At 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003, our country launched (發射) its first manned (有人的) space-ship, Shenzhou V, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province. It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours to circle the earth 14 times. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He comes from Liaoning Province, and he has been an air force pilot(飛行員) since 1983. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests.
The life of an astronaut is hard to imagine for many people. To put on a space suit takes 15 minutes with the help of others. Sleeping in space is not easy, either. He has to sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall because there is no gravity. Yang can eat chicken and rice. It’s especially made to eat in space but it doesn’t taste nice.
“I’m feeling very good in space, and it looks wonderful here,” said Yang, “I have looked at our beautiful earth and I have recorded all that I have seen here.”
China has become the third country in the world to send a person into space after the former Soviet Union(前蘇聯) and the United States. China is now planning its next launch. Shenzhou VI will be into space within(在……之內) the next years, it may take three astronauts. We are all proud of our motherland.
【小題1】Shenzhou V was launched into space _____.

At 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003, our country launched (發射) its first manned (有人的) space-ship, Shenzhou V, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province. It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours to circle the earth 14 times. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He comes from Liaoning Province, and he has been an air force pilot(飛行員) since 1983. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests.

The life of an astronaut is hard to imagine for many people. To put on a space suit takes 15 minutes with the help of others. Sleeping in space is not easy, either. He has to sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall because there is no gravity. Yang can eat chicken and rice. It’s especially made to eat in space but it doesn’t taste nice.

“I’m feeling very good in space, and it looks wonderful here,” said Yang, “I have looked at our beautiful earth and I have recorded all that I have seen here.”

China has become the third country in the world to send a person into space after the former Soviet Union(前蘇聯) and the United States. China is now planning its next launch. Shenzhou VI will be into space within(在……之內) the next years, it may take three astronauts. We are all proud of our motherland.

1.Shenzhou V was launched into space _____.

2.Yang Liwei is a(n) ______.

3.Yang Liwei is from _______.

4.Which of the following is true?

5.We can know there are _____ countries in the world which can send man into space.

Sitting at the dinner table and sleeping in bed is normal (正常的 ) for you. How is an astronaut's (宇航員) life in Shenzhou Vl different from yours.'?

Eating: Astronauts in. a space*hip face a choice because of no gravity (引力). They may pick their food, use their hands and put it into their mouths. Or they may let the food stay in the air. Then they float (漂浮) to the food and get it with their mouths. Astronauts have to re-member to close their mouths tightly (緊緊地) while eating. Any crumb (碎屑) could cause big trouble. Bits of food that stay in the air can go into astronauts' noses when they are breathing.

Sleeping: Shenzhon VI astronauts sleep on the wall of the spaceship. People float in a spaceship where there isn't any gravity. So scientists fix (固定) sleeping bags to tbe wall tohelp astronauts.

1. Is the life on the earth just the same as that in a space*hip?

2. Where do Shenzhou VI  astronauts sleep in the spaceship?

3. Why do astronauts in a spaceship face a choice?

4 What do the astronauts have to do While eating?

5. What does this passage(段落) mainly tell us?

At 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003, our country launched (發射) its first manned (有人的) space-ship, Shenzhou V, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province. It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours to circle the earth 14 times. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He comes from Liaoning Province, and he has been an air force pilot(飛行員) since 1983. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests.
The life of an astronaut is hard to imagine for many people. To put on a space suit takes 15 minutes with the help of others. Sleeping in space is not easy, either. He has to sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall because there is no gravity. Yang can eat chicken and rice. It’s especially made to eat in space but it doesn’t taste nice.
“I’m feeling very good in space, and it looks wonderful here,” said Yang, “I have looked at our beautiful earth and I have recorded all that I have seen here.”
China has become the third country in the world to send a person into space after the former Soviet Union(前蘇聯) and the United States. China is now planning its next launch. Shenzhou VI will be into space within(在……之內) the next years, it may take three astronauts. We are all proud of our motherland.

1. 1.

   Shenzhou V was launched into space _____.

   1. A.
      at 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003
   2. B.
      at 9 p.m. on October 15, 2003
   3. C.
      at 9 a.m. on October 16, 2003
   4. D.
      at 9 p.m. on October 16, 2003
2. 2.

   Yang Liwei is a(n) ______.

   1. A.
      policeman
   2. B.
      businessman
   3. C.
      doctor
   4. D.
      astronaut
3. 3.

   Yang Liwei is from _______.

   1. A.
      Liaoning
   2. B.
      Gansu
   3. C.
      Jining
   4. D.
      Inner Mongolia
4. 4.

   Which of the following is true?

   1. A.
      It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 12 hours.
   2. B.
      Life in space is easy for an astronaut.
   3. C.
      China is planning its next launch now.
   4. D.
      Yang Liwei is the first man into space.
5. 5.

   We can know there are _____ countries in the world which can send man into space.

   1. A.
      five
   2. B.
      four
   3. C.
      three
   4. D.
      two