Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle (航天飞机) Challenger, in June, 1983.The achievement of Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut to fly into space, made this flight especially memorable. Students from two Camden, New Jersey, high schools, however, are probably to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about the flight.

       Norma didn’t travel alone. She brought about 100 companions along with her. Norma was an ant, a queen ant who, with her subject, made up the first ant colony (群体) to travel into space. The ants were part of a science experiment designed by students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects.

       The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly throughout the long space trip. The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to find that their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened. The problem didn’t occur in space, but on the ground after challenger had landed. The container remained in the desert for nearly a week before the ant colony was moved. The hot, dry desert air dried out the colony’s container and the ants died from lack of moisture (水分).

       The project was termed success because it did provide useful information. Students will continue their efforts to pinpoint (精确找到) what went wrong. They will try to prevent the same difficulties from reoccurring on future missions. They don’t want to be discouraged either by the demise of the ants or by the $10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space.

73．What does the passage mainly tell us?

  A．Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut.

  B．How to keep ants alive in space.

  C．How to make equipment for insects in space.

  D．An experiment with ants in space.

74．According to the passage, we know that the underlined word “demise” is another word for “__________”.

    A．death           B．colony             C．insect              D．moisture

75．We don’t think the project was a failure. This is because _________.

  A．everything went as smoothly as expected

  B．the students had pinpointed exactly the reason

  C．something important had been learned

  D．the students had succeeded in the experiment

76．We can conclude that ants __________ on the next space trip.

    A．will have to be kept alive in a container full of water               

    B．will have to be sent into space with the first woman astronaut

    C．should be put into a container where there is enough food

  D．should be put into a container which is not too dry

   Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle (航天飞机) Challenger, in June, 1983.The achievement of Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut to fly into space, made this flight especially memorable. Students from two Camden, New Jersey, high schools, however, are probably to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about the flight.

       Norma didn’t travel alone. She brought about 100 companions along with her. Norma was an ant, a queen ant who, with her subject, made up the first ant colony (群体) to travel into space. The ants were part of a science experiment designed by students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects.

       The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly throughout the long space trip. The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to find that their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened. The problem didn’t occur in space, but on the ground after challenger had landed. The container remained in the desert for nearly a week before the ant colony was moved. The hot, dry desert air dried out the colony’s container and the ants died from lack of moisture (水分).

       The project was termed success because it did provide useful information. Students will continue their efforts to pinpoint (精确找到) what went wrong. They will try to prevent the same difficulties from reoccurring on future missions. They don’t want to be discouraged either by the demise of the ants or by the $10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space.

1．What does the passage mainly tell us?

  A．Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut.

  B．How to keep ants alive in space.

  C．How to make equipment for insects in space.

  D．An experiment with ants in space.

2．According to the passage, we know that the underlined word “demise” is another word for “__________”.

A．death                                                  B．colony                          

C．insect                                                 D．moisture

3．We don’t think the project was a failure. This is because _________.

  A．everything went as smoothly as expected

  B．the students had pinpointed exactly the reason

  C．something important had been learned

  D．the students had succeeded in the experiment

4．The ants were not able to live because __________.

   A．no one fed them in space                      B．they dried out in the desert

   C．weightlessness damaged them               D．space caused too much pain

5．We can conclude that ants __________ on the next space trip.

A．will have to be kept alive in a container full of water                  

B．will have to be sent into space with the first woman astronaut

C．should be put into a container where there is enough food

  D．should be put into a container which is not too dry

Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle(航天飞机) Challenger in June, 1983．The achievement of Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut to fly into space, made this flight especially memorable．Students from two Camden, New Jersey, high schools, however, are probably to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about tile flight．

Norma didn’t travel alone．She brought about 100 companions along with her．Norma was an ant, a queen ant who, with her subject, made up the first ant colony(群体) to travel into space．The ants were part of a science experiment designed by students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects．

The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly throughout the long space trip．The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to find that their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened．The problem didn’t occur in space, but on the ground after challenger had landed．The container remained in the desert for nearly a week before the ant colony was moved．The hot, dry desert air dried out the colony’s container and the ants died from lack of moisture(水分)．

The project was termed success because it did provide useful information．Students will continue their efforts to pinpoint(精确找到) what went wrong．They will try to prevent the same difficulties from reoccurring on future missions．They don’t want to be discouraged either by the demise of the ants or by the $10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space．

1．What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut．

B．How to keep ants alive in space．

C．How to make equipment for insects in space．

D．An experiment with ants in space．

2．According to the passage，we know that the underlined word “demise” is another word for “        ” ．

A．death                   B．colony                 C．insect                 D．moisture

3．We don’t think the project was a failure．This is because             ．

A．everything went as smoothly as expected

B．the students had pinpointed exactly the reason

C．something important had been learned

D．the students had succeeded in the experiment

4．The ants were not able to live because            ．

A．no one fed them in space                          B．they dried out in the desert

C．weightlessness damaged them                     D．space caused too much pain

5．We can conclude that ants           on the next space trip．

A．will have to be kept alive in a container full of water

B．will have to be sent into space with the first woman astronaut

C．should be put into a container where there is enough food

D．should be put into a container which is not too dry

       Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle (航天飞机)Challenger, in June, 1983. The achievement of Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut to fly into space, made this flight especially memorable. Students from two Camden, New Jersey, high schools, however, are probably to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about the flight.

       Norma didn’t travel alone. She brought about 100 companions along with her. Norma was an ant, a queen ant who, with her subject, made up the first ant colony(群体) to travel into space. The ants were part of a science experiment designed by students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects.

       The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly throughout the long space trip. The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to find that their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened. The problem didn’t occur in space, but on the ground after challenger had landed. The container remained in the desert for nearly a week before the ant colony was moved. The hot, dry desert air dried out the colony’s container and the ants died from lack of moisture(水分).

       The project was tested success because it did provide useful information. Students will continue their efforts to pinpoint (精确找到)what went wrong. They will try to prevent the same difficulties from recurring on future missions. They don’t want to be discouraged either by the demise of the ants or by the $10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space.

50.  What does the passage mainly tell us?

A.      Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut.

B.      How to keep ants alive in space.

C.     How to make equipment for insects in space.

D.     An experiment with ants in space.

51.  According to the passage, we know that the underlined word “demise” is another word for “__________”.

A. death                      B. colony                     C. insect                            D. moisture

52.  We don’t think the project was a failure. This is because ___________.

A. everything went as smoothly as expected

B. the students had pinpointed exactly the reason

C. something important had been learned

D. the students had succeeded in the experiment

53.  The ants were not able to live because __________.

A. no one fed them in space                          B. they dried out in the desert

C. weightlessness damaged them                 D. space caused too much pain

54.  We can conclude that ants __________ on the next space trip.

A. will have to be kept alive in a container full of water             

B. will have to be sent into space with the first woman astronaut

C. should be put into a container where there is enough food

D. should be put into a container which is not too dry

Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle （航天飞机）Challenger , in June, 1993．The achievement of Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut to fly into space, made this flight especially memorable．Students from two high schools in Camden, New Jersey, however, are likely to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about the flight．

       Norma didn’t travel alone．She brought about 100 companions along with her．Norma was an ant, a queen ant who, with her subjects, made up the first ant colony （群体） to travel into space．The ants were part of a science experiment designed by the students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects．

       The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly throughout the long space trip．The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to find that their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened．The problem did not occur in space, but on the ground after Challenger had landed．The container remained in the desert for nearly a week before the ant colony was removed．The hot, dry desert air dried out the colony’s container and the ants died from lack of moisture （水分）．

       The project was termed a success because it did provide useful information．Students will continue their efforts to find out exactly what went wrong．They will try to prevent the same difficulties from recurring （再发生） on future missions ．They don’t want to be discouraged either by the death of the ants or by the $10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space．

The story is mainly about        ．

       A．Sally Ride’s first ride    

       B．space equipment for insects

       C．a space experiment with ants

       D．going to school in New Jersey

The project wasn’t a failure because        ．

       A．some important things were learned     

       B．dead ants are better

       C．everything went as expected  

       D．students wrote about it

The ants died because        ．

       A．weightlessness harmed them  

       B．space caused too much pain   

       C．no one fed them in space      

       D．they dried out in the desert

On the next space trip , ants        ．

       A．will be sent without people   

       B．should not be left in the desert too long

       C．will have to pay double fare  

       D．will escape the trip completely