1992年高考英语全国卷 - 阅读理解B

Sam and Joe were astronauts. There was once a very dangerous trip and the more experienced astronauts knew there was only a small chance of coming back alive. Sam and Joe, however, thought it would be exciting though a little dangerous. “We‘re the best men for the job,” they said to the boss. “There may be problems, but we can find the answers.” “They're the last people I'd trust,” thought the boss. “But all the other astronauts have refused to go.”
山姆和乔是宇航员。曾经有一次非常危险的旅行，有经验的宇航员明白活着回来的机会很小。然而，山姆和乔认为这非常刺激，尽管有点危险。“我们是这项工作的最佳人选，”他们对老板说，“可能会有问题，但我们可以找到答案。”“他们是我最不信任的人，”老板想，“但其他所有宇航员都拒绝出行。”

Once they were in space, Joe had to go outside to make some repairs. When the repairs were done, he tried to get back inside the spaceship. But the door was locked. He knocked but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and again no answer came. Then he hit the door as hard as he could and finally a voice said, “Who's there?” “It's me! Who else could it be?” shouted Joe. Sam let him in all right but you can imagine that Joe never asked to go on a trip with Sam again!
他们进入太空后，乔就得出去维修。维修完成后，他想返回飞船内，但门锁着。他敲门，没有人回答。他又敲了一次，敲得更响，但还是没有人回答。然后他拼命地敲门，终于有个声音说：“谁在那儿？”“是我！还能是谁？”乔喊道。山姆让他进来了，但你可以想象，乔再也没有要求和山姆一起旅行了！