Question

What will the future be like? It’s possible that we may often fly up into space! Out of all the coolest inventions of the year, Time chose Spaceship One as the best.

Spaceship One is a 6-meter-long white spaceship. On June 21, American pilot Mike Melvill flew it to space and back－about 100 kilometers up into the sky. 1.Some might say it’s not a big deal. You know, people went to the moon years ago.

Well, Spaceship One is special because 2. it is the first spaceship that wasn’t made by the government. It was built and launched (发射) by a private US company. Lots of people want to travel in space. But it’s too expensive. American millionaire Dennis Tito paid almost US $ 20 million to become the first space tourist to visit the International Space Station in 2001. So private companies began to think of making their own spaceship to take other tourist up into space.

3.飞船一号的成功是一个好的开端。In the next 10 to 15 years, if you pay $ 20,000 to $ 100,000, you could fly high above the earth.

What about having your own spaceship in your garage and taking it to space at the weekend?

将4.处划线部分的句子翻译成汉语：

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将5.处划线部分的句子改为简单句：

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将6.处划线部分的句子翻译成英文：

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7.Imagine what the future will be like.

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8.Do you want to have your own spaceship in your garage? Why?

 

 

Answer 1

1.有些人也许会说这没什么了不起的。（有些人可能会说这不是件了不起的事）

2.It’s the first spaceship made by a private US company.

(The spaceship was made by a private US company for the first time.)

3.The success for Spaceship One is a good start.

4.It’s possible that we may often fly up into space!

5.Yes. Because I can take it to space at the weekend.

【解析】

试题分析：未来会是什么样子的？那时我们可能经常飞到太空！宇宙飞船是6米长的白色的飞船。很多人想去太空旅行。但是它太贵了。因此私人公司开始考虑制作自己的宇宙飞船到太空去旅游。这种想法也许在未来会实现。

1.Some might say it’s not a big deal. You know, people went to the moon years ago.分析：a big deal一个大事；go to the moon去月球。故填：有些人也许会说这没什么了不起的。（有些人可能会说这不是件了不起的事）

2.it is the first spaceship that wasn’t made by the government. 分析：原句以定语从句的形式对spaceship进行修饰，因此可以用被动语态将其改为简单句的形式。故填：It’s the first spaceship made by a private US company. (The spaceship was made by a private US company for the first time.)

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4.未来会是什么样子的？那时我们可能经常飞到太空！故填：It’s possible that we may often fly up into space!

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考点：科普知识类短文阅读。