“Captain, we are almost there. What do you want us to do?”

“Captain, we are almost there. What do you want us to do?”

Twenty years of plans. Twenty years of wondering. Twenty years and our spaceship was about to arrive. What will we find? Was the information we were given correct? As the captain of the spaceship, I would soon know.

Where are we? We are coming to the nearest star to the sun. It takes 4 light years to go to this star. We have taken almost twenty years. We have the largest spaceship that has ever been built.

We had a simple way of traveling. We learned from bears how to sleep for a long time without getting sick or dying. We should sleep for eleven months. We would work for one month. Then we would go back to sleep for eleven months. I found it unusual to have my calendar(日历) always read March. That was the month I was awake. I have lived in the month of March for the last twenty years.

Here we are. We are coming near to this new star. There is a planet that is supposed to be like earth here. Will it be? Will we be able to live here?

I have to get busy now. We will start to wake up all of the other people. They will also want to see this. We have people from every place on earth. Think of all that we will get to see here. This is something to really get excited about.

I have to go. Have a good day. Wish us good luck.

【1】Who is telling the story?

A.One of the people on the spaceship B.One of the officers on the spaceships

C.One of the scientists on the spaceship D.The captain of the spaceship

【2】How long had the spaceship been traveling?

A.10 years B.20 years C.15 years D.25 years

【3】How had the people learned to travel such a long distance?

A.Kangaroos B.Pandas C.Lions D.Bears

【4】How long would the crew work while they were on the space journey?

A.They would work for 6 months and sleep for 6 months

B.They would work for 3 months and sleep for 9 months

C.They would work for 1 months and sleep for 11 months

D.They would work for 11 months and sleep for 1 months

【5】What did the captain find strange about his calendar?

A.His calendar always read March B.His calendar had funny pictures on it

C.His calendar had cats on it D.His calendar was a funny color

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文是飞船船长的独白，介绍了他们经过了4光年，用时20年，最终到达太阳。船长现在既高兴又兴奋，马上要开始新的星球之旅。

【1】推理判断题。根据“Captain, we are almost there. What do you want us to do?”可知是一个人在向飞船船长请示，因此之后的几段都是船长的独白。故选D。

【2】细节理解题。根据Twenty years and our spaceship was about to arrive.可知经历了20年飞船到达了。故选B。

【3】细节理解题。根据We learned from bears how to sleep for a long time without getting sick or dying.可知我们向熊学习如果长时间的睡觉。故选D。

【4】细节理解题。根据We should sleep for eleven months. We would work for one month.可知他们工作1个月，睡觉11个月。故选C。

【5】细节理解题。根据I found it unusual to have my calendar(日历) always read March.可知他发现日历总是在三月。故选A。