单选题
单选题 What are the man and woman discussing?
A. Trash orbiting Earth.
B. A trip by an astronaut to the Moon.
C. The too much garbage on Earth.
D. Becoming space scientists.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析]
W: Have you ever thought about all the tons of garbage that's out in space circling the Earth?
M: Tons of garbage circling the Earth? What do you mean?
W: I saw a television program about it last night, and according to the program, there's about 3,000 tons of metal out there in space, traveling at speeds around 17,000 miles per hour.
M: Where did all this garbage come from?
W: Well, it comes from all those space missions that have gone up since 1957. Every time a rocket ship goes up into space, it leaves a lot behind, and this stuff goes into orbit around the Earth.
M: Isn't it dangerous to have all this stuff out there?
W: Some space scientists are worried about possible collisions between this orbiting junk and spaceships, particularly manned spacecrafts; however, so far there haven't been any such accidents.
M: Well, I hope that they're going to do something about this, both for the sake of safety and for the sake of the environment.
W: Me, too. I know that right now the problem is being studied by numerous scientists; hopefully, they'll be able to find solutions before the problem gets too much worse.

综合理解题。第一句话和整个对话内容都说明这个对话内容是关于“围绕地球旋转的数以吨记的垃圾”的,A项符合要求。
单选题 Where did the woman learn about this problem?
A. From a lecture. B. In a magazine article.
C. In a book. D. On a television program.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】细节题。对话中有提到“I saw a television program about it last night.”从而说明女生是在电视节目中获得上述信息的。即D项符合要求。
单选题 Approximately how much metal is in orbit in space?
A. 17,000 pounds. B. 3,000 tons.
C. 3,000 pounds. D. 300 tons.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】数字细节题。女生提到“There's about 3,000 tons of metal out there in space.”因而可知,在太空中的金属约3,000吨。B项正确。
单选题 What does the woman hope will happen?
A. She will be able to travel in space.
B. The problem will take care of itself.
C. Scientists will find solutions to the problem.
D. The junk will fall to Earth.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】在对话最后,女生提到“Hopefully,they'll be able to find solutions before the problem gets too much worse.”言外之意,她相信科学家们会有治理太空垃圾的办法。