The Mir Space Station

1　The Russian Mir Space Station, which came down in 2001 at last after 15 years of pioneering the concept of long-term human space flight, is remembered for its accomplishments in the human space flight history. It can be credited with many firsts in space.

2　During Mir’s lifetime, Russia spent about US $4.2 billion to build and maintain the station.

3　The Soviet Union launched Mir, which was designed to last from three to five years, on February 20, 1986, and housed 104 astronauts over 12 years and seven months, most of whom were not Russian. In fact, it became the first international space station by playing host to¹ 62 people from 11 countries. From 1995 through 1998, seven astronauts from the United Statestook turns living on Mir for up to six months each². They were among the 37 Americans who visited the station during nine stopovers by space shuttles.

4　The more than 400 million the United States provided Russian for the visits not only kept Mir operating, but also gave the Americans and their partners in the international station project valuable experience in long-term flight and multinational operations.

5　A debate continues over Mir’s contributions to science. During its existence, Mir was the laboratory for 23,000 experiments and carried scientific equipment, estimated to be worth $80 million, from many nations.³ Experiments on Mir are credited with a range of findings, from the first solid measurement of the ration of heavy helium atoms in space to how to grow wheat in space. But for those favouring human space exploration, Mir showed that people could live and work in space long enough for a trip to Mars. The longest single stay in space is the 437.7 days that Russian astronaut Valery Polyakov spent on Mir from 1994 to 1995. And Sergie Avdeyev accumulated 747.6 days in space in three trips to the space station. The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid⁴, who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996.

6　Despite the many firsts Mir accomplished, 1997 was a bad year out of 15 for Mir. In 1997, an oxygen generator caught fire. Later, the main computer system broke down, causing the station to drift several times and there were power failures.

7　Most of these problems were repaired, with American help and suppliers, but Mir’s reputation as a space station was ruined.

8　Mir’s setbacks are nothing, though⁵, when we compare them with its accomplishments. Mir was a tremendous success, which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible. But it’s time to move on to the next generation. The International Space Station being built will be better, but it owes a great debt to Mir.

词汇： 

pioneer / ,paɪə’nɪə(r)/ v．开拓

accomplishment / ə’kʌmplɪʃmənt, -’kɒm-/ n．成就

credit / ’kredɪt / v．归功于

host  / həʊst / n．主人

stopover / ’stɒpəʊvə(r) / n．中途短暂停留

multinational / ,mʌltɪ’næʃənl/ adj．多国的

ration / ’ræʃən / n．含量

helium / ’hi:ljəm/ n．氦

aboard /ə’bɔ:d/ prep．在（船、飞机、车）上

setback / ’setbæk/ n．挫折

milestone / ’maɪlstəʊn/ n．里程碑

habitation / ,hæbɪ’teɪʃən / n．居住

debt / det / n．债

注释：

1．play host to：当东道主

2．... seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six months each.来自美国的七位宇航员轮流在和平号上住了六个月之久。

take turns：轮流

living on Mir for up to six months each是现在分词短语，用作状语。

3．During its existence, Mir was the laboratory for 23,000 experiments and carried scientific equipment, estimated to be worth $80 million, from many nations：在和平号存在的时间里，它是进行23 000个实验的实验室，并携带了许多国家提供的价值估计为8 000万美元的科学仪器。

estimated to be worth $80 million是过去分词短语，用作定语。

4．The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid ...：美国人停留时间最长的一次是Shannon Lucid的那一次……

that替代前半句的stay。

5．Mir’s setbacks are nothing, though ... ：但是，和平号这些挫折算不了什么……

though：但是

B　a great success

C　a tremendous failure

D　nothing

E　many firsts

Mir enhanced the confidence in the scientists that humans living in space for a long time was ________.

A:A B:B C:C D:D E:E F:F

The Mir Space Station

1　The Russian Mir Space Station, which came down in 2001 at last after 15 years of pioneering the concept of long-term human space flight, is remembered for its accomplishments in the human space flight history. It can be credited with many firsts in space.

2　During Mir’s lifetime, Russia spent about US $4.2 billion to build and maintain the station.

3　The Soviet Union launched Mir, which was designed to last from three to five years, on February 20, 1986, and housed 104 astronauts over 12 years and seven months, most of whom were not Russian. In fact, it became the first international space station by playing host to¹ 62 people from 11 countries. From 1995 through 1998, seven astronauts from the United Statestook turns living on Mir for up to six months each². They were among the 37 Americans who visited the station during nine stopovers by space shuttles.

4　The more than 400 million the United States provided Russian for the visits not only kept Mir operating, but also gave the Americans and their partners in the international station project valuable experience in long-term flight and multinational operations.

5　A debate continues over Mir’s contributions to science. During its existence, Mir was the laboratory for 23,000 experiments and carried scientific equipment, estimated to be worth $80 million, from many nations.³ Experiments on Mir are credited with a range of findings, from the first solid measurement of the ration of heavy helium atoms in space to how to grow wheat in space. But for those favouring human space exploration, Mir showed that people could live and work in space long enough for a trip to Mars. The longest single stay in space is the 437.7 days that Russian astronaut Valery Polyakov spent on Mir from 1994 to 1995. And Sergie Avdeyev accumulated 747.6 days in space in three trips to the space station. The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid⁴, who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996.

6　Despite the many firsts Mir accomplished, 1997 was a bad year out of 15 for Mir. In 1997, an oxygen generator caught fire. Later, the main computer system broke down, causing the station to drift several times and there were power failures.

7　Most of these problems were repaired, with American help and suppliers, but Mir’s reputation as a space station was ruined.

8　Mir’s setbacks are nothing, though⁵, when we compare them with its accomplishments. Mir was a tremendous success, which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible. But it’s time to move on to the next generation. The International Space Station being built will be better, but it owes a great debt to Mir.

词汇： 

pioneer / ,paɪə’nɪə(r)/ v．开拓

accomplishment / ə’kʌmplɪʃmənt, -’kɒm-/ n．成就

credit / ’kredɪt / v．归功于

host  / həʊst / n．主人

stopover / ’stɒpəʊvə(r) / n．中途短暂停留

multinational / ,mʌltɪ’næʃənl/ adj．多国的

ration / ’ræʃən / n．含量

helium / ’hi:ljəm/ n．氦

aboard /ə’bɔ:d/ prep．在（船、飞机、车）上

setback / ’setbæk/ n．挫折

milestone / ’maɪlstəʊn/ n．里程碑

habitation / ,hæbɪ’teɪʃən / n．居住

debt / det / n．债

注释：

1．play host to：当东道主

2．... seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six months each.来自美国的七位宇航员轮流在和平号上住了六个月之久。

take turns：轮流

living on Mir for up to six months each是现在分词短语，用作状语。

3．During its existence, Mir was the laboratory for 23,000 experiments and carried scientific equipment, estimated to be worth $80 million, from many nations：在和平号存在的时间里，它是进行23 000个实验的实验室，并携带了许多国家提供的价值估计为8 000万美元的科学仪器。

estimated to be worth $80 million是过去分词短语，用作定语。

4．The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid ...：美国人停留时间最长的一次是Shannon Lucid的那一次……

that替代前半句的stay。

5．Mir’s setbacks are nothing, though ... ：但是，和平号这些挫折算不了什么……

though：但是

B　a great success

C　a tremendous failure

D　nothing

E　many firsts

In Mir, the US astronauts created ________.

A:A B:B C:C D:D E:E F:F

The Mir Space Station

1　The Russian Mir Space Station, which came down in 2001 at last after 15 years of pioneering the concept of long-term human space flight, is remembered for its accomplishments in the human space flight history. It can be credited with many firsts in space.

2　During Mir’s lifetime, Russia spent about US $4.2 billion to build and maintain the station.

3　The Soviet Union launched Mir, which was designed to last from three to five years, on February 20, 1986, and housed 104 astronauts over 12 years and seven months, most of whom were not Russian. In fact, it became the first international space station by playing host to¹ 62 people from 11 countries. From 1995 through 1998, seven astronauts from the United Statestook turns living on Mir for up to six months each². They were among the 37 Americans who visited the station during nine stopovers by space shuttles.

4　The more than 400 million the United States provided Russian for the visits not only kept Mir operating, but also gave the Americans and their partners in the international station project valuable experience in long-term flight and multinational operations.

5　A debate continues over Mir’s contributions to science. During its existence, Mir was the laboratory for 23,000 experiments and carried scientific equipment, estimated to be worth $80 million, from many nations.³ Experiments on Mir are credited with a range of findings, from the first solid measurement of the ration of heavy helium atoms in space to how to grow wheat in space. But for those favouring human space exploration, Mir showed that people could live and work in space long enough for a trip to Mars. The longest single stay in space is the 437.7 days that Russian astronaut Valery Polyakov spent on Mir from 1994 to 1995. And Sergie Avdeyev accumulated 747.6 days in space in three trips to the space station. The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid⁴, who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996.

6　Despite the many firsts Mir accomplished, 1997 was a bad year out of 15 for Mir. In 1997, an oxygen generator caught fire. Later, the main computer system broke down, causing the station to drift several times and there were power failures.

7　Most of these problems were repaired, with American help and suppliers, but Mir’s reputation as a space station was ruined.

8　Mir’s setbacks are nothing, though⁵, when we compare them with its accomplishments. Mir was a tremendous success, which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible. But it’s time to move on to the next generation. The International Space Station being built will be better, but it owes a great debt to Mir.

词汇： 

pioneer / ,paɪə’nɪə(r)/ v．开拓

accomplishment / ə’kʌmplɪʃmənt, -’kɒm-/ n．成就

credit / ’kredɪt / v．归功于

host  / həʊst / n．主人

stopover / ’stɒpəʊvə(r) / n．中途短暂停留

multinational / ,mʌltɪ’næʃənl/ adj．多国的

ration / ’ræʃən / n．含量

helium / ’hi:ljəm/ n．氦

aboard /ə’bɔ:d/ prep．在（船、飞机、车）上

setback / ’setbæk/ n．挫折

milestone / ’maɪlstəʊn/ n．里程碑

habitation / ,hæbɪ’teɪʃən / n．居住

debt / det / n．债

注释：

1．play host to：当东道主

2．... seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six months each.来自美国的七位宇航员轮流在和平号上住了六个月之久。

take turns：轮流

living on Mir for up to six months each是现在分词短语，用作状语。

3．During its existence, Mir was the laboratory for 23,000 experiments and carried scientific equipment, estimated to be worth $80 million, from many nations：在和平号存在的时间里，它是进行23 000个实验的实验室，并携带了许多国家提供的价值估计为8 000万美元的科学仪器。

estimated to be worth $80 million是过去分词短语，用作定语。

4．The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid ...：美国人停留时间最长的一次是Shannon Lucid的那一次……

that替代前半句的stay。

5．Mir’s setbacks are nothing, though ... ：但是，和平号这些挫折算不了什么……

though：但是

B　a great success

C　a tremendous failure

D　nothing

E　many firsts

When we think of Mir in terms of its achievements, its setbacks are ________.

A:A B:B C:C D:D E:E F:F

The Mir Space Station

1　The Russian Mir Space Station, which came down in 2001 at last after 15 years of pioneering the concept of long-term human space flight, is remembered for its accomplishments in the human space flight history. It can be credited with many firsts in space.

2　During Mir’s lifetime, Russia spent about US $4.2 billion to build and maintain the station.

3　The Soviet Union launched Mir, which was designed to last from three to five years, on February 20, 1986, and housed 104 astronauts over 12 years and seven months, most of whom were not Russian. In fact, it became the first international space station by playing host to¹ 62 people from 11 countries. From 1995 through 1998, seven astronauts from the United Statestook turns living on Mir for up to six months each². They were among the 37 Americans who visited the station during nine stopovers by space shuttles.

4　The more than 400 million the United States provided Russian for the visits not only kept Mir operating, but also gave the Americans and their partners in the international station project valuable experience in long-term flight and multinational operations.

5　A debate continues over Mir’s contributions to science. During its existence, Mir was the laboratory for 23,000 experiments and carried scientific equipment, estimated to be worth $80 million, from many nations.³ Experiments on Mir are credited with a range of findings, from the first solid measurement of the ration of heavy helium atoms in space to how to grow wheat in space. But for those favouring human space exploration, Mir showed that people could live and work in space long enough for a trip to Mars. The longest single stay in space is the 437.7 days that Russian astronaut Valery Polyakov spent on Mir from 1994 to 1995. And Sergie Avdeyev accumulated 747.6 days in space in three trips to the space station. The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid⁴, who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996.

6　Despite the many firsts Mir accomplished, 1997 was a bad year out of 15 for Mir. In 1997, an oxygen generator caught fire. Later, the main computer system broke down, causing the station to drift several times and there were power failures.

7　Most of these problems were repaired, with American help and suppliers, but Mir’s reputation as a space station was ruined.

8　Mir’s setbacks are nothing, though⁵, when we compare them with its accomplishments. Mir was a tremendous success, which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible. But it’s time to move on to the next generation. The International Space Station being built will be better, but it owes a great debt to Mir.

词汇： 

pioneer / ,paɪə’nɪə(r)/ v．开拓

accomplishment / ə’kʌmplɪʃmənt, -’kɒm-/ n．成就

credit / ’kredɪt / v．归功于

host  / həʊst / n．主人

stopover / ’stɒpəʊvə(r) / n．中途短暂停留

multinational / ,mʌltɪ’næʃənl/ adj．多国的

ration / ’ræʃən / n．含量

helium / ’hi:ljəm/ n．氦

aboard /ə’bɔ:d/ prep．在（船、飞机、车）上

setback / ’setbæk/ n．挫折

milestone / ’maɪlstəʊn/ n．里程碑

habitation / ,hæbɪ’teɪʃən / n．居住

debt / det / n．债

注释：

1．play host to：当东道主

2．... seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six months each.来自美国的七位宇航员轮流在和平号上住了六个月之久。

take turns：轮流

living on Mir for up to six months each是现在分词短语，用作状语。

3．During its existence, Mir was the laboratory for 23,000 experiments and carried scientific equipment, estimated to be worth $80 million, from many nations：在和平号存在的时间里，它是进行23 000个实验的实验室，并携带了许多国家提供的价值估计为8 000万美元的科学仪器。

estimated to be worth $80 million是过去分词短语，用作定语。

4．The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid ...：美国人停留时间最长的一次是Shannon Lucid的那一次……

that替代前半句的stay。

5．Mir’s setbacks are nothing, though ... ：但是，和平号这些挫折算不了什么……

though：但是

B　a great success

C　a tremendous failure

D　nothing

E　many firsts

The writer tends to think that Mir was ________.

A:A B:B C:C D:D E:E F:F

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A:Amyhome.jpg B:B D:D

超文本标记语言“新浪网”的作用是（）。

A:插入一段新浪网的文字 B:插入一幅新浪网的图片 C:创建一个指向新浪网的电子邮件 D:创建一个指向新浪网的超级链接

与内部链接<；ahref=”#A”>；<；/a>；对应锚点的正确写法是？（）

A:<；ahref=”#A”>；<；/a>； B:<；ahref=”22-5.htm#A”>；<；/a>； C:<；aname=”A”>；<；/a>； D:<；aname=”#A”>；<；/a>。

第二篇 The Mir Space Station The Russian Mir Space Station, which came down in 2001 at last after 15 years of pioneering the concept of long-term human space flight, is remembered for its accomplishments in the human space flight history. It can be credited with many firsts in space. The Soviet Union launched Mir, which was designed to last from three to five years, on February 20, 1986, and housed 104 astronauts over 12 years and seven months, most of whom were not Russian. In fact, it became the first international space station by playing host to1 62 people from 11 countries. From 1995 through 1998, seven astronauts from the United States took turns living on Mir for up to six months each2. They were among the 37 Americans who visited the station during nine stopovers by space shuttles. The more than 400 million the United States provided Russian for the visits not only kept Mir operating, but also gave the Americans and their partners in the international station project valuable experience in long-term flight and multinational operations. A debate continues over Mir’s contributions to science. During its existence, Mir was the laboratory for 23,000 experiments and earned scientific equipment, estimated to be worth $80 million, from many nations.3 Experiments on Mir arc credited with a range of findings, from the first solid measurement of the ration of heavy helium atoms in space to how to grow wheat in space. But for those favouring human space exploration, Mir showed that people could live and work in space long enough for a trip to Mars. The longest single stay in space is the 437.7 days that Russian astronaut Valery Polyakov spent on Mir from 1994 to 1995. And Sergie Avdeyev accumulated 747.6 days in space in three trips to the space station. The longest American stay was that of Shannon Lucid4, who spent 188 days aboard Mir in 1996. Despite the many firsts Mir accomplished, 1997 was a bad year out of 15 for Mir, In 1997, an oxygen generator caught fire. Later, the main computer system broke down, causing the station to drift several times and there were power failures. Most of these problems were repaired, with American help and suppliers, but Mir’s reputation as a space station was ruined. Mir’s setbacks arc nothing, though5, when we compare them with its accomplishments. Mir was a tremendous success, which will be remembered as a milestone in space exploration and the space station that showed long-term human habitation in space was possible. But it’s time to move on to the next generation. The International Space Station being built will be better, but it owes a great debt to Mir. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that

A:space exploration will not experience setbacks. B:it is difficult for other space stations exceed Mir’s success. C:Mir is the best long-term human habitation in space in history. D:multinational space operation are getting more accomplishments.