北京中考英語閱讀練習題原文

　　But you might not even have to wait until you get to college to start designing and buildingyour own satellite. A new program called KatySat aims to get teenagers to take part. Once kidsunderstand what satellites can do, says Ben Yuan, an engineer at Lockheed Martin in MenloPark, Calif., the kinds of applications they’ll come up with may be countless.

　　“We’d like to put this technology(技術)in your hands, ” he tells kids. “We’re going to teach youhow to operate a satellite. Then we want to turn it over to you as a sandbox for you to play in.We want you to take the technology into new directions that we haven’t thought of yet.”

　　Education isn’t the only goal of CubeSats. Because these tiny, technology-filled boxes arerelatively inexpensive to build and can be put together quickly, they’re perfect for testing newtechnologies that might one day be used on major space tasks.

　　The biggest challenge now is to find ways to bring the satellites back to the earth after a yearor two. Otherwise, major highways of space junk could gradually increase as CubeSats becomemore common.

　　Nowadays, college and high school students are getting a chance to learn what it takes toexplore in space. Someday—perhaps a lot sooner than you imagine—you might get to design,build and launch your own satellite. If you do, you’re sure to have fun. And you might also getcrazy about science for life.

　　北京中考英語閱讀練習題

　　58.Compared with the traditional ones, the new satellites __________.

　　A.need long start-up times B.are low-cost and small-sized

　　C.are very hard to operate D.collect more information in orbit

　　59.What does the underlined word “obstacle” probably mean?

　　A.An aim to achieve in the near future. B.An imagination that kids usually have.

　　C.Something dangerous to terrify people. D.Something difficult that stands in the way.

　　60.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

　　A.CubeSats could possibly cause pollution in space.

　　B.A few kids will send applications for the project.

　　C.Scientists designed CubeSats for kids to play with

　　D.Students can’t design satellites without college education.

　　61.What’s the purpose of the author writing the passage?

　　A.To show that high technology brings a big change in kids’ life.

　　B.To show that kids lead the space research into a new direction.

　　C.To tell us that satellite technology can also be learned by kids.

　　D.To tell us that kids must study hard to learn satellite technology.

　　北京中考英語閱讀練習題答案

　　B

　　D

　　A

　　C