单选题
Space Shuttle Project is one of the first huge-typed spaceflight instruments used for many times in the world, organized by American National Aviation and Spaceflight Bureau, the main researches of
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are researching and making the system of space shuttle, suggesting and choosing
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and landing ports, deciding the scheme of reclaiming the roll booster of solid rocket,
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the establishment of repairing the roll booster, and rebuilding and expanding the building of the
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and controlling system.
At the beginning of 1969, the United States set up a group that specially researched the development direction of spaceflight with
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for the next stage,
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by deputy president. After
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and research, it suggested that an aerocraft with great benefits in
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should be made, eg
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the spaceflight being its leading stanchion. In this project, five orbit implements were prescribed to be made,
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"Exploitation", "Columbia", "Challenger", "Discovery" and "Atlands".
In 1970, spaceflight got into an all-round
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of research and manufacture. The whole-project had to delay more than three years. Five orbit implements were
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to be four and flight experiment for six times was also decreased for four,
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the number of production was cut down, according to the original scheme. In April 1971 this
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was decided that Kennedy Space Centre was used for the launching and landing port for space shuttles, and Edwards Air Base was used for the
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landing port. In February 1977, "Exploitation" Orbit Implement started to have entering and landing experiments in Edwards Air Base. From May 12, 1981 to July 4, 1982, "Columbia" Space Shuttle successfully finished four flight experiments for research and manufacture,
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meant that the
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and manufactures were over in
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form.
It
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about 12 years and cost more than 75 billion US dollars to finish the whole project. On November 11, 1990, space shuttles began to fly for
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.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是定语从句知识。本句空白处前后是两个句子,这提示本题应该选用B(which)引导一个定语从句,因为这样才能保持本句在结构上的正确性。本句中的“the main researches of which...the observing and controlling system”是一个较长的定语从句,其中的“which”一词指代本文第一行中的“Space Shuttle Project(航天飞机工程)”。由于本题空白处前面是介词of,故本题不能选用D(that)。
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是词汇辨析知识。本题选项中的A(economics经济学)和D(economy经济;节省)是易混的词。根据本题空白处前面的信息内容“with great benefits”,本题应该选用D(economy经济)以便表达“经济效益高”这一含义。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是独立主格结构知识。本题的测试重点是介词“with”的主要用法之一——引导独立主格结构,在句中充当状语。本题空白处前面是一个完整的句子结构(主谓宾句式);本题空白处后面是一个逻辑上的“主系表”结构(the spaceflight being its leading stanchion)。上述句子结构提示本题应该选用B(with)来引导独立主格结构,因为这样才可以保持本句在语法结构上的正确性。
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是主从句之间的语意关系知识。本句空白处前后的两个部分是主句和从句的关系。空白处后面“the number of production was cut down(生产数量削减)”应该是空白处前面“...flight experiment for six times was also decreased for four(飞行试验由六次减到四次)”的原因状语。故本题应该选用A(as由于),以便表达本句的因果关系。“as”是多义词,比较难以理解和准确使用。
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是词语的固定搭配使用知识。本题空白处后面的信息内容“and manufactures(制造、生产)”提示本题应该选用C(researches研究),以便表达“研制(researches and manufactures)”这一固定词语表达形式。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查点是上下文语意连贯知识。本句空白处前后的信息内容是“...were over in ______ form(以______形式结束)”。由于本文第二、三、四段是以时间顺序展开叙述的,另外第二段尾句的信息内容强调动词“prescribed(规定)”,故本题应该选用A(due规定的;预期的),因为这样才能保持全文段落间的连贯一致。