Question

When the Apollo astronauts (宇航员) landed on the Moon in 1969, millions of people were rather sad. The person to blame for this was an artist named Chesley Bonestell. For many years, Bonestell had been creating beautifully detailed paintings of the Moon and planets. Viewers of his artwork were unhappy because the real Moon did not look like Bonestell’s pictures of it.

As a space artist, Bonestell tried to make his drawings look exciting and as true as the Moon is. He worked closely with astronomers and scientists to get the most up-to-date scientific information available. But in the 1940s and 1950s, no one had ever seen another planet up close. Yet Bonestell’s paintings looked so real that some people thought they were photographs.

Even though Bonestell was interested in astronomy, he did not start out as a space artist. As a young man he studied architecture — the art and science of designing and making buildings. In 1938 Bonestell became a special effects artist in Hollywood. It was here that he learned he could improve his paintings by following the methods used in the movies.

In 1944, a popular magazine published a series of Bonestell’s paintings of the planet Saturn. He drew Saturn as if it were seen by someone standing on each of the planet’s moons. The results were dazzling. Within a few years, Bonestell’s artwork was appearing regularly in magazines and books on astronomy and space flight.

Many of Bonestell’s artworks had been right all along. But the biggest surprise was the Moon. Someone asked Bonestell what he was thinking when he saw the first pictures from the Moon. “I thought how wrong I was!” he said. “My mountains were sharp (陡峭的), and they aren’t on the Moon.”

But he shouldn’t have felt bad. No space artist had ever before taken so many people to so many faraway worlds. In the years just before the first manned space flights, Bonestell’s artwork prepared people for the amazing space adventure to come.

1.Bonestell made his space drawings ________.

A. from a very early age

B. by copying photographs

C. with the help of scientists

D. in order to make a living

2.The underlined word “dazzling” in Paragraph 4 can best be replaced by “________”.

A. doubtfulB. wonderfulC. terribleD. worrying

3.Bonestell’s success lay in the fact that ________.

A. he created a new drawing skill

B. he helped finish the first space flight

C. he made space travel more popular

D. He helped bring space closer to people

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. The space art of Chesley Bonestell

B. The first men on the Moon

C. The journeys of the Apollo astronauts

D. Spacewalking: through an astronaut’s eyes

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍一个太空艺术家Chesley Bonestell的作品。

1. 细节理解题。根据第二段As a space artist, Bonestell tried to make his drawings look exciting and as true as the Moon is. He worked closely with astronomers and scientists to get the most up-to-date scientific information available. 可知，Bonestell在科学家和宇航员的帮助下作画，故C正确。

2. 词义猜测题。根据画线单词下一句Within a few years, Bonestell’s artwork was appearing regularly in magazines and books on astronomy and space flight.可知，在几年之内，Bonestell的作品定期地出现在关于天文学和航空飞行的书和杂志上。故结果是非常好的，故这里dazzling可被wonderful取代，答案为B。

3. 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中In the years just before the first manned space flights, Bonestell’s artwork prepared people for the amazing space adventure to come.可看出，Bonestell的成功在于他使人们为到来的惊险的太空冒险做好了准备，即让人们离太空更近。答案为D。

4. 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章介绍了Chesley Bonestell有关太空的作品。故选A。

考点：考查人物类阅读

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关于推理判断题

推理题是在掌握文章大意基础上看出作者的“言外之意”(between the lines)。这既要求学生透过文章表面文字信息推测隐含意思，又要求学生对作者的态度、意图及文章细节的发展作正确的推理判断，有些推断题要从文章结构的角度进行分析，才能推断出正确答案。因此，阅读时不仅要注重词、句的理解，而且还要分析语篇的组织结构。这类试题常以如下句式发问：

What can you infer /learn/conclude from the passage?

What’s the author’s attitude toward...?

What does the passage suggest?

The author in this passage intends to __________.

答推理题时，一般无法直接从文中找到答案，但绝不可凭空猜测，也要找到答题依据。要通过文章主旨、字里行间或文中例子进行推断，通过含有感情色彩或描述情景的词句来领会作者的态度或语气，有的题也可根据常识理解来推断。但无论怎样，推理判断要以作者态度为准，力求从作者的角度去考虑，不要固守自己的看法或观点。如本文的第3小题5. .

A. he created a new drawing skill B. he helped finish the first space flight

C. he made space travel more popular D. He helped bring space closer to people根据文章最后一段中In the years just before the first manned space flights, Bonestell’s artwork prepared people for the amazing space adventure to come.可看出，Bonestell的成功在于他使人们为到来的惊险的太空冒险做好了准备，即让人们离太空更近。答案为D。

做这类题时一定要注意：准确把握字里行间的意思，切忌用自己的观点代替作者的观点。特别注意表达情感（如最后一段第一句的favorite一词）、态度和观点的词语。