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1、吉林四平市2016高考英语阅读理解（二轮）摸底选练（3）及答案阅读理解。ThespaceshuttleColumbiaflaredandbrokeupintheskiesoverTexasonSaturday,February1,2003,killingthesevenastronautsonboardinwhatNASAandPresidentBushcalledatragedyfortheentirenation.NASAlaunchedaninvestigationintothedisasterandbegansea
2、rchingfortheastronauts1remains.Itsaidthatalthoughtherehadbeensomedatafailuresitwastooearlytonaildownaprecisecause.Thebreak-up,16minutesbeforetheshuttlewasduetolandatKennedySpaceCenterinFlorida,spreadpossiblytoxicdebris（有毒的残骨亥）overawideswathofTexasandneighboringsta
3、tes.Dramatictelevisionimagesoftheshuttle'sdescentclearlyshowedseveralwhitetrails（痕迹）streakingthroughblueskiesaftertheshuttlesuddenlyfellapart.Itwasalmost17yearstothedaythattheChallengershuttleexplodedonJan.28,1986,killingallsevenastronautsonboard.Take-offandre-ent
4、ryintoEarth’satmospherearethemostdangerouspartsofaspacemission.In42yearsofUS1humanspaceflight,therehadneverbeenanaccidentinthedescenttoEarthorlanding.Challengerexplodedjustaftertake-off.Rescueteamsscrambledtosearchfortheremainsofthecrew,whichincludedthefirstIsrael
5、itoflyontheshuttle,formercombatpilotCol.HanRamon.Therewerewarningsthatpartsofavast120-mile-longcorridorofdebriscouldbetoxicbecauseofpoisonousrocketpropellant（推进器）."Wearenotreadytoconfirmthatwehavefoundanyhumanremains,”NacogdochesCountySheriffThomasKerrssaid.Headde
6、dthatamongtheroughly1,000callsreportingdebris,somepeoplesaidtheyfoundremainsofcrewmembers."TheColumbiaislost.Therearenosurvivors,...Theirmissionwasalmostcompleteandwelostthemsoclosetohome....America’sspaceprogramwillgoon,"saidagrim-facedBushinamessagebroadcastonte
7、levision,whichincludedcondolencestothefamiliesofthedeadastronauts.1.Theword"descent"inthepassagemeans.A.takingoffB.landingC.orbitingD.walkingdown答案解析：答案为B。木题为词义推断题。由第三段第二句话"In42yearsofUS'humanspaceflight,therehadneverbeenanaccidentinthedescenttoEarthorlanding.〃可知，
8、在美国42年的载人航空飞行中，从来没有在着陆地而时发生事故，言外之意就是Columbia航天飞机是着陆地面时坠毁。“orlanding”对应的意思就是descent。故答案为B。1.WhichistrueoftheIsraeliastronautHanRamon?A.HewasthefirstIsrae
