Question

As many people know, Russians were the first to send a man ________.

1. A.
   out of space
2. B.
   out of the space
3. C.
   into space
4. D.
   into the space

Answer 1

C
名词space可有两种不同的含义：
1) that in which all objects exist and move空间；太空．space在此为不可数名词，一般情况下不与定冠词连用．
2) interval or distance between two or more objects(二物或多物之间的)间隔；距离．在这一词义上，space可用作可数名词，也可用作不可数名词．另外space还可用来表示一段时间．