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 __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 (重力) 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 (网上论坛) 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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