Question

China’s Jade Rabbit moon rover (月球车）has “ woken up” since it entered the lunar night two weeks ago. The moon rover, known as Yutu in Mandarin Chinese, and the Chang’e-3 lander were restarted by the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC), China’s Xinhua news agency said.

It had been set to sleep for two weeks to ride out extreme climatic conditions and will finally undertake its scientific mission. The Jade Rabbit was “ put to sleep” on 26 December at the onset of the first lunar night of the mission. One night on the moon lasts for around two weeks on Earth and during this time, temperatures fall to -180℃ ---conditions too cold for the equipment to function in. There is also no sunlight to power the Jade Rabbit’s solar panels.

Zhou Jianliang, chief engineer with the BACC, explained: “ During the lunar night, the lander and the rover were in a power-off condition and the communication with Earth was cut off.

“ When the night ends, they will be started up with the power provided by sunlight and resume operation and communication according to preset programmes. He added that the Jade Rabbit surviving the lunar night showed Chinese technology had proved successful.

The Jade Rabbit and the lander compose Chang’e-3 landed on the moon on 14 December. With the landing, China became one of only three nations to soft-land on the moon, and the first to do so in more than three decades.

Scientists said the mission was designed to test new technologies and build the country’s expertise of space exploration. The Jade Rabbit will gather scientific data and capture images from the Moon. China was planning further missions planned to collect lunar soil samples and it is thought officials are looking to conduct manned lunar landings if they prove successful.

1.Jade Rabbit fell into sleep because ________.

A. there was something wrong in the machine

B. the Chang’e-3 lander struck it by accident

C. it was designed to avoid the bad weather

D. it had completed the scientific mission

2.According to Zhou Jianliang we can know that ________.

A. on the moon the rover can’t communicate with the lander

B. sunlight is the necessary power for the rover and the lander

C. Chinese technology has been regarded the most successful

D. the lunar night can destroy the equipment on the moon

3.It can inferred from the passage that ________.

A. China had made great achievements in 10 years

B. no country can be equal to China in exploring space

C. scientists can get more proof to research the moon

D. the soil from the moon has been taken to China

4.What does the author intend to tell in the passage?

A. Jade Rabbit wakes up to begin moon mission.

B. Jade Rabbit was put to sleep on the moon.

C. Jade Rabbit lost contact with the earth.

D. Jade Rabbit is to undertake new mission.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于一片科技文，同时是一篇新闻稿，报道了中国的月球车“月兔”登陆月球并与嫦娥号一起执行任务。

1.理解题。第二段It had been set to sleep for two weeks to ride out extreme climatic conditions 休眠是为了安全度过极端的气候，与C选项避免恶劣的天气是一个意思，故选C

2.。 第四段第一句When the night ends, they will be started up with the power provided by sunlight and resume operation。得知太阳光是月球车和着陆器的必要能量源，故选B

3.。A选项原文中没有提及，属于无中生有。B选项“在探索太空上无人能与中国相比”，原文说中国是登上月球的三个国家之一，所以这个选项的表述是错的。C选项“科学家可以得到更多的证据探索太空”与文章最后一段的表述相符。D选项“月球的土壤已经被带回了”，文章最后一段China was planning further missions planned to collect lunar soil samples说这还是在计划当中。故选C

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