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Module 5　Ethnic Culture (建议用时25分钟) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2018·开封五校联考)The TV science－fiction series Star Trek no longer looked far－fetched(牵强的)as four men and four women in black space－suits locked themselves into a giant hi－ech greenhouse，known as a‘biosphere’，in the Arizona desert yesterday for a two－year study of the environment. As dawn broke over the Santa Catalina mountains，the eight waved goodbye to television cameras.Edward Ross，their multi－billionaire sponsor from a Texas oil family，closed the door of the $150 million structure，with its mini－ocean，marsh，desert，savanna，rainforest and 3,800 plant and animal species designed to allow the team to recreate Earth and its ecosystems. The so－called Biosphere 2 is the latest of a dozen environmental projects started by the self－titled‘ecopreneur’．The project’s main aim is to set up a self－sustaining community for possible use in a spaceship or on another planet.The crew members must plant，harvest and process their food on a half－acre farm in the seven－storey glass and metal structure，while conducting a series of experiments. ‘We will be custodians(监护人)of our new little world，’said Abigail Mayer，aged 31，a US marine biologist on the team，her voice choking with emotion.‘It is a brave new step.’Many scientists，however，are more than skeptical.They point out that the largest closed ecosystem which survived more than a few days was smaller than a football.It was developed at the University of Miami and contained only shrimp，algae and other micro－organisms. Critics have also accused Mr.Ross of being more interested in producing a profitable theme park than in carrying out serious scientific research.Hundreds of tourists visited the site daily in the summer before it was occupied by the team.They paid $9.95 to enter and all stopped at the souvenir shop. [语篇解读]　本文介绍了一个八人的团队进行的一项科学实验，这项实验建立了一个模拟的封闭的生物圈，在这里面进行与环境有关的一些实验。对此不同的人发表了不同的观点。 1．What’s the location of the project? A．Texas.　　　 B．University of Miami. C．Arizona desert.　　　 D．The space.