【正文】 he Red Planet39。s inner secrets, how it formed billions of years ago and, how other planets like Earth took shape173。marked the eighth successful landing on Mars in Nasa39。s history. Minutes after InSight landed on the surface of Mars, the first image was sent back, showing a wide flat area as seen through a dirty camera. The touchdown came after a nearly sevenmonth, 300 millionmile travel from Earth to Mars, during which the InSight spacecraft had to slow down from a speed of more than 12,000 mph. The spacecraft39。s heat shelter helped the lander survive temperatures as high as 2,700℉. Each step along the way was watched nervously at JPL, with updates delayed by the eightminute light travel time between Earth and Mars. Mission controllers hugged each other with joy when the signals were received. We are proud of everything that has gone on today, they told us reporters. The first picture of the surface of Mars was sent back to Earth by one of the MarCO nanosatellites (馬可納米衛(wèi)星) that acpanied InSight during its travel to Mars. The dust from the landing made the view unclear. Pictures from it were expected to be clearer once the dust settled and the lens cover (鏡頭蓋) was removed. Hours later, InSight39。s batteries were charging as expected. The InSight team also passed on another picture, taken by a different camera that39。s fixed on the lander39。s robotic arm. The view is clearer, showing the robotic arm and the seismometer, which is used to discover the actual movement of the ground.（1）What do we know about InSight lander from the passage? A.It has landed successfully on Mars eight times.B.It travelled all the way at the speed of 12,000 mph.C.Mission controllers helped it survive high temperature.D.The task of it is to find out the inner mysteries of Mars.（2）We know what Mars looks like by . A.studying pictures InSight lander sends backB.reading reports sent back by the person on MarsC.collecting images sent back by MarCO nanosatellitesD.analyzing information the robot on InSight lander sends back（3）How did the mission controllers feel when they received signals from Insight? A.Unconcerned.B.Worried.C.Amazed.D.Excited.（4）The passage is most probably taken from . A.a fiction novelB.a news reportC.a travel magazineD.an official statement【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道，介紹了美國(guó)航天總局的InSight登陸和探測(cè)火星的相關(guān)情況。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中The great arrival of the spacecraft173。designed to listen for quakes and shakes as a way to discover the Red Planet39。s inner secrets,可知，設(shè)計(jì)Insight的主要目的是探測(cè)火星的內(nèi)部秘密。故選D。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的The first picture of the surface of Mars was sent back to Earth by one of the MarCO nanosatellites (馬可納米衛(wèi)星) that acpanied InSight during its travel to Mars.可知，馬克納米衛(wèi)星能夠把拍攝火星的照片傳回地球，通過(guò)照片我們就可以知道火星的外表。故選C。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“Mission controllers hugged each other with joy when the signals were received.”當(dāng)收到來(lái)自Insight的信號(hào)時(shí)，任務(wù)控制員們都高興地抱在一起，可知接收到信號(hào)時(shí)任務(wù)控制人員很高興。故選D。 （4）考查推理判斷?？v觀全文可知，本文介紹了美國(guó)航天總局的Insight登陸和探測(cè)火星的相關(guān)情況，所以可以推斷出它最有可能是新聞報(bào)道。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇新聞報(bào)道，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息。并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。9．閱讀理解 History is full of tales of great ideas taking shape in sleeping minds。 Paul McCartney said that he awoke with the tune of Yesterday in his head, and Robert Louis Stevenson said that the idea for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde came to him in a dream. Scientists believe that the mind at night puts together bits of information in creative ways. Throughout the day your brain rarely gets a chance to stop and think. It constantly responds to a stream of challenges, from writing a report for a work deadline to remembering where you left your car keys and figuring out what to buy for dinner. Think of your brain like a web, says Russell Foster, Professor of Neuroscience at Oxford University. During the day the web is very tight, so you can only put information in a certain number of places. During sleep the web expands, and with the luxury of time, those bits of information can be put into lots of different places and make new associations. He adds that this process may help to foster the formation of new ideas. This bringing together of seemingly unrelated bits of information is vital to helping the brain think itself out of problems, says Russell Foster. Sleep seems to allow your mind to make nonobvious connections. It puts all the information from the day into a big biological theatre and forces the mind to speak to people at the back of the theatre, who you may not think you have any connection with. This is the basis of creativity connecting ideas, events and memories that wouldn39。t normally fit together. By placing volunteers into brain scanners and sending them to sleep, scientists have seen that the areas associated with emotion go into overdrive, especially while dreaming, while the areas that are responsible for logic (邏輯)are switched off. This not only explains why dreams are unbelievably randomyou can be talking to a colleague one minute and the next minute sitting in your old school classroom dressed in your nightclothes173。but also explains how the brain can put together different information.（1）In what way are the mind at night and the mind during the day different? A.The ways to receive information.B.The ways to provide information.C.The ways to process information.D.The ways to exchange information.（2）According to Russell Foster, what may bring out creativity? A.Information put together in normal ways.B.Information