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Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
Space Travel and Science Fiction
Space travel and science fiction have long been connected. Early science fiction writers such as Jules Verne inspired scientists and engineers to develop new space technologies. Writers of science fiction, as well as creators of science fiction TV shows and movies, often study the latest scientific concepts and use or adapt them to help expose what future space travel, space ships, and space stations might look like. And while many of their predictions have come true, many others have not.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French author. He was a pioneer of science fiction. In his novels From the Earth to the Moon (1865) and Around the Moon (1870), a kind of space ship is fired from a 900-foot-long cannon(大炮) at the moon. On their journey, the three travelers are deprived of gravity at one point and float around their small ship. When landing on the moon, rockets are used to slow the ship down.
Given the year in which he was writing, Verne’s predictions were very good. The size of his space ship is about the size of the first one to go to the moon, the Apollo, minus its large rockets. Both Verne’s ship and the Apollo carried three people into space. Furthermore, rockets were indeed used by the Apollo to slow its descent. However, Verne’s ship, by analogy(相似) with a gun, shot his travelers into space, which never could have worked. The intense pressure of such an event would cause great physiological damage to the crew.
During the first half of the 20th century, science fiction novels and comic books were widely distributed in the United States. Their portrayal(描写) of space travel was less far-fetched than Verne’s. Pictures began showing astronauts in space suits, as writers realized that exposure of human beings to space was deadly. Ideas of other planets were still often wrong, though. A 1928 drawing of the surface of a moon of the planet Jupiter shows it covered in plant life. Only later was it discovered that other than Earth, the planets and moons around our sun are without life as we know it. Drawings in the early 20th century showed very large space ships and stations. They were like floating cities. Writers at the time knew that trips to other stars would take hundreds of years. Those who left Earth would die on the journey; their descendants would arrive. Some writers avoided this problem by using the concept of suspended animation—a deep sleep in which a person doesn't grow older. Such travelers would awaken atthe end of their journey, hundreds of years in the future. It is not impossible that these ideas could become reality one day.
After the American space program had begun, the television show Star Trek became very popular. It follows the adventures of a large space ship with over 400 crew members that flies around the universe at speeds faster than light. This is a wonderful dream, but it will probably never come to fulfillment. The laws of physics tell us that it is quite impossible for any object to travel faster than the speed of light.
It’s clear to see that science fiction has progressed along with science and technology. Science fiction writers continue to study scientific concepts and to use them to portray the future. Looking back at their ideas, some were correct and cannot be distinguished from today’s reality; many others were nothing but fiction. But, they have always inspired new generations of humans to dream of someday going into space.
78.According to the passage, what did early science fiction writers do to help reveal what future space travel might look like?
79.If the modern spaceship were shot into space by analogy with a gun, the astronauts in it would ___________________________.
80.The space travelers in early science fictions didn’t wear space suits, because ___________________________________________________.
81.According to the passage, suspended animation was a concept used in science fiction to _______________________________
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in No More Than Twelve Words.)
第 II 卷
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1.20世纪末电子产品发生了巨大的变化。（see)
2.只有当我们将计划付诸实践，我们才有可能会成功。(Only)
3.他是承认错误还是掩盖事实，举棋不定。(whether)
4.新的高考改革能否减轻学生学业负担引起了教育专家们的热议。( arouse)
5.校园义卖活动不仅丰富了校园生活，还提高了学生们的组织活动能力，培养了他们团队合作精神。(In addition to)
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120 - 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假如你是某校学生会委员，在学校组织了一项有2000多名学生参与的“有烦恼向谁倾诉”的调查活动。请写一份调查报告，内容须包括下表内容以及你对调查结果的看法。
要求：题目自拟
字数：120—150
求助对象比例理由
同学、朋友60%年龄相仿、易于沟通、… …
老师、家长25%有经验、值得信任、… …
无12%不愿交流沟通、 … …
心理热线3%方便、敞开心扉、 … …
