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Giant leap for China

　　A few days ago, he was just Colonel (上校) Yang; few people knew his name or recognized his face. But last Thursday, when he came back to the earth after a 21-hour trip to space, Yang Liwei's smile was seen across the world above the magic words: “China's first spaceman”.

　　The 38-year-old astronaut was sent into space at 9 a. m. last Wednesday by China's Shenzhou V spacecraft, which orbited the earth 14 times. He landed safely at 6:23 a. m. the next day, making China the third country to successfully send a person into space, after the former Soviet Union and the US.

　　Yang was satisfied with his job. “I have seen many landing scenes before on video, and I think ours was one of the most successful,” he said on a special plane to Beijing after landing.

　　Born into an ordinary family in Liaoning Province, he became a pilot in the Chinese Air Force in 1987, spending 1,350 hours in the air. He joined the Chinese space programme 11 years later.

　　While in space, Yang recorded everything he saw as well as showing China's national flag and the United Nations' flag to the people watching on TV at home. He also ate a meal of diced chicken and fried rice, before taking a 3-hour nap. The whole project went according to plan, but space exploration is not as easy as it seems.

　　Anyone who saw the destruction of the US space shuttle Columbia in February this year will know that Yang took a great risk.

　　He experienced extremely high temperatures, while the gravitational forces (重力) on takeoff and landing were strong enough to force tears from his eyes.

　　He has spent five years training to become a spaceman.

　　“I eat all of my meals at the space programme's dinning room and have never been able to take my son to kindergarten,” he said. “I've never met his teachers.”

　　But becoming China's first spaceman has made all the effort worthwhile.

　　“When I boarded the spacecraft for the first time, I couldn't help feeling excited,” he said. “I decided that I had to fly it. ”

　　To Chinese people, Yang is now a hero. One visitor to a Xinhua news agency online forum (網(wǎng)上論壇) said: “Yang's trip is a giant leap forward for China. ”

　　Officials say the next Shenzhou will be launched by 2005. China also plans to develop space walking and a space lab.

1．What is the main idea of the story?

[　　]

A．China's first manned space flight.

B．A hero with great courage

C．The first Chinese man in space

D．How Yang Liwei became China's first spaceman

2．How long did each of Yang's orbits take on average?

[　　]

A．1 hour.
B．1.5 hours.
C．6 hours.
D．The story didn't mention.

3．Why did the writer mention the gravitational forces on takeoff and landing?

[　　]

A．To stress the hardship and the spaceman had to experience.

B．Because it was a very special experience for any spacemen.

C．To stress how much training he had to do to prepare for the flight

D．To show that Yang is lucky.

4．Why did the writer use “giant leap” in the title?

[　　]

A．Because the space flight marked China's great progress in the field of space exploration.

B．Because Neil Armstrong said it was a “giant leap” for mankind when he first set foot on the moon.

C．Because the space flight was a huge success.

D．Both A and B

答案：C;B;A;D
解析：

　　1．全文行文角度以楊利偉為中心．

　　2．計算題．信息源在第一二段這兩處：“…he came back to the earth after a 21-our trip to space…” “…which orbited the earth 14 times”也就是說環(huán)繞地球轉(zhuǎn)了14圈耗時21小時，簡單計算得平均每轉(zhuǎn)一圈1.5小時．

　　3．分析和該題相關(guān)的信息“He experienced extremely high temperatures, while the gravitational forces（重力）on takeoff and landing were strong enough to force tears from his eyes.”，不難推知選項A意義相符．

　　4．結(jié)合全文理解標題中的“giant leap”，其意義為選項A．意即：神舟五號的成功標志著中國在航天領(lǐng)域里邁出了“一大步”，B項表明．“giant leap”這一遣詞的來源．


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