课时作业(二十二) 选择性必修第三册 Unit 2 Out of this world（Word练习）-【优化指导】2026年高考英语一轮复习高中总复习·第1轮（译林版）

课时作业(二十二)　选择性必修第三册　Unit 2　Out of this world

一、阅读理解

“Fifty years ago，astronauts travelled to space in government­funded rockets designed，built and maintained by NASA.But today，the ‘astronauts’ are very often billionaires having a journey into low orbit on a rocket that they paid for themselves.This change feels like a giant leap，but it makes sense，” says Laura Seward Forczyk，founder of Astralytical，a space consulting company.She believes more and more of modern civilization relies on space.

Huge numbers of satellites orbit the planet，connecting us to everything from mobile phones to GPS，and there is a large sum of money in maintaining those systems.Forczyk thinks this doesn't get a lot of headlines typically，but there are profitable reasons why private companies want to go into space.

The private commercial companies learn more about putting rockets and satellites into space to help NASA with the missions while NASA increases its management and guidance of them.That's important because NASA itself has become financially limited.From its 1966 peak，when spending on the space race took up more than four percent of the US government's budget，that spending is now less than half percent of the country's total budget.

“NASA is using commercial companies to build a lot of hardware to perform those services of taking scientific payloads(载量) to the surface of the moon，” says Forczyk.“The hope is that people will follow—possibly by 2025，but more realistically by 2030.If you're wondering why we're going back to the moon—after all，mankind has already walked on its surface—the answer is that we explored only part of it.” “We know a lot more，but we also know so very little，” adds Forczyk.She wants to go back with people to learn more.But more importantly，she hopes and believes people can go to live and work there one day.

The universe is so big that we can't stop exploring it.Some even see the moon as an eventual staging area for human exploration of deep space.Mars is regarded as the next stepping­off point towards the final frontier，though whether we'll get there in our lifetime is another question.

1．What is the change of the American space travel today?

A．It needs billions of government funds.

B．All astronauts should pay for it themselves.

C.It requires astronauts to carry mobile phones.

D.The rich can experience it at their own expense.

2．What is the relationship between NASA and the private commercial companies?

A．Competitive.     B．Interdependent.

C．Unrelated.     D．Mistrustful.

3．What is Forczyk's attitude to the moon exploration?

A．Confident.     B．Curious.

C．Negative.     D．Worried.

4．What does the last paragraph want to convey?

A．There is no limit to space exploration.

B．The moon is the final exploration area.

C．Humans will cease exploring deep space.

D．It is absolutely impossible to get to Mars.

[语篇解读]本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了半个世纪以来美国航空领域的新变化，解释了私营公司进入航空领域的原因和意义以及太空探索的未来。

1．D　[解析]细节理解题。根据第一段中的“But today，the ‘astronauts’ are very often billionaires having a journey into low orbit on a rocket that they paid for themselves.”可知，富人可以自费体验太空旅行。故选D。

2．B　[解析]推理判断题。根据第三段中的“The private commercial companies learn more about putting rockets and satellites into space to help NASA with the missions while NASA increases its management and guidance of them.”可知，NASA和私营商业公司是相互依赖的关系。故选B。

3．A　[解析]推理判断题。根据第四段中的“She wants to go back with people to learn more.But more importantly，she hopes and believes people can go to live and work there one day.”可知，Forczyk希望并相信有一天人们能去月球生活和工作。由此推断，她对月球探索抱有信心。故选A。

4．A　[解析]推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，宇宙如此之大，我们无法停止对它的探索。由此可知，太空探索是无止境的。故选A。

二、七选五阅读

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