摘要：Giant Leap For China A few days ago, he was just Colonel Yang; few people knew his name or recognized his face. But last Thursday, when he came back to 1 after a 21-hour trip to space, Yang Liwei's smile was seen across the world above the magic words: “China's 2 spaceman . The 38-year-old astronaut was sent into space at 9:00 a.m. last Wednesday by China's Shenzhou V spacecraft, which circled the earth 14 times. He 3 safely at 6:23 a.m. the next day, making China the third country to 4 send a person into space. Yang was born in an ordinary family in Jiangsu Province. He became a 5 in the Chinese Air Force in 1987. He has 6 1,350 hours in the air. He joined the Chinese space programme 11 years later. While in space, Yang recorded everything he saw and 7 China's national flag and the United Nations' flag to the people who were watching on TV at home. He also ate a meal of chicken and fried rice, before taking a 3-hour sleep. The whole project went according to plan, 8 space exploration is not as easy as it seems. Yang experienced very high temperatures, while the gravitational forces on takeoff and landing were strong enough to force tears from his eyes. “When I stepped into the spacecraft for the first time, I couldn't help feeling 9 , he said. “I decided that I had to fly it. To Chinese people, Yang is now a 10 . One visitor to a Xinhua news agency online forum said: “Yang's trip is a giant leap forward for China. 1. A. earth B. space C. spacecraft D. plane 2. A. newest B. first C. youngest D. best 3. A. walked B. run C. travelled D. landed 4. A. straight B. luckily C. easily D. successfully 5. A. worker B. pilot C. officer D. plane-maker 6. A. taken B. cost C. spent D. paid 7. A. showed B. pointed C. hung D. put 8. A. as B. since C. but D. if 9. A. enjoyable B. sorry C. excited D. comfortable 10. A. astronaut B. hero C. explorer D. inventor

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