在职申硕英语习题练习
| 在职申硕英语考试易错题（2019/6/19） |
| 第1题：The number of permanent crew on the International Space Station will be increased, and possibly doubled, from 2006 by providing it with an extra "lifeboat". The move, announced in Japan last week by the ISS partner nations, means the space station crew will at last be able to do useful scientific research. The number of crew on the ISS has been limited to three by the capacity of the Russian Soyuz capsules that would return them toEarth in an emergency.But running the ISS requires the full-time attention of more than two crew members, leaving just half the time of one of the crew free for research. This is woefully inadequate, and a NASA-commissioned report concluded in July that no meaningful research is possible with a three-person crew. NASA、originally planned to replace the Soyuz rescue capsule with a seven-person "crew return vehicle", which would have allowed the ISS to carry a significantly larger permanent crew.But faced with a $ 5 billion budget overrun, the agency cancelled the project last year. Then last month NASA、announced plans for an orbital spaceplane as a successor to the ageing fleet of space shuttles. This could double as a rescue vehicle for at least six people, but it will not be ready until 2010. Waiting for the spaceplane could be a big problem as Soyuz capsules have only a six-month lifespan and the Russian agreement to supply them expires in 2006. This could leave a four-year gap with no guaranteed rescue vehicle for the ISS, and hence no crew. Russia has already warned that cash shortages could force it to stop making the capsules. If the cash can be raised, however, the new plan is to permanently station two Soyuz capsules at the ISS, raising the rescue capacity to six. The ISS’s Russian-built modules have three ports where Soyuz can dock, one of which is usually used for uncrewed cargo modules. The biggest problem from now to the year 2010 for the ISS lies in that ______.A．Soyuz capsules are not safe enough B．the ISS will have a 4-year crewless gap C．more money is needed to maintain the normal operation D．the ISS partner nations can’t reach agreement during this period |
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| 第2题：A: Hello, many happy returns] B: ______ A．The same to you, too. B．Thank you. C．I am sure I will be happy to come back. D．Oh, I'm so glad to see you again. |
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| 第3题：Brazil has become one of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth—but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates,Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at HarvarD、 Brazil’s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, andBrazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries. Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (通俗电视连续剧) and instalment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s.Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate.Brazil is one of the world’s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo,Brazil’s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities. "Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working," says Martine. "They sent this image to all parts ofBrazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behavior and other values, which were put into a very attractive package. " Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. "This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction. " says Martine. According to the passage, many Third World countries______.A．haven’t attached much importance to birth control B．would soon joinBrazil in controlling their birth rate C．haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population D．neglected the role of TV plays in family planning |
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| 第5题： Initial reports were that multiple waves of warplanes bombed central Baghdad, hitting oil refineries and the airport. A．beating B．knocking C．hurting D．striking |
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