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    Women walk in space

There will soon be a “giant leap” for womankind in space. If all goes according to plan, two female NASA astronauts will take a spacewalk on March 29. This will be the first all-female spacewalk in history.

Pilot Anne McClain, A US Army major(陆*少校), and electrical engineer Christina Koch will walk outside the International Space Station(ISS). Their mission is to replace batteries that were installed on the ISS last summer. NASA estimates (估计) that their walk will last about seven hours.

Working in space can be quite dangerous. It is typically believed that male astronauts are more suited to space missions. Women are more likely to work at ground control or do research.

According to NASA, fewer than 11 percent of the more than 500 people who have been into space have been female. During the 213 spacewalks that have taken place at the ISS since 1998. the astronaut teams doing the walks have either been all-male or male-female.

McClain and Koch’s spacewalk is definitely a big step for women. "It resonates(产生共鸣) with women around the agency that we are at this point, " NASA spokeswoman Stephanie Schierholz told the Guardian.

More women around the world are becoming astronauts. Women have certain advantages when it comes to working in space. They tend to be smaller, which means they take up less room and need less oxygen and food than men, Forbes said.

Also, woman are less likely to have heart attacks and are less sensitive to heat, cold, pain and noise. Studies have also shown that women deal with loneliness better than men, Forbes said.

Female astronauts making milestones(里程碑)

Valentina Tereshkova from the Soviet Union became the first woman to go into space in 1963——just two years after the first man.

In 1984, Svetlana Savitskaya from the Soviet Union was the first woman to walk in space

Liu Yang became the first female astronaut from China to go into space in 2012.

42．What does the "giant leap"in the first paragraph refer to?

A．NASA will send two female astronauts into space

B．A team of all-female astronauts will take a spacewalk

C．Female astronauts will replace batteries on the ISS

D．NASA astronauts will set a record of the longest spacewalk.

43．According to NASA, how many women have gone into space?

A．About 22               B．Around 55              C．About 213              D．More than 500

44．According to Forbes, women may be better able to work in space because  ________ .

A．they are more willing than men to become astronaut     B．they work well with others

C．they do not get sick easily                           D．they have certain physical advantages

45．What do we know from the story?

A．The two astronauts will arrive at the ISS on March 29

B．It is more dangerous for women to work in space

C．Female astronauts have taken spacewalks before.

D．Women started to take spacewalks in 1998

【回答】

42．B

43．B

44．D

45．C

【分析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了两位女*宇航员将在太空行走，这将是历史上第一次全部女*组成的太空行走，将会是女*太空历史上的一次巨大的飞跃，而且，女*在太空中工作占有一定的身体优势。

42．细节理解题。根据“There will soon …all-female spacewalk in history.”可知，两位女*宇航员将在太空行走，这将是历史上第一次全部女*组成的太空行走，将会是女*太空历史上的一次巨大的飞跃。故选B。

43．推理判断题。根据“fewer than 11 percent of the more than 500 people who have been into space have been female”可知，在进过太空的500多人中，少于11%的人是女*，推算一下能得出，大概只有55人是女*。故选B。

44．推理判断题。根据“Women have certain advantages… than men, Forbes said.”以及“Also, woman are less likely to … better than men, Forbes said”女人有一定的优势，因为她们身材更小巧，意味着占据空间更少，比男人需要更少的氧气和食物，更少的心脏病发病率，对冷热痛苦和噪音的感知更迟钝，所以综合起来看，女人在身体上更有优势。故选D。

45．细节理解题。根据“two female NASA astronauts will take a spacewalk on March 29”可知，两位女*宇航员将在3月29日进行太空行走，未说明将在那天到达*空间站，A错误；根据福布斯说的话可知，女人在某些方面其实比男人更占据优势，所以不存在会更危险的说法，B错误；根据“Valentina Tereshkova from … go into space in 2012”可知，1963年、1984年以及2012年都曾有女*宇航员进行过太空行走，所以女*曾经进行过太空行走，C正确；根据“Valentina Tereshkova … space in 1963”可知，第一个女*宇航员飞上太空是在1963年，不是在1998年，D错误。故选C。

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