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1、2014高考英語(yǔ)沖刺閱讀理解專(zhuān)項(xiàng)50-17AThespaceshuttleColumbiaflaredandbrokeupintheskiesoverTexasonSaturday,February1,2003,killingthesevenastronautsonboardinwhatNASAandPresidentBushcalledatragedyfortheentirenation.NASAlaunchedaninvestigationintothedisasterandbegansearchingfortheastro
2、nauts'remains.Itsaidthatalthoughtherehadbeensomedatafailuresitwastooearlytonaildownaprecisecause.Thebreak-up,16minutesbeforetheshuttlewasduetolandatKennedySpaceCenterinFlorida,spreadpossiblytoxicdebris(有毒的殘骸)overawideswathofTexasandneighboringstates.Dramatictelevisio
3、nimagesoftheshuttle'sdescentclearlyshowedseveralwhitetrails(痕跡)streakingthroughblueskiesaftertheshuttlesuddenlyfellapart.Itwasalmost17yearstothedaythattheChallengershuttleexplodedonJan.28,1986,killingallsevenastronautsonboard.Take-offandre-entryintoEarth'satmospherea
4、rethemostdangerouspartsofaspacemission.In42yearsofUS'humanspaceflight,therehadneverbeenanaccidentinthedescenttoEarthorlanding.Challengerexplodedjustaftertake-off.Rescueteamsscrambledtosearchfortheremainsofthecrew,whichincludedthefirstIsraelitoflyontheshuttle,formerco
5、mbatpilotCol.IlanRamon.Therewerewarningsthatpartsofavast120-mile-longcorridorofdebriscouldbetoxicbecauseofpoisonousrocketpropellant(推進(jìn)器)."Wearenotreadytoconfirmthatwehavefoundanyhumanremains,"NacogdochesCountySheriffThomasKerrssaid.Headdedthatamongtheroughly1,000call
6、sreportingdebris,somepeoplesaidtheyfoundremainsofcrewmembers."TheColumbiaislost.Therearenosurvivors,…Theirmissionwasalmostcompleteandwelostthemsoclosetohome.…America'sspaceprogramwillgoon,"saidagrim-facedBushinamessagebroadcastontelevision,whichincludedcondolencestot
7、hefamiliesofthedeadastronauts.1.Theword“descent”inthepassagemeans________.A.takingoffB.landingC.orbitingD.walkingdown答案解析：答案為B。本題為詞義推斷題。由第三段第二句話(huà)“In42yearsofUS'humanspaceflight,therehadneverbeenanaccidentinthedescenttoEarthorlanding.”可知，在美國(guó)42年的載人航空飛行中，從來(lái)沒(méi)有在著陸地面時(shí)發(fā)生事故，言
8、外之意就是Columbia航天飛機(jī)是著陸地面時(shí)墜毀。“orlanding”對(duì)應(yīng)的意思就是descent。故答案為B。2.WhichistrueoftheIsraeliastronautIlanRamon?A.HewasthefirstIsraeliastrona
