Giant leap for China

    A few days ago, he was just Colonel (上校) Yang; Few people knew his name or recognized his face. But last Thursday, when he came back to the earth after a 21-hour trip to space, Yang Liwe's smile was seen across the world above the magic words:“China’s first spaceman”.

    The 38-year-old astronaut was sent into space at 9 a. m. last Wednesday by China’s Shenzhou V spacecraft, which orbited the earth 14 times. He landed safely at 6: 23 a. m. the next day, making China the third country to successfully send a person into space, after the former Soviet Union and the US.

    Yang was satisfied with his job. “I have seen many landing scenes before on video, and I think ours was one of the most successful,” he said on a special plane to Beijing after landing.

    Born into an ordinary family in Liaoning Province, he became a pilot in the Chinese Air Force in 1987, spending 1, 350 hours in the air. He joined the Chinese space programmer 11 years later.

    While in space, Yang recorded everything he saw as well as showing China’s national flag and the United Nations’ flag to the people watching on TV at home. He also ate a meal of diced chicken and fried rice, before taking a 3-hour nap. The whole project went according to plan, but space exploration is not as easy as it seems.

    Anyone who saw the destruction of the US space shuttle Columbia in February this year will know that Yang took a great risk.

    He experienced extremely high temperatures, while the gravitational forces (重力) on takeoff and landing were strong enough to force tears from his eyes.

    He has spent five years training to become a spaceman.

    "I eat all of my meals at the space programmer’s dinning room and have never been able to take my son to kindergarten," he said. "I’ve never met his teachers."

    But becoming China’s first spaceman has made all the effort worthwhile.

    “When I boarded the spacecraft for the first time, I couldn’t help feeling excited,”he said.“I decided that I had to fly it.”

    To Chinese people, Yang is now a hero. One visitor to a Xinhua news agency online forum (网上论坛) said:“Yang’s trip is a giant leap forward for China.”

    Officials say the next Shenzhou will be launched by 2005. China also plans to develop space walking and a space lab.

1. What is the main idea of the story?

    A. China’s first manned space flight.

    B. A hero with great courage

    C. The first Chinese man in space

    D. How Yang Liwei became China’s first spaceman

2. How long did each of Yang’s orbits take on average?

    A. 1 hour.　　　　　　  B. 1. 5 hours.　　　　 C. 6 hours.　　　　    D. The story didn’t mention.

3. Why did the writer mention the gravitational forces on takeoff and landing?

    A. To stress the hardship and the spaceman had to experience.

    B. Because it was a very special experience for any spacemen.

    C. To stress how much training he had to do to prepare for the flight

    D. To show that Yang is lucky.

4. Why did the writer use“giant leap”in the title?

    A. Because the space flight marked China’s great progress in the field of space exploration.

    B. Because Neil Armstrong said it was a "giant leap" for mankind when he first set foot on the moon.

    C. Because the space flight was a huge success.

    D. Both A and B.

完形填空

　　I 1 don't believe in ghosts 2 my experience at the Rose Hotel. 3 I have never seen one. But ghost stories have made me 4 uncomfortable since then. I 5 the hotel at night and asked 6 .

　　“There's nothing left,”he said “ 7 to sleep in No. 7. ”“Why not?” I said. “What's wrong with it?” I was so tired that I would have slept anywhere. “Nothing,” he said slowly. “But something happended there a few months ago. ”

　　Every old hotel has 8 strange stories, so I thought that 9 he told me about it ,the better I was willing to listen to anything for the sake of (为了) a bed to sleep in.

　　“A man came here late at night, 10 you,”, the landlord said. “I thought there was something odd about him because he kept looking 11 his shoulder while he was signing his name in the book. He asked me 12 have and I offered 13 . “ 14 a man who has said he'll kill me, ”he said suddenly, “with a knife.” He looked 15 that I thought I had better 16 him to his room. I locked the door and left him 17 . The next day we 18 him dead, with a knife beside him. “He had 19 ,” the landlord said. “Or someone else had done it. Do you mind sleeping there now you know the story?”

　　“Well, ” I said “ 20 is following me. But I wish you had told me the story in the morning. As it is ,I'll sleep here on the floor if you've get a couple of blankets. ”

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

A．so soon as

B．as soon as

C．the soonest

D．the sooner

10．

[　　]

A．as

B．like

C．the same that

D．similar with

11．

[　　]

12．

[　　]

13．

[　　]

14．

[　　]

15．

[　　]

16．

[　　]

17．

[　　]

18．

[　　]

19．

[　　]

20．

[　　]

    A few days ago, he was just Colonel (上校) Yang; Few people knew his name or recognized his face. But last Thursday, when he came back to the earth after a 21-hour trip to space, Yang Liwe's smile was seen across the world above the magic words:“China’s first spaceman”.

    The 38-year-old astronaut was sent into space at 9 a. m. last Wednesday by China’s Shenzhou V spacecraft, which orbited the earth 14 times. He landed safely at 6: 23 a. m. the next day, making China the third country to successfully send a person into space, after the former Soviet Union and the US.

    Yang was satisfied with his job. “I have seen many landing scenes before on video, and I think ours was one of the most successful,” he said on a special plane to Beijing after landing.

    Born into an ordinary family in Liaoning Province, he became a pilot in the Chinese Air Force in 1987, spending 1, 350 hours in the air. He joined the Chinese space programmer 11 years later.

    While in space, Yang recorded everything he saw as well as showing China’s national flag and the United Nations’ flag to the people watching on TV at home. He also ate a meal of diced chicken and fried rice, before taking a 3-hour nap. The whole project went according to plan, but space exploration is not as easy as it seems.

    Anyone who saw the destruction of the US space shuttle Columbia in February this year will know that Yang took a great risk.

    He experienced extremely high temperatures, while the gravitational forces (重力) on takeoff and landing were strong enough to force tears from his eyes.

    He has spent five years training to become a spaceman.

    "I eat all of my meals at the space programmer’s dinning room and have never been able to take my son to kindergarten," he said. "I’ve never met his teachers."

    But becoming China’s first spaceman has made all the effort worthwhile.

    “When I boarded the spacecraft for the first time, I couldn’t help feeling excited,”he said.“I decided that I had to fly it.”

    To Chinese people, Yang is now a hero. One visitor to a Xinhua news agency online forum (网上论坛) said:“Yang’s trip is a giant leap forward for China.”

    Officials say the next Shenzhou will be launched by 2005. China also plans to develop space walking and a space lab.

1. What is the main idea of the story?

    A. China’s first manned space flight.

    B. A hero with great courage

    C. The first Chinese man in space

    D. How Yang Liwei became China’s first spaceman

2. How long did each of Yang’s orbits take on average?

    A. 1 hour.　　　　　　  B. 1. 5 hours.　　　　 C. 6 hours.　　　　    D. The story didn’t mention.

3. Why did the writer mention the gravitational forces on takeoff and landing?

    A. To stress the hardship and the spaceman had to experience.

    B. Because it was a very special experience for any spacemen.

    C. To stress how much training he had to do to prepare for the flight

    D. To show that Yang is lucky.

4. Why did the writer use“giant leap”in the title?

    A. Because the space flight marked China’s great progress in the field of space exploration.

    B. Because Neil Armstrong said it was a "giant leap" for mankind when he first set foot on the moon.

    C. Because the space flight was a huge success.

    D. Both A and B.

完形填空

　　I 1 don't believe in ghosts 2 my experience at the Rose Hotel. 3 I have never seen one. But ghost stories have made me 4 uncomfortable since then. I 5 the hotel at night and asked 6 .

　　“There's nothing left,”he said “ 7 to sleep in No. 7. ”“Why not?” I said. “What's wrong with it?” I was so tired that I would have slept anywhere. “Nothing,” he said slowly. “But something happended there a few months ago. ”

　　Every old hotel has 8 strange stories, so I thought that 9 he told me about it ,the better I was willing to listen to anything for the sake of (为了) a bed to sleep in.

　　“A man came here late at night, 10 you,”, the landlord said. “I thought there was something odd about him because he kept looking 11 his shoulder while he was signing his name in the book. He asked me 12 have and I offered 13 . “ 14 a man who has said he'll kill me, ”he said suddenly, “with a knife.” He looked 15 that I thought I had better 16 him to his room. I locked the door and left him 17 . The next day we 18 him dead, with a knife beside him. “He had 19 ,” the landlord said. “Or someone else had done it. Do you mind sleeping there now you know the story?”

　　“Well, ” I said “ 20 is following me. But I wish you had told me the story in the morning. As it is ,I'll sleep here on the floor if you've get a couple of blankets. ”

1．

[　　]

2．

[　　]

3．

[　　]

4．

[　　]

5．

[　　]

6．

[　　]

7．

[　　]

8．

[　　]

9．

[　　]

A．so soon as

B．as soon as

C．the soonest

D．the sooner

10．

[　　]

A．as

B．like

C．the same that

D．similar with

11．

[　　]

12．

[　　]

13．

[　　]

14．

[　　]

15．

[　　]

16．

[　　]

17．

[　　]

18．

[　　]

19．

[　　]

20．

[　　]