2020年高考英語外刊時事命題閱讀理解：美國女孩Alyssa Carson的星際之旅

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“I’mready,saidAlyssaCarson,an19-year-oldAmericangirl.WewereinUniversalIslandsofAdventure,themeparkinOrlando,Florida,standingbeforetheentranceTheIncredibleHulk.’sarollercoasterthataccelerates(加速)upto108kilometersperhourintwosecondsandtravelsupsidedownseventimes.Ihadn’teatenforhours,butAlyssaenjoyingicecream.“Doyouwanttowaituntilyou’vedigestedthat?”Iasked.“No,”sherespondedforcefully.“Let’sgo!”ForAlyssa,afterall,ridingthemostaggressiverollercoastertheparkissuchabigdeal.Ifallgoeswell,NASAwillsendandothersuitablecandidatestoMarsinthe2030s,whichwillmakeheroneofthefirstpeopleeversetfootontheredplanet.Shewillspendtwotothreeyearscolonizing(…建為殖民地)it,growingfood,performingscienceexperiments,andsearchingforsignsoflife.Alyssadecidedtodevoteherentirelifepreparingforthisjourney.Nowanastronaut-in-trainingNASA,Alyssabecameinterestedinspaceafterwatchingacartoontheageofthree.Inoneepisode,fiveanimalfriendshaveanimaginaryadventuretoMars.Atthatmoment,thoughtthisstrangeredplanetlookedsocoolandstartedtodreamofgoingMars.WhensheturnedAlyssa’sfathertookhertoaNASAspacecampinHuntsville,Alabama.Shegottoseealife-sizedrocket.Shegottomasterthebasics(基本知識)ofspacescience.gottomeettheveteran的)astronautSandraMagnuswhoconvincedherthatherloveofspacewasnotjustapassinginterest.Fiveyearslater,AlyssabecamethefirstinhistoryattendallthreeNASAspacecamps.Apartfromtraining,Alyssaalsotravelstodifferentcountriesspeaktoherpeers.Shegetsthemexcitedaboutspaceexplorationandencouragesthemtofollowtheirowndreams.WhenImether,shewasspeaking3,500teenagersaroundtheworldattheInternationalConventionofBBYO,aJewishyouththatfocusesonleadershipsocialaction.“WearetheMarsGeneration,Alyssasaid.“Together,candoanything.Still,sometimeswantstobejustaregularteenager.BBYOrentedUniversalIslandsofAdventuretheSaturdaynightoftheconference.WhenwerodeTheIncredibletogether,satamongstrowsofteenagers.justlikethem,thegirlherlongbrownhairscreamedtheentiretwo-minutelikeanyhavingatthefair.（選自Sciencemag）1.Accordingthearticle,AlyssaCarson______.showedinterestinMarswhenshewasreadingabookaboutspacebegantoreceiveprofessionaltrainingattheageofsevenhadattendedallthreeNASAspacecampsbythetimeshewas12willlikelybesenttoMarsattheageof352.AlyssaCarsontravelstheworldto______.havespacetrainingcoursesmeetotherteenagersraisemoneyforNASA’sMarsprograminspireyoungtokeeptheirowndreamsalive3.WhatCANNOTbeinferredfromarticle?TheIncredibleisanexcitingamusementride.AlyssawillhavemanytaskstocompleteifshelandsMarssuccessfully.Alyssawasforcedtolearnthebasicsofspacesciencebyherfather.Alyssaenjoysridingrollercoasterslikemanyotherpeople.譯文：“我準備好了19歲的美國女孩艾麗莎·卡森說。我們當時站在佛羅里達州奧蘭多市的主題公園環(huán)球冒險島上，正站在《綠巨人》入口之前。這是一款過山車，可在兩秒鐘內加速達到108公里七次幾個小時沒吃東西了卻在享用冰淇淋?！澳氲鹊较陠幔俊蔽覇??！安坏鼗卮稹！拔覀冏甙?！”畢竟，對于而，乘坐公園里最具侵略性的過山車并不是一件大事。如果一切順利，美國宇航局將在2030年代將她和其他合適的候選人送往火星，這將使她成為有史以來最早踏上這顆紅色星球的人之一。她將花兩到三年的時間對其進行定殖，種植食物，進行科學實驗并尋找生命的跡象。阿麗莎決定畢生致力于這一旅程。如今，阿莉莎現在是美國國家航空航天局的一名宇航員，在三歲的時候看了一部卡通漫畫后就對太空產生了興趣。在一個情節(jié)中，五個動物朋友對火星進行了一次虛構的冒險。那一刻，她以為這顆奇怪的紅色星球看起來如此酷，她開始夢想去火星。當她七歲的時候，阿麗莎的父親帶她去了阿拉巴馬州亨茨維爾的太空營。她得看一架真人大小的火箭。她掌握了空間科學的基礎知識。她遇到了資深的宇航員桑德拉·馬格努斯，后者說服了她，對太空的熱愛不僅是一種短暫的興趣。五年后，阿麗莎成為歷史上第一個參加所有三個NASA太空營地的人。除培訓外，Alyssa前往其他國家與同齡人交談。她使他們對太空探索感到興奮，并鼓勵他們遵循自己的夢想。當我遇到她時，她正在國際大會上與來自世界各地的3500名青少年交談是個致力于領導力和社會行為的猶太青年團體?！拔覀兪腔鹦且淮卑Ⅺ惿f?！拔覀冊谝黄鹂梢宰鋈魏问虑??！北M管如此，有時Alyssa還是想成為一名普通的少年。在會議的星期六晚上，BBYO出租了環(huán)球冒險島。當我們一起騎著《綠巨人》時，我們坐在成排的少年中間。就像他們一樣，有著長長的棕色頭發(fā)的女孩在整個兩分鐘的行程中尖叫著，就像任何在博覽會上玩耍的孩子一樣。背景信息：NASAwasestablishedin1958,succeedingtheNationalAdvisoryCommitteeforAeronautics(NACA).Thenewagencytohaveadistinctlycivilianorientation,encouragingpeacefulapplicationsinspacescience.Sinceitsestablishment,mostUSspaceexplorationeffortshavebeenledbyNASA,includingtheApolloMoonlandingmissions,Skylabspacestation,andlatertheSpaceShuttle.NASAissupportingtheInternationalSpaceStationandisoverseeingthedevelopmentoftheOrionMulti-PurposeCrewVehicle,theSpaceLaunchSystemandCommercialCrewvehicles.TheagencyalsoresponsiblefortheLaunchServicesProgramwhichprovidesoversightoflaunchoperationsandcountdownmanagementforuncrewedNASAlaunches.NASA成立于1958年，是國家航空咨詢委員會的繼任者。新構將以平民為導向，鼓勵和平應用在空間科學中。自成立以來，大多數美國太空探索工作都是由NASA領導的，包括阿波羅登月任務間站以及后來的航天飛機。國國家航空航天局NASA）支持國際空間站，并監(jiān)督“獵戶座”多功能乘員飛行器，空間發(fā)射系統和商用乘員飛行器的開發(fā)。機構還負責“發(fā)射服務計劃”未執(zhí)行的NASA發(fā)射進行發(fā)射操作監(jiān)督和倒計時管理。單詞：1.digestv.tochangefoodthatyouhavejusteatenintosubstancesyourbodycan化（食物）2.candidaten.sb.whoisbeingconsideredforajoboriscompetinginanelection候選人3.devotev.(~oneselftosb./sth.)touseallormostofyourtime,effect,etc.ordertodosth.orhelpsb.把……奉獻給→devotion奉獻4.convincev.(~sb.ofsth.)tomakesb.feelcertainth