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If you’re tired of the Mediterranean and don’t want to head to Disney again, perhaps it’s time for a summer holiday in space. Russia has declared plans for its first floating hotel, 217 miles above earth, and it is something of an offering with good service.

Hosting just seven guests in a four cabins, the accommodation will boast huge windows with views back to earth and tasty microwave meals will be served instead of the ones often used by astronauts.

Just getting there will be an adventure in itself—it will take two days aboard a Soyuz rocket—and it won’t exactly be a budget holiday: A five-day stay will cost you￡100, 000 to￡500, 000 for your journey. The hotel is due to open by 2016 and, according to those behind it, will be far more comfortable than the International Space Station (ISS) used by astronauts and cosmonauts.

In the weightlessness of space, visitors can choose to have beds that are either vertical or horizontal. Tourists, who will be accompanied by experienced crew, will dine on food prepared on Earth and sent up on the rocket, to be reheated in microwave ovens. Many kinds of delicacies will be available.

Iced tea, mineral water and fruit juices will be available, but alcohol will be strictly prohibited. Toilets will use flowing air instead of water to move waste through the system. Waste water will be recycled.

Sergei Kostenko, chief executive of Orbital Technologies which will construct the hotel, said: “Our planned module inside will not remind you of the International Space Station. A hotel should be comfortable inside, and it will be possible to look at the Earth. The hotel will be aimed at wealthy individuals and people working for private companies who want to do research in space.” The hotel can also be used as an emergency bolthole (避難處) for astronauts aboard the International Space Station if there is a crisis.

1.Which can be the best title of the passage?

A. Russia declares the design for its first space hotel

B. The first space hotel is under construction now

C. The astronauts will have a second home in space

D. Russia has the advanced technology in exploring space

2.What does the underlined word “budget” in the 3rd paragraph mean?

A. expensive B. worthwhile

C. economic D. uncomfortable

3.What kind of accommodation will the guests have in the space hotel?

A. They will have the same food as the astronauts have.

B. Many kinds of drinks are available including alcohol.

C. Guests can have beds that are either vertical or horizontal.

D. Tourists are accompanied by the astronauts from the ISS.

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The space hotel is built to remind you of the International Space Station.

B. The hotel is constructed with big windows so that tourists can see the earth.

C. The company, Orbital Technologies, has already begun to build the space hotel.

D. In the near future, a space trip for most of the people can be realized.

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：如果你厭倦了地中海，也不想去迪斯尼樂園，那么來一次太空之旅吧。俄羅斯宣布將建造首個太空旅館。本文介紹了太空旅館的情況。

1.A 標題歸納題。文章的第一段是本文的主題段，第二句“Russia has declared plans for its first floating hotel,...”概括了文章的主題；B、C、D三項均是文中的細節(jié)描述。故選A。

2.C 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)后面的數(shù)字可知去太空旅行代價很大，不是一次便宜的旅行，故budget 意為“價格低廉的，花錢少的”，與economic 意思接近，故選C。

3.C 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的第一句“In the weightlessness of space, visitors can choose to have beds that are either vertical or horizontal”可知C項表述符合文意；根據(jù)第二段可知A項表述不符合文意；根據(jù)第五段的第一句可知B項表述不符合文意；D項文中沒有提及。故選C。

4.B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段的“Our planned module inside will not remind you of the International Space Station”可知A項表述不符合文意；根據(jù)第二段的“the accommodation will boast huge windows with

views back to earth”可知B項表述符合文意；根據(jù)第六段的第一句“Sergei Kostenko, chief executive of Orbital Technologies which will construct the hotel”可知太空旅館還沒有開始建造，C項表述不符合文意；根據(jù)第三段和第六段的內(nèi)容可知D項表述不符合文意，故選B。

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