“段落中心决定段落中句子的语意”思路介绍
Tests show women suited for space travel
A At the end of ten years, they had to spend a further twenty days absolutely confined to bed.
B They were volunteers and were paid barely above the minimum wage.
C These tests were conducted to determine how they would respond to conditions resembling those abroad the space shuttle.
D They need less food and less oxygen and they stand up to radiation better.
E Some of them over 65.
F When they were finally allowed up, the more physical active women (揭示前面的they指的是“女性”)were specially subject to pains due to a slight calcium (钙)loss
其中除了选项C(主题涉及到实验)以外,其他选项的主题都是有关“她们”(参加实验的妇女)
Between 1977 and 1981, three groups of American women, numbering 27 in all, between the age of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests for space travel purposes. __1__.
Those women were carefully selected from among many applicants. __2__. They were not allowed to smoke or drink alcohol during the tests, and they were expected to tolerate each other’s company at close quarters for the entire period. Among others things they had to stand pressure three times the force of gravity and carry out both physical and mental tasks while exhausted from strenuous physical exercise. __3__. During that time they suffered backaches and other discomforts. __4__.
1. C。分析:空格前面没有明显的篇章 词汇 ,从前句中的核心结构来看“有三组美国妇女参加了长达一个月以太空旅行为目的的测试”,结合下一句(第2段第1句)该句说“这些妇女是从许多 申请 者中仔细挑选出来的”,下一段的中心是围绕妇女展开(从下一段中句子的核心结构可以看出)因此判断第1段的主题应该涉及到实验更合理,因此判断C是答案。
例题解析:
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