What will the future be like? It’s possible that we may often fly up into space! Out of all the coolest inventions of the year 2004, Time magazine chose SpaceShipOne as the best.

SpaceShipOne is a 6-metre-long white spacecraft. On June 21, American pilot Mike Melvill flew it to space and back—about 100 kilometres up into the sky. Some might say it’s not a big success. You know, people went to the Moon years ago.

Well, SpaceShipOne is special because it is the first spaceship that wasn’t made by the government. It was built and sent up by a private US company. Lots of people want to travel in space and think that it is an enjoyable trip. But it’s too expensive. American millionaire Dennis Tito paid almost US $20 million to become the first space tourist to visit the International Space Station in 2001. So private companies began to think of making their own spacecraft to take other tourists up into space.

Certainly, the success of SpaceShipOne is a good start. In the next 10 to 15 years, if you

pay $20,000 to $100,000, you could fly high above the Earth in a special suit.

Can you imagine having your own spacecraft in your garage and taking it to space at the weekend?

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People live in different kinds of houses in the world. Usually, each house has its own living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. Different houses have different names. What are they? Now let’s take a look.A flat is usually in a building. There are usually many families living in the same flat building. People in a flat building share the same stairs and lifts to go up and down.

A townhouse has two floors. In a townhouse, the kitchen, the living room and the dining room are usually on the ground floor, and the bedrooms are usually on the first floor.

A farmhouse is a house on a farm. There are many farmers living there. There is a large yard in front of it. There are also some “houses” for cows, pigs and hens near the farmhouse. The field is not far from the farmhouse, so farmers always go to the field on foot.

A dormitory is a large bedroom in a school, and every 4 to 8 students share one dormitory. They share the same bathroom, but each student has his or her own bed. Students can learn how to get along well with each other in a dormitory.

1.How does a person get into his or her flat on the second floor?

A. He or she climbs a ladder to get into it.

B. He or she uses stairs or lifts to get into it.

C. He or she gets into it on foot.

D. He or she uses a plane to get into it.

2.What do people call a two-floor house?

A. A flat. B. A townhouse. C. A farmhouse. D. A dormitory.

3.Farmers living in farmhouses usually go to the field .

A. by bike B. by bus C. by car D. on foot

4.Paul and Stephen live in a dormitory, so it’s good for them to learn there.

A. how to make money B. how to speak English

C. how to get along with each other D. how to sing a song

5.The writer tells us kinds of houses.

A. four B. five C. six D. seven

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