2014届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解创优专练3Passage1BEIJING，Feb.28，2008（Xinhua）-Chinaplanstocarryoutitsfirstspacewalkinsecondhalfoftheyear，anofficialofthenation'smannedspaceprogramsaidhereonThursday.TheShenshouⅦspacecraftwillbelaunchedfromtheJiuquanSatelliteLaunchCenterinthenorthwesternprovinceofGansulateintheyearandtheastronautswillleavetheirspaceshipforthefirsttime,theofficialtoldXinhuaComparedwiththeprevioustwomannedspaceflights，theupcomingShenzhouⅦspacemissionismorecomplex.Besidesthespacewalk，thecrewisalsoexpectedtoperformextra-vehicularworksuchasfixingandtighteningequipment.Thespaceshipwillalsoreleaseasmallinspectionsatellite，whichkeepsaneyeonitsownperformance.Chinamaylivebroadcastthefirsteverspacewalk.“TheShenzhouⅦspaceshipisabletolive-broadcastthewalk，butithasnotbeendecidedwhetherthespacewalkwillbebroadcastinaliveorrecordedversion.”theofficialtoldXinhua.Breakthroughshavebeenmadeinsignificanttechniquesrelatedtothespacewalk.Researchintothedevelopmentofspaceshipandrocketshasbeengoingsmoothly，andastronautshaveundertakenextensivetraining，accordingtotheofficial.“TheShenzhouⅦmissionwillstartthesecondphaseofChina'sthree-stagespaceprogram”saidtheofficial.Inthesecondstage，Chinaplansfurtherbreakthroughsinmannedspaceflight，suchasspacewalks.Inthisphase，Chinawillputintoorbitaspacelaboratorystaffedbyhumansforshortperiodsandcreateafully-equippedspaceengineeringsystem.Inthethirdstage，ChinawillbuildapermanentspacestationandaspaceengineeringsystemAstronautsandscientistswilltravelbetweentheEarthandthespacestationtoconductlarge-scaleexperiments.56.Thenewsmainlytellsitsreadersthat_______A.ChinaintendstoconductaspacewalkforthefirsttimeB.ChinaplanstolaunchherthirdmannedspaceflightC.Chinatriestolivebroadcastherfirst-timespacewalk1D.Chinapreparestostartherthird-stagespaceprogram57.WhatisincludedinthesecondstageofChina'sthree-stagespaceprogram?A.Creatinganever-lastingspacestationforastronautsB.Placingaman-staffedlabintoorbitforlongperiods.C.Carryingoutlarge-scaleexperimentsinlaboratories.D.Settingupafully-equippedspaceengineeringSystem.58.ItcanbelearnedfromthepassagethatA.importanttechniqueaboutspacewalkremainsuncertaininspiteofresearches.B.spacewalkistheonlyfactorthatleadstoShenzbouⅦmission'scomplexity.C.duetoShenzhouⅦ'sinability，it'suncertainhowtobroadcastthespacewalk.D.ourcountryisgettingalongquitewellwithdevelopingspaceshipandrockets59.What'sthemainfunctionoftheinspectionsatellite?A.TokeepaneyeontheShenzhouⅦ'sperformanceB.Tokeepwatchontheweatherchanges.C.TobroadcasttheTVprogrammers.D.Toworkasadetectorforthespaceflight.60.WhichofthefollowingtasksisNOTtobeperformedbytheShenzbouⅦ？A.Carryingoutaspacewalk.B.Performingsomerepairwork.C.Releasingasmallinspectionsatellite.D.Buildingapermanentspacestationandaspaceengineeringsystem.参考答案61.B62.B63.D64.CPassage2Writingbeinglargelyaself-taughtoccupation,textsonhowtogetaboutit-thoughgreatinnumber-seldomareofmuchuse.Youtry,andfail.Thentryagain.Untilatlast,ifyouhavesomegiftforit,thefailuresbecomelessfrequent,oratanyratelessapparantly.Itisthisabilitytocoverupone’sdefectsthatisfinallyregardedas2accomplishmentorachievement.Alongthewaytherearethediscouragementsofunkindcriticism,outrightrejection,troublesomeinsecurityandirregularinabilitytomeetdebts.Itisuncommon,therefore,tocomeacrossabookcontainingadviceofmuchpracticalvaluefora...
