MANY 15-year-olds don’t know what they want to be when they grow up. Abby Harris knows she wants to become an astronaut and isn’t letting anything stop her.
According to Harris’ Internet blog, Astronaut Abby, she has wanted to be the first astronaut to walk on Mars since she was 5 years old.
Harris wrote that at the beginning, most people didn’t take her dream seriously. But she stuck with (堅(jiān)持) it.
“I made plans, I worked hard and I focused on (集中于) my goal. As I got older and continued to stay focused on science, people in my life began to notice and encouraged me to dream big,” she wrote.
In the 7th grade, Harris was doing a project on the International Space Station. She set up a Twitter account to get in touch with NASA. But soon she found that it was a great place for her to write about her dreams and talk with others who are interested in space. Her friends on Twitter then helped her create her website and blog, Astronaut Abby.
What’s more, Harris has a real astronaut as her mentor. Several years ago, Harris ran into Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano at an airport. They talked for an hour and Parmitano agreed to become her mentor. Now Parmitano is in the International Space Station. Harris e-mails him every day to learn about his experiences.
It’s not easy to become an astronaut, but Harris is confident about herself.
“If you work really hard at something, it can happen. And it will happen,” she said.
小題1:What’s the meaning of the word “mentor” (in paragraph 6) ?
A．朋友B．導(dǎo)師C．徒弟D．助手
小題2:Abby Harris set up a Twitter account in order to _______.
A．learn more about spaceB．make more friends online
C．tell others about her dreamD．introduce her website and blog
小題3:Where did Harris meet Luca Parmitano?
A．In Italy.B．On the street.
C．At an airport.D．In the International Space Station.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C

試題分析：本文講述Harris的故事，她明確自己的理想是什么，并且為了自己的夢(mèng)想堅(jiān)持努力，最終取得了成功。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文Harris e-mails him every day to learn about his experiences.Harris每天都給他發(fā)郵件學(xué)習(xí)他的經(jīng)驗(yàn)�？芍猰entor意為：導(dǎo)師。故選B。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文She set up a Twitter account to get in touch with NASA. But soon she found that it was a great place for her to write about her dreams and talk with others who are interested in space.可知她最初設(shè)立Twitter account可知她為了了解更多關(guān)于太空的知識(shí)。故選A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)原文Harris ran into Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano at an airport.可知他們是在機(jī)場(chǎng)見(jiàn)到的。故選C。
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