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2017-2018年浦东新区
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给):(7分)
It is a great but difficult project to set up a permanent(永久的)human settlement on Mars. Over 200,000 volunteers from more than 120 countries have applied to take a one-way trip to Mars.
The project, run by a Dutch company named Mars One, aims to send a group of volunteers to Mars, and because of the physiological(生理上的) change in the human body after a stay on Mars, it would be i___67_____ to come back. So it’s only a one-way trip! However, that hasn’t stop volunteers becoming one of Mars’ first citizens. “This is turning out to be the most welcome job in history,” says Bas Lansdorp, co-founder of Mars One.
Day-to-day life on Mars will not be e____68___. The daily work will include building greenhouses or doing some research--- all in a lonely environment.
Mars is not friendly to life. Its atmosphere(大气) is so thin that it won’t p__69__ you from harmful radiation(辐射)from the sun. You can’t breathe the air and it is very cold on Mars, with an average temperature of around -50°C. There’s no running water on the surface of Mars. The water is f___70__ or hidden underground.
But Mars One says the project is not looking for volunteers with some skill, such as a science degree. I 71 , they are looking for people who have “a deep sense of purpose and responsibility”. As the first group of people living on Mars, volunteers should be “willing to build and keep a healthy relationship with the Earth”. They also want volunteers who are“curious, creative and good at finding ways of dealing with all kinds of p_72__”.
The volunteers will receive at least eight years’ training b 73 they leave Earth, the company says. The first group of 24 volunteers is set to fly to Mars in 2024.
2018-2019年浦东新区
C.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入恰当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给):6%
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