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Two
astronauts
face
a
not-so-
merry
Christmas
after
being
told
to
ration
their
food
and
hope
a
cargo
ship
with
extra
supplies
docks
on
Dec.
21.
Russian
cosmonaut
Salizhan
Sharipov
and
American
Leroy
Chiao
have
been
asked
to
cut
out
calories
equal
to
three
cans
of
Coke
from
their
daily
diet
—
around
10
percent
of
their
daily
1
and
an
amount
that would be little noticed, NASA
said.
Russian
officials, quoted in the local media, have 2
blamed the previous crew
for
overeating
during
their
one-month
mission
earlier
this
year,
leaving
a
3
of
meat
and milk
and a surplus of juice and confectionery
(
糖果
).
The
Dec.
24
launch
of
the
next
Progress
is
now
4
for
the
crew,
stationed
in
orbit
since October. It is
due to 5 with the ISS on Dec. 21.
NASA
officials
said
their
situation
was
not
so
different
from
being
cut
off
on
Earth, and their lives
were not at risk. If they do not receive 6
supplies, the
astronauts
would
have
to
7
the
station
and
return
to
Earth
on
the
Soyuz
capsule
that
is docked there.
Russia
has
been
the
sole
lifeline
to
the
ISS
for
almost
two
years
when
the
United
States grounded its 8 fleet after the
fatal Columbia accident.
Russia has often 9 of its
financial struggle to keep the ISS fully serviced
single-handedly. Shuttle flights could
10 in May, officials have said, but in the
meantime Russia will continue to launch
all manned and cargo ships.
A) deficit
I) adequate
B) complained
J) dock
C) severely
K) resume
D) allowance
L) vital
E) considerately
M) trivial
F) shuttle
N) evaluate
G) evacuate
O) fresh
H) absently
文章精要
文章讲述了国际空间站上宇航员所面临的困难，尤其是食物短缺的问题。文
章指出造
成这些问题的原因是之前的宇航员吃得太
多。
答案解析
1.
D
空格前为形容词
daily
，空格后为连词
and
和
an
amount
，分析
句子结构可知，此
处应填入一个名词。原文提到，俄罗斯和美国宇航员被要求减少摄
取饮食中的热量，被减
少的热量相当于三
杯可乐的热量，大约减少了他们日常
的
10%
，显然破折号前面的
daily
diet
和此处的
daily
表达相同的含义，结合选项可知
daily allowanc
e
最合适，意为“每
日供给量”。
2. C
空格前为
have
，空格后为
bla
med
，判断此处应该填一个副词。选项中可以修饰
blame
的只有
severely
“严厉地”。
3.
A
空格前为不定冠词
a
，判断此处应该填一个名词。分析句子结构
可知，
a
of
meat
and
milk
和
a
surplus
of
juice
and
confectionery
为并列结构，
故此处应填一个和
surplus
相对或者相近的名词，结合选项，此处可填入
deficit
，意为“不足”。
4. L
空格前出现了系动词
is
，空格后为
for the crew
，此处要表达“下一阶段的
12
月
24
日的发射对自从
10
< br>月份就驻扎在太空轨道中的宇航员们来说是
”，结合选
项中给出
的形容词，只有
vital
合
适，意为“重要的”。
5. J
空格前为不定式符号
to<
/p>
，后为介词
with
，分析此处应填入动
词原形，且与
with
构成搭配。根据上下文语境：在
12
月
21
日，它将和
国际空间站
。动词选项中只有
doc
k
符合文意，
dock
with
为固定结构，意为“与
对接”。
6.
0
空格前为动词，
空格后为名词，
分析此处应填一个形容词，
来修饰
空格后的名词。
此处指出，如果他们没有收到
供给，宇航员就不得不返回地球，结合选项中的形容词，此
处填人
fresh
符合句意，
fresh
supplies
意为
“新鲜供应”，也指“新增补给”。
7. G
空格前为
have
to,
空格后为
the station
，分析此处应填一个动词原形。此处语
境为：但如果他们没有收到新鲜的供给，宇航员
就不得不
空间站并返回到位于地球的联盟
号宇宙飞船中。回到地球，肯定就要“离开”空间
站，选项中只有表示“离开，撤离”。
8.
F
空格前为形容词性物主代词
its(
指
美国的）
，
空后为名词
fleet
，
显然
its
fleet
要表达的是“美国的
舰队”。此处语境为：自哥伦比亚号
失事后，美国停飞了它的
，而这两年的时间里俄罗斯一直是国际空间站的唯一的生命
线。此处显然
要填表示“飞机；飞船”的单词，
shuttle
fleet
意为“航天飞机”，为固定
搭配，符合句意。
< br>
9. B
空格前有助动词
has,
空格后为介词
of,
判断空处应填一个动词的过去分词，且可
与<
/p>
of
搭配。此处要表达：俄罗斯经常
<
/p>
它独自维持国际空间站运营的财政困难，结合选项，
俄罗斯显然是
在“抱怨”，
complain
of...
意
为“抱怨??”，符合句意。
10. K
空格前为情态动词
could
，空格后为
in May
，判断此处应填一个不及物动词。此
句意为“官员说道，航天飞机会在五
月
，但同时，俄罗斯会继续发射载人和载物飞船。”
结合选项只有
resume
符合文意，意为“重
新开始
(
飞行
)
”。
Tea is the steady companion of the
Scottish day. Each hotel, no matter how humble?
stocks
its
rooms
with
supplies
for
brew-ups
('
泡茶）；
electric
pot
for
1__________
water, ceramic
pot for brewing, china cups and small tea-
creamers, a great number
of
teas,
honey,
fresh
milk,
and
lemons.
This
is
a
delight
and
2__________
,
for
not
only
is
there
no
such
thing
in
American
hotels,
but
room
service
even
in
3__________
ones, when asked
for tea with milk, can 4__________ a plastic
kettle of hot water
covered by a square
of Saran Wrap, and a glass of milk.
It
is
nearing
four
o
’
clock
in
the
afternoon.
We
come
upon
a
small
caravan
camper
with its door open to
a late -middle -aged Scottish couple, sitting at a
folding
table,
taking
tea
and
biscuits.
Passing
by,
one
only
has
a
5__________
:
his
thick,
white
socks
and
heavy
black
shoes;
her
plump
pear
form
and
print
dress;
the
electric
kettle on the table. The archaeologists
are 6__________ as to why the people of
ancient Skara Brae would locate their
huts so close to the sea, and have guessed
that
in
fact
the
settlement
was
7__________
located
in
a
protected
hollow,
that
time
has
eroded
the
shoreline
inland
toward
the
huts.
That
would
make
sense.
Indeed,
when
presented
at
Skara
Brae
with
the
lure
of
a
(an)
8__________
sea
and
the
howling
wind,
we ourselves tucked
into the hollow of a dune for lunch, eating cheese
and apples
in
the
sun
with
wind
9__________
our heads,
blowing
the
sand
into
rippling
ridges,
flattening the beach
grasses. Probably the archaeologists are right,
but this
utterly
typical
sense
of
Scottish
10__________
merrily
planted
at
the
edge
of
harsh
cliffs,
afternoon
tea
conducted
in
the
wind
and
cold,
suggests
another
possibility.
A)
deliver
I) skimming
B)
sparkling
J) domesticity
C)
confused
K) cooperate
D)
considerate
L) boiling
E)
slash
M) respectable
F)
immediately
N) glowing
G)
astonishment
0) originally
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