The International Space Station allows astronauts to live in space for extended amounts of time, enabling them to explore the outside universe and conduct many experiments. However, nothing like that exists for our oceans, and thanks to the high water pressure, ocean researchers are able to explore what lies undersea for very short periods of time.
They are therefore never able to fully explore the deep inside areas of our oceans. However, if French architect Jacques Rougerie has his way, that will change soon.
Jacqucs has designed a ship that will allow researchers to spend a long period of time observing the sea life and conducting experiments. The huge 167ft ship, named 'Sea Orbiter', consists of two areas—one above the water where the scientists and crew will live, and a lower pressurized deck (甲板), where scientists will be able to spend as much time as they wish. Since it is powered by sea currents and wind, he expects it to drift (漂流) along the oceans slowly, taking about two years to circumvent the globe.
Jacques will make their life as fortable as possible in the ship. Besides being equipped with the latest sailing tools and munication equipment, the ship will also have a gym, a television and a DVD player. And these guys will not be eating freeze-dried food like astronauts. Instead, Jacques, an acplished chef, plans on cooking them delicious meals every day.
The biggest problem to this giant ship is the cost, which is expected to be over $500 million—per ship! However, Jacques, who strongly believes that the secrets of our oceans may be the key to solving global warming and a vital supply for food and medicine in the future, is confident he will be able to convince governments all over the world to help out, and expects to start construction on not one, but four or five of these amazing ships soon!
【小题1】Why can’t ocean researchers explore the deep oceans for a long time?A．Because they can’t stand the high water pressure.B．Because it’s too cold in deep ocean.C．Because time for experiments is too limited.D．Because it’s dangerous to observe the sea life.【小题2】The underlined word circumvent probably means .A．fly awayB．get aroundC．travel throughD．move into【小题3】From the fourth paragraph we can learn that .A．Jacques intends to design the ship mainly for sightseeing and travelingB．living a fortable life helps to do the ocean research quicklyC．it’s much more expensive to eat freeze-dried foodD．researchers on Jacque’s ship will live more fortably than astronauts【小题4】Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A．Sea Orbiter—the ship of the futureB．A new way to explore the deep oceansC．A great architect—Jacques RougerieD．Travel around the globe in Sea OrbiterA
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解析：文章讲述的正是一艘未来探索海洋世界的Sea Orbiter的相关内容介绍。
【小题1】A 细节题。根据第1段thanks to the high water pressure,可知水下的压力太大了，让人们没有办法长时间待在水下。
【小题2】Ｂ词义辨析。根据文章可知这艘船让人们环游世界变得可能，故Ｂ正确。
【小题3】Ｄ 细节题。根据第四段具体的内容可知在船上的生活要比宇航员在天上的生活更舒适。
【小题4】A 主旨大意题。文章讲述的正是一艘未来探索海洋世界的Sea Orbiter的相关内容介绍。