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The American space agency NASA is looking for new astronauts who will go on future missions. It needs astronauts for 1.__the__ International Space Station and for its new Orion spacecraft, 2.__which__ is scheduled to take astronauts into earth orbit and 3.__possibly__(possible) be used to launch manned missions to Mars and beyond.
New astronauts 4.__are needed__(need) to fly the new generation of NASA spacecraft as well as 5.__to conduct__(conduct) experiments on the ISS. Candidates who apply should be American 6.__citizens__(citizen) and have at least a bachelor's degree in biology, physics or mathematics, 3 years 7.__of__ experience or a thousand pilot hours. They must also pass NASA's physical tests for long endurance flights.
NASA is looking for people with different backgrounds, set to do different tasks.
During NASA's last recruitment program, over 6,000 people 8.__applied__(apply) and 8 were chosen to be astronauts. The final 9.__selection__(select) for the current application program will be announced in 2018.
According to NASA, the need for new astronauts has never been 10.__greater__(great), as there are many spacecraft currently under development. NASA plans to go back to the moon as the first phase of traveling to Mars.
本文为说明文,介绍了美国国家航空航天局正在招募新的宇航员的相关信息。
1.the 【解析】 考查冠词。句意:它需要宇航员为国际空间站和新的奥赖恩太空飞船工作,该太空飞船按计划载宇航员进入地球轨道,而且很可能用于发射载人飞船到火星和更远的星球。International Space Station是由普通名词构成的专有名词,其前应加定冠词the。
2.which 【解析】 考查连词。设空处引导非限制性定语从句,先行词为new Orion spacecraft,指物,且设空处在从句中作主语,故填which。
3.possibty 【解析】 考查词性转换。设空处修饰谓语be used,所以用副词。
4.are needed 【解析】 考查时态和语态。句意:新宇航员被要求驾驶美国国家航空航天局新一代的宇宙飞船,并在国际空间站上做实验。new astronauts和need之间是动宾关系,本文的主体时态为一般现在时,此处应用一般现在时的被动语态。
5.to conduct 【解析】 考查非谓语动词。as well as是并列连词,此处和前面的to fly是并列关系,故填to conduct。
6.citizens 【解析】 考查名词的数。句意:申请的候选人应该是美国公民,且至少拥有一个生物、物理或数学学士学位,有三年飞行经验或飞行时间达一千小时。主语candidates是复数,所以此处也应是复数。
7.of 【解析】 考查介词。3 years和experience是所属关系,故填介词of。
8.applied 【解析】 考查时态。句意:在上一次的美国国家航空航天局招募项目中,有6 000多人申请,8人被选为宇航员。over 6,000 people ________ 与8 we