考前30天之備戰(zhàn)2012高考英語精品學案專題三閱讀理解 第二節(jié)閱讀理解梯度進階訓練(3)原創(chuàng)

1、第二節(jié)閱讀理解梯度進階訓練（3）（原創(chuàng)）KennedySpaceCenterFlidaJuly212011—TheSpaceShuttleAtlantisitsfourpersoncrewledattheKennedySpaceCenterinFlidajustbefedawnbringingtoacloseaprogramthatbeganin1981leavingtheUnitedStatestemparilywithnovehi

2、cletotransptastronautsintospace.ItwasadayofmixedemotionsfpeoplewhogatheredtheretowitnessthelastlingAsthoussofpeoplealongthecentralFlidaAtlanticOceancoastlinehuddledinthepredawndarknesstowatchAtlantiscameinfromthesouthw

3、estasmallsparkoflightinthedarksky.NASAcommentatRobNaviasannouncedtheendofthemissionthespaceshuttleprogramNAVIAS:“Nosegeartouchdown.Havingfiredtheimaginationofagenerationashiplikenootheritsplaceinhistysecuredthespaceshutt

4、lepullsintoptfthelasttimeitsvoyageatanend.”HundredsofpeoplegatheredattheKennedySpaceCenterVisitsCentertowatchtheshuttlereturn.Butmanyvisitsexpresseduneasinesswiththedecisiontoendthespaceshuttleprogrambefeanyothervehicleh

5、asbeendevelopedtoreplaceit.TonyDiazwhorodehismotcycleupfromMiamitowatchthelingisoneofthedisgruntledspaceenthusiasts“Iamreallynotveryhappywithwhattheyhavedonetothespaceprogram…becauseweareleaderstheUnitedStatesshouldalway

6、sbeupthereinspace”saidDiazMariawhocamewithherfamilyfromDallasTexasregretsthatherchildrenwillneverbeabletoseeanothershuttlemission.“Itisprettysadthatthisisthelasttimekidswillbeabletoexperiencesomethinglikethis”shesaidPriv

7、atecompaniesarewkingonsuchvehiclesbutitcouldbeseveralyearsbefeoneisreadytotakeastronautsintobit.PlansfeventualmissionstoanasteroidtoMarscouldbedecadesaway.ButDaytonaBeachFlidaresidentRobHansenismeoptimistic“Wearemovingon

8、toprivatizingthiskindofoperationNASAisgoingtomoveontoexplationdeeperoutsoIthinkthatwillwkoutinthelongrun”notedHansenAmongthepeoplewiththestrongestopinionsarehundredsofNASAemployeeswhoarelosingtheirjobsasthespaceshuttlepr

9、ogramends.JonathanMillerwhowkswiththeJohnsonSpaceCentersExtraVehicularActivityOfficeinHoustoncameheretoseethelastlingsayshisconcerngoeswellbeyondtheissueofjoblosses“Thefutureofhumanspaceflightiscriticaltothisnationasth

10、eleaderinspacewearenervousthatsomeofthatleadershipislost”saidMiller.“Thereis30yearsofmomentum(動力)behindtheshuttleprogramithasjustcometoanendmomentsago.”D.TheyarenervoustoplayaleadingroleinthisfieldFgiveothersbutnotyourse

11、lf.嚴于律己，寬以待人。詳解詳析詳解詳析這是一篇新聞描述了美國人對于航天飛機謝幕不同的情感和態(tài)度。1.D推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段內(nèi)容可知已經(jīng)結(jié)束歷史使命的幾艘宇宙飛船將被陳列。2.C詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第五段的內(nèi)容可知該詞的意思是“不高興”。3.B細節(jié)理解題。人們感到擔心的原因是不同的但“被別的國家襲擊”在文章未被提及。4.B推理判斷題。文章倒數(shù)第二段的主要意思是人們對美國的航空業(yè)的過去感到自豪文中提示詞momentum(動力)告訴了