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(2023·保定模拟)Scientists are taking the study of archaeology (考古学) to a whole other dimension: space．For the first time, researchers are examining the ways humans live on the International Space Station (ISS), more specifically how they live culturally and materially, since it began orbital operations in 2000．
The project, involving daily photography of various ISS areas, was developed in 2015 by professors Justin Walsh of Chapman University in California, and Alice Gorman of Flinders University．The Earthbased scientists are working with astronauts to monitor changes in onemetresquare areas at the space station．
According to Chris Young of InterestingEngineering, for their first experiment, the astronauts are creating the equivalent of an earthen test pit (探坑) by marking out five areas within the space station．This test will focus on the kitchen table, workstation, payload rack (载荷机架) and a wall near the washroom and a section of the laboratory module, Destiny．Astronauts will then take daily photographs over a period of 60 days to know how the different spaces are used by the crew．For the first 30 days, images will be taken at about the same time each day and then at random times for the remainder of the experiment．
The archaeologists plan to study the images to better understand how the astronauts have interacted and adapted in the space in the 20 years when the ISS has orbited Earth, and how it has affected the crew's ability to solve technical, engineering and medical issues, reports Leonard David of Space．com．
Original plans called for the ISS crew to swab (用拭子擦拭) surfaces for biological data and make sound and video recordings, but these ideas were given up so the project could begin sooner．Walsh tells Space．com he hopes the project will help find ways for future habitat designers to do their work better．
“The advantage of archaeology is that it shows us what people actually do, rather than what they think, or say, they do，”Gorman says．
1．What can we learn about the project according to the text?
A．It plans to get astronauts interested in archaeology．
B．It's carried out based on international cooperation．
C．It's intended to learn more about other planets in space．
D．It involves taking daily photos of several areas on the ISS．
2．What will be a research focus of the project?
A．Astronauts' health and fitness．
B．Orbital operations of the ISS．
C．The ways of communication between astronauts．
D．Searching for creatures living on other planets．
3．What was done in order to get the project started earlier?
A．Reducing the number of the participants．
B．Deleting some tasks from the original todo list．
C．Inviting more scientists to give useful advice．
D．Asking the ISS crew to stop their daily work．
4．What is the main idea of the text?
A．Researchers use archaeology to study humans' life on the ISS．
B．Scientists should carry out more experiments on the ISS．
C．Astronauts tend to enrich their daily lives by taking pictures．
D．Archaeologists can play a leading role in space explorations．
