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【題目】 What do you do when nobody is around to take your picture? You take a selfie (拍照) .But what about selfies in space? On Twitter last year, NASA astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, who famously became the second man to walk on the moon in July 1969, laid claim to a spaceflight first taking the first selfie in space during the Gemini XII mission in 1966.

“For me, it needs to be digital to be selfie,” argues Jennifer Levasseur, who is in charge of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. According to Levasseur, the concept of a selfie is directly linked to Internet culture and human desire to interact on social platforms. “The thing that makes a selfie is sharing it,” she says.

Still, astronauts have been carrying cameras abroad space vehicles since the 1960s ,and they've taken plenty of pictures of themselves along the way. Astronauts had to pull the film magazines out and leave their cameras behind when they returned to Earth because early space missions were restricted by a conservative weight limit on the return trip.

A big change in space camera technology came after sad loss of the space shuttle Columbia who broke apart on its return to Earth in 2003. “Fearing that they would never be able to bring the film back from space and lose all that hard work celebrated the push for digital.” Levasseur says.

Today astronauts can have access to the Internet and social platforms in space and post true based selfies taken by digital cameras. Taking selfies and sharing them on social media is a way that astronauts in space can participate in the same activities people on Earth do every day. The first astronaut selfie that went viral(網(wǎng)紅的) on the internet was one by Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide in 2012.

【1】What does Levasseur think of Aldrin's claim?

A.It hardly makes any sense.B.It revolutionizes astronautics.

C.It contradicts public opinions.D.It needs to be further proved.

【2】Why were cameras left in space on early space missions?

A.To lighten the load of the spaceship.

B.To test cameras under extreme conditions.

C.To prepare for the next stage of spaceexploration.

D.To take more pictures in space by remote control.

【3】What advanced space camera technology?

A.The invention of new films

B.The fear of falling behind in the space race

C.The concern about the loss of valuable data

D.The popularity of space selfies on socia media

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A.The Exploration of Space.B.The History of Selfies in Space.

C.The Change in Space Camera Technology.D.The Development in Space Technology.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇夾敘夾議的記敘文。通過對Levasseur的故事，講述太空中如何自拍，自拍后如何處理，還有以前太空自拍和現(xiàn)在自拍的異同比較。

【1】

推理判斷題。審題得知問的是Levasseur對Aldrin聲明的想法是什么。通過此關(guān)鍵信息定位在第一段發(fā)現(xiàn)此處沒有重要信息可用。因此，繼續(xù)瀏覽到第二段末尾：According to Levasseur, the concept of a selfie is directly linked to Internet culture and human desire to interact on social platforms. “The thing that makes a selfie is sharing it,” she says.

根據(jù)里瓦索爾的說法，自拍的概念就是直接和網(wǎng)絡(luò)文化連接，人們都想在社交平臺上互動�！白耘牡哪康木褪欠窒碜耘牡恼掌�”，她說。再回過頭來看Aldrin的說法：laid claim to a spaceflight first taking the first selfie in space during the Gemini XII mission in 1966.聲稱在1966年在太空執(zhí)行Gemini十二號任務(wù)時拍下了第一張自拍照。然后第二段開始的地方里瓦索爾爭論說“對于我而言，自拍是需要數(shù)碼相機的�！蓖ㄟ^以上這幾個信息可以得知里瓦索爾認(rèn)為艾爾德林Aldrin的聲明是毫無意義的。而A選項切合題意：It hardly makes any sense.這幾乎沒有什么意義。故選A。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通過審題定位關(guān)鍵詞信息處即可得知答案。cameras left in space是關(guān)鍵詞信息，可以定位在第三段末尾：leave their cameras behind when they returned to Earth because early space missions were restricted by a conservative weight limit on the return trip.在早期執(zhí)行太空任務(wù)時返回地球前把他們的相機留在太空，因為那時在返程中嚴(yán)格限制體重極限。根據(jù)此句可以推出答案為A選項：To lighten the load of the spaceship.為了減輕宇宙飛船的裝載重量。切合題意，故選A。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。審題得知是什么促進了太空相機技術(shù)的發(fā)展？可以定位在第四段A big change in space camera technology came after sad loss of the space shuttle Columbia who broke apart on its return to Earth in 2003.在返回地球時痛失太空飛船哥倫比亞號后不久迎來了太空照相技術(shù)的大變革。接著說“Fearing that they would never be able to bring the film back from space and lose all that hard work celebrated the push for digital. 擔(dān)心他們會再也不能夠從太空帶回那些珍貴的影像資料，失去所有努力的工作成果推動了數(shù)碼技術(shù)的發(fā)展�！睋�(jù)此可以推定C選項：The concern about the loss of valuable data擔(dān)心失去寶貴的數(shù)據(jù)。這里concern和fearing同義轉(zhuǎn)換，切合題意，故選C。

【4】

主旨大意題。問最佳標(biāo)題是什么。此類題目往往需要看每一段的首句和尾句連接起來、綜合衡量才能得出答案。第一段講的是1966年人類拍的第一張?zhí)�空自拍照。第二段講自拍需要數(shù)碼技術(shù)才能行。第四段講述的是2003年哥倫比亞號失事后，促進了太空數(shù)碼照相技術(shù)的發(fā)展，太空照相技術(shù)迎來大變革。最后一段講現(xiàn)在太空宇航員可以在社交平臺和網(wǎng)絡(luò)上，實時分享太空自拍照。這個里面重復(fù)次數(shù)最多的是selfie自拍這個關(guān)鍵詞。根據(jù)以上分析，得知B選項切合題意：The History of Selfies in Space.太空自拍的歷史。故選B。