Reading
I. 阅读课文选择恰当的选项。
1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Yang Liwei has stayed in space for 21. 5 hours.
B. Kofi Annan thought that the flight was good news for the whole world.
C. One of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station was born in China.
D. The two cosmonauts Yang Liwei spoke to while travelling in space were from America and Russia. 2. How many people had travelled in space before Yang Liwei? A. 438. B. 439. C. 26,000. D. 437.
3. Yang Liwei did all of the following in space EXCEPT ____________. A. taking photographs
B. enjoying the beauty of the earth C. talking with other astronauts D. visiting other countries
4. When did Yang Liwei land successfully? A. At about 9: 00 am.
B. At about 6: 30 am. C. At about 6: 00 pm. D. At about 9: 00 pm.
5. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. Congratulations from all over the world.
B. China’s first manned spaceship in space. C. A great moment in the history. D. Conversations in space.
II. 阅读课文,用恰当的词填空完成短文(每空一词)。
On October, 16, 2003, the first Chinese taikonaut Lieutenant Colonel Yang Liwei safely 1 in the Shenzhou V capsule in Inner Mongolia after making 14 orbits of the earth. He 2 off from Jiuquan in northwest China. It was an important historical 3 because China became the third nation to send a man into space. After hearing the good news, Premier Wen Jiabao called the Control Centre to offer his 4 . Besides, many countries around the world send 5 of congratulations. Yang himself was also excited. He said it was a great moment in the 6 of China and also the greatest day of his life.
While 7 in space, Yang took many 8 of planet earth and spoke to two 9 aboard the International Space Station which is 10 the earth.
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参考答案 I.
1-5 CDDBB II.
1. landed 2. took 3. achievement 4. congratulations5. messages 6. history 7. travelling 8. photographs 9. astronauts 10. orbiting
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