2015江苏启东中学期初调研测试英语试题及答案(5)

His views are detailed in a paper, titled “Human Evolution, Life History Theory, and the End of Biological Reproduction" published Current Aging Science. 
63. According to Cadell Last, a completely new type of human will appear because of _____. 
① artificial intelligence ② new technology ③ natural selection ④ mundane tasks 
⑤ behavior 
A. ②③⑤     B. ①②③      C. ③④⑤     D. ①②⑤
64. Which statement is compared by Mr. Last to the change from monkeys to apes, and apes to humans? 
A. We have diseases and die young. 
B. We give birth to a child when we are young. 
C. We spend less time in virtual reality. 
D. We use intelligent robots to do everyday housework. 
65. The underlined words in the third paragraph most probably mean “_____”.
A. Organisms need more energy and time to ripen.   B. Natural selection shapes key events. 
C. Reproduction.                              D. Reproduce less. 
66. In the next system Mr. Last explained we can infer that _____. 
A. women are engaged in careers or hobbies instead of giving birth to babies
B. women are engaged in playing computer games rather than working 
C. women are engaged in cultural reproduction in place of men 
D. women are engaged in living in virtual reality without options
                                   D
Six people have kept themselves inside a white dome in Hawaii to have an eight-month test of how their mental health might experience during a mission to Mars.
The NASA-funded project involves three men and three women who have no access to fresh food and limited access to Internet that requires 20-minute intervals between click and response, as it might be in deep space.
They are allowed to step outside their igloo-like enclosure — which measures 11 meters in diameter and six meters tall — only if wearing a space suit.
“We are surrounded by basaltic lava(玄武岩火山石) and living on the slopes of Mauna Loa where there is little evidence of plant or animal life,” wrote crew member Jocelyn Dunn, a doctor at Purdue University’s School of Industrial Engineering, after her first day in the dome on October 17. “The training wheels are coming off as our new reality is setting in,” Dunn wrote on her blog, http://fivestarview.blogspot.com, which she plans to update throughout the mission.
NASA is spending $1.2 million on a series of three such projects known as Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) to determine the potential risks of sending people together to spend long periods on a distant planet.
NASA is aiming for a human mission to Mars by the 2030s, but experts are still not sure if humans can with-stand the radiation that the journey would involve.
It could take eight months to reach the Red Planet, not to mention time spent on it with a thin atmosphere and no known food source, followed by an attempt at returning to Earth.
One recent study found that with the current limits of technology, adventurers to Mars would start dying in 68 days. Another study this week said the risk of radiation-induced cancer would limit any trip to one year.
NASA considers it just as important to study whether people’s mental states could hold up under the pressure of a Mars journey, said principal investigator Kim Binsted.
Both crew psychology and radiation are considered “red risks” for Mars, “which means essentially, until we solve these problems, we are not going,” Binsted told AFP. Binsted is coordinating the experiment from the outside the dome. Those inside are healthy, educated people in their 20s and 30s, each with a keen interest in science and space. “It is kind of the opposite of a reality show. We select against drama.” explained Binsted. “We try to pick a crew that will get along with each other. We pick generally level-headed and easy-going people.”
They include Allen Mirkadyrov, an aerospace engineer for and Neil Scheibelhut, a microbiologist and former soldier in Iraq. Sophie Milam is an expert in robotics who is pursuing a master’s degree in engineering, and Zak Wilson is a mechanical engineer. The commander is Canadian-born Martha Lenio, who earned a doctor degree in engineering and has worked in the sustainable building industry, according to her biography.
As time wears on, experts want to see how they get along with each other, and how they relate to mission control.
One potential problem may come late in the game, when a depression known as “third-quarter syndrome” kicks in. There is also the issue of communication breakdown between the crew and ground control, which happens often in these kinds of missions, Binsted said.
67. “A white dome” in Paragraph 1 is the same place as _______.
A. “deep space” in paragraph 2
B. “their igloo-like enclosure” in Paragraph 3
C. “the slopes of Mauna Loa” in Paragraph 4
D. “Purdue University’s School of Industrial Engineering” in Paragraph 4
68. What is the aim of Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS)?
A. To reduce the time to reach Mars to less than 8 months.
B. To make sure if humans can with-stand the radiation involved in the journey.
C. To find out the possible risks of having people travel to Mars and stay there.
D. To aim for a human mission to Mars by the 2030s.
69. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. it is likely to take a year for adventurers to have a to-and-back trip of Mars