October 31, 2009, California
Tsien Hsue-shen, PhD'39, one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, died on October 31, He was 98.
Tsien, born in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, graduated from the National Qinghua University in 1934 and in August of 1935 he left China to study at the Massachusetts Institute Technology. In 1936 he went to the California Institute of Technology to commence graduate studies .Tsien obtained his doctor degree in 1939 and would remain at Caltech for 20 years, becoming the Goddard Professor and establishing a reputation as one of the leading rocket scientists in the United States.
In 1943, Tsien and two others in the Caltech rocketry group drafted the first document to use the name Jet Propulsion Laboratory. During the Second World War, he was amongst the other scientists participated the "Manhattan Project" .After World War II he served as a consultant to the  United States Army Air Force. During this time, Conlonel Tsien worked on designing an intercontinental space plane. His work would inspire the X--20Dyna-Soar which would later be the inspiration for the Space Shuttle. In1945 Tsien Hsue--shen married Jiang Ying, the daughter of Jiang Baili--one of the Chinese nationalist leader Chiang Kai--shen's leading military strategists. But in 1950, the Chinese-born scientist was accused of harboring Communist sympathies and stripped of his security clearance.
In September 1955 he was permitted to leave for China, where Tsien resumed his research, founded the Institute of Mechanics, and went on to become the father of China's missile program, a trusted member of the government and Party's inner circle, and the nation's most honored scientist, Tsien retired in 1991 and has maintained a low public profile in Beijing, China. The PRC government launched its manned space program in 1992 and used Tsien's research as the basis for the Long March rocket which successfully launched the Shenzhou V mission in October of 2003.The elderly Tsien was able to watch China's first manned space mission on television from his hospital bed.
In his late years, since the 1980s, Tsien devoted himself to spirituality research, and advocated scientific investigation of traditional Chinese medicine, Qigong and "special human body functions".
【小题1】          The underlined word "commence" in this passage probably means ____

A.make upB.getC.beginD.promise
【小题2】          Tsien Hsue--shen got married at the age of ______
A.45B.28C.24D.34
【小题3】          What is the right order of the events related to Tsien Hsue--shen ?
a. his later life   
b. return to China   
c. career in the U.S.A 
d. his early life and education 
A.a-b-c-dB.d-c-b-aC.d-b-c-aD.c-b-d-a
【小题4】          Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Tsien Hsue--shen got a doctor's degree in 1939.
B.Tsien Hsue--shen married Jiang Ying, the daughter of Chinese nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shen.
C.Tsien Hsue-shen has made a contribution to the Space Shuttle.
D.Tsien Hsue-shen was interested in traditional Chinese medicine, qigong and "special human body functions" in his later life.

China’s second manned(人造的) space flight will be done by two astronauts(宇航员) over five days in 2005. “Shenzhou-VI will be sent into space sometime in 2005,” said Zuo Saichun, a spokesperson of the China Aerospace Science and Technology (CAST). “The spacecraft(宇宙飞船) will make new breakthroughs(突破性进展) in China’s manned space technology.”

    Unlike Shenzhou-V, a little more than a year ago (in October, 2003), the next flight will see two astronauts fly in space for five days. Their capsule (太空舱) is designed to be capable(能够)of orbiting(绕轨道运行) for a whole week, the spokesperson said. “For the first time, astronauts will enter and live in the orbital module(舱) of the spacecraft to do scientific experiments,” said a statement from CAST. CAST did not say what those experiments will be.

    In Shenzhou-VI, scientists have changed the spacecraft’s configuration (构形) to reduce its weight, and tried to improve the performance of on-board equipment. They have also worked to make sure of the energy supply of the spacecraft and further improve its safety. So far, scientists have worked out ways to solve problems on environmental control and life support. Shenzhou-VI will be sent into orbit atop(在……顶上) a Long March 2F rocket.

    Meanwhile, a model of the Chang’e-1 satellite is expected to be sent to orbit the moon in two years. The satellite, part of the three-stage programme, would be followed by the landing of an unmanned vehicle on the moon in the second stage by 2010 and collecting samples(样品) of lunar soil by 2020 in the final stage, according to Sun Laiyan, director of the China National Space Administration.

1.. Which of the following about Shenzhou-VI is NOT true?

     A. It will be sent into space in 2005.

     B. It is capable of orbiting for two weeks.

     C. It will be sent into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.

     D. It will be sent into space with two astronauts.

2.. According to the passage, the following problems should be solved before Shenzhou-VI is sent into space EXCEPT ______.

     A. environmental control     B. energy supply

     C. life support              D. lunar soil collecting

3.. Which of the following does NOT belong to the three-stage programme?

     A. Shenzhou-VI’s being sent into space.

     B. A model of the Chang’e-1 satellite will be sent to orbit the moon.

     C. The landing of an unmanned vehicle on the moon.

     D. Collecting samples of lunar soil.

4.. The passage mainly tells us ______.

     A. some problems need solving before Shenzhou-VI is sent into space

     B. Shenzhou-VI will be sent into space in 2005

     C. what China’s space programme is

     D. how China’s three-stage programme is carried out

 

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