The International Space Station，one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of the solar system，turns l0 years old Thursday．

On Nov．20，1998，the first part of the space station was launched by the Russians from Kazakhstan．NASA followed up two weeks later with Piece No 2 carried up by a space shuttle．

The space station has grown into a giant outpost(前哨)355 km up，home to three people at any given time—soon to be six．

Thanks to the newly arrived shuttle Endeavour，the space station now has five sleep stations，two baths，two kitchens and two mini—gyms．Ahogether， there are nine rooms，three of which are full scale labs．

The United States has financed the main part of the project，estimated to cost some 100 billion dollars．Fifteen other countries have also contributed， including Russia，Japan，Canada，Brazil anti eleven nations belonging to the European Space Agency．

Fhe space station has traveled 2．1 billion km，orbited Earth more than 57，300 times，hosted 167 people from 15 countries，and served up more than l 9，000 meals

“The ISS is the largest ever expenment in international technological cooperation，” said John Logsdon。a historian at the National Air and Space Museum in US．

“1 think it’s a necessary stepping stone to long—term human activities in new Areas of operations，”Logsdon said．The station is“off the planet and it’s the first Step outward—not all end in itself，but a step along the way．”

1.The passage is mainly about ．

A the construction of the International Space Station

B．the history of the International Space Station．

C the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station．

D．the eountries that help establish the International Space Station．

2.Piece No 2 of the ISS was put into orbit oil

A．Nov．6，1998 B．Nov．24，1998

C．Dec．8，1998 D．Dec．9，1998

3.Which of the following is true about Endeav our according to the passage?

A．Endeavour is a newly built shuttle

B．Endeavour is part of the space station

C．Endeavour didn’t get close to the space station

D．Endeavour carried a lot of equipment for the apace station

4.Which of the following country has not made a contribution to the eonstruction of the International space station according to the passage?

A．USA． B．Japan． C．Korea． D．Spain

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The International Space Station，one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of the solar system，turns l0 years old Thursday．

On Nov．20，1998，the first part of the space station was launched by the Russians from Kazakhstan．NASA followed up two weeks later with Piece No 2 carried up by a space shuttle．

The space station has grown into a giant outpost(前哨)355 km up，home to three people at any given time—soon to be six．

Thanks to the newly arrived shuttle Endeavour，the space station now has five sleep stations，two baths，two kitchens and two mini—gyms．Ahogether， there are nine rooms，three of which are full scale labs．

The United States has financed the main part of the project，estimated to cost some 100 billion dollars．Fifteen other countries have also contributed， including Russia，Japan，Canada，Brazil anti eleven nations belonging to the European Space Agency．

’Fhe space station has traveled 2．1 billion km，orbited Earth more than 57，300 times，hosted 167 people from 15 countries，and served up more than l 9，000 meals

”The ISS is the largest ever expenmeni in international technological cooperation，’’ said John Logsdon。a historian at the National Air and Space Museum in US．

“1 think it’s a necessary stepping stone to long—term human activities in new Areas of operations，”Logsdon said．The station is“off the planet and it’s the first Step outward—not all end in itself，but a step along the way．’’

The passage is mainly about ．

A the construction of the International Space Station．

B．the history of the International Space Station．

C the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station．

D．the eountries that help establish the International Space Station．

Piece No 2 of the ISS was put into orbit oil

A．Nov．6，1998 B．Nov．24，1998

C．Dee．8，1998 D．Dec．9，1998

Which of the following is true about Endeav our according to the passage?

A．Endeavour is a newly built shuttle．

B．Endeavour is part of the space station，

C．Endeavour didn’t get close to the space station．

D．Endeavour carried a lot of equipment for the apace station．

Which of the following country has not made a contribution to the eonstruction of

the International space station according to the passage?

A．USA． B．Japan． C．Korea．D．Spain．

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[l]When you have a question about something, where do you go? For many people the answer is simple．They go online to a search engine like Google or Yahoo．But what about people in rural or underdeveloped areas who ___________________?

　 [2]A consultant in California, Rose Shuman, has found the answer．Her solution is Question Box．Question Box is a service that provides answers—free of charge—for people who cannot search the Internet directly．

　 [3]Question Box began two years ago in India．As Rose Shuman said: "You just push a button, a big green button, and that will connect you directly to our operators who are sitting in front of computers, and speak your language．And you can ask them any sort of question you want, and they'll look it up in English or in Hindi, or whatever the main language is, and translate the answer right back for you．"

　 [4]The service is currently offered in two villages．The latest version of the box uses mobile phone technology and solar panels in case the electrical power fails．Rose Shuman said the aim was to make the box as easy as possible for users．

　 [5]Question Box has expanded to Uganda where the Internet service has proved slow also ask about current events and many other subjects．It's believed that Question Box will play an important part in the development of undeveloped areas.

1. What's the main idea of this passage? （no more than 15 words

2. Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 1 with proper words. （no more than 8 words）

3．Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning with the following?

　 The newly-invented Question Box works with the help of mobile phone technology and the use of solar energy in case of electricity failure．

4. Sum up the three steps to get the information you need from Question Box．（no more than 10 words for each）

　 ①We　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ________　 .

　 ②We　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 _________ .

　 ③The operators　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 .

5. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 into Chinese.