On May 17, 2009, according to the plan, Mike Good and I would take a space walk to the Hubble Space Telescope to repair an instrument. The power supply on this instrument had failed, so it could no longer be used. I would be the person doing the repair and Mike my assistant.
Working in space is more difficult than you can imagine. As there is no gravity, you can't stand and any slight push can result in tragedy -you can be pushed into space, never be back.
We got to the telescope. Before we could replace the power supply, we would have to remove from the telescope a handrail fixed with four screws. Having taken out the first three, I found the fourth stripped. I realized that the handrail would not come off, which meant we could no longer be able to replace the power supply and repair that instrument, which meant scientists could no longer look at the universe and find life on other planets.
I tried all kinds of things, and nothing worked. Then Houston, the control centre on the earth, called up and told me to use the tape to tape the bottom of the handrail and pull it off the telescope. They said it was going to take about 27 kilograms of force for me to do that.
I knew what it meant: The handrail could be completely pulled off and the safety tether might break, and I might therefore be pushed into space.
Mike was next to me in his space suit but he could not take over my role. I turned and looked into the cabin where my five crewmates were, and nobody in there had a space suit on. However, I knew they were all looking at me. "Come on Mass, we are all behind you." The telescope must be repaired.
"Bam!" The handrail came right off. The rest of the walk went well. We finally got the new power supply in. They tried it; turned it on from the ground. The instrument came back to life.
At the edge of darkness, after about eight hours, I turned around and saw the Earth from our altitude at Hubble, 568 kilometers up. I saw the huge round pure blue globe home planet. It's the most beautiful, magnificent thing I’ve ever seen. It's like looking into heaven. It's paradise.
1.According to the passage, space walk can be very ______.
A. interesting
B. dangerous
C. comfortable
D. harmful
2.Mass had difficulty in______ when repairing the instrument.
A. fixing the screws
B. getting to the telescope
C. taking off the handrail
D. finding the new power supply
3.Why did Mass look into the cabin where his five crewmates were?
A. To see whether they could help.
B. To find out what they were doing.
C. To ask them to send him a new tool.
D. Let them know what had happened
4.What does Mass want to tell us by writing "At the edge of darkness"? (请用约40词回答)
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小词典
assistant n. 助手 blood vessel n. 血管 complication n. 并发症
entrance n. 人口 force n. 力 gravity n. 重力
handrail n. 栏杆 metabolic disorder 代谢素乱 screw n. 螺丝钉
stare v. 注视 telescope n. 望远镜 vision loss 视力衰退
九年级英语多任务混合问题中等难度题
On May 17, 2009, according to the plan, Mike Good and I would take a space walk to the Hubble Space Telescope to repair an instrument. The power supply on this instrument had failed, so it could no longer be used. I would be the person doing the repair and Mike my assistant.
Working in space is more difficult than you can imagine. As there is no gravity, you can't stand and any slight push can result in tragedy -you can be pushed into space, never be back.
We got to the telescope. Before we could replace the power supply, we would have to remove from the telescope a handrail fixed with four screws. Having taken out the first three, I found the fourth stripped. I realized that the handrail would not come off, which meant we could no longer be able to replace the power supply and repair that instrument, which meant scientists could no longer look at the universe and find life on other planets.
I tried all kinds of things, and nothing worked. Then Houston, the control centre on the earth, called up and told me to use the tape to tape the bottom of the handrail and pull it off the telescope. They said it was going to take about 27 kilograms of force for me to do that.
I knew what it meant: The handrail could be completely pulled off and the safety tether might break, and I might therefore be pushed into space.
Mike was next to me in his space suit but he could not take over my role. I turned and looked into the cabin where my five crewmates were, and nobody in there had a space suit on. However, I knew they were all looking at me. "Come on Mass, we are all behind you." The telescope must be repaired.
"Bam!" The handrail came right off. The rest of the walk went well. We finally got the new power supply in. They tried it; turned it on from the ground. The instrument came back to life.
At the edge of darkness, after about eight hours, I turned around and saw the Earth from our altitude at Hubble, 568 kilometers up. I saw the huge round pure blue globe home planet. It's the most beautiful, magnificent thing I’ve ever seen. It's like looking into heaven. It's paradise.
1.According to the passage, space walk can be very ______.
A. interesting
B. dangerous
C. comfortable
D. harmful
2.Mass had difficulty in______ when repairing the instrument.
A. fixing the screws
B. getting to the telescope
C. taking off the handrail
D. finding the new power supply
3.Why did Mass look into the cabin where his five crewmates were?
A. To see whether they could help.
B. To find out what they were doing.
C. To ask them to send him a new tool.
D. Let them know what had happened
4.What does Mass want to tell us by writing "At the edge of darkness"? (请用约40词回答)
___________________________________________________________________________
小词典
assistant n. 助手 blood vessel n. 血管 complication n. 并发症
entrance n. 人口 force n. 力 gravity n. 重力
handrail n. 栏杆 metabolic disorder 代谢素乱 screw n. 螺丝钉
stare v. 注视 telescope n. 望远镜 vision loss 视力衰退
九年级英语多任务混合问题中等难度题查看答案及解析
Mike and I planned to meet at 8:00 at the school gate, but he didn’t _______ until 8:30.
A. turn up B. stay up
C. give up D. grow up
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
| good，homework，study，and，party，flower，listen |
M: What are your plans for the weekend, Gina?
W: On Saturday morning, I’m going to check my email and then do my 1.. In the afternoon, I need to go to a piano lesson. How about you?
M: Well, I plan to buy some 2. for my mom’s birthday on Saturday afternoon.
W: There will be a 3. at a friend’s home on Saturday evening. We’re going to 4. to some music. Would you like to come?
M: Yes, that’s a 5. idea.
W: Are you doing anything special on Sunday?
M: No. I just want to stay at home and 6. for my test. And you?
W: I’ll meet Linda and Tony at 9:00 am in the park, 7. we’re going to have a picnic there. Join us, will you?
M: Sure, I’d love to!
九年级英语选词填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
— You had a good score in the test. I wonder .
—Well, I made plans and keep on following them every day.
A.how you did it B.what your score was C.when you did it
九年级英语单选题简单题查看答案及解析
Baby Showers and Babies’ Names
When the news of the expected baby is known, someone may plan to give a baby shower. Although this type of shower is held ____1.____ often than it used to be, it is a happy time.
There should be only one baby shower, not several, and it should not be planned _____2.___ one month before the expected date. Traditionally the baby shower was held by close ____3.____ and relatives at lunch or during the afternoon on a weekday. __4._____ so many women work today, more and more showers are on weekends. Usually they are held only for the __5.____ baby.
When a baby shower is held, guests always bring gifts with them. Gifts do not need to be expensive, but should be ___6._____ useful. If people give a friend a nice baby shower gift, they do not have to send ___7.___ gift at the time of the baby’s birth.
Besides a baby shower, choosing a baby’s name is also very important. Usually long before the baby is born, its name has been ____8._____, argued over, changed, argued over again, and finally agreed ___9.___. For Americans, naming a boy after his father or a girl after her mother is an honorable thing. Of course,the boy or the girl also ___10.____ a nickname that is different from the parents’. Giving the child a different middle name can help to avoid this problem, too.
九年级英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析
—What do you plan to do on the May Day holiday?
—I have no idea．Probably，I will spend it by doing many papers．
A．three day’s B．three days
C．three-days D．three-day
九年级英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
---What do you plan to do on the _________ May Day holiday?
---I have no idea. Probably, I will spend it by doing many papers.
A. three-day B. three-days
C. three days D. three day’s
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
—What do you plan to do on the ___________ May Day holiday?
—I have no idea. Probably, I will spend it by doing many papers.
A．three-day B．three-days C．three days D．three day’s
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
People ______ drive after drinking wine or beer according to the new laws．
A．couldn’t B．needn’t
C．wouldn’t D．mustn’t
九年级英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
—What do you plan to do on the _______________ May Day holiday?
—I have no idea．Probably，I will spend it by doing many papers．
A．three day’s B．three days
C．three-days D．three-day
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析