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三、阅读理解(本题共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
第一节 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Hundreds of years ago, ideas like flying to another city through the air sounded like dreams. Yet now scientific study has made them real. Could other fairy tales come true someday?

26. If astronauts could hibernate, they would .
A. stop growing completely
B. sleep through space travel
C. need more food and water
D. communicate with animals
27. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Animals think like people in giving directions.
B. Scientists have succeeded in talking back to animals.
C. A common person's hair could hold up a giant panda.
D. Rapunzel in the fairy tale has the longest hair in history.
28. What is the main purpose of this passage?
A. To discuss new inventions for space travel.
B. To tell us how scientists influence fairy tales.
C. To compare different animals' talking habits.
D. To show scientific possibilities behind fairy tales.

答案： 26.B 细节理解。根据表格第一栏第二段中“It would be great for astronauts to sleep through the long space journey.”可知，休眠技术可帮助宇航员在太空旅行中保持睡眠状态。
27.C 推理判断。根据表格第三栏第二段中“A common head has about 100,000 hairs. All those together could hold up a couple of elephants.”可知，普通人头发可承重两三头大象，大熊猫的体重低于大象的体重，因此一个普通人的头发能够承重一只大熊猫。
28.D 写作意图。通读全文可知，本文通过分析三个经典童话中的场景，探讨了现代科学实现这些幻想的可能性。