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　　Mark Shuttleworth is just 28 years old．He is about to feel out of this world．On April 22, Shuttleworth, who is a South African Internet millionaire, will set off for a dream trip to the International Space Station (ISS)．

　　Taking a Russian Soyuz rocket, Shuttleworth will become the world's second “space tourist”．Last April, wealthy Californian businessman Dennis Tito, who was 60, paid Russia US $ 20 million for an eight-day trip to ISS．

　　By the time he leaves for ISS, Shuttleworth will have had about eight months of full-time training．“The training has been excellent,” Shuttleworth said from the Star City training centre just outside Moscow, Russia．

　　“The training includes weightlessness and centrifuge (离心分离机) training, as well as learning how to use communications and control systems,” he said．Shuttleworth hates being called a tourist．He said he will take responsibility (责任) for radio and life support systems in the capsule (太空舱)．He will carry out three experiments in space for South Africa．And he hopes to educate young people about space．“The task is causing excitement among scientists and school children I am very satisfied that it is worthwhile,” Shuttleworth said．

　　Shuttleworth will be met by astronauts at the Space Station．Among them is American Daniel Bursch．Living in space for more than a month now, Bursch already misses some of the simple pleasures of Earth．In space he cannot, for example, enjoy taking a breath of fresh air on a winter morning．

　　“My family is probably the number one thing I miss like the children coming into my room and waking me up,” Bursch said last month in a space-to-ground interview．Bursch, who is the Father of four children, landed at the station last December along with two co-workers．They will be on duty there for five and a half months．

　　“We have a mixture of Russian and US food．It's excellent,” Bursch said．“But of course it would be nice to have a hotdog and a beer!”

1．How long will Shuttleworth stay at the International Space Station?

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A．About eight months．

B．Eight days．

C．Five months and a half．

D．The passage doesn't tell us．

2．Shuttleworth will be working with ________ in the space capsule．

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A．Dennis Tito

B．Russian astronauts

C．another three astronauts

D．scientists and school children

3．Shuttleworth does not like people calling him a tourist because ________．

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A．he is a South African Internet millionaire

B．his trip will help educate young people about space

C．he has learned how to use communications and control systems

D．he thinks his trip to space is more than sightseeing

4．What Bursch misses most is that________．

[　　]

A．he cannot have a hotdog and a beer

B．he is so far away from his family

C．he cannot breathe fresh air on a winter morning

D．he has nobody to wake him up

答案：D;C;D;B

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　　Find Which Direction Is South

　　Do you have a good sense of direction?If not, please take with you a compass．But if you forget to take a compass, you can still find your way．

　　It’s never a good idea to imagine that the family member who was entrusted(委托)with the job of map-reading actually knows where the family is．You can tell by the slightly confused load on their faces that nothing on the ground seems to match the map．Never mind．The shu is shining and it’s still morning．If you don’t know the exact time, you can still find out where south is, but you’ll need to be patient．

　　①Find a straight sick and put it in the ground in a place where you can mark its shadow．

　　②Try to position the stick as vertically(垂直)as you can．You can check this by making a simple plumb line(铅锤线)with a piece of string and weight．You haven’t got any string?OK, use a thread from your clothes with a button tied at the end to act as a weight．

　　③Mark the end of the shadow cast by the stick．

　　④Wait approximately half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again．

　　⑤Keep doing this until you have made several marks．

　　⑥The mark nearest the stick will represent the shortest shadow, which is cast at midday, when the sun is highest in the sky and pointing to the exact south．

　　⑦Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick．

　　⑧That point is south of where you are．

　　⑨Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should be travelling．

(1)

To find the direction, we ought to be patient probably because
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A．	it is not easy to find a proper stick
B．	it is not easy to position the stick
C．	it takes hours to make the marks
D．	it takes about half an hour to make the marks

(2)

The passage would probably be most helpful to ________．
[　　]
A．	those who draw maps
B．	those who get lost
C．	those who make compasses
D．	those who do experiments

(3)

Which of the following pictures best shows the way of finding the direction of south?
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A．
B．
C．
D．

(4)

The author presents this passage by ________．
[　　]
A．	telling an interesting story
B．	describing an activity in a lively way
C．	testing an idea by reasoning
D．	introducing a practical method

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