Saturday28April2001：DennisTitowassettingoffonhisholiday．Mr．Tito’sjourneywascertainlyunusual!Sowasthetransporthechoseandthepriceofhistrip．The60-year-oldmulti-millionairefromNewY

Question

　　Saturday 28 April 2001：Dennis Tito was setting off on his holiday．Mr．Tito’s journey was certainly unusual!So was the transport he chose and the price of his trip．

　　The 60-year-old multi-millionaire from New York was sitting on board a Russian spaceship．He was on a journey to the International Space Station．It might have been a routine(常规的)trip for the two astronauts who were traveling with him but for him it was certainly no ordinary journey．Dennis Tito was the first tourist ever in space and he had paid the sum of ＄20 million to go there．As the spacecraft left the earth’s atmosphere Tito drank a glass of fruit juice to celebrate and looked down at the earth’s blue-green surface．Two minutes later he was sick．Luckily it was only a minor problem．He soon recovered and from then on enjoyed a smooth journey．When he arrived at the space station there was a big smile on his face．“A great trip!”he commented．“I love space．”

　　For a long time space travel was something for heroes．But all this is going to change．Companies like ProSpace are investing(投资)large amounts of money in space travel．They want space and space travel to belong to the public not just governments．There are other plans like voyages through space from one side of the world to the other．Maybe we will be able to depart(离开)from New York at nine o’clock in the morning and arrive an hour later－in Tokyo!Such a schedule(时刻表) would allow the business traveler to return to New York on the same day and still have eight hours for a meeting!

(1)

Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
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A．	Business Travelers
B．	Space Tourists
C．	A Space Exploration
D．	A Frightening Adventure

(2)

According to the passage Dennis Tito ________．
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A．	enjoyed his trip very much
B．	was too sick to eat anything in space
C．	suffered a lot during the trip
D．	didn’t think the trip was worthwhile

(3)

Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
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A．	Tito was the first American tourist in space．
B．	Tito contributed(捐献)all of his wealth to his space trip．
C．	Tito visited the Russian Space Station during his trip．
D．	Space travel has become a routine for Tito since then．

(4)

It can be expected from the passage that ________．
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A．	space travel will belong to the public instead of governments
B．	airplanes will some day reach the speed of space vehicles
C．	one will be able to circle the earth within less than an hour
D．	travel between two places on earth will be made through space

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．A;3．A;4．D;解析：(1) 本文讲述了纽约富翁Tito乘俄罗斯飞船进行太空旅游的故事，并对将来的太空旅行进行了展望，所以最恰当的标题为B项，表示“太空旅行者”。 (2) 从第二段后半部分可知，Tito曾感觉不舒服，但很快就过去了，到空间站后他满脸微笑，并说“A great trip！”和“I love space．”，由此推断答案为A项。 (3) 第二段第四句说明他是第一位太空旅游者。因为Tito虽然为太空旅游花了2千万美元，但并不是全部，所以B项错误；第二段第二句说明国际空间站就是旅游的目的地，而不是中间站，所以C项错误；文章没有说明太空旅游成为Tito的常规行为，也不可能这样，所以D项错误。 (4) 第三段第四句表示“太空和太空旅游属于公众，而不仅仅是政府”，而A项表示“不属于政府”；文章没有提到飞机和飞船的速度问题；虽然最后讲到环球旅行更迅速了，但还没有期望用不到1小时的时间就环绕地球一周；第三段中间“like voyages through space from one side of the world to the other”说明D项正确。