题目内容
Sally Ride was born in California in 1951. She was the first American woman to travel into space. She loved to play tennis and wanted to be a tennis player when she was young. But after three months’ professional（专业的）training， she changed her mind. She went to Stanford University and started to study science. She studied stars and planets. She did researches at the university and got her PhD in astrophysics（天体物理学博士学位）after several years’ hard work.
In1977， she took a test to become an astronaut. And then she was picked up from over8， 000 people. In order to realize her dream of going into space， she had to get different kinds of special and difficult training. She learned how to fly a plane， how to jump out of a plane as well as how to operate（操作）special machines.
Sally and four other astronauts flew a spaceship called Challenger on Jun. 18， 1983. She became the first American woman to travel to travel into space. Later， she taught at the University of California. Then she wrote seven books on space for children， encouraging children to study science. Unfortunately， she died in 2012.
1. What did Sally Ride want to do at first?
A. She wanted to study stars.
B. She wanted to study science.
C. She wanted to play tennis.
D. She wanted to do researches.
2. When did Sally Ride go into space?
A. In 1951. B. In 1977
C. In 1983 D. In 2012.
3. Which is NOT true about Sally Rid?
A. She learned how to fly a plane.
B. She learned how to produce machines.
C. She learned how to jump out of a plane.
D. She learned how to use special machines.
4.Sally Ride taught at the University of California .
A. Before she got her PhD in astrophysics
B. before she went to Stanford University
C. after she wrote books on space
D. after she traveled into space
5. Which is t he best title（题目）of the passage?
A. The first American woman writer
B. The first American woman astronaut
C. The first American woman teacher
D. The first American woman scientist
