解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第三段中的"After a while, I got used to all this, though, and I felt so at home that in the end it was hard to go back to normality."可知，阿努什·安萨里在太空站慢慢适应了那里的环境。

　　8．In Anousheh's opinion, her experience as a space tourist ________.

　　A．will give other women the courage to explore space

　　B．cannot be compared to any experience on Earth

　　C．turned out to be a dangerous experiment

　　D．was not as good as she hoped

　　解析：选A　推理判断题。根据最后一段中的"Anousheh is proud to be the first female space tourist and wants to encourage women all over the world."可知，阿努什·安萨里想借自己的太空旅行鼓励更多的女性去太空探索。

　　Ⅱ.完形填空

　　The well­known warning, "Don't talk to strangers，" has its value when you're young. However, an experiment shows how surprising going against such a __1__ can result in a lovely life lesson.

　　The team at Kovert Designs, a technology company, recently set out to ask the question："When was the last time you __2__ looked into a stranger's eyes？" They wanted to reveal the beautiful __3__ that can be created when you __4__ to do so.

　　As part of the __5__， they asked eight strangers to pair off into __6__ couples and stand across from one another - at first with their eyes __7__.

　　"I was feeling a little bit __8__ about what I would see when I opened my eyes, because I wasn't __9__ what was going to happen，" one participant says.

　　When asked to open their eyes, the pairs stared at each other __10__， although thoughts and feelings arose in their minds. Each participant later __11__ their first impressions, hesitations and thoughtful questions about their partners in one­on­one interviews. Some of their __12__ expose how this new connection can actually teach us quite a lot about __13__.

　　"I think __14__ you let down all the pretenses and your ego (自我) drops away, you __15__ your own vulnerability (脆弱性), your own higher self and other good qualities，" says one participant. "And then you see __16__ in other people as well. You're not __17__ anymore and you're not running from strangers anymore."

　　Sometimes the __18__ of these interactions (互动) are well worth the initial anxiety and __19__ they create. And, at least in these circumstances, they aren't nearly as __20__ as our parents once made them out to be.

语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。一项实验表明，陌生人之间对视会产生意想不到的结果，不仅会让我们更加了解自己，还能发现对方的善。