雅思阅读实战:Solar-panel fold failure

　　Key and Explanations：

　　1. FALSE

　　See Paragraph 2 under the subtitle "Fold failure"： Thursday's spacewalk to tackle other jobs will proceed as planned， without a fix to the solar array.

　　2. TRUE

　　See Paragraph 4 under the subtitle "Fold failure"： After almost 6.5 hours of trying to get the array to retract and more than 40 remote-control commands sent to the array……

　　3. FALSE

　　See Paragraph 5 under the subtitle "Fold failure"： NASA wants to get the P6 array fully retracted before they move it to another part of the station on a future mission.

　　4. TRUE

　　See the third paragraph under the subtitle "Pile up"： Wednesday's showstopper was caused by one segment in particular， known as bay 17.5. It would not slide into the box……

　　5. TRUE

　　See the first paragraph under the subtitle “Reconfiguration”： A fourth spacewalk？sending astronauts？to help guide the array into the box.

　　6. FALSE

　　See the fourth paragraph under the subtitle “Reconfiguration”： ……managers are eager to learn the cause of the problem and how to prevent it in the future.

　　7. NOT GIVEN

　　See the first paragraph under the subtitle “Solar flares”： …they will help rewire the ISS so that the station will have enough electrical power to add energy-intensive components， such as future laboratories.

　　8. Christer Fuglesang and Bob Curbeam

　　See the second paragraph under the subtitle “Reconfiguration”：  Astronauts Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang would be the crew members asked to make the spacewalk.

　　9. John Curry

　　See Paragraph 2 under the subtitle“Fold failure”： says John Curry， Discovery's lead flight director.

　　10. A & C

　　See the last paragraph： ……flight surgeons have asked the crews to sleep in areas of the shuttle and station with additional shielding to protect them from increased solar activity and the possibility of extra radiation heading their way.

　　11. 6

　　See Paragraph 1 under the subtitle “Fold failure”： The retraction of a six-year-old solar array on the International Space Station （ISS） did not go to plan on Wednesday.

　　12. 2006

　　See the third to the last paragraph： The newer arrays， part of the P4 element， were installed in 2006……

　　13. 31

　　See Paragraph 4 under the subtitle “Fold failure”： only 13 and a half of the array's 31 segments were safely folded in the box.

　　14. 5

　　See Paragraph 5 under the subtitle “Fold failure”： There are five metres of space between the two arrays at their closest points.

　　Notes：

　　1328EST： 美国东部时间13时28分。

　　1128GMT： 格林威治标准时间11时28分。

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