Question

In 1901, H.G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explorers (探脸者) landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed their surprise to the “moon people” they met. In turn, the “moon people” expressed their surprise. “Why,” they asked, “are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”

    H.G. Wells could only imagine travel to the moon. In1969, human being really did land on the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.

    Underground systems are already in place.  Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities, such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The “Chunnel”, a tunnel (隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete.

    But what about underground cities? Japan’s Taisei Corpotation is designing a network of underground systems, called “Alice Cities”. The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome (太阳能穹顶) would cover the whole city.

    Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space. The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness. H.G. Wells’“moon people” would agree. Would you?

1.The explorers in H. G. Wells’ story were surprised to find that the “moon people”

A．knew so much about the earth

B．understood their language

C．lived in so many underground cities

D．were ahead of them in space technology

2.What does the underlined word “it” (Paragraph 2) refer to?

A．Discovering the moon’s inner space.

B．Using the earth’s inner space.

C．Meeting the “moon people”.

D．Traveling to outer space.

3.What sort of underground systems are already here with us?

A．Offices, shopping areas, power stations.

B．Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas.

C．Gardeners, car parks, power stations.

D．Tunnels, gardens, offices.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A．Alice—Cities of the Future.

B．Space Travel with H. G. Wells.

C．Enjoy Living Underground.

D．Building Down, Not Up.

 

Answer 1

答案：C;B;B;D
解析：

1．本文主题涉及“地下开发”，看似旧话重提，读来却让人耳目一新：开头段结尾处由科幻作品中 moon people的一番发问引出短文主旨：“Why are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”阅读中需要发挥一定想像力，才能帮助我们把握文义，顺利答题。 解答本题时，可从开头段中the explorers登上月球后的发现找出线索：...they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities，也就是：本题题干与选项C结合而成的说法：The explorers...to find that the“moon people” lived in so many underground cities。 2.从四个平行设计的选项(均为动名词短语)看，it此处指某一行为，所在句上文中有the question(=开头段结尾the“moon people”所问的问题——“Why are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”)；注意此句重心在后，强调的是：...you don’t even use your inner space，也即选项B所说的Using the earth’s inner space。 it所在的第二段中仍在谈论：People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon．请留心本文中 underground...与inner space之间的转换关系。 同时也可以从短文it之前的短语动词词义推断：thinking about(=considering)，其后应接“a／the question”，然后找到上面那个月球人的问题。 3.本题涉及与短文主题相关的细节：根据题干中的关键词underground systems(are already here with us)得知，本题问及现已存在的地下设施。通过跳读迅速将搜索范围缩小到第三段，其主题句即为Underground systems are already in place，然后列出这些systems的名称： car parks，large underground shopping areas，a tunnel  ；再与选项对照，可以确定答案为B，只是文、题中的排列顺序略有不同而已。 4.对短文标题的选择取决于对全文中心主旨的把握。短文开头explorers与moon people之间的对话中即已点明use inner space，也就是build down这一主题；结尾段中则更为明确地将全文主题(underground development)解释为building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space，由此可以确定本题答案为D。 其余三个选项中，C项因为涉及“1iving underground”，可以构成干扰。但经过比较对照，不难发现，D项范畴可以涵盖它，而且更加贴切：building down包含了living underground，可是结尾段中所说的the surface can be used for farms，parks，gardens...应该也属于人类生存活动(1iving)场所的一部分。看来，C项并不能最好地代表本文中心大意。 此外，build down和build up还都表示着一种发展趋势，与(underground)development的口气一致，需要仔细品味比较这些词语之间的细微差别与关联，才能作出最佳选择。

提示：