听力试题

Question 8 to 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

Now listen to the news.

8. What is the name of the unmanned Russian rocket?

A. The International Space Station.

B. The Siberia Vessel.

C. The Baikonur Cosmodrome.

D. The Progress 45.

9. When is the freighter supposed to reach the International Space Station?

A. On Sunday.

B. On Monday.

C. On Tuesday.

D. On Wednesday.

10. When did the vessel reach its preliminary orbit?

A. At 4:02 p.m.

B. At 4:11 p. m.

C. At 4:20 p.m.

D. At 6:11 p. m.

答案详解

【答案】

8. D 9. D 10. C

【原文】

An unmanned Russian rocket successfully lifted off with a cargo of supplies for the crew of the International Space Station on Sunday, two months after a similar rocket crashed in Siberia.

（8）（9）The Progress 45 freighter is slated to dock with the station on Wednesday（该运载飞船的名字是the Progress45，预计周三与国际空间站对接。）with three tons of food, fuel, water and spare parts for the US , Russian and Japanese crew of the station.（10）The vessel took off from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:11 p. m.（6:11 a. m. Eastern Time）and reached its preliminary orbit in （飞船下午4:11起飞，九分钟到达预定轨道，两个时间相加便可得出答案。）the US space agency NASA said.