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From the moon to Mars, scientists have been looking for water — the key to life — in the solar system for decades. Recently, they have turned to Jupiter (木星).
On April 14, 2023, the European Space Agency's (ESA) JUICE spacecraft successfully lifted off from French Guiana in South America. JUICE, short for "Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer", will collect data from Jupiter and its three moons, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
The three moons are believed to have big oceans of liquid water (液态水). According to ESA, the water on these moons could be six times as much as the amount in Earth's oceans. The mission "will change our understanding of the solar system", wrote Scientific American.
In 1998, NASA's Galileo spacecraft found that Europa might be ejecting (喷射) water as far as 160 kilometres into space. That gave scientists the idea of studying the icy moons of Jupiter.
The oceans under these moons are likely to be tens of kilometres deep. But they are also trapped under tens of kilometres of ice, making it very difficult to study them. Although JUICE cannot land on the surface, it has lots of high-tech equipment to study the moon's environment, including spectral imaging (光谱成像) tools and radar (雷达). "They could give more data on things like the thickness of the oceans, their salt content (含量), and their distance from the icy shells above," reported Phys.org.
"The main goal is to understand whether there are environments suitable for life there," Olivier Witasse said during a press conference.
36. What's JUICE used for?
A. Collecting data.
B. Lifting a spacecraft.
C. Looking for Jupiter.
D. Changing the water.
37. Why did scientists become interested in studying Jupiter's icy moons?
A. Because water was found on Jupiter's surface.
B. Because Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
C. Because they wanted to test high-tech equipment like radar.
D. Because a spacecraft found signs of water ejection from Europa.
38. What is the closest meaning to the underlined word "trapped"?
A. Locked.
B. Created.
C. Collected.
D. Taken.
39. What is the purpose of the task?
A. To find out if there are lakes in the universe.
B. To find out if there are living things out there.
C. To find out if life can live on some of Jupiter's moons.
D. To find out if we can move water from Earth to the moons of Jupiter.
40. Where is this passage probably from?
A. A newspaper.
B. A storybook.
C. A novel.
D. A diary.
On April 14, 2023, the European Space Agency's (ESA) JUICE spacecraft successfully lifted off from French Guiana in South America. JUICE, short for "Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer", will collect data from Jupiter and its three moons, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
The three moons are believed to have big oceans of liquid water (液态水). According to ESA, the water on these moons could be six times as much as the amount in Earth's oceans. The mission "will change our understanding of the solar system", wrote Scientific American.
In 1998, NASA's Galileo spacecraft found that Europa might be ejecting (喷射) water as far as 160 kilometres into space. That gave scientists the idea of studying the icy moons of Jupiter.
The oceans under these moons are likely to be tens of kilometres deep. But they are also trapped under tens of kilometres of ice, making it very difficult to study them. Although JUICE cannot land on the surface, it has lots of high-tech equipment to study the moon's environment, including spectral imaging (光谱成像) tools and radar (雷达). "They could give more data on things like the thickness of the oceans, their salt content (含量), and their distance from the icy shells above," reported Phys.org.
"The main goal is to understand whether there are environments suitable for life there," Olivier Witasse said during a press conference.
36. What's JUICE used for?
A. Collecting data.
B. Lifting a spacecraft.
C. Looking for Jupiter.
D. Changing the water.
37. Why did scientists become interested in studying Jupiter's icy moons?
A. Because water was found on Jupiter's surface.
B. Because Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
C. Because they wanted to test high-tech equipment like radar.
D. Because a spacecraft found signs of water ejection from Europa.
38. What is the closest meaning to the underlined word "trapped"?
A. Locked.
B. Created.
C. Collected.
D. Taken.
39. What is the purpose of the task?
A. To find out if there are lakes in the universe.
B. To find out if there are living things out there.
C. To find out if life can live on some of Jupiter's moons.
D. To find out if we can move water from Earth to the moons of Jupiter.
40. Where is this passage probably from?
A. A newspaper.
B. A storybook.
C. A novel.
D. A diary.
答案
36. A
37. D
38. A
39. C
40. A
37. D
38. A
39. C
40. A
解析
【分析】这是一篇科技类英语阅读理解题，解答时需先通读全文，再针对每个题目回到原文定位对应段落，结合细节信息、上下文语境、词义猜测方法及文章题材判断答案：36题定位JUICE的用途；37题定位科学家对木星冰卫星感兴趣的原因；38题结合上下文猜测画线词词义；39题定位任务目的；40题根据文章题材判断来源。
【解析】36题：根据文章第二段“JUICE, short for 'Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer', will collect data from Jupiter and its three moons...”可知JUICE的用途是收集数据，对应选项A。
37题：根据文章第四段“In 1998, NASA's Galileo spacecraft found that Europa might be ejecting (喷射) water as far as 160 kilometres into space. That gave scientists the idea of studying the icy moons of Jupiter.”可知科学家对木星冰卫星感兴趣是因为探测器发现木卫二喷射水的迹象，对应选项D。
38题：画线词所在句“But they are also trapped under tens of kilometres of ice”中，“they”指代液态水，结合语境可知液态水被冰困住，“locked（被锁住）”与“trapped（被困住）”意思最接近，对应选项A。
39题：根据文章第六段“The main goal is to understand whether there are environments suitable for life there”可知任务目的是了解木星卫星是否有适合生命生存的环境，对应选项C。
40题：文章是关于太空探索的科技新闻，题材符合报纸内容，对应选项A。
【答案】36.A 37.D 38.A 39.C 40.A
【知识点】英语阅读理解（细节理解、词义猜测、主旨大意）
【点评】本题为科技类英语阅读理解，考查学生信息定位、词义推断及题材判断能力，题型常规，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6
【解析】36题：根据文章第二段“JUICE, short for 'Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer', will collect data from Jupiter and its three moons...”可知JUICE的用途是收集数据，对应选项A。
37题：根据文章第四段“In 1998, NASA's Galileo spacecraft found that Europa might be ejecting (喷射) water as far as 160 kilometres into space. That gave scientists the idea of studying the icy moons of Jupiter.”可知科学家对木星冰卫星感兴趣是因为探测器发现木卫二喷射水的迹象，对应选项D。
38题：画线词所在句“But they are also trapped under tens of kilometres of ice”中，“they”指代液态水，结合语境可知液态水被冰困住，“locked（被锁住）”与“trapped（被困住）”意思最接近，对应选项A。
39题：根据文章第六段“The main goal is to understand whether there are environments suitable for life there”可知任务目的是了解木星卫星是否有适合生命生存的环境，对应选项C。
40题：文章是关于太空探索的科技新闻，题材符合报纸内容，对应选项A。
【答案】36.A 37.D 38.A 39.C 40.A
【知识点】英语阅读理解（细节理解、词义猜测、主旨大意）
【点评】本题为科技类英语阅读理解，考查学生信息定位、词义推断及题材判断能力，题型常规，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6
