September 21, 2050----At a press conference today it was announced that the first tourist heading for Mars will be the 38-year-old US businessman Patrick Clifford. He will leave the earth in the  launching window of June 2052 and set his foot on the surface of Mars in November, together with the other 6 astronauts assigned for the mission to further explore the planet.
Patrick has now two years of training ahead of him to get ready for the trip. Not only will he spend five months in getting to Mars, but another 600 days there before he can go back home.  Patrick was of course very excited, “ This has been my dream since I was four, and seeing the first man on Mars 20 years ago made me realize that it was possible.”
To be able to pay the $ 1. 3 billion for his ticket for the trip Patrick sold his majority stake (股份) in the company his father had built. “I know that my father would have been proud of me if he had still been alive today, he knew what this means to me”, says Patrick. There is no risk though that you will find Patrick begging in your street corner when he comes back, but it is said that he was paid twice as much for his part of the company.
So, how is he going to spend his 600 days on the red planet? “Well, since I don’t have a job when I get back after selling the company, I have plenty of time to come up with a new business idea”, he says and laughs. If he brings a shovel（鐵鍬）he can start building the first hotel there, but maybe he shouldn’t expect too many guests until someone can offer a cheaper ticket.
小題1:How long will Patrick Clifford be away before he comes back?
A．About five monthsB．About two yearsC．About 600 daysD．About 750 days
小題2:The underlined part in Paragraph 3 means that          .
A．the trip will turn Patrick into a beggar
B．Patrick will get much money from the trip
C．we needn’t worry about Patrick’s economic condition
D．it’s likely that Patrick will be very poor after he comes back
小題3:What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Patrick is an optimistic man
B．A total of six people will go to Mars
C．Patrick’s father felt excited at the news
D．Patrick will spend all his money on the trip

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A

試題分析：本文介紹了2050年的第一批去火星旅游的游客的情況，如何做準(zhǔn)備，還有費(fèi)用等問(wèn)題。
小題1:計(jì)算題：從第二段的句子：Not only will he spend five months in getting to Mars, but another 600 days there before he can go back home.可知是5x30+600=750，選D。
小題2:句意理解題：這句話的意思是：回來(lái)后，你不會(huì)看見(jiàn)他乞討的，說(shuō)明不要擔(dān)心他的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況。選C
小題3:推理題：從最后一段的句子：I have plenty of time to come up with a new business idea”, he says and laughs.可知他是樂(lè)觀的。選A
點(diǎn)評(píng)：此類文章的最大的障礙是詞匯以及考生對(duì)閱讀內(nèi)容的不熟悉，需要考生在閱讀的時(shí)候有足夠的耐心。要養(yǎng)成在上下文串聯(lián)中猜測(cè)詞義的能力，根據(jù)上下文中出現(xiàn)的同義詞，近義詞，反義詞，以及詞義的解釋來(lái)理解生詞。同時(shí)要抓住文章的中心，不要受其他信息的影響。要根據(jù)題目及選項(xiàng)以及文章的上下文串聯(lián)合理的判斷推理。
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