青岛市2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空及阅读类训练（九）（答案及解析）.docVIP

青岛市2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空及阅读类训练（9）（答案及解析） 阅读理解 CAPE CANAVERAL，Fla.(Sept.28)—She says space smells like a “burned almond(杏仁) cookie”．She praises the wonders of Velcro，and describes the dangers of trying to wash her hair in zero gravity. Space tourist Anousheh Ansari’s blog(博客) introduces everyday life on the international space station through the eyes of an American businesswoman.Her 10-day adventure ends tonight when she touches down in a Soyuz vehicle in Kazakhstan along with Russian Pavel Vinogradov and US Jeff Williams. “It is hard for me to write tonight.” she wrote Thursday in her last posting from space.“There are millions of thoughts going through my head.” The 40-year-old Iranian-born Ansari paid $20 million for her adventure.She was a last-minute substitute(替代) for a Japanese businessman who failed a medical test for space flight. “Well，my friends，I must admit keeping clean in space is not easy！” she wrote in the opening of one entry.Zero gravity has made it impossible to keep objects from flying away.One night，she informed readers that she used her big toe to hold herself in one place. At least eight astronauts have kept online diaries recording their stay at the space station，but they weren’t traditional blogs since readers couldn’t post responses，as they have on Ansari’s blog.Astronaut Ed Liu even described the details of going to the bathroom at the space station.As a private citizen，she has more freedom to describe the details of everyday life than active astronauts. Hundreds of people from around the globe have left comments on Ansari’s blog.Luc van den Abeelen of the Netherlands wrote in Ansari’s blog，“I’ve been involved with manned spaceflight as a hobby for more than 25 years，but only reading your blog do I really get a taste of what it is like to be in space.” 1．The news is mainly about ________. A．the international space station B．the blog of Ansari’s space travel C．the research about the space D．how to keep clean in space 2．Who should have been on t