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1、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.(10points)Text1①I
2、nMay1989,spaceshuttle“Atlantis”releasedinouterspacethespaceprobe“Megallan,”whichisnowonher15-monthandone-billion-kilometerflighttoVenus.②Anewphaseinspaceexplorationhasbegun.①TheplanetVenusisonlyslightlysmallerthanEarth;itistheonlyotherobjectinthesolarsystem,i
3、nfact,thatevencomesclosetoearth’ssize.②Venushasasimilardensity,soitisprobablymadeofapproximatelythesamestuff,andithasanatmosphere,completewithclouds.③Itisalsotheclosestplanettoearth,andthusthemostsimilarindistancefromthesun.④Inshort,Venusseemstojustifyitslong
4、-heldnicknameof“earth’stwin.”①ThesurfacetemperatureofVenusreachessome900F.②Addedtothatisanatmosphericpressureabout90timesEarth’s:Highoverheadinthecarbondioxide(CO2)thatpassesforairisalayerofclouds,perhaps10to20milesthick,whoselittledropsconsistmostlyofsulfuri
5、cacid(H2SO4).③Waterisallbutnonexistent.①Bornwithsomanyfundamentalsimilaritiestoearth,howdidVenusgettobesoradicallydifferent:Itisnotjustanacademicmatter.②Forallitsextremes,Venusisavaluablelaboratoryforresearchersstudyingtheweatherandclimateofearth.③Ithasnoeart
6、h’soceans,sotheheattransportandothermechanismsaregreatlysimplified.④Inaddition,theplanetVenustakes243earth-daystoturnonceonitsaxis,soincomingheatfromthesunisaddedanddistributedatamoreleisurely,observablepace.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,
7、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.InMay1989,spaceshuttle“Atlantis”releasedinouterspacethespaceprobe“Megallan
8、,”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月,“亚特兰蒂斯