China named its first Mars rover（火星車）"Zhurong", a god of fire in ancient Chinese stories, on April 24.

Showed at the opening of 2021 China Space Meeting in Nanjing, the name has the meaning of the rover's task to raise the hope of China's space exploration（探索）. And naming the rover after Zhurong is the act of joining modern science and traditional culture, and shows our country's spirit（精神）of exploration and confidence in its culture.

Zhurong is part of the space task "Tianwen Ⅰ". It is China's first spacc task about Mars, which is done alone. And it began in July last year when the probe（航天探測器）of the same name took off in Hainan.

Zhurong has successfully landed on Mars on May 15th this year. It touched down safely on the red planet and worked as planned. Zhurong is the sixth machine on Mars. If it acts well, it will work for at least three months on Mars.

The rover is 1.85 meters high and weighs about 240 kg. It has six wheels and can move at 200 meters an hour on Mars. It carries six scientific tools like special cameras. They can make sure the rover gets different information, such as the things the planet is made of, the environment and so on.

(1)

The rover "Zhurong" has the task to_____?.

A.show China's spirit of exploration

B.express China's confidence in its culture

C.raise the hope of China's space exploration

D.join modern science and traditional culture

(2)

China's first space task about Mars began?______ last year.

A.in April

B.in May

C.in June

D.in July

(3)

What does the phrase "touched down" in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?

A.下滑

B.降落

C.下潛

D.發(fā)射

(4)

We can learn from the last paragraph that Zhurong_____.

A.is as tall as a man

B.is as heavy as a man

C.can move fast on Mars

D.can get little information

(5)

This passage is mainly about _____?.

A.the task of China's first Mars rover

B.the name of China's first Mars rover

C.the invention of China's first Mars rover

D.the introduction of China's first Mars rover

答案解析

【解答】

• (1)

  C

• (2)

  D

• (3)

  B

• (4)

  A

• (5)

  D

【分析】

• (1)

  細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"Showed at the opening of 2021…to raise the hope of China's space exploration （探索） .在2021年在南京舉行的中國航天會議開幕式上展示的，這個名字的意思是月球車的任務提高了中國太空探索的希望。"可知"祝融"號月球車的任務是為中國的太空探索帶來希望。故選C。

• (2)

  細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"And it began in July last year，這項任務始于去年7月，"可知中國的首次火星太空任務于去年7月開始。故選D。

• (3)

  詞義猜測題。根據(jù)后句"safely on the red planet and worked as planned.說的是在這顆紅色星球上，并按計劃工作，“可知結合選項，應說安全降落在這顆紅色星球上，并按計劃工作，所 以"touched down"意為降落，故選B。

• (4)

  細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)" The rover is 1.85 meters high，火星車高1.85米，"可知我們可以從最后一段得知祝融和男人一樣高。選A。

• (5)

  主旨歸納題。根據(jù)"China named its first Mars rover （火星車） "Zhurong"， a god of fire in ancient Chinese stories，on April 24."4月24日，中國為其首個火星探測器命名為"祝融"，中國古代故事中的火神?？芍恼抡f的是中國首次推出火星探測器。故選D。