The spaceship, with no man inside, will fly within 4 million miles of the sun’s surface - right into the solar atmosphere, where the temperature is over 4,500°C. To protect the spaceship, it is covered with a 12cm-thick coating.

The spaceship is called Parker Solar Probe and it is named after Eugene Parker, a professor from the University of Chicago. It’s the first NASA spaceship to be named after a researcher who is still alive. In 1958, Eugene Parker first created the term “solar wind”-the sun sending out a flow of particles (颗粒) and energy.

“The spaceship is going where it has never been before. It’s very exciting that we’ll finally get to know more about the solar wind. I’m sure there will be some surprises. There always are,” said Professor Parker.

Parker calls it a heroic scientific space adventure, and he means that the spaceship will have to experience high temperatures and sun radiation (辐射). “The spaceship is going to do the hottest and fastest work. I love to call it the coolest hottest work under the sun,” said Scientist Fox Nasa.

【1】Why is a spaceship flying to the sun?

A. To make a human history record.

B. To take the first-ever trip to the star.

C. To measure the temperature of the sun.

D. To study its outer atmosphere and how it works.

【2】What do we learn about the spaceship?

A. It will be operated by a pilot inside.

B. It is protected by a 12cm-thick coating.

C. It will fly only outside the solar atmosphere.

D. It will fly into the solar atmosphere without limit.

【3】What is Eugene Parker’s attitude toward the exploration?

A. Confident. B. Doubtful.

C. Disappointed. D. Satisfied.

【4】What does the underlined sentence mean?

A. The spaceship has to do his work under the hottest sun.

B. The spaceship is taking the most attractive job in the world.

C. The spaceship will have great difficulty in finishing the job.

D. The spaceship has to go through the coolest and the hottest temperature.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】本文为说明文。一艘名为“帕克太阳探测器”的宇宙飞船在2018夏天飞往太阳，这将是人类历史上最伟大的成就之一——太空探索，目的是为了研究太阳的外部大气，更多地了解太阳风。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句The purpose is to study the sun’s outer atmosphere and better understand how stars work.可知，目的就是研究太阳外层大气及更好地了解它是如何工作的。分析选项可知D项符合题意，故选D项。

【2】细节理解题。根据第二段可知，宇宙飞船内没有人，将在太阳表面400万英里内飞行——正好进入太阳大气，那里的温度超过4500°C。为了保护宇宙飞船，它外面是12cm厚的涂层。由此可知A、C、D是错误的，只有B是正确的，故选B项。

【3】推理判断题。根据第四段Parker的话“The spaceship is going where it has never been before. It’s very exciting that we’ll finally get to know more about the solar wind. I’m sure there will be some surprises. There always are,”（宇宙飞船正在去以前从未去过的地方。我们最终会对太阳风有更多的了解，这是非常令人兴奋的。我确信会有一些惊喜。而且总是有的。）可知，Parker对这种探索的态度是自信的（confident），故选A。

【4】【解题剖析】此题属于猜测词义中的：依据逻辑推理猜测词义。答案需要推断此处heroic及the coolest hottest work under the sun和the most attractive的同位关系。

【答案定位】根据上文Parker calls it a heroic scientific space adventure可知，Parker把探索称之为英雄的科学太空探险。最后一句“I love to call it the coolest hottest work under the sun,”科学家Fox Nasa把它称为太阳底下最酷的最热工作。由此可知，宇宙飞船正在做着世界上最吸引人的工作。

【推理关系】题干What does the underlined sentence mean?文章内容Parker calls it a heroic scientific space adventure和the coolest hottest work under the sun B选项The spaceship is taking the most attractive job in the world.

What does the underlined sentence mean?B选项The spaceship is taking the most attractive job in the world.

运用逻辑推理猜测词义是使用最广考查最多也最易失分的猜词方式。要求考生具备整合分散、复杂信息的能力，充分利用上下文中相关的词汇并结合具体的语境，从形式和内容上把握语言之间的内在联系，理顺语言之间的逻辑关系，进而达到猜词的目的。常见的逻辑关系有：因果关系，同位关系，对比关系，转折关系等。