The only physical factor preventing a human journey to Mars has been weight. Carrying enough fuel to propel a conventional spacecraft to Mars and back would make even the lightest craft too heavy to be launched from Earth. A device has recently been invented, however, that allows an otherwise conventional spacecraft to refill the craft’s fuel tanks with fuel manufactured from the Martian atmosphere for the return trip. Therefore, it is possible for people to go to Mars in a spacecraft that carries this device and then return. Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends? A. The amount of fuel needed for a spacecraft to return from Mars is the same as the amount of fuel needed to travel from Earth to Mars. B. The fuel manufactured from the Martian atmosphere would not differ in composition from the fuel used to travel to Mars. C. The device for manufacturing fuel from the Martian atmosphere would not take up any of the spaceship crew’s living space. D. A conventional spacecraft equipped with the device would not be appreciably more expensive to construct than current spacecraft typically are. E. The device for manufacturing fuel for the return to Earth weighs less than the tanks of fuel that a conventional spacecraft would otherwise need to carry from Earth for the return trip. 这个A中也提到了重量,我觉得这也算是一个必须的假设。。因为如果去和回来fuel的量不一样的话,有可能会导致飞船飞不回来不是吗?求帮忙解答一下~多谢了!答案是E。 -- by 会员 songhanxiao (2010/9/24 18:39:25)
此题求假设 A. The amount of fuel needed for a spacecraft to return from Mars is the same as the amount of fuel needed to travel from Earth to Mars. 开始我一看到这个选项时就觉得挺对的,但是看到E对比出E更好 A这里的缺陷我觉得是 the same as 正确的假设应该是:less amount 没有说必须要求来回花的fuel一样,如果回来时消耗的fuel 比去的时候更少,也可以满足结论啊!那么这个假设就不对
E这个选项是对的, 发明device的原因就是因为以前带fuel升天很重,如果device比fuel还重,那更飞不起来了 |