2022高考英语阅读理解系列训练（4）及答案解析.docVIP

2022高考英语阅读理解系列训练（4）及答案解析

(2022·泸州一诊)

Adeadsix-tonsatellitepassedovertheWestCoastandnearAucklandbeforeburningupoveraremoteareaofthePacificOcean,Nasamapsshow.

The20-year-oldUpperAtmosphericResearchSatellite(UARS)droppedabout24piecesofmetaldebris(碎片)over800kmasitenteredEarthsatmosphereonSaturday.

Nasadatatracksitsdescent(下落)fromabovetheIndianOceanoffthecoastofAfricatothePacificOceanat14.1degreessouthlatitudeand189.8degreeseastlongitude.

NewZealandwastheonlymajorlandmassonitsre-entrypath.

Nasasayssatellitedebrisscattered(撒落)overthesouthPacificOceanaboutasfarawayfromlargelandmassesasyoucanget.ItsaystheUSAirForcecalculatedthesatelliteenteredEarthsatmospheregenerallyaboveAmericanSamoa.Butpiecesofitdidnotstarthittingthewaterforanother480kilometerstothenortheast,southwestofChristmasIsland.Expertsbelievethemetalpiecesfelloveran800-kilometrespan.

OnSaturday,scientistssaiditwaspossiblesomepiecescouldhavereachednorthwesternCanada,butNasasaidovernightthatnewcalculationsshowitlandedearlierthantheythought,nowherenearNorthAmerica.

NickJohnson,Nasaschiefscientistfororbitaldebris,saidthesatellitehaddescended“wellwithin”therangepredicted(猜想)bytheJointSpaceOperationsCenter(JSOC)．“Thiswasnotaneasyre-entrytopredictbecauseofthenaturalforcesactingonthesatelliteasitsorbitdecayed(轨道变形)．SomeothernationsaroundtheworldalsoweremonitoringthesatellitesdescentinthelasttwohoursandallthepredictionswerewellwithintherangeestimatedbyJSOC.”

UARSwaslaunchedaboardspaceshuttleDiscoveryin1991.Nasastoppedusingthesatellitein2005,aftermovingitintoalowerorbitthatcutitslifeshortby20years.

文章大意：Nasa地图精确?????猜想了卫星碎片的坠落轨迹。

63．Whichistherightre-entrypathofthefallingsatellite?

A.IO-NZ-PO B.A-IO-NA

C．PO-IO-NZ