2025~2026学年湖北省丹江口市第二中学高二上学期12月月考英语试卷.docVIP

2025~2026学年湖北省丹江口市第二中学高二上学期12月月考英语试卷

一、阅读理解

ZeroRobotics:CodingforSpaceExploration

WhatIsZeroRobotics?

Foundedin2009byMIT’sSpaceSystemsLaboratoryandastronautGregChamitoff,ZeroRoboticsisafree-of-chargecoding(编程)competition.StudentsgettheextraordinarychancetoprogramSPHERESsatellitesaboardtheISS.Teamsstartbytakingonannualchallengesinvirtualsimulations.ThebestteamsthenenterathrillinglivefinalontheISS,withanastronautinchargeoftheaction.

TournamenttracksataGlance

Tournament

Grades/Age

Duration

TeamSize

KeyFeature

HighSchool

9-12(14-20yrs)

Sept-Dec

5-20students

FinalontheISS

MiddleSchool

5th-9thgraders

5weeks(Jun24-Aug2)

7-20students

Freetrainingforbeginners

HowtoParticipate

Qualification(资格):Highschoolstudents(notincollegeyet)fromtheUS,Russia,ESAmemberstates,andAustraliacanjointhehighschooltournament.Middleschoolstudentsarequalifiedforthemiddleschoolsummerprogram.

TeamSetup:Eachteammusthaveamentor,usuallyateacherorstaffmember.Forhighschool,typicallyoneteamperschool(exceptionwithpermission),andformiddleschool,teamsregisterbeforethesetdeadline.AllstudentsneedtocreatetheirownaccountsontheZeroRoboticsplatform.

Participantscangainhands-oncodingexperiencewithrealNASAsatellites.Ithelpsindevelopingteamworkskills,asteamscooperateclosely.ExposuretospacetechnologycanstirupinterestinSTEMcareers.Moreover,it’sagreatadditiontocollegeapplications,showingyourcommitmentandskillsinSTEMfields.AndtheexcitementofseeingyourcoderuninthemicrogravityoftheISSistrulyunmatched.

1.Whatisthedifferencebetweentheminimumteamsizesofthetwotournaments?

A．2.

B．5.

C．7.

D．12.

2.WhoisqualifiedfortheHighSchoolTournament?

A．Collegestudentsunder20.

B．MiddleschoolersinRussia.

C．9-12thgradersfrom