Dong Yaxue, a Chinese researcher working for NASA(美国国家航空航天局) said she finds great pleasure in both exploring Mars and eating hot pot. Born in Chengdu, Southwest China’s Sichuan province, 30-year-old Dong is now a member of NASA’s MAVEN (火星大气与挥发演化) team. On Nov 5, Dong was invited to speak at a NASA news conference(发布会). She is the first Chinese female scientist to take part in a NASA news conference. Dong graduated from Chengdu’s Shishi High School in 2003 and studied in University of Science and Technology of China(中国科学技术大学). She got her doctor’s degree in Rice University in the United States.

While working in the US, Dong said that she feels as if she had never left Chengdu. She usually comes back every one or two years. She is a fan of Harry Potter and loves hot pot, Maocai, and Danhonggao, all famous foods from Chengdu. He Jianming, Dong’s high school teacher, said that physics is difficult for many girls but not for Dong Yaxue. As a middle school student, she won first prize in the national physics contest. He said Dong was not the top student in her school. "She never got first in the class, usually tenth to twentieth. But her scores of all subjects were even."

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1.Dong Yaxue’s job is______.

A eating hot pot

B exploring Mars

C making Danhonggao

D speaking at news conference

解析：选B。细节理解题。Dong Yaxue 是一位NASA的在职科学家，因此exploring Mars自然是其工作，故选B。

2.Dong Yaxue spent her high school time in_______.

A China

B the USA

C NASA

D Rice University

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第二句Dong graduated from Chengdu’s Shishi High School in 2003...可知，故选A。

3.Dong Yaxue does well in______.

A chemistry

B maths

C physics

D art

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第2段第四、五行As a middle school student, she won first prize in the national physics contest.可知，故选C。

4.Which is RIGHT according to the passage?

A Dong Yaxue is a girl from Hunan.

B Hot pot is Dong Yaxue’s favorite food.

C Dong Yaxue studied well in all subjects.

D Dong Yaxue once won the first prize in the world physics contest.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句she finds great pleasure in both exploring Mars(火星) and eating hot pot.可知，故选B。

5.The underlined word “even” means_______in Chinese.

A 偶数的

B 平坦的

C 均衡的

D 甚至

解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据上文语境可知Dong Yaxue 不是班上的尖子，后文出现But表转折，所以各科比较“均衡”符合句意，故选C。