2017考研英语二阅读理解复习：一篇典型的说明文（一）

考研英语阅读中常常考查的文章是议论文，以此来考查我们对于作者论点的把握、论述层次的概括等等，而且从上学以来，我们接触较多的就是议论文了，但在考研英语中我们也不要忽略为数不多的其他文体。今天查字典公务员考研小编儿就考研英语二中一篇2006年英语真题中的说明文进行解析，希望大家对这一类型的文章有深刻的认识。

我们做阅读之前，首先要浏览各个题干，What did the writer say about the plane? According to the writer，how did the young scientists feel before the flight? What did the pilot do with the plane after it took off? According to the passage，the purpose of being weightless was to? This passage was written to?我们会看到在题干中，涉及到较多内容的是关于飞机、飞行过程、飞行员起飞后的操作、失重状态等，我们大致可以猜测出来全文可能围绕飞机起飞并包含失重状态的情况。

浏览首段，It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964. But appearances were deceptive and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.抓关键内容，说的是飞机从外边看像另一架飞机，有些欺骗性;建造时间;将要登机的学生。各段首句：Inside the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel.一般装有座位的机舱内部，已经变成了一个白色的长长的隧道。For 12 months，science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency.来自欧洲大陆的理科学生们进行了将近12个月的竞争来争夺获得ESA的邀请进行这次飞行旅程。For the next two hours the flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lose its reason, shooting upwards towards the heavens before rushing towards Earth.接下来的2个小时，这次飞行像一只失去理性的鸟儿，在冲向地球之前，直直地冲向天空。The aircraft took off smoothly enough.飞机足够平稳地起飞。Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless.每次飞行员停止引擎我们就感到了失重的状态。After two hours of going up and down in the lane doing their experiments, the predominate feeling was one of excitement rather than sickness.在机舱中上上下下两个小时，他们还进行着实验，较大的感受是兴奋而不是难受。通过浏览首段以及各段首句，我们能够知晓全文围绕的是这些学生在飞机中做实验，并让其感受失重状态。

以上就是一篇考研英语的说明文，全文描述了整个过程，并不像之前的议论文涉及一个中心论点，作者围绕论点进行论述。希望大家以这篇文章为范例，掌握考研英语说明文的行文。

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It looked just like another aircraft from the outside The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964. But appearances were deceptive and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.

Inside the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel.Heavily padded(填塞) from floor to ceiling it looked a bit strange. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls illuminated it. Most of the seats had been taken out apart from a few at the back where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of fear.

For 12 months，science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency .the challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weightless conditions.

For the next two hours the flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lose its reason，shooting upwards towards the heavens before rushing towards Earth.The invention was to Achieve weightlessness for a few seconds.

The aircraft took off smoothly enough. But any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane into a 45 degree climb which lasted around 20 seconds. Then the engines cut our and we became weightless. Everything become confused and left or right. Up or down no longer had any meaning. after ten seconds of free fall descent the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return of gravity was less immediate than its loss. but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a bump.

Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless. A new team conduct it experience. First it was the Dutch who wanted to discover how it is that cats always land on their feet. then the German team who conducted a successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if could be used for building a further space station. The Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.

After two hours of going up and down in the lane doing their experiments， the predominate feeling was one of excitement rather than sickness. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.

36. What did the writer say about the plane?

A It had no seats.

B It was painted white.

C It had no windows.

D The outside was misleading.

37.According to the writer，how did the young scientists feel before the flight?

A sick

B keen

C nervous

D impatient

38.What did the pilot do with the plane after it took off?

A He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.