</p> 第二部分:阅读判断(第16-22题,每题1分,共7分)
& l" p! { R- H, l* h" s 下面的短文后列出了7个句子,请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断:如果该句提供的是正确信息,请选择A;如果该句提供的是错误信息,请选择B;如果该句的信息文中没有提及,请选择C。
( u, T5 r( F* a: D1 P9 M The Race into Space
4 }8 {0 n& y/ S) i! m, U American millionaire Dennis Tito will always be famous.He was the first tourist in space."Ispent sixty years on Earth and eight days in space and from my viewpoint.it was two separatelives,"Tito explained.He loved his time in space."Being in space and looking back at earth isone of the most rewarding experiences a human being can have.". c3 H- S, |0 R# B" F: {/ O6 B$ K
This kind of experience isn't cheap.It cost$20 million.However,Tito achieved his dream.so he was happy."For me it was a life dream.It was a dream that began when I didn't have any money,"he told reporters.5 A U0 g* L5 u w. O
On 30 April 2002,Mark Shuttleworth became the world's second space tourist.Shuttleworth is a South African Businessman.At the age of twenty-eight。he also paid$20 million for the eight.daytrip.( e; {6 M- {& @" J' ]3 {
Both Tito and Shuttleworth bought their tickets from a company called Space Adventures.Thecompany has around 100 people already on their waiting list for flights into space.The spaceship totake them doesn't exist yet.( |. F1 [7 y. g8 M" j
Many of the customers are people who like adventure.They are the kind of people who alsowant to climb Mount Qomolangma.Other customers are people who love space.However,these peo.pie are worried.Because it's SO expensive,only very rich people can go into space.They want spacetravel to be available to more people.
0 z: @6 p4 O' U% _, ? That day may soonhere.Inter Orbital Systems(IOS)plans to send up to four tourists aweek into space.The tours will depart from an island in Tonga.The company promises a packagethat includes forty-five days of astronaut training in Russia and California,seven days in space,anda vacation in Tonga.for$2 million.
. Q/ d( ?/ K: P3 O7 S/ M However,space flight is still very dangerous.Bill Readdy is NASA'S deputy assistant adminis.trator for space flight.He says that the chances of dying are about 1 in 500.Because of this it maytake time before space tourism really takes off.You might be able to go up,but will you comedown?4 }: S! w) n( } _/ l0 E8 g: q
16.Dennis Tito was the first tourist in space.
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17.Mark Shuttleworth is an engineer from the United States.) A% |% N* Z9 @5 u& f) k8 q
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18.Both Tito and Shuttleworth have climbed Mount Qomolangma.
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19.Space Adventures has about 100 customers waiting for their travel into space.
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% q* n6 C" W7 Y$ }7 G& \ 20.Space Adventures already has a spaceship.5 w6 ~: S7 P0 W! z1 Z3 s
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21.IOS will send its tourists into space from Tonga.
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22.Bill Readdy thinks that space flight is very dangerous.
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