试题情况：
阅读理解4篇，40分。
难度：中等
小编建议：
要提高阅读水平，词汇量与短语量非常重要。所以要提高阅读水平，我们就得学会积累词语。我们不妨这么做：在通读全文后看第二遍，遇到生词尽可能根据上下文来猜，仍猜不出意思的，就查词典，然后将这些词抄写在一本可随身携带的小本子上。每当有空时，就拿出这个小本子来背诵记忆。这样做不但不费时，而且效果也很好。因为不时地接触、反复地记忆，词汇量会增加得很快。
真题模拟：
Humans may not have landed on Mars just yet, but that isn’t shopping a European company from devising a plan to send four people to the Red Planet within the next few years. This project, called Mars One, aims to send a small group of people to Mars in 2022 and eventually establish a permanent colony on the planet.
"Everything we need to go to Mars exists," said Mars One co.founder Bas Lansdorp in March 2014. "We have the rockets to send people to Mars, the equipment to land on Mars, the robots to prepare the settlement for humans. For a one.way mission, all the technology exists." Yet the four astronauts chosen for the trip will be stuck on Mars—forever. And despite Mars One’s thorough planning, there are a number of challenges that may prevent the mission from ever taking place. The biggest road block could be the mission’s huge cost (6 dollars billion). However, Lansdorp is confident that Mars One will be able to fund the project by selling the broadcast rights for the mission and subsequent experiences living on the planet.
Those broadcast rights will also play a part in helping to select the people who will besent to Mars. Lansdorp said the company will hold a selection process similar to a reality show. Lansdorp is expecting at least 1 million applications from people around the world. In additon to the cost, several other potential problems could inhibit the mission to Mars.
“It’s even more challenging to send people there with life support, with food, with air, with all the other things like books, entertainment, means of communication and of providing for their own resources for a long stay on Mars," said Adam Baker. senior lecturer in space engineering at Kingston University in London. "The sheer size of the rockets you’d need to do this would be absolutely colossal.”
1. According to Project Mars One, humans could send four people to Mars within the next _______ years.
A. seven B. eight C. ten D. six
2．According to Bas Lansdorp, which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. For a one.way trip to Mars, all the technology exists.
B. He could not come up with the fund for Mars One.
C. We humans have the rockets to send people to Mars.
D. We humans have the equipment to land on Mars.
3．According to the passage, all the following statements are TRUE EXCEPT that _______.
A. a competition process will be held to select the four astronauts
B. the cost of Mars One could go as much as 6 dollars billion
C. if it goes as planned, we could expect to watch Mars One on TV
D.the four astronauts could return to Earth after a few years’ stay on Mars
4. The word "colossal” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A. very large B. very small C. medium D. average
5. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?
A. Ready for a Round Trip to Mars
B. Ready for a Short Visit to Mars
C. Ready for a One.way Trip to Mars
D. Ready for a Walk on Mars
答案详解
1.B
第一段最后一句说计划在2022年送一组人上火星，可知答案是八年，选择B。
2. B
第二段倒数第二句明确说明计划大约需要60亿美元。所以B选项描述有误。其他选项在第二段前半部分都有提到，即所有的条件均已具备。
3.D
文中第二段提到这是一个“one-way trip”也就是单程旅行，所以他们不能回来。
4. A
最后一段开始提到，还需要送很多东西，例如生活用品、书籍、娱乐设施等等到火星。所以火箭的体积应该是很大的。选择A。
5. C
文章通篇都是讲的到火星的单向旅行计划，其他选项均未提到。
