AChineserocketcarryingaprobe（探测器）destined（预定）forthemoonhasbeensentintospace.ALongMarch3CrocketwiththeChang’e-2probetookofffromXichanglaunchcentreatabout11:00GMT.Therock

Question

A Chinese rocket carrying a probe（探测器）destined（预定） for the moon has been sent into space.

A Long March 3C rocket with the Chang’e -2 probe took off from Xichang launch centre at about 11: 00 GMT.

The rocket will shoot the craft into the trans-lunar orbit（绕月轨道）   after which the satellite is expected to reach the moon in about five days.  Chang’e -2 will be used to test key technologies and collect data for future landings.  China says it will send a rover（漫游者） on its next mission   and it also has ambitions to put humans on the surface of the lunar body at some future date.  The Xinhua News Agency said Chang’e -2 would circle just 15 km (nine miles) above the rocky terrain（地带）in order to take photographs of possible landing locations.

It is China’s second lunar probe—the first was launched in 2007. The craft stayed in space for 16 months before being intentionally crashed onto the moon’s surface. China launched its first manned flight into low-earth orbit in 2003; and two more followed with the most recent one in 2008.  So far only three countries have managed to independently send humans into space: China Russia and the US.

In 2008 a Chinese astronaut fighter pilot Zhai Zhigang performed a spacewalk—the first in China’s history. He stayed outside the Shenzhou-7 capsule for 15 minutes; the exercise was seen as the key to China’s ambition to build an orbiting station in the near future.

71. What’s Chang’e -2’s main task according to this passage?

A. Landing on the moon just as the first lunar probe.

B. Comparing with the first lunar probe.

C. Competing with Russia’s and the US’s space crafts.

D. Testing technologies and collecting data for future landings.

72. Which of the following about Chang’e -2 is TRUE?

A. Its travel to the moon lasts about five days.

B. It will put humans on the surface of the moon.

C. It travels with Long March 3C rocket all the way.

D. It will take photographs of the moon on the trans-lunar orbit.

73. China’s first lunar probe_______ .

A. was launched in 2008

B. landed on the moon safely at last

C. took Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang to the moon in 2007

D. accomplished its task in less than one and a half years in space

74. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. China Launches Moon Mission

B. Chang’e -2 Is More Advanced than Shenzhou-7

C. China’s Space Program Makes Great Progress

D. China Equals Russia and the US in Space Technologies

75. The underlined word“craft” in the third paragraph refers to_______.

A. Chang’e -1 probe

B. Chang’e -2 probe

C. a rover

D. the Shenzhou-7 capsule

Answer 1

本文介绍了中国发射的嫦娥二号探测器的有关情况。 71.
选D。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“Chang’e -2 will be used to test key technologies and collect data for future landings. ”可知D正确。 72.
选A。细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“The rocket will shoot the craft into the trans-lunar orbit   after which the satellite is expected to reach the moon in about five days. ”可知嫦娥二号飞抵月球约需五天时间。 73.
选D。细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“The craft stayed in space for 16 months before being intentionally crashed onto the moon’s surface. ”可知其在太空中完成任务用了不到一年半的时间，故D正确。 74.
选A。主旨大意题。通读全文，可知本文是就中国发射了嫦娥二号探测器一事展开叙述的，故A项全面体现了本文的主题，为最佳标题。 75.
选B。词义猜测题。根据前两段可知火箭将嫦娥二号送入绕月轨道。