Question

【題目】 Journey to space

What kind of holidays do you enjoy? Do you like lying on a beach in a nice hot country? Do you like going walking in the hills and mountains? Or are you looking for something more exciting? Maybe in a few years’ time, people will go into the travel agents and book a ticket into space. Then we interview some teenagers from all over the world and this is what they say.

“There are so many beautiful and interesting places to see on earth, I’d much rather visit these placesf【1】 before spending lots of money to go into space.”(Simon from England)

“I would very much like to go into space for a holiday. I think it should be c【2】 enough for everyone to go, not just the rich and famous.”(Maria from Spain)

“I love cooking at the planets and the stars. Sometimes there is too much pollution or too many clouds so I can’t see anything. There are lots of secrets to e【3】and I would definitely go if I could.”(Ben from China)

“Is there anything more frightening? Sometimes I have this really terrible dream. I’m in a rocket and it’s going into space. I can’t get out and I’m screaming, but nobody can hear me. I think there will be many accidents in space, so it can’t be s【4】 . I’m sure I would panic all the time. I like to walk and feel the fresh air around me.”(Kate from Australia)

“It’s great. I hope in 50 years’ time taking a holiday in space will be common. I’d really love to do and I’m looking forward to it now.”(Lisa from Mexico)

As you can see, many of our teenagers have different i【5】 . Whether you like it or not, space tourism is going to become an important thing in your future.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】first

【2】cheap

【3】explore

【4】safe

【5】ideas

【解析】

短文主要談?wù)撉嗌倌陮?duì)太空旅行的不同看法。

【1】句意：地球上有很多漂亮有趣的地方，我情愿在花錢去太空旅行前先去參觀這些地方。

考查副詞的用法。本句結(jié)構(gòu)完整，所以此空應(yīng)填副詞。再根據(jù)首字母提示及句意可知填first，副詞，意為“首先”。故答案為first。

【2】句意：我認(rèn)為它應(yīng)該足夠便宜，讓每一個(gè)人都可以去，而不僅僅是富人和名人才可以去。

考查形容詞詞義辨析。be動(dòng)詞后接形容詞作表語(yǔ)，enough意為“足夠地，充分地，相當(dāng)?shù)�，很”，位于形容詞后�！白屆恳粋�(gè)人都可以去”，則應(yīng)該是“足夠便宜的”。再根據(jù)首字母提示可知填cheap，意為“便宜的”。故答案為cheap。

【3】句意：有很多的奧秘去探索，如果可以去，我肯定會(huì)去的。

考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。secrets意為“秘密、奧秘”，可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，充當(dāng)動(dòng)詞的賓語(yǔ)，則該動(dòng)詞應(yīng)該是“探索”。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知填explore，意為“探索”。故答案為explore。

【4】句意：我認(rèn)為太空有很多的事故，所以它是不安全的。

考查形容詞詞義辨析。由上文的原因可推斷出下文的結(jié)論是不“安全的”。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知填safe，形容詞，意為“安全的”。故答案為safe。

【5】句意：正如你所看到的，我們青少年有不同的想法。

考查名詞詞義辨析。短文通篇談?wù)撉嗌倌陮?duì)太空旅行的想法。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知填idea，名詞，意為“想法、主意”。different后跟可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，故答案為ideas。