ThankstotheInternationalSpaceStationweknowquiteabitabouttheeffectsoflowgravityonthehumanbody,butNASAscientistswanttolearnmore.Tothatend,theyhavebeenstudyinghowotherspeciesdealwithlowgravity,specificallyfocusingonmice(22).Theresultsarebothinterestingandhumorous.
ThescientistsfirstsendsomemiceinaspeciallydesignedcagetotheInternationalSpaceStation.ThecageallowedthemtostudythebehaviorofthemiceremotelyfromEarthviavideo.Asyounoticedinthevideo,themicedefinitelyseemuncomfortableatthebeginningoftheexperiment.Theymovearoundclumsily,driftingwithinthesmallconfinesofthecageanddotheirbesttofigureoutwhichwayisup,butwithoutsuccess.(23)However,it’snotlongbeforethemicebegintocatchon.Theyadaptremarkablywelltotheirnewenvironmentandevenusingthelackofgravitytotheiradvantageastheypushthemselvesaroundthecage.
That’swhenthingsreallygetwild.The11thdayoftheexperimentshowsthemicearenotjustdealingwiththegravitychangebutactuallyseemtobeenjoyingit.(24)Severalofthemiceareobservedrunningaroundthecagewalls.
ThescientistswantedtoseewhetherthemicewouldcontinuedoingthesamekindsofactivitiestheywereobserveddoingonEarth.Thestudyshowedthatthemicekeptmuchoftheirroutinesintact,includingcleaningthemselvesandeatingwhenhungry.(25)
Q22WhatdoNasascientistswanttolearnabout
答案：D)Howanimalsdealwithlackofgravity.
答案句：Tothatend,theyhavebeenstudyinghowotherspeciesdealwithlowgravity,specificallyfocusingonmice.
分析：原词复现，难度不大
Q23Whatdoesthepassagesayaboutthemiceatthebeginningoftheexperiment
答案：A)Theywerenotusedtothelow-gravityenvironment.
答案句：Asyounoticedinthevideo,themicedefinitelyseemuncomfortableatthebeginningoftheexperiment.Theymovearoundclumsily,driftingwithinthesmallconfinesofthecageanddotheirbesttofigureoutwhichwayisup,butwithoutsuccess.
分析：同义替换，notusedto=seemuncomfortable,且后文对uncomfortable有详细说明。
难度较大。
Q24Whatwasobservedaboutthemiceonthe11thdayoftheexperiment
答案：C)Theyalreadyfeltathomeinthenewenvironment.
答案句：That’swhenthingsreallygetwild.The11thdayoftheexperimentshowsthemicearenotjustdealingwiththegravitychangebutactuallyseemtobeenjoyingit.
分析：同义替换，feltathome=seemtobeenjoyingit.难度较大。
Q25Whatdidthescientistsfindaboutthemicefromtheexperiment
答案：B)TheybehavedasiftheywereonEarth.
答案句：ThescientistswantedtoseewhetherthemicewouldcontinuedoingthesamekindsofactivitiestheywereobserveddoingonEarth.Thestudyshowedthatthemicekeptmuchoftheirroutinesintact,includingcleaningthemselvesandeatingwhenhungry.
分析：同义替换，behavedasiftheywereonEarth=keptmuchoftheirroutinesintact.本题难度较大。