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【題目】NASA Student Competitions

NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge

Teams of high school and college students are challenged to design and build a human-powered vehicle to travel across the simulated(模擬的) surface of another world. The course includes 14 roadblocks and 5 tasks, and teams must successfully follow NASA instructions. Each U.S. school may enter up to two teams. For international entries, no more than four teams from each country will be accepted.

International Team Registration Deadline: July 12

U.S. Team Registration Deadline: August 16

NASA Lunabotics Competition

Lunabotics challenges teams to design, build and run their autonomously operated robot, travel through simulated off-world areas and dig the simulated lunar soil. This challenge includes presentations and demonstrations, and a systems engineering paper explaining the methodology the team uses to design and build their robot.

Registration Deadline: July 18

NASA SUITS Design Challenge

NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) gives students an authentic engineering design experience supporting NASA’s Artemis mission—landing American astronauts safely on the Moon by 2024! This activity challenges students to design and create spacesuit information displays within AR environments.

Proposal Deadline: July 25

2020 BIG Idea Challenge

NASA’s 2020 Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge is open to teams of 5 to 20 students. Teams are challenged to submit proposals for sample lunar payloads(有效載荷) that demonstrate technology systems needed for exploration and science in the permanently shadowed regions in and near the Moon’s polar regions. Selected teams will receive awards from $50,000 to $180,000 to bring their ideas to life!

Entry Deadline: August 16

【1】John, a student who is good at designing vehicles, can enter______________.

A.2020 BIG Idea ChallengeB.NASA Lunabotics Competition

C.NASA SUITS Design ChallengeD.NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge

【2】What does NASA Lunabotics Competition require of participants?

A.They need to finish building their robot on July 18.

B.They have to complete a course of 5 tasks.

C.They need to create their own simulated environments.

D.They should write a paper showing how they build their robot.

【3】Which of the following statements about the last two competitions is true?

A.They both require submitting proposals before August.

B.They both ask participants to bring their ideas to life.

C.They are both preparations for Moon exploration.

D.Both of them will present winners with big awards.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

這是一篇應用文。文章主要介紹了四個美國國家航空航天局學生比賽，介紹了比賽內容和截止日期等信息。

【1】

細節(jié)理解題。根據NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge部分中Teams of high school and college students are challenged to design and build a human-powered vehicle to travel across the simulated(模擬的) surface of another world.可知高中生和大學生組成的團隊面臨設計和制造一輛人力汽車的挑戰(zhàn)，以穿越另一個世界的模擬表面。由此可知，擅長設計飛行器的學生John可以參加NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge。故選D。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。根據NASA Lunabotics Competition部分中This challenge includes presentations and demonstrations, and a systems engineering paper explaining the methodology the team uses to design and build their robot.可知這項挑戰(zhàn)包括展示和演示，以及解釋團隊設計和制造機器人所用方法的系統(tǒng)工程論文。由此可知，NASA Lunabotics Competition要求參賽者寫一篇論文說明他們如何建造他們的機器人。故選D。

【3】

細節(jié)理解題。根據NASA SUITS Design Challenge部分中NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) gives students an authentic engineering design experience supporting NASA’s Artemis mission—landing American astronauts safely on the Moon by 2024!可知NASA航天服用戶界面技術為學生提供了一個真實的工程設計經驗，支持NASA的Artemis任務——美國宇航員在2024年安全著陸月球！以及2020 BIG Idea Challenge部分中Teams are challenged to submit proposals for sample lunar payloads(有效載荷) that demonstrate technology systems needed for exploration and science in the permanently shadowed regions in and near the Moon’s polar regions.可知研究小組面臨的挑戰(zhàn)是提交月球有效載荷樣本的提案，以演示在月球兩極地區(qū)和附近永久陰影地區(qū)進行探索和科學研究所需的技術系統(tǒng)。由此可知，后兩個比賽都在為月球探索做準備。故C選項“他們都在為月球探索做準備”正確。故選C。