Question

    Space travel is nothing new.The first spaceship with a human was sent up _____ space in 1961.Since then,people have not only travelled to space,_____ many of them have also lived there in space stations for some time.

The Soviet Union(苏联)sent the _____ space station into space in 1971.This space station was called Salyut Ⅰ.It _____ as a place where people could live while they observed space and did experiments.The first group of astronauts lived there for 23 days.The Soviet Union went on to make seven more Salyut space stations.At about the same time,the United States had _____ own space station,called Skylab.

Astronauts _____ in these space stations for a short time.However,it wasn't until the late 1980s when the Soviet Union sent the Mir space station that people began to live in space for a _____ time.

Living in space stations seems to be fun,but astronauts face many problems.One of them _____ food.All the _____ on space stations are put together on Earth and sent there by spaceship.Because the food has to last a long time,a lot of it has to be stored in cans.The space station does not have a fridge,but it has a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables fresh.Astronauts also eat many other foods ______ dried meat that do not need special care.

1.A.into B.with C.of

2.A.for B.but C.unless

3.A.ones B.one C.first

4.A.was found B.was built C.was bought

5.A.them B.they C.its

6.A.lived B.played C.took

7.A.more B.shorter C.longer

8.A.am B.is C.are

9.A.apple B.vegetable C.meals

10.A.such as B.at last C.next to

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.A

【解析】

文章大意：短文主要描述了空间站的建设和科研人员在空间站的工作生活情况。

1.句意：第一艘载人飞船在1961年被发射入太空。

into到……里面；with和…一起；of……的，根据句意可知，故答案为A。

2.句意：从那时起，人们不仅到太空旅游，而且许多人也在太空站生活了一段时间。

for为了……；but而且；unless 除非。根据句意和句子not only的提示可知，空处的词应是but (also)，构成not only…but (also)不仅……而且……，故答案为B。

3.句意：1971，苏联把第一个空间站送入太空。

ones代词，代替复数名词；one一个；first第一个。根据下文内容可知，苏联把第一个空间站送入太空，故答案为C。

4.句意：Salyut 1号，被建造成一个人们观察空间和做实验时可以居住的地方。

was found被发现；was built被建造；was bought被买。根据句意可知，故答案为B。

5.句意：差不多同时，美国有了它自己的叫做Skylab的太空站。

them他们，宾格代词；they他们，主格代词；its它的，形容词性物主代词。根据own的提示，own之前要用形容词性物主代词，故答案为C。

6.句意：宇航员在这些太空站居住很短的时间。

lived居住；played玩；took。根据下文However, it wasn’t the late1980s when the Soviet Union sent the Mir space station that people began to live in space for a ___7___ time. 然而，当苏联发射人们开始在太空长时间居住的Mir太空站时，一直到了20世纪80年代末可知，空处的词是“居住”，故答案为A。

7.句意：然而，当苏联送人们开始在太空长时间居住的Mir太空站时，一直到了20世纪80年代末。

more更多；shorter更短；longer更长。根据上句Astronauts ___6___ in these space stations for a short time. 宇航员在这些太空站居住很短的时间可知，空处的词是“更长”，故答案为C。

8.句意：其中一个是食物。

am主语为第一人称单数；is主语为第三人称单数形式；are主语为复数。句中主语one of them是第三人称单数形式，故答案为B。

9.句意：空间站上的所有食物在地球上被压缩，然后由宇宙飞船送到那里。

apple苹果；vegetable蔬菜；meals食物，根据上句One of them ___8___ food. 其中一个是食物可知，空处的词应是“用餐所吃的食物”，故答案为C。

10.句意：宇航员也吃别的食物，比如不需要特别护理的肉干。

such as例如；at last 最后；next to紧挨着。根据句意后面的句子是举例说明“别的食物”，故答案为A。