A place to live in space is              ．

A．a space station            B．an apartment            C．a rocket              D．a washroom

Space travel is nothing new. The first spacecraft with a human was sent up into space in 1961. Since then, people have not only traveled to space, but also many of them have lived there in space stations for some time.

The Soviet Union(前苏联) sent the first space station into space in 1971. This space station was called Salyut 1. Salyut 1 was designed as a place where people could live while they observed space and did experiments. The first group of astronauts lived there for 23 days. The Soviet Union went on to make seven more Salyut space stations. At about the same time, the United States built its own space station, called Skylab.

Astronauts visited and often lived in these space stations for a short time. However, it wasn’t until the late 1980s when The Soviet Union sent the Mir space station that people began to live in space for a longer time. Mir stayed in space from 1989 until 2001, when it was decided that the space station was too old and no longer safe to live in.

Living in space stations seems to be fun, but astronauts face many problems. One of them is food. All the meals on space station are put together on Earth and sent there by space shuttle. Because the food has to last a long time (sometimes up to three months), a lot of it has to be stored in cans. The space station does not have a fridge, but it has a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables fresh. Astronauts also eat many other foods such as dried meat that do not need special care.

Without the help of gravity, sitting down to eat can be tough. Astronauts sometimes have to fix themselves to the wall while eating. They also have to be very careful to that food does not float away.

1.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “observed” in Paragraph 2?

A．Discovered        B．Checked          C．Watched          D．Fixed

2. What can we infer(推断)from the passage?

A．Astronauts can never have a chance to eat fresh food when they live in space station.

B．The Soviet Union sent a total of 9 space stations into space in the 1970s and 1980s.

C．Astronauts could live in the Mir space station for no more than three weeks.

D．Space travel has quite a long history of more than 60 years.

3.What is the best title of this passage?

A．Exploring Space     B．Space Travel       C．Living in Space      D．Space Stations

阅读理解.

The First Trip to the Moon

　　Many, many years ago, people thought the moon was far, and they didn't think it was a place to live, or a place to go.

　　The first planes are quite slow. It is a joke to fly to the moon in a plane like that.

　　Then the long jet planes come. Can a jet plane fly to the moon? No, it can't fly so far!

　　The men in the space labs make planes. Do they think of a ship to take people to the moon? Yes ! A ship like this can fly to the moon and back about a week. To make a ship is a hard job．First, they must draw many sheets of plans. Then they make the parts and put them in place. At last, the ship is all set to go! On the day of the take-off , many people come to cheer for the men in the ship.

　　People all over the world watch the ship fly to the moon. The first man goes down his steps till he stands on the moon! When the men come back from space, many people are waiting to greet them.

　　The first trip to the moon is the first step to the space. And someday we may go to Mars, and then to the other stars!

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案.

(1)The man stands on the moon is ________

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(2)The ship that can take people to the moon is called ________

[　　]

(3)Make a ship is ________job.

[　　]

(4)Yang Liwei said he would fly to the moon in 2005, didn't he?

[　　]

(5)The first trip to the moon ________.

[　　]

A．is the first step to find aliens

B．is the first step to the earth

C．is the first step to Mars

D．is the first step to the space

阅读理解.

The First Trip to the Moon

　　Many, many years ago, people thought the moon was far, and they didn't think it was a place to live, or a place to go.

　　The first planes are quite slow. It is a joke to fly to the moon in a plane like that.

　　Then the long jet planes come. Can a jet plane fly to the moon? No, it can't fly so far!

　　The men in the space labs make planes. Do they think of a ship to take people to the moon? Yes ! A ship like this can fly to the moon and back about a week. To make a ship is a hard job．First, they must draw many sheets of plans. Then they make the parts and put them in place. At last, the ship is all set to go! On the day of the take-off , many people come to cheer for the men in the ship.

　　People all over the world watch the ship fly to the moon. The first man goes down his steps till he stands on the moon! When the men come back from space, many people are waiting to greet them.

　　The first trip to the moon is the first step to the space. And someday we may go to Mars, and then to the other stars!

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案.

(1)The man stands on the moon is ________

[　　]

(2)The ship that can take people to the moon is called ________

[　　]

(3)Make a ship is ________job.

[　　]

(4)Yang Liwei said he would fly to the moon in 2005, didn't he?

[　　]

(5)The first trip to the moon ________.

[　　]

A．is the first step to find aliens

B．is the first step to the earth

C．is the first step to Mars

D．is the first step to the space

Space travel is nothing new. The first spacecraft with a human was sent up into space in 1961. Since then, people have not only traveled to space, but also many of them have lived there in space stations for some time.
The Soviet Union(前苏联) sent the first space station into space in 1971. This space station was called Salyut 1. Salyut 1 was designed as a place where people could live while they observed space and did experiments. The first group of astronauts lived there for 23 days. The Soviet Union went on to make seven more Salyut space stations. At about the same time, the United States built its own space station, called Skylab.
Astronauts visited and often lived in these space stations for a short time. However, it wasn’t until the late 1980s when The Soviet Union sent the Mir space station that people began to live in space for a longer time. Mir stayed in space from 1989 until 2001, when it was decided that the space station was too old and no longer safe to live in.
Living in space stations seems to be fun, but astronauts face many problems. One of them is food. All the meals on space station are put together on Earth and sent there by space shuttle. Because the food has to last a long time (sometimes up to three months), a lot of it has to be stored in cans. The space station does not have a fridge, but it has a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables fresh. Astronauts also eat many other foods such as dried meat that do not need special care.
Without the help of gravity, sitting down to eat can be tough. Astronauts sometimes have to fix themselves to the wall while eating. They also have to be very careful to that food does not float away.
【小题1】Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “observed” in Paragraph 2?