2012年職稱英語考試試題考前模擬訓練1
The Mir Space Station
1. The Russian Mir Space Station， which came down in 2001 at last after 15 years of pioneering the concept of long-term human space flight， is remembered for its accomplishments in the human space flight history. It can be credited with many firsts in space.
2. During Mir’s lifetime， Russia spent for about US $4.2 billion to build and maintain the station.
3. The Soviet Union launched Mir， which was designed to last from three to five years， on February 20， 1986， and housed 104 astronauts over 12 years and seven months， most of whom were not Russian. In fact， it became the first international space station by playing host to 62 people from 11 countries. From 1995 through 1998， seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six months each. They were among the 37 Americans who visited the station during nine stopovers by space shuttles.
4. The more than 400 million the United States provided Russian for the visits not only kept Mir operating， but also gave the Americans and their partners in the international station project valuable experience in long-term flight and multinational operations.
5. A debate continues over Mir’s contributions to science. During its existence， Mir was the laboratory for 23，000 experiments and carried scientific equipment， estimated to be worh $80 million， from many nations. Experiments on Mir are credited with a range of findings， from the first solid measurement of the ration of heavy helium atoms in space to how to grow wheat in space. But for those favouring human space exploration， Mir showed that people could live and work in space long enough for a trip to Mars. The longest single stay in space is the 437.7 days that Russian astronaut Valery Polyakov spent on Mir from 1994 to 1995. And Sergie Avdeyev accumulated 747.6 days in space in three trips to the space station. The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid， who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996.
6. Despite the many firsts Mir accomplished， 1997 was a bad year out of 15 for Mir. In 1997， an oxygen generator caught fire. Later， the main computer system broke down， causing the station to drift several times and there were power failures.
7. Most of these problems were repaired， with American help and suppliers， but Mir’s reputation as a space station was ruined.
8. Mir’s setbacks are nothing， though， when we compare them with its accomplishments. Mir was a tremendous success， which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible. Butd it’s time to move on to the next generation. The international Space Station being built will be better. But it owes a great debt to Mir.
1. paragraph 4__________
2. paragraph 5__________
3. paragraph 6__________
4.paragraph 8___________
A undeniable Mir’s Achievements
B rewards following the US financial injection
C mir’s problem year
D mir regarded as a complete failure
E mir’s firsts in scientific experiments and space exploration.
F a great debt owed to the international space station
5.Mir enhanced the confidence in the scientists that humans living in space for a long time was __.
6.In Mir， the US astronauts created______.
7.When we think of Mir in terms of its achievements， its setbacks are___________.
8. The writer tends to think that Mir was_______.
A everything
B a great success
C a tremendous failure
D nothing
E many firsts
F quite possible
參考答案：B E C A F E D B
解析：
1.B本段談到，美國的經濟支持產生了兩個作用，即不僅使和平號空間站的航行得以繼續(xù)，而且使美國及其他國家的宇航員取得了在宇宙空間長時間航行和多國合作的經驗。
2.E 本段列舉了和平號空間站取得的許多個第一。Firsts這個詞在第一段中出現，本段列舉了許多的事實以支持第一段的論點。
3.C 選項C是正確的。1997年是和平號遇到不少麻煩的一年。
4.A 本段對和平號空間站做出了積極的評價，并談到和平號出現的問題與其取得的成就相比是微不足道的。
5.F 選項F的依據在第八段：Mir will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible.
6.E 本文在第三段和第五段共列出美國借助和平號創(chuàng)造了多項第一，如：（1）from 1995 through 1998， seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six months each.（第三段）（2）The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid， who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996.（第五段）
7.D 選D的依據在第八段：Mir‘s setbacks are nothing， though， when we compare them with its accomplishments.
8.B 通篇文章都對和平號作出了積極的評價，并列出了不少具有重大意義的事實和數據。在第八段里，作者最后做出總結：Mir was a tremendous success， which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration……
The Mir Space Station
1. The Russian Mir Space Station， which came down in 2001 at last after 15 years of pioneering the concept of long-term human space flight， is remembered for its accomplishments in the human space flight history. It can be credited with many firsts in space.
2. During Mir’s lifetime， Russia spent for about US $4.2 billion to build and maintain the station.
3. The Soviet Union launched Mir， which was designed to last from three to five years， on February 20， 1986， and housed 104 astronauts over 12 years and seven months， most of whom were not Russian. In fact， it became the first international space station by playing host to 62 people from 11 countries. From 1995 through 1998， seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six months each. They were among the 37 Americans who visited the station during nine stopovers by space shuttles.
4. The more than 400 million the United States provided Russian for the visits not only kept Mir operating， but also gave the Americans and their partners in the international station project valuable experience in long-term flight and multinational operations.
5. A debate continues over Mir’s contributions to science. During its existence， Mir was the laboratory for 23，000 experiments and carried scientific equipment， estimated to be worh $80 million， from many nations. Experiments on Mir are credited with a range of findings， from the first solid measurement of the ration of heavy helium atoms in space to how to grow wheat in space. But for those favouring human space exploration， Mir showed that people could live and work in space long enough for a trip to Mars. The longest single stay in space is the 437.7 days that Russian astronaut Valery Polyakov spent on Mir from 1994 to 1995. And Sergie Avdeyev accumulated 747.6 days in space in three trips to the space station. The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid， who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996.
6. Despite the many firsts Mir accomplished， 1997 was a bad year out of 15 for Mir. In 1997， an oxygen generator caught fire. Later， the main computer system broke down， causing the station to drift several times and there were power failures.
7. Most of these problems were repaired， with American help and suppliers， but Mir’s reputation as a space station was ruined.
8. Mir’s setbacks are nothing， though， when we compare them with its accomplishments. Mir was a tremendous success， which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible. Butd it’s time to move on to the next generation. The international Space Station being built will be better. But it owes a great debt to Mir.
1. paragraph 4__________
2. paragraph 5__________
3. paragraph 6__________
4.paragraph 8___________
A undeniable Mir’s Achievements
B rewards following the US financial injection
C mir’s problem year
D mir regarded as a complete failure
E mir’s firsts in scientific experiments and space exploration.
F a great debt owed to the international space station
5.Mir enhanced the confidence in the scientists that humans living in space for a long time was __.
6.In Mir， the US astronauts created______.
7.When we think of Mir in terms of its achievements， its setbacks are___________.
8. The writer tends to think that Mir was_______.
A everything
B a great success
C a tremendous failure
D nothing
E many firsts
F quite possible
參考答案：B E C A F E D B
解析：
1.B本段談到，美國的經濟支持產生了兩個作用，即不僅使和平號空間站的航行得以繼續(xù)，而且使美國及其他國家的宇航員取得了在宇宙空間長時間航行和多國合作的經驗。
2.E 本段列舉了和平號空間站取得的許多個第一。Firsts這個詞在第一段中出現，本段列舉了許多的事實以支持第一段的論點。
3.C 選項C是正確的。1997年是和平號遇到不少麻煩的一年。
4.A 本段對和平號空間站做出了積極的評價，并談到和平號出現的問題與其取得的成就相比是微不足道的。
5.F 選項F的依據在第八段：Mir will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible.
6.E 本文在第三段和第五段共列出美國借助和平號創(chuàng)造了多項第一，如：（1）from 1995 through 1998， seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six months each.（第三段）（2）The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid， who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996.（第五段）
7.D 選D的依據在第八段：Mir‘s setbacks are nothing， though， when we compare them with its accomplishments.
8.B 通篇文章都對和平號作出了積極的評價，并列出了不少具有重大意義的事實和數據。在第八段里，作者最后做出總結：Mir was a tremendous success， which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration……