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[2026 广东广州期末]Have you ever dreamt of travelling in space? To travelling in space, we first have to work out where our food will come from.
Today's space travellers don't go to the Moon or Mars. They go to the International Space Station (ISS). There, the spacemen live for weeks to months.
If you visited the ISS years ago, nearly every kind of food you ate would have come from the Earth.
In 2014, scientists sent the ISS a space garden with some vegetable seeds (种子). With
water and some light, the vegetables in the garden grew. Those were the first foods being grown on the ISS. But the spacemen couldn't eat them and had to send them back to the Earth. The next year, after scientists made sure they were safe, the spacemen grew a second crop. This time the vegetables were ready for the spacemen to eat.
Gardening is different in space from it is on Earth. Without gravity, plants don't know which way is up. But they learn how to grow. They send their leaves in the direction of light and their roots into the soil.
While the space garden is small for now, hopefully it could one day help provide people with food on long-time space trips.
(
A. The vegetables.
B. The spacemen.
C. The scientists.
D. The water and light.
(
A. They cannot grow up at all.
B. They grow in all directions.
C. They grow in the direction of light.
D. They grow in the direction of the Earth.
(
A. It will help to clean up space rubbish.
B. It will be a fun place for space tourists.
C. It will make us need less food from the Earth.
D. It will teach us about how plants grow in space.
(
A. The challenge of space travel.
B. The history of space exploration.
C. The daily life of spacemen on the ISS.
D. The development of space gardens for food.
[2026 广东广州期末]Have you ever dreamt of travelling in space? To travelling in space, we first have to work out where our food will come from.
Today's space travellers don't go to the Moon or Mars. They go to the International Space Station (ISS). There, the spacemen live for weeks to months.
If you visited the ISS years ago, nearly every kind of food you ate would have come from the Earth.
In 2014, scientists sent the ISS a space garden with some vegetable seeds (种子). With
water and some light, the vegetables in the garden grew. Those were the first foods being grown on the ISS. But the spacemen couldn't eat them and had to send them back to the Earth. The next year, after scientists made sure they were safe, the spacemen grew a second crop. This time the vegetables were ready for the spacemen to eat.
Gardening is different in space from it is on Earth. Without gravity, plants don't know which way is up. But they learn how to grow. They send their leaves in the direction of light and their roots into the soil.
While the space garden is small for now, hopefully it could one day help provide people with food on long-time space trips.
(
A
)15. What does the underlined word "them" in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. The vegetables.
B. The spacemen.
C. The scientists.
D. The water and light.
(
C
)16. How do the plants in the space garden grow without gravity?A. They cannot grow up at all.
B. They grow in all directions.
C. They grow in the direction of light.
D. They grow in the direction of the Earth.
(
C
)17. What can we know about the space garden for the future?A. It will help to clean up space rubbish.
B. It will be a fun place for space tourists.
C. It will make us need less food from the Earth.
D. It will teach us about how plants grow in space.
(
D
)18. What is the passage mainly about?A. The challenge of space travel.
B. The history of space exploration.
C. The daily life of spacemen on the ISS.
D. The development of space gardens for food.
答案
15. A 词义猜测题。根据文中的"With water and some light, the vegetables in the garden grew. Those were the first foods being grown on the ISS. But the spacemen couldn't eat them and had to send them back to the Earth."可知,宇航员不能吃空间站里种出来的第一批蔬菜,必须把它们带回地球,故画线单词 them 指代"蔬菜",故选 A 项。
16. C 细节理解题。根据文中的"Without gravity, plants don't know which way is up. But they learn how to grow. They send their leaves in the direction of light and their roots into the soil."可知,它们的叶子朝着光的方向生长,且它们的根扎向土壤,故选 C 项。
17. C 推理判断题。根据"While the space garden is small for now, hopefully it could one day help provide people with food on long-time space trips."可知,作者希望太空花园能为长期太空旅行的人提供食物,故推断出这在减少人们对地球提供的食物的需求。故选 C 项。
18. D 主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文主要介绍了国际空间站上太空花园的发展及其对未来的影响。故选 D 项。
16. C 细节理解题。根据文中的"Without gravity, plants don't know which way is up. But they learn how to grow. They send their leaves in the direction of light and their roots into the soil."可知,它们的叶子朝着光的方向生长,且它们的根扎向土壤,故选 C 项。
17. C 推理判断题。根据"While the space garden is small for now, hopefully it could one day help provide people with food on long-time space trips."可知,作者希望太空花园能为长期太空旅行的人提供食物,故推断出这在减少人们对地球提供的食物的需求。故选 C 项。
18. D 主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文主要介绍了国际空间站上太空花园的发展及其对未来的影响。故选 D 项。
解析
【分析】本题为英语阅读理解题，围绕国际空间站的太空花园展开，设置了词义猜测、细节理解、推理判断、主旨大意四类题型。解题时需先通读全文把握主旨，再针对各题：15题需结合代词所在句的上下文，找到其指代的前文名词；16题要定位原文描述太空植物生长方式的语句；17题需根据未来太空花园的功能进行合理推理；18题需梳理全文核心内容，归纳主旨。
【解析】15. 词义猜测题，根据第4段“With water and some light, the vegetables in the garden grew. Those were the first foods being grown on the ISS. But the spacemen couldn't eat them and had to send them back to the Earth.”可知，them指代前文提到的第一批在空间站种植的蔬菜，故选A。
16. 细节理解题，根据第5段“They send their leaves in the direction of light and their roots into the soil.”可知，太空植物的叶子朝着光的方向生长，故选C。
17. 推理判断题，根据最后一段“While the space garden is small for now, hopefully it could one day help provide people with food on long-time space trips.”可推断，未来太空花园能为长期太空旅行提供食物，从而减少对地球食物的需求，故选C。
18. 主旨大意题，通读全文，文章主要介绍了国际空间站上太空花园的发展及其对未来太空旅行的作用，核心是太空花园的发展，故选D。
【答案】15.A 16.C 17.C 18.D
【知识点】英语阅读理解、词义猜测题、主旨大意题
【点评】本文是一篇关于太空探索中食物种植的英语阅读理解，题型覆盖词义猜测、细节理解、推理判断和主旨大意，考查学生的信息定位、逻辑推理及主旨归纳能力，内容贴近科技热点，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.7
【解析】15. 词义猜测题，根据第4段“With water and some light, the vegetables in the garden grew. Those were the first foods being grown on the ISS. But the spacemen couldn't eat them and had to send them back to the Earth.”可知，them指代前文提到的第一批在空间站种植的蔬菜，故选A。
16. 细节理解题，根据第5段“They send their leaves in the direction of light and their roots into the soil.”可知，太空植物的叶子朝着光的方向生长，故选C。
17. 推理判断题，根据最后一段“While the space garden is small for now, hopefully it could one day help provide people with food on long-time space trips.”可推断，未来太空花园能为长期太空旅行提供食物，从而减少对地球食物的需求，故选C。
18. 主旨大意题，通读全文，文章主要介绍了国际空间站上太空花园的发展及其对未来太空旅行的作用，核心是太空花园的发展，故选D。
【答案】15.A 16.C 17.C 18.D
【知识点】英语阅读理解、词义猜测题、主旨大意题
【点评】本文是一篇关于太空探索中食物种植的英语阅读理解，题型覆盖词义猜测、细节理解、推理判断和主旨大意，考查学生的信息定位、逻辑推理及主旨归纳能力，内容贴近科技热点，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.7
