2020年高考英語外刊時(shí)事命題閱讀理解：美國(guó)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(shí))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(zhǔn)備好了19歲的美國(guó)女孩艾麗莎·卡森說。我們當(dāng)時(shí)站在佛羅里達(dá)州奧蘭多市的主題公園環(huán)球冒險(xiǎn)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(nèi)加速達(dá)到108公里七次幾個(gè)小時(shí)沒吃東西了卻在享用冰淇淋?！澳氲鹊较陠?？”我問。“不地回答?！拔覀冏甙?！”畢竟，對(duì)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(guó)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(shí)間對(duì)其進(jìn)行定殖，種植食物，進(jìn)行科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)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(xiàn)在是美國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局的一名宇航員，在三歲的時(shí)候看了一部卡通漫畫后就對(duì)太空產(chǎn)生了興趣。在一個(gè)情節(jié)中，五個(gè)動(dòng)物朋友對(duì)火星進(jìn)行了一次虛構(gòu)的冒險(xiǎn)。那一刻，她以為這顆奇怪的紅色星球看起來如此酷，她開始?jí)粝肴セ鹦?。?dāng)她七歲的時(shí)候，阿麗莎的父親帶她去了阿拉巴馬州亨茨維爾的太空營(yíng)。她得看一架真人大小的火箭。她掌握了空間科學(xué)的基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)。她遇到了資深的宇航員桑德拉·馬格努斯，后者說服了她，對(duì)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(gè)參加所有三個(gè)NASA太空營(yíng)地的人。除培訓(xùn)外，Alyssa前往其他國(guó)家與同齡人交談。她使他們對(duì)太空探索感到興奮，并鼓勵(lì)他們遵循自己的夢(mèng)想。當(dāng)我遇到她時(shí)，她正在國(guó)際大會(huì)上與來自世界各地的3500名青少年交談是個(gè)致力于領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力和社會(huì)行為的猶太青年團(tuán)體?！拔覀兪腔鹦且淮?，”阿麗莎說。“我們?cè)谝黄鹂梢宰鋈魏问虑??！北M管如此，有時(shí)Alyssa還是想成為一名普通的少年。在會(huì)議的星期六晚上，BBYO出租了環(huán)球冒險(xiǎn)島。當(dāng)我們一起騎著《綠巨人》時(shí)，我們坐在成排的少年中間。就像他們一樣，有著長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的棕色頭發(fā)的女孩在整個(gè)兩分鐘的行程中尖叫著，就像任何在博覽會(huì)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(guó)家航空咨詢委員會(huì)的繼任者。新構(gòu)將以平民為導(dǎo)向，鼓勵(lì)和平應(yīng)用在空間科學(xué)中。自成立以來，大多數(shù)美國(guó)太空探索工作都是由NASA領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的，包括阿波羅登月任務(wù)間站以及后來的航天飛機(jī)。國(guó)國(guó)家航空航天局NASA）支持國(guó)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(tǒng)和商用乘員飛行器的開發(fā)。機(jī)構(gòu)還負(fù)責(zé)“發(fā)射服務(wù)計(jì)劃”未執(zhí)行的NASA發(fā)射進(jìn)行發(fā)射操作監(jiān)督和倒計(jì)時(shí)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(xiàn)給→devotion奉獻(xiàn)4.convincev.(~sb.ofsth.)tomakesb.feelcerta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