A Sagan as a Science Populariser（科學(xué)普及作家）來(lái)源：考試大
C Sagan’s publications
E Sagan’s criticism on pseudo-science（偽科學(xué)）
4 Paragraph 5__________.
Sagan was often heard observing that drawings of flying saucers（碟子）never included a door. “How did those creatures of outer space get in and out?” he once asked. Once he said that pserdo-science （包含E中的核心詞匯）is embraced（包括） in exact proportion as real science in misunderstood.
E 分析:包含備選項(xiàng)E中核心詞的句意與E的含義一致，又因?yàn)樵摼涞奈恢锰厥?段落的最后句，因此判斷答案為E。
補(bǔ)充:來(lái)源：考試大
observe vt, vi注意到；看到；遵守；
e.g. They were observed entering the bank. 有人看到他們進(jìn)入銀行。來(lái)源：考試大
Embrace vt 擁抱，包括，包含
e.g.The child embraced his parents. 這孩子擁抱了他的父母。來(lái)源：考試大
e.g.This book embraces many subjects. 此書(shū)包括許多問(wèn)題。
Exact: adj. 精確的, 準(zhǔn)確的, 原樣的, 精密的, 嚴(yán)格來(lái)源：考試大
Synonyms: accurate, correct, precise
A. a member of the National Academy of Science來(lái)源：考試大
B. a pseudo- scientist來(lái)源：考試大
C. a science populariser
D. a reporter來(lái)源：考試大
E. an astronomer
F a physicist
5 In Sagan’s opinion, Velikovsy might be ___________.來(lái)源：考試大
B.分析:利用題干中的特征詞作為答案線索，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句:確認(rèn)答案。
He was noted for the vigor（活力） of his logic style, especially when criticizing some pieces of pseudo-science. I remembered a 1973 AAAS meeting at which he destroyed the theories of Immanual Velikovsy, who was maintaining that only ..
A. a member of the National Academy of Science
C. a science populariser來(lái)源：考試大
D. a reporter
E. an astronomer
F a physicist
6 With Cosmos and others, Sagan enjoyed his fame as ______.
C 分析:根據(jù)句意和在解答前面問(wèn)題時(shí)對(duì)文章的了解判斷C是答案。也可借助cosmos作為答案線索這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句:
I had originally headlined the story “The red planet isn’t dead,” but Sagan asked me to change it. “I’m in enough hot water with some of my colleagues as it is（該句子結(jié)構(gòu)與F呼應(yīng)）, ” he said, referring to the anger felt by some scientists over his growing fame as a populariser. That fame reached a zenith（頂點(diǎn)） during his 1980 13-part television series “Cosmos” with an audience of 400 million people in 60 countries. Along the way, he captured Pulitzer Prize for his book The Dragons of Eden.
該題考察代詞結(jié)構(gòu)That fame的前指代動(dòng)能和其指代的內(nèi)容。 來(lái)源：考試大
A. a member of the National Academy of Science
D. a reporter
E. an astronomer
F a physicist
7 From the passage, we may conclude that the author of the passage may be _______.
D 分析:在文章第2段中發(fā)現(xiàn)相關(guān)句，而相關(guān)句中的關(guān)鍵詞interviewed暗示答案為D。
I first met Sagan at a meeting of the AAAS –the American Association for the Advancement of science – where he took part in a session on the Viking Mars Project. When Viking landed on Mars in 1976, it was at a site he had helped select. Then I interviewed him in Washington, D.C.,
該題考察考生根據(jù)細(xì)節(jié)事實(shí)進(jìn)行推斷的能力。來(lái)源：考試大
A. a member of the National Academy of Science
E. an astronomer
F a physicist來(lái)源：考試大
8 From the description we know that Sagan was ______________.
E． 分析:根據(jù)文章中相關(guān)句的句意推測(cè)出答案E。來(lái)源：考試大
That fame reached a zenith（頂點(diǎn)） during his 1980 13-part television series “Cosmos,”（“宇宙學(xué)”應(yīng)該是天文學(xué)家的研究工作） with an audience of 400 million people in 60 countries.
該題考察考生根據(jù)細(xì)節(jié)事實(shí)進(jìn)行推斷的能力
C Sagan’s publications
E Sagan’s criticism on pseudo-science（偽科學(xué)）
4 Paragraph 5__________.
Sagan was often heard observing that drawings of flying saucers（碟子）never included a door. “How did those creatures of outer space get in and out?” he once asked. Once he said that pserdo-science （包含E中的核心詞匯）is embraced（包括） in exact proportion as real science in misunderstood.
E 分析:包含備選項(xiàng)E中核心詞的句意與E的含義一致，又因?yàn)樵摼涞奈恢锰厥?段落的最后句，因此判斷答案為E。
補(bǔ)充:來(lái)源：考試大
observe vt, vi注意到；看到；遵守；
e.g. They were observed entering the bank. 有人看到他們進(jìn)入銀行。來(lái)源：考試大
Embrace vt 擁抱，包括，包含
e.g.The child embraced his parents. 這孩子擁抱了他的父母。來(lái)源：考試大
e.g.This book embraces many subjects. 此書(shū)包括許多問(wèn)題。
Exact: adj. 精確的, 準(zhǔn)確的, 原樣的, 精密的, 嚴(yán)格來(lái)源：考試大
Synonyms: accurate, correct, precise
A. a member of the National Academy of Science來(lái)源：考試大
B. a pseudo- scientist來(lái)源：考試大
C. a science populariser
D. a reporter來(lái)源：考試大
E. an astronomer
F a physicist
5 In Sagan’s opinion, Velikovsy might be ___________.來(lái)源：考試大
B.分析:利用題干中的特征詞作為答案線索，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句:確認(rèn)答案。
He was noted for the vigor（活力） of his logic style, especially when criticizing some pieces of pseudo-science. I remembered a 1973 AAAS meeting at which he destroyed the theories of Immanual Velikovsy, who was maintaining that only ..
A. a member of the National Academy of Science
C. a science populariser來(lái)源：考試大
D. a reporter
E. an astronomer
F a physicist
6 With Cosmos and others, Sagan enjoyed his fame as ______.
C 分析:根據(jù)句意和在解答前面問(wèn)題時(shí)對(duì)文章的了解判斷C是答案。也可借助cosmos作為答案線索這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句:
I had originally headlined the story “The red planet isn’t dead,” but Sagan asked me to change it. “I’m in enough hot water with some of my colleagues as it is（該句子結(jié)構(gòu)與F呼應(yīng)）, ” he said, referring to the anger felt by some scientists over his growing fame as a populariser. That fame reached a zenith（頂點(diǎn)） during his 1980 13-part television series “Cosmos” with an audience of 400 million people in 60 countries. Along the way, he captured Pulitzer Prize for his book The Dragons of Eden.
該題考察代詞結(jié)構(gòu)That fame的前指代動(dòng)能和其指代的內(nèi)容。 來(lái)源：考試大
A. a member of the National Academy of Science
D. a reporter
E. an astronomer
F a physicist
7 From the passage, we may conclude that the author of the passage may be _______.
D 分析:在文章第2段中發(fā)現(xiàn)相關(guān)句，而相關(guān)句中的關(guān)鍵詞interviewed暗示答案為D。
I first met Sagan at a meeting of the AAAS –the American Association for the Advancement of science – where he took part in a session on the Viking Mars Project. When Viking landed on Mars in 1976, it was at a site he had helped select. Then I interviewed him in Washington, D.C.,
該題考察考生根據(jù)細(xì)節(jié)事實(shí)進(jìn)行推斷的能力。來(lái)源：考試大
A. a member of the National Academy of Science
E. an astronomer
F a physicist來(lái)源：考試大
8 From the description we know that Sagan was ______________.
E． 分析:根據(jù)文章中相關(guān)句的句意推測(cè)出答案E。來(lái)源：考試大
That fame reached a zenith（頂點(diǎn)） during his 1980 13-part television series “Cosmos,”（“宇宙學(xué)”應(yīng)該是天文學(xué)家的研究工作） with an audience of 400 million people in 60 countries.
該題考察考生根據(jù)細(xì)節(jié)事實(shí)進(jìn)行推斷的能力