什么情况毫无所知.如果登陆失败，就不可能从宇宙飞船获得信息，二十年的工作就被白白浪费了.当“飞莱”试图登陆，它弹离彗星的冰冷表面两次，幸运的是，虽然遭受了一点点小挫折，机器人还是成功着陆了，可以向地球发送资料.
【解答】42.A. 细节理解题.比尔盖茨和马克扎克伯格辍学的.原因是，他们更愿意自学They prefer to teach themselves because they like to develop their own ways of thinking.因为他们想发展自己的思维，而标准化的教学通常会阻止他们产生新的想法.故选A.
43.A.大意理解题.这一段的标题为The answer might not be what you expect答案可能不是你期待中的.第一句话Find your answers from facts-not start with an expectation of what you will find.从真相中寻找答案，而不是以期待的结果或者你将要发现的东西开始.举的斯蒂芬•雅克布格的例子也说明我们不能靠自己的臆想找到答案，而是要从事 实出发.故选 A.
44.C.大意理解题.这一层的标题是A little luck goes a long way一点点运气有很大的帮助.这一段的大致内容也是在强调，科学家对彗星表面是什么情况毫无所知，如果着陆失败，他们二十年的努力就会付之东流.幸运的 是，虽然遭受了一点点小挫折，机器人还是成功着陆了，可以向地球发送资料.所以这一段说明的是运气也很重要.故选C.
45.B.中心概括题.本文 的第一句话揭示了本文的主题What can we learn from the special，very successful people in the world who make the impossible possible?我们能从世界上那些独特的，非常成功的可以把不可能变成可能的人身上学到什么?下面作者分别提到三点可以让自己成功的关键点，并且各举 了一个例子证明，所以本文主要是讲成功的方法.故选B.
【点评】本题中的题目在文中都不能完全找到合适的答案，都需要我们进行通读全文，根据文章加以总结和合理的推断，从而得出结论，找到答案.
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