Is it your dream to fly and to work in space? Do you want to be a NASA astronaut? Like many jobs, the first thing would be to fill out the application. A record-breaking 18,300 people filled out applications recently when NASA announced it was filling its 2017 Astronaut Candidate program. But out of those 18.300 applicants, just eight to 14 will be hired by the U.S. space agency.
It will take 18 months to decide who will be in the new class of astronauts. NASA will review all of the files, which will later go to its current team of astronauts, to make sure they meet the basic qualifications.
The first requirement is the applicants must be U.S. citizens. They need a college degree in engineering, biological science, physical science, computer science, or mathematics. They also need at least three years of experience in a similar field or at least 1,000 hours as a jet airline pilot.
There are requirements to pass a physical test. And then there are personality qualities tests as well. What kinds of personalities is NASA looking for in an astronaut? NASA’s Selection Manager Anne Roemer said, “I think leadership , teamwork, the ability to not only work on a team, lead a team, but also follow, be a follower on a team. Communication certainly plays a role, so it’s some pretty common skills that I think translate into even other professions.”
About 120 applicants will be invited to the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, for a first round of interviews, about half of whom will go back for a second round. Once selected, they must complete two years of training in everything about spaceflight-things like learning about all the systems used by NASA, walking in space and Russian language training. Until the U.S. has a working vehicle to launch into space, NASA still depends on Russia to get astronauts into space.
1.What is the percentage of employment among the applicants?
A. About half of them B. About 8 to 14
C. About 120 applicants D. Less than 0.08 percent
2.Which do you think is the most important personality quality according to NASA’S Selection Manager?
A. Devotion B. Team spirit
C. Communication D. Perseverance
3.Which is NOT the basic requirement the applicants have to meet?
A. A college degree in required areas.
B. Related experience.
C. Speaking Russian fluently.
D. Passing physical and personality tests.
4.Which may be the best title for the passage?
A. What is takes to be an astronaut?
B. What an astronaut should train in?
C. NASA welcome its most applicants ever.
D. NASA 2017 Astronaut Candidate program.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Is it your dream to fly and to work in space? Do you want to be a NASA astronaut? Like many jobs, the first thing would be to fill out the application. A record-breaking 18,300 people filled out applications recently when NASA announced it was filling its 2017 Astronaut Candidate program. But out of those 18.300 applicants, just eight to 14 will be hired by the U.S. space agency.
It will take 18 months to decide who will be in the new class of astronauts. NASA will review all of the files, which will later go to its current team of astronauts, to make sure they meet the basic qualifications.
The first requirement is the applicants must be U.S. citizens. They need a college degree in engineering, biological science, physical science, computer science, or mathematics. They also need at least three years of experience in a similar field or at least 1,000 hours as a jet airline pilot.
There are requirements to pass a physical test. And then there are personality qualities tests as well. What kinds of personalities is NASA looking for in an astronaut? NASA’s Selection Manager Anne Roemer said, “I think leadership , teamwork, the ability to not only work on a team, lead a team, but also follow, be a follower on a team. Communication certainly plays a role, so it’s some pretty common skills that I think translate into even other professions.”
About 120 applicants will be invited to the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, for a first round of interviews, about half of whom will go back for a second round. Once selected, they must complete two years of training in everything about spaceflight-things like learning about all the systems used by NASA, walking in space and Russian language training. Until the U.S. has a working vehicle to launch into space, NASA still depends on Russia to get astronauts into space.
1.What is the percentage of employment among the applicants?
A. About half of them B. About 8 to 14
C. About 120 applicants D. Less than 0.08 percent
2.Which do you think is the most important personality quality according to NASA’S Selection Manager?
A. Devotion B. Team spirit
C. Communication D. Perseverance
3.Which is NOT the basic requirement the applicants have to meet?
A. A college degree in required areas.
B. Related experience.
C. Speaking Russian fluently.
D. Passing physical and personality tests.
4.Which may be the best title for the passage?
A. What is takes to be an astronaut?
B. What an astronaut should train in?
C. NASA welcome its most applicants ever.
D. NASA 2017 Astronaut Candidate program.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
You've decided your child is spoiled(宠坏的),and you want to do something about it. Is it too late? Not necessarily。. Here are four tips from an expert for getting your child to behave well.
1. You've spoiled your child by giving him or her too much for too little. You can correct this by helping your child to learn to work harder for rewards and understand that not all good behavior is rewarded.2. For example, at first, insist that your daughter put a few toys away before she gets a snack, and gradually increase the amount of work required for each reward.
Don't overreact to crying. When children don't get what they want, their natural behavior is to cry. If you react every time your child cries, you may be denying(拒绝给予) him or her an important chance to learn something. 3.
Prepare for a fight. At the beginning, children's demands will increase when they find out parents are not going to give them the new toys they want. When it happens, be careful not to give in just because the child shouts. 4.
Stick to the program. 5. That' s not necessarily a bad thing. It means the requirements are getting stricter and that your child is accepting changes. Remember: Give it time, and don't give up.
A. Make changes slowly.
B. Cut down on rewards.
C. Try your best to comfort the child.
D. Rather, wait until the child calms down.
E. Your child will probably be upset when you begin making changes.
F. There is little doubt that things will get worse before they get better.
G. As a parent, you need to know when to comfort a child and when to simply walk away.
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
I used to believe in the American dream that meant a job,credit and success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us separately chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell apart. I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $ 56. I searched the countryside for some place I could rent for the cheapest possible amount. I came upon a deserted cottage in a small remote valley.I hadn't been alone for 25 years. I was scared, but I hoped the hard work would distract and heal me.
I found the owner and rented the place for$ 50 a month.The locals knew nothing about me. But slowly they started teaching me the art of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, tools and canned deer meat and began sticking around to chat. They would ask if I wanted to meet cousin Albie or go fishing. They started to teach me a belief in a different American dream, not the one of individual achievement but of neighborliness. Men would stop by with wild berries, ice cream or truck parts to see if I was up for courting. I wasn't, but they were civil anyway.The woman on that mountain worked harder than any I'd ever met. They taught me how to store food in the stream and keep it cold and safe._I_learned_to_keep_enough_for_an_extra_plate_for_company.
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were necessary for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place.Up on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my relationships with my neighbors.
After four years in that valley, I moved back into town. I saw a lot of people were having a really hard time, losing their jobs and homes. With the help of a real estate broker (房地产经纪人) I chatted up at the grocery store, I managed to rent a big enough house to take in a handful of people. It's four of us now,but over time I've had nine come in and move on to other places from here. We'd all be in shelters if we hadn't banded together.
The American dream I believe in now is a shared one. It's not so much about what I can get for myself; it's about how we can all get by together.
1.Before a series of unhappy events happened, the writer________.
A.had a wellpaid job B.worked hard for his American dream
C.worked hard and liked to share D.felt hopeless about his American dream
2.What does the underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refer to?
A.The house. B.The job.
C.The company. D.The American dream.
3.
4.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
What is superpower in your opinion? What superpower would you want to have if possible?
Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.
Every day in our work, we are inspired by the people we meet doing extraordinary things to improve the world.
They have a different kind of superpower that all of us possess: the power to make a difference in the lives of others.
We’re not saying that everyone needs to contribute their lives to the poor. Your lives are busy enough doing homework, playing sports, making friends, seeking after your dreams. But we do think that you can live a more powerful life when you devote some of your time and energy to something much larger than yourself. Find an issue you are interested in and learn more. Volunteer or, if you can, contribute a little money to a cause. Whatever you do, don’t be a bystander. Get involved. You may have the opportunity to make your biggest difference when you’re older. But why not start now?
Our own experience working together on health, development, and energy the last twenty years has been one of the most rewarding parts of our lives. It has changed who we are and continues to fuel our optimism about how much the lives of the poorest people will improve in the years ahead.
1.Why does the author say they are inspired every day?
A. They possess different kinds of superpowers.
B. They have got the power to change the world.
C. Some people around them are making the world better.
D. There are many powerful people in their life and work.
2.What does the author stress in Paragraph 5?
A. Learning more and contributing more to a cause
B. Rising above self and acting to help others.
C. Working hard to get a bigger opportunity
D. Trying your best to help the poor
3.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. The author believes the lives of the poorest will get better.
B. Much more progress will be made in the near future.
C. The work on health is the most valuable experience.
D. People’s efforts have been materially rewarded.
高二英语听力第三部分中等难度题查看答案及解析
“You can do anything you want to do as long as you set your mind to it and stick with it.” I remember hearing those words from my ______ ever since I was a little girl. Through the years I’ve grown up ______ them and using them to ______ me. You see, there is no one I ______more than my mother.
When I was four years old, my mother and father got divorced (离婚), although he didn’t ______ with us after I was two. At the time, my brother was only eight. Being a single parent is a ______ enough job in itself but my mother also worked fulltime.
Most people who heard about this ______ probably thought that at least one of the children would ______ getting into some kind of ______ whether with the law or something else, but that never ______. My mother taught both of us about morals, goals and rules, along with many other things.
Although she ______all week, my mom always had ______ for us, whether it was to take us to our baseball and soccer games or if we just ______ someone to talk to. At one point I remember clearly that I had a speech problem, and that she made me ______every night over and over again until I got it ______.
All in all, I feel I can ______ with my mother about anything, with her acting more as a ______ than a parent. I realize not everyone has a mother like mine, which makes me ______her even more. After everything she has done for me, I want to make her ______ by being the first woman in my family to go to college and get a(n) ______.
1.A.father B.mother C.brother D.teacher
2.A.believing in B.looking into C.searching for D.thinking about
3.A.describe B.speak C.encourage D.protect
4.A.help B.understand C.miss D.admire
5.A.play B.speak C.live D.travel
6.A.bad B.sad C.rare D.hard
7.A.news B.situation C.opinion D.rule
8.A.end up B.worry about C.dream of D.start out
9.A.danger B.trouble C.conversation D.war
10.A.changed B.improved C.ended D.happened
11.A.complained B.studied C.worked D.exercised
12.A.advice B.surprise C.time D.prize
13.A.called B.needed C.found D.welcomed
14.A.practise B.look C.reply D.sing
15.A.simple B.right C.useful D.wrong
16.A.debate B.read C.talk D.learn
17.A.friend B.volunteer C.classmate D.workmate
18.A.pay B.reward C.expect D.appreciate
19.A.popular B.confident C.proud D.shocked
20.A.degree B.chance C.award D.advantage
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it’s helpful to do kind, peaceful things. One of my _______ways to do this is by developing my own helping rituals (习惯). These little_______of kindness are opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it feels to be kind and helpful.
We live in a rural area of the San Francisco Bay Area. _______of what we see is the beauty of nature. One of the exceptions to the beauty is the_______that some people throw out of their windows as they are_______on the rural roads. One of the few drawbacks(缺点) to living out the boondocks(偏远地区)is that _______services, such as litter collection, are less available than those closer to the city.
A helping ritual that I practice _______ with my two children is picking up litter in our surrounding area. We’ve become so_______ doing this that my daughters will often say to me in animated(兴致勃勃)_______, “There’s some litter, Daddy, stop the car!” And if we have________, we will often pull over and pick it up. It seems strange, but we actually ________ it. We pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically________. Once I even saw a complete stranger picking up litter close to where we ________. He smiled at me and said, “I saw you doing this, and it seemed like a good idea.”
Picking up litter is only one of an endless supply of possible helping rituals. You might like________a door open for people, visiting lonely old people in nursing homes, or shoveling snow from someone else’s driveway. Think of something that seems effortless yet helpful. It’s fun, personally rewarding, and________a good example. Everyone wins.
1.A. favorite B. useful C. unusual D. strange
2.A. methods B. idea C. acts D. knowledge
3.A. More B. Most C. Some D. Any
4.A. litter B. box C. cigarette D. bottle
5.A. driving B. rolling C. walking D. running
6.A. private B. public C. water D. electricity
7.A. strangely B. easily C. regularly D. greatly
8.A. considerate to B. popular with C. familiar with D. used to
9.A. sounds B. voices C. noises D. tones
10.A. time B. oil C. money D. book
11.A. develop B. ignore C. need D. enjoy
12.A. somewhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. everywhere
13.A. stand B. lie C. live D. stay
14.A. turning B. knocking C. kicking D. holding
15.A. follows B. sets C. makes D. creates
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Your efforts to develop good habits will ______ later, and it is well worth working hard to do so.
A. pay off B. pay back C. pay for D. pay up
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
---- What is the cost of your shirts here, sir?
---- It depends on which fashion you want to buy, and the prices _______ from 100 dollars to 500 dollars.
A. increase B. reaches C. ranges D. different
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
---- What is the cost of your shirts here, sir?
---- It depends on which fashion you want to buy, and the prices _______ from 100 dollars to 500 dollars.
A.increase | B.reach | C.range | D.different |
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
---- What is the cost of your shirts here, sir?
---- It depends on which fashion you want to buy, and the prices _______ from 100 dollars to 500 dollars.
A. increase B. reach C. range D. different
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析