It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964.But appearances were deceptive and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.
Inside the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded(填塞) from floor to ceiling it looked a bit strange. There were almost no windows , but lights along the padded walls illuminated it. Most of the seats had been taken out apart from a few at the back where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of fear.
For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weightless conditions.
For the next two hours the flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lose its reason, shooting upwards towards the heavens before rushing towards Earth. The invention was to Achieve weightlessness for a few seconds.
The aircraft took off smoothly enough. But any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane into a 45 degree climb which lasted around 20 seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything become confused and left or right. Up or down no longer had any meaning, after ten seconds of free fall descent the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a bump.
Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless. A new team conduct it experience. First it was the Ducth who wanted to discover how it is that cats always land on their feet. Then the German team who conducted a successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if could be used for building a further space station, the Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.
After two hours of going up and down in the lane doing their experiments, the predominate feeling was one of excitement rather than sickness. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
1.What did the writer say about the plane？
2.According to the writer ,how did the young scientists feel before the flight？
3.What did the pilot do with the plane after it took off？
4.According to the passage, the purpose of being weightless was to（ ）.
5.This passage was written to（ ）.
问题1选项
A.It had no seats.
B.It was painted white.
C.It had no windows.
D.The outside was misleading.
问题2选项
A.sick
B.keen
C.nervous
D.impatient
问题3选项
A.He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.
B.He climbed and them made the plane fall slowly.
C.He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.
D.He climbed and then made the plane turn over.
问题4选项
A.see what conditions bare like in space
B.prepare the young scientists for future work in space
C.show the judges of the competition what they could do
D.make the teams try out their ideas
问题5选项
A.encourage young people to take up science
B.describe the process of a scientific competition
C.show scientists what young people can do
D.report on a new scientific technique
第1题:D
第2题:C
第3题:A
第4题:D
第5题:B
第1题:
【选项释义】
What did the writer say about the plane? 关于这架飞机，作者说了什么？
A. It had no seats. A. 它没有座位。
B. It was painted white. B. 它被漆成白色。
C. It had no windows. C. 它没有窗户。
D. The outside was misleading. D. 它的外部具有误导性。
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据题干的信息可定位至第一、二段，这两段对飞机作了详细的描述。其中第一段第三句提到“appearances were deceptive（外表具有欺骗性）”。D选项中的“The outside”与原文中的“appearances”对应，而“misleading”则对应原文中的“deceptive”。显然，D选项是对原文的同义转述，故为正确答案。
【干扰项排除】
A选项定位到第二段最后一句“除了后面的几个座位外，大多数座位都被拿走了……”，属于曲解原文；
B选项定位到第二段第一句“通常有座位的区域内变成了一条长长的白色隧道”，而不是说“飞机被漆成白色”，属于曲解原文；
C选项定位到第二段第三句“几乎没有窗户（almost no windows），但沿着填充墙的灯光照亮了它”，原文用到了“几乎”一词，而该选项说法太绝对，属于推理过度。
第2题:
【选项释义】
According to the writer, how did the young scientists feel before the flight? 根据作者的说法，这些年轻的科学家在飞行前是什么感觉？
A. Sick. A. 厌烦的。
B. Keen. B. 渴望的。
C. Nervous. C. 紧张的。
D. Impatient. D. 不耐烦的；迫不及待的。
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据题干的信息定位至第二段最后一句。该句提到“……年轻的科学家们带着恐惧的表情迅速就座”。“迅速就坐”即发生在飞行前；按常理推断，“a look of fear（害怕或恐惧的表情）”应该与紧张的心理或感受对应，也就是说，在飞行前他们感觉非常紧张，因此C选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“厌烦的”、B选项“渴望的”和D选项“不耐烦的；迫不及待的”均不符合原文内容，属于曲解原文。
第3题:
【选项释义】
What did the pilot do with the plane after it took off? 飞机起飞后，飞行员对飞机做了什么？
A. He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines. A. 他先让飞机迅速爬升，然后关掉了引擎。
B. He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly. B. 他先让飞机爬升，然后让飞机慢慢地下降。
C. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds. C. 他正常起飞，然后关掉引擎20秒。
D. He climbed and then made the plane turn over. D. 他先让飞机爬升，然后把飞机翻了过来。
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据题干的信息可定位至第五段。该段主要描述了飞行员驾驶飞机起飞以及操纵飞机飞行的整个过程。本段第二句提到飞行员驾驶飞机呈45度持续上升（a 45-degree climb）大约20秒；第三句又提到引擎被关闭（the engines cut out）。A选项中的climbed和stopped the engines分别对应原文的a 45-degree climb和the engines cut out，quickly与原文的around 20 seconds相对应，由此可知，A选项符合题意。
【干扰项排除】
B选项“他先让飞机爬升，然后让飞机慢慢地下降”的后半句与原文不相符，属于曲解原文；
C选项“他正常起飞，然后关掉引擎20秒”与原文“飞行员让飞机爬升45度，持续了大约20秒”不相符，属于曲解原文；
D选项“他先让飞机爬升，然后把飞机翻了过来”的后半句与原文不相符，属于曲解原文。
第4题:
【选项释义】
According to the passage, the purpose of being weightless was to ____. 根据这篇文章，失重的目的是____。
A. see what conditions bare like in space A. 看看太空中的环境是什么样的
B. prepare the young scientists for future work in space B. 让年轻的科学家为未来的太空工作做好准备
C. show the judges of the competition what they could do C. 向比赛的评委展示他们可以做什么
D. make the teams try out their ideas D. 让团队实验他们的想法
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】根据题干的信息可定位至倒数第二段。该段首句提到：每一次飞行员关闭引擎，我们就会处于失重状态，然后一个新的小组就开始进行实验。之后分别描述了荷兰、德国和美国的参赛学生的实验想法及目的。结合第三段第二句“他们（各大洲的理工科学生）的挑战是在失重情况下进行各种极具想象力的实验”可以推断，失重的目的是让各学生团队试验自己的想法，故D选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A、B、C选项均无法从原文中推断出来，属于无中生有。
第5题:
【选项释义】
This passage was written to ____. 写这篇文章是为了____。
A. encourage young people to take up science A. 鼓励年轻人学习科学
B. describe the process of a scientific competition B. 描述一次科学竞赛的过程
C. show scientists what young people can do C. 告诉科学家年轻人可以做什么
D. report on a new scientific technique D. 报道一项新的科学技术
【考查点】主旨大意题
【解题思路】文章开头两段首先对飞机的外观和内部情况作了细致的描述，并交待了参与此次飞行的乘客；第三段简要介绍了此次飞行的背景，即应欧洲航天局的邀请，来自各大洲的理工科学生参加竞争比赛，挑战在失重状态下进行各种富有想象力的实验；第四至六段详细叙述了整个飞行的过程以及参赛学生所进行的实验；末段总结了参赛学生对这次奇特的飞行之旅的感受。综上所述，本文主要是围绕科学实验竞赛活动展开描述的，故B选项“描述一次科学竞赛的过程”符合题意。
【干扰项排除】
A、C、D选项均不符合全文内容，属于曲解原文。
