8．September 21，2050----At a press conference today it was announced that the first tourist heading for Mars will be the 38-year-old US businessman Patrick Clifford．He will leave the earth in the  launching window of June 2052 and set his foot on the surface of Mars in November，together with the other 6 astronauts assigned for the mission to further explore the planet．
Patrick has now two years of training ahead of him to get ready for the trip．Not only will he spend five months in getting to Mars，but another 600 days there before he can go back home．Patrick was of course very excited，"This has been my dream since I was four，and seeing the first man on Mars 20 years ago made me realize that it was possible．"
To be able to pay the $ 1.3 billion for his ticket for the trip Patrick sold his majority stake （股份） in the company his father had built．"I know that my father would have been proud of me if he had still been alive today，he knew what this means to me"，says Patrick．There is no risk though that you will find Patrick begging in your street corner when he comes back， but it is said that he was paid twice as much for his part of the company．
So，how is he going to spend his 600 days on the red planet？"Well，since I don't have a job when I get back after selling the company，I have plenty of time to come up with a new business idea"，he says and laughs．If he brings a shovel（鐵鍬）he can start building the first hotel there，but maybe he shouldn't expect too many guests until someone can offer a cheaper ticket．
13．How long will Patrick Clifford be away before he comes back？D
A．About five months        
B．About two years           
C．About 600 days            
D．About 750 days
14．The underlined part in Paragraph 3 means thatC
A．the trip will turn Patrick into a beggar   
B．Patrick will get much money from the trip
C．we needn't worry about Patrick's economic condition
D．it's likely that Patrick will be very poor after he comes back
15．What can be inferred from the passage？A
A．Patrick is an optimistic man
B．A total of six people will go to Mars
C．Patrick's father felt excited at the news  
D．Patrick will spend all his money on the trip．

分析 本文是一篇新聞報道類閱讀．文章主要敘述了2050年的第一批去火星旅游的游客的情況．簡單介紹了他們如何做準備以及費用等問題．

解答 13-15DCA
13．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二段"Not only will he spend five months in getting to Mars，but another 600 days there before he can go back home"可知他花費五個月的時間到達火星，然后在回家之前，他還要在那里呆600天，5×30+600=750，所以他要在750天后才能回來．故選D．
14．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"There is no risk though that you will findPatrick begging in your street corner when he comes back，but it is said that he was paid twice as much for his part of the company．"可知他回來后，沒有在大街上乞討的風險，相反，他會得到兩倍公司股份的錢．所以我們不用擔心他的經(jīng)濟狀況．故選C．
15．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)"I have plenty of time to come up with a new business idea"，he says and laughs．"可知他很風趣并富有想象力．所以可以看出他是一個樂觀的人．故選A．

點評 本文是一篇新聞報道類閱讀．文章主要敘述了2050年的第一批去火星旅游的游客的情況．此類題型主要考查學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力．細節(jié)理解題是針對文中某個細節(jié)、某句話或某部分具體內容設置問題，所以在做細節(jié)理解題時要結合原文和提干有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，再結合選項選出正確答案．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要聯(lián)系上下文根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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