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【题目】 Which is sillier: denying we ever went to the moon or trying to convince the true non-believers?

Once upon a time—July 20, 1969, to be exact—two men got out of their little spaceship and wandered around on the moon for a while. Ten more men walked on the moon over the next three and a half years.

Unfortunately, not quite. A fair number of Americans think that this whole business of moon landings really is fairy tale. They believe that the landings were a big hoax (骗局) staged in the Mojave Desert, to convince everyone that U.S. technology was the “best” in the whole wide world.

Which is the harder thing to do: Send men to the moon or make believe we did? The fact is that the physics behind sending people to the moon is simple. You can do it with computer whose entire memory capacities can now fit on chips the size of postage stamps and that cost about as much as, well, a postage stamp, I know you can because we did.

However, last fall NASA considered spending $15,000 on a public-relations campaign to convince the unimpressed that Americans had in fact gone to the moon. That idea was mostly a reaction to a Fox television program, first broadcast in February 2001, that claimed to expose the hoax. The show’s creator is a publicity hound (猎狗) who has lived up to the name in more ways than one by hounding Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon. Mr. X (as I will call him, thereby denying him the joyous sight of his name in prim) recently followed Buzz Aldrin around and called him “a thief, liar and coward” until the 72-year-old astronaut finally lost it and hit the 37-year-old Mr. X in the face.

Anyway, NASA’s publicity campaign began to slow down. The non-believers took the campaign as NASA’s effort to hide something while the believers said that $15,000 to convince people that the world was round—I mean, that we had gone to the moon—was simply a waste of money, (Actually, the $15,000 was supposed to pay for an article by James E. Oberg, an astronomy writer who, with Aldrin,has contributed to Scientific American.)

If NASA’s not paying Oberg, perhaps it could put the money to good use by hiring two big guys to drag Neil Armstrong out of the house. Armstrong is an extremely private man, but he is also the first man on the moon, So maybe he has a duty to be a bit more outspoken about the experience. Or NASA could just buy Aldrin a commemorate plaque (纪念匾) for his recent touch on the face of Mr. X.

1We can learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that some Americans believe __________.

A.moon landings were inventedB.U.S. technology was the best

C.moon landing ended successfullyD.the Mojave Desert was the launching base

2According to the writer, which of the following is responsible for the story about the hoax?

A.NASA’s publicity campaign.B.The Fox television program.

C.Buzz Aldrin.D.James E. Oberg.

3The tone of the article is __________.

A.angryB.happyC.humorousD.matter-of-fact

【答案】

1A

2B

3C

【解析】

文章大意:本文讲述的是一部分美国人怀疑登陆月球的真实性,NASA为了证明登陆月球的真实性,做出了一些反应和回馈。

1推理判断题。第二段提到自从那几个人登月后,再也没有了下文;第三段则直言有人认为这是一场大骗局。由此可推断一些美国人认为登月是捏造出来的。故答案为A

2细节理解题。根据文章第四段2,3行“That idea was mostly a reaction to a Fox television program, first aired in February 2001, that claimed to expose the hoax.”可知正是Fox这个电视节目上声称要揭露这个谎言。故答案为B

3推理判断题。本文的写作笔调在最后一段体现得最为明显,结合本段中的动词drag以及最后一句的内容可知本文风格“幽默”。故答案为C

本文是美国当年的登月活动是否是一场精心策划的骗局?针对一些人的质疑,美国航空航天局开始了一场行动,旨在确认事实。作者对此不屑一顾,认为是小题大做,毫无必要。本文主旨鲜明,很容易在文中找到答案。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句,因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读任务。例如,第3小题,文章结构题。本文的写作笔调在最后一段体现得最为明显,结合本段中的动词drag以及最后一句的内容可知本文风格“幽默”。故答案为C

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