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1、范文范例学习指导1990年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题阅读SectionIIReadingComprehensionEachofthetwopassagesbelowisfollowedbyfivequestions.Foreachquestiontherearefouranswers.Readthepassagescarefullyandchoosethebestanswertoeachofthequestions.Putyourchoiceinthebracketsontheleft.
2、(10points)Text1①InMay1989,spaceshuttle“Atlantis”releasedinouterspacethespaceprobe“Megallan,”whichisnowonher15-monthandone-billion-kilometerflighttoVenus.②Anewphaseinspaceexplorationhasbegun.①TheplanetVenusisonlyslightlysmallerthanEarth;itistheonlyoth
3、erobjectinthesolarsystem,infact,thatevencomesclosetoearth’ssize.②Venushasasimilardensity,soitisprobablymadeofapproximatelythesamestuff,andithasanatmosphere,completewithclouds.③Itisalsotheclosestplanettoearth,andthusthemostsimilarindistancefromthesun.
4、④Inshort,Venusseemstojustifyitslong-heldnicknameof“earth’stwin.”①ThesurfacetemperatureofVenusreachessome900F.②Addedtothatisanatmosphericpressureabout90timesEarth’s:Highoverheadinthecarbondioxide(CO2)thatpassesforairisalayerofclouds,perhaps10to20miles
5、thick,whoselittledropsconsistmostlyofsulfuricacid(H2SO4).③Waterisallbutnonexistent.①Bornwithsomanyfundamentalsimilaritiestoearth,howdidVenusgettobesoradicallydifferent:Itisnotjustanacademicmatter.②Forallitsextremes,Venusisavaluablelaboratoryforresear
6、chersstudyingtheweatherandclimateofearth.③Ithasnoearth’soceans,sotheheattransportandothermechanismsaregreatlysimplified.④Inaddition,theplanetVenustakes243earth-daystoturnonceonitsaxis,soincomingheatfromthesunisaddedanddistributedatamoreleisurely,obse
7、rvablepace.一、词汇1．shuttle n.返汽车(列车，飞机)；航天飞机，航天器2．release v.放出，释放3.probe n.探测4.phase n.阶段5.densityn.密度6.approximatelyad.大概，大约7.stuff n.材料，东西8.passesfor被当成9.sulfuric a.硫的10.acid n.酸性物质，酸11. axis n.轴(线)12.leisurely ad.慢慢地，悠然地 二、长难句1.InM
8、ay1989,spaceshuttle“Atlantis”releasedinouterspacethespaceprobe“Megallan,”whichisnowonher15-monthandone-billion-kilometerflighttoVenus.该句主干为spaceshuttle“Atlantis”released…thespaceprobe“Megallan”，which引导的定语从句做后置定语，修饰先行词thespaceprobe“Megallan”。翻译：1989年5
