News Report 3
Q5: The first private mission outside earth orbit is closed to many of our think。 U.S。 government officials outset to approve a mission by privately held space company-Moon Express to travel outside of the earth orbit in late 2017。 Q6: Moon express’s mission involves plans to land a suitcase size package of scientific equipment on the moon for on-going exploration on commercial development。 The decision involved amounts of lobbying and coordinated conversations between a number of factual agencies。 On the international treaties, the US is responsible for the cargo of both public and private space craft。 This makes commercial space travel a complex legal issue not just domestically but abroad 。 A Moon Express representative declined to comment on the story Q7: but noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal。 Moon express is not the only company seeking for the rights to travel to outerspace 。 Elon Musk’s space X aims to send an unmanned aircraft to Mars by 2018。
Q5: What is the news report mainly about?
Q6: What is the Moon Express planning to do?
Q7: What does Moon Express think of its mission?
[主旨内容]
Moon Express(月球捷运)是一家美国公司,长期目标是在月球采矿,是民间探月计划 。它的目的和任务是使一个手提箱大小的科学设备着陆月球,并进行商业开发的持续探索。该公司对自己的计划十分乐观。
[参考答案句]
1。 The first private mission outside of the earth orbit is closed than many of our think。
2。 Moon Express’s mission involves plans to land a suitcase size package of scientific equipment on the moon for on-going exploration on commercial development。
3。 But noted that the company is very optimistic about it’s proposal。
[评析]
本篇相对来说,是三篇新闻中考生最不熟悉的话题,因此难度大于前两篇,但是答案出题点并不难,第一题为主旨题,答案出现在开头第一句导语部分,后面两题细节题,关注重点提示,如“but”词后给正确答案。