The Race into Space American millionaire Dennis Tito will always be famous．He was the first tourist in space．"I spent sixty years on Earth and eight days in space and from my viewpoint， it was two separate lives，"Tito explained．He loved his time in space．"Being in space and looking back at earth is one of the most rewarding experiences a human being can have．" 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． 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 eightday trip． Both Tito and Shuttleworth bought their tickets from a company called Space Adventures．The company has around 100 people already on their waiting list for flights into space．The spaceship to take them doesn't exist yet． Many of the customdrs are people who like adventure．They are the kind of people who also want to climb Mount Qomolangma．Other customers are people who love space．However，these people are worried．Because it's so expensive,only very rich people can go into space．They want space travel to be available to more people． That day may soon be here．Inter Orbital Systems(IOS)plans to send up to four tourists a week into space．The tours will depart from an island in Tonga．The company promises a package that includes forty-five days of astronaut training in Russia and California，seven days in space，and a vacation in Tonga．for $2 million． However，space flight is still very dangerous．Bill Readdy is NASA's deputy assistant administrator for space flight．He says that the chances of dying are about 1 in 500．Because of this it may take time before space tourism really takes off．You might be able to go up，but will you come down? 16．Dennis Tito was the first tourist in space． A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned 17．Mark Shuttleworth is an engineer from the United States． A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned 18．Both Tito and Shuttleworth have climbed Mount Qomolangma． A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned 19．Space Adventures has about 100 customers waiting for their travel into space． A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned 20．Space Adventures already has a spaceship． A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned 21．IOS will send its tourists into space from Tonga． A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned 22．Bill Readdy thinks space flight is very dangerous． A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned 第三部分：概括大意与完成句子(第23-30题，每题1分，共8分) 下面的短文后有2项测试任务： (1)第23-26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2-5段每段选择1个标题； (2)第27-30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个选项。 Waste Not，Want Not 1 Bob and Clara Darlington，who own and run a farm in the North of England，have alwayslooked for new ways of making money out of the produce they grow．Their SUCCESS began when theyestablished a shop on their farm，so that people could come and buy fresh vegetables directly fromthem． 2 The business was an immediate SUCCESS，and soon scored top marks in a competition set upby the Farm Retail Association to find the best farm shop in the country．The Association's inspectorsfound the Darlingtons'shop offered excellent service and value for money as well as quality fruit andvegetable． 3 Clara Darlington is a trained chef and，in addition to a range of home-grown foods andother local produce，she began offering a variety of prepared meals which she had made herself inthe farmhouse kitchen．A small cafe alongside the farm shop was soon added，with everything thatvisitors could taste on the menu also being for sale in the shop． 4 Clara admits that starting the business was expensive，and she has worked very hard，butmaintains that if the product is good，the public recognize this and buy it．"I aim to offer the highestquality to our customers，whether they come in for a loaf of bread，or take a whole dinner-partymenu．I take it as a compliment(恭维)if people take home one of my dishes to serve to their family and friends and get away with pretending they made it themselves．" 5 So it was that the couple realized that they had a surplus of misshapen or damaged vegetables grown on the farm which were unsuitable for selling in the shop．Clara，not wishing to see themget thrown away，decided to turn them into soup． 6 The soup met with the immediate approval of customers to the shop and Clara now producesten different varieties．She spent much of the summer traveling up and down to London by rail，doing presentations of the soups．As a result，they are now served in first-class railway restaurant carsbelonging to three companies as well as being stocked by a number of high-class London stores． 23．Paragraph 2_______________． 24．Paragraph 3________________． 25．Paragraph 4______________． 26．Paragraph 5____________． A．Time well spent is rewarded B．Professional recognition is obtained C．A necessary alternative to farming D．Professional skills are exploited E．Continuing investment in high standards F．Ensuring that nothing gets wasted 27．Bob an Clara Darlington established a shop to____________． 28．Apart from quality fruit and vegetables，the couple____________． 29．Instead of throwing the damaged vegetables away，the couple__________． 30．Clara spent much of the summer going to London to____________． A．sell fresh vegetables B．sell as much as possible C．offer a variety of prepared meals D．turn them into soup E．fill a gap in the market F．promote her soups
