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The Barcelonabased architects of the Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost $4.4 million for a threenight stay at the hotel.This price also includes an eightweek training course on an island.During their stay, guests would see the sunrise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes.
Galactic Suite Ltd"s CEO Xavier Claramunt says the project will put his company in a leading position of a new industry with a huge future ahead of it, and forecasts space travel will become common in the future."It"s very normal to think that your children, possibly within 15 years, could spend a weekend in space, "he told Reuters Television.
A promising space tourism industry is beginning to take shape with construction in progress in New Mexico of Spaceport America, the world"s first facility (设施) built specifically for passengers.British industrialist Richard Branson"s space tours firm, Virgin Galactic, will use the facility to send tourists to space at a cost of $200,000 a ride.
Galactic Suite Ltd, set up in 2007, hopes to start its project with a single pod (分离舱) in orbit 280 miles above the earth."It will take a day and a half to reach the pod, and the passengers will join it for three days, "Claramunt said.More than 200 people have expressed an interest in traveling to the space hotel and at least 43 people have already reserved it.
The numbers are similar for Virgin Galactic with 300 people already paid or signed up for the trip, but unlike Branson, Galactic Suite says they will use Russian rockets to transport their guests into space from a spaceport to be built on an island in the Caribbean.But critics have questioned the project, saying the length of time that will be used is unreasonable and also where the money is coming from to support the project.
1. What"s Xavier Claramunt"s attitude towards the space tourism industry?
A. Quite critical.
B. Slightly worried.
C. Highly optimistic.
D. Fully satisfied.
2. Virgin Galactic"s guests will be transported into space by using rockets produced in________.
A. Spain
B. America
C. Britain
D. Russia
3. Which of the following is one of the critics" concerns about this project?
A. It is hard to ensure the safety of tourists.
B. There are many technical difficulties.
C. It will be a waste of resources.
D. It may lack support in money.
4. According to the passage, traveling to the space hotel ________.
A. will soon be possible for common people
B. has attracted the attention of some people
C. will make a large profit for the tourist industry
D. is considered an industry with a huge future by many people
5. What"s the best title for the passage?
A. The world"s first space hotel is to open in 2012
B. The world"s first commercial spaceport is being built
C. Space tourism:a surprising new industry
D. Space travel will become common in 15 years
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试题【阅读理解 A company planning to open the first hotel in space says it is on targe】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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about her father.I always wondered if my dad cared about me, or if he even loved me.All the kids would
be with their dads and they would ask me where my dad was, and I would tell them that he was out of
town.For all you kids who have a dad, tell him how much you love him because there are plenty of kids
who would love to have a dad.
Armen Abidian:This article describes everything about me and my life.When I was about 3 years old,
my mother and father had a big argument and got divorced.Now I"m 13 years old and I haven"t seen my
father for 10 years.Just like Martha, I don"t know what he looks like now, whether or not he"s got married to a different woman, or if he has another child.
Emma Ramirez:When Martha talked about how "most girls have dads who take them to their practices, buy them things and play with them", I thought I was one of those girls.I never stopped to think about how there are girls who have always dreamed of having those things but don"t have a father.After reading what Martha wrote, I told myself I would always appreciate the days I spend with my dad because I am very
lucky to have a dad who does so much for me.
Stephanie Felix:This article reminded me of how much I missed my dad when I was younger.I really
relate to this article because I used to always wonder about my dad, but not any more.Life without my
father has made me more independent and responsible.By reading this article I remember all of this and I
was able to understand what the writer was talking about.
1. The above four paragraphs are most probably ________.
A. comments on a book about a girl who has no father
B. comments on Martha"s opinion about parents" love
C. four people"s thoughts after reading Martha"s article
D. letters to Martha to comfort her
2. What does the passage suggest?
A. Martha"s father didn"t love her.
B. Martha didn"t grow up with her dad.
C. Martha was brought up by her grandparents.
D. Martha"s parents got divorced when she was 13.
3. What does Kasey Kaczmarek suggest kids do?
A. Not ask other kids where their dads are.
B. Be kind to those kids who don"t have a dad.
C. Tell their fathers how much they love them.
D. Spend as much time with their fathers as possible.
4. After reading what Martha wrote, Emma Ramirez ________.
A. decided to spend more time with her father
B. told herself to appreciate all that she had
C. realized how badly she behaved in the past
D. found how lucky she was to have a dad
5. Who became more independent and responsible living a life without a father?
A. Kasey Kaczmarek.
B. Stephanie Felix.
C. Emma Ramirez.
D. Armen Abidian.
Crying marriage? 1 (surprise), isn"t it?Actually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time
ago in many areas of Southwest China"s Sichuan Province, and 2 (remain) in fashion 3 the end of
the Qing Dynasty.Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in many
places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a 4 (necessary) to marriage procedure.
It is very much 5 same in different places of the province.According to elderly people, every bride
had to cry at the wedding. 6 , the bride"s neighbors would look down upon 7 as a poorly cultivated
girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village.In fact, there were cases 8 which the bride
was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a 9 by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words.However, in the 10 (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed
quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.
Canada.
It all started when Graham Broad, a professor at the University of Western Ontario, fofund McKay"s
name in a footnote in a book about university history.McKay was included in a list of university alumni
(校友) who had served during the First World War, but his name was unfamiliar to Broad, a specialist
in military history.Out of curiosity, Broad spent hours at the local archives(档案馆)in a fruitless search
for information on McKay.Tired and discouraged, he finally gave up.On his way out, Broad"s glance
happened to fall on an exhibiting case showing some old newspapers.His eye was drawn to an old
picture of a young man in a rugby uniform.As he read the words beside the picture, he experienced a
thrilling realization."After looking for him all day, there he was, staring up at me out of the exhibiting case,
"said Broad.Excited by the find"Broad asked his students to continue his search.They combed old
newspapers and other materials for clues.Gradually, a picture came into view.
Captain Alfred Edwin McKay joined the British Royal Flying Corps in 1916.He downed ten enemy
planes, outlived his entire squadron(中队)as a WWI flyer, spent some time as a flying instructor in
England, and then returned to the front, where he was eventually shot down over Belgium and killed in
December 1917.But there"s more to his story."For a brief time in 1916 he was probably the most
famous pilot in the world, "says Broad."He was credited with downing Oswald Boelcke, the most
famous German pilot at the time."Yet, in a letter home, McKay refused to take credit, saying that
Boelcke had actually crashed into another German plane.
McKay"s war records were destroyed during a World War ? air bombing on London-an explanation
for why he was all but forgotten.
But now, thanks to the efforts of Broad and his students, a marker in McKay"s memory was placed
on the university grounds in November 2007."I found my eyes filling with tears as I read the word "
deceased" (阵亡) next to his name, "said Corey Everrett, a student who found a picture of Mckay in
his uniform."This was such a simple example of the fact that he had been a student just like us, but instead of finishing his time at Western, he chose to fight and die for his country."
1. What made Professor Broad continue his search for more information on McKay?
A. A uniform of McKay.
B. A footnote about McKay.
C. A book on McKay.
D. A picture of McKay.
2. What did the students find out about McKay?
A. He trained pilots for some time.
B. He lived longer than other pilots.
C. He died in the Second World War.
D. He was downed by the pilot Boelcke.
3. McKay"s flying documents were destroyed in________.
A. Belgium
B. Germany
C. Canada
D. England
4. We can learn from the last paragraph that McKay________.
A. preferred fight to his study
B. went to war before graduation
C. left a picture for Corey Everrett
D. set an example for his fellow students
5. What is the text mainly about?
A. The research into war history.
B. The finding of a forgotten hero.
C. The pilots of the two world wars.
D. The importance of military studies.
The money values we learn as children stay with us the rest of our lives. If you are a parent, teaching
your children the value of saving and investing will benefit them the rest of their lives. Here"s what you can
do:Help your child begin to save. Open savings accounts for your children, and teach them how the bank
adds interest to their savings that makes their money grow. Encourage your children to save a little from
every bit of money they receive, such as allowances, birthday gifts, etc. You may even want to set up a
matching program, contributing fifty cents for each dollar your child saves.
Teach your child about stocks (股票). A child in elementary school can start learning about how
businesses work. Once your child understands the basics, ask him or her to think about some of the
businesses that might be good stock investments. Then use Morningstar Mutual Fund Guide(available
at your library)to find a quality mutual fund that holds some of these companies, or a mutual fund that
caters to children such as the Stein Roe Young Investor Fund. Many funds accept regular monthly
investments as low as $50 a month, so these funds can be a good way to teach children about the stock
market while saving for their college education.
Encourage early IRA(个人退休金账户)saving. The new Roth IRA is a great way for children who
are working in summers or after school to begin saving for their future. Imagine how much money you"d
have today if you had saved $3,000 a year since you were a teenager!
Let your kids handle their own money. We all learn by doing, so letting your kids manage a segment
of their budget(预算)will let them earn valuable financial lessons.They may make mistakes, but they will
be small mistakes that may help them avoid larger mistakes as adults.
B．How to Teach Your Children to Save
C．Tips for Saving for Children
D．Start Good Saving Habits Early
B．that you should provide enough money for children so that they can save some
C．that you encourage your children to compete with each other in saving
D．that you encourage your children by giving some extra money for them to save
B．in primary school
C．in middle school
D．in college
B．It accepts regular monthly investments.
C．It accepts small investments as low as $50 a month.
D．It caters to children who can afford small investments.
reconnecting old friends.Last week,a guy whom I hadn"t seen since my bachelor party five years ago sent me a friend request.I accepted and waited for "Easy E" to send me a greeting of some kind.He had sought me out,after all.
I learned from his profile that he was in a relationship and had a son.However,I"m pretty sure we won"t ever write walltowall,let alone email each other.But he"ll remain a friend of online until one of us makes a
point of removing the other from his official list.
My pool of friends consists of family members,college buddies,coworkers from past and present,and
friends of friends.There are 35 in all.If I spent some time uploading old email addresses,I"m confident that
I could increase my friend count actually.
A person could make a mission out of reconnecting with childhood friends,former classmates,distant
cousins, and those one would like to get to know better.And some people can even handle hundreds of
onscreen relationships,keeping up with the daily happenings of their small army of companions.After all,
there are worse fates than having too many friends.
Thanks to email,the inability to schedule facetoface meetings no longer means a friendship must come
to a close. But even with email, people will lose touch if one or both parties stop writing back. That"s
normal.People move from school to school,job to job,city to city.You never have to feel guilty for breaking away.Every day,the masterminds of Web 2.0 find new ways of making human communication easier.However,convenience can be a crutch(拐杖) Some things shouldn"t be simplified.When it comes to friendship,
there can be no shortcuts.
B．it helps people get in touch with old friends
C．it can send people a greeting of some kind
D．it reminds people of events in the past
B．asked the friend to email him
C．did get some information about the friend
D．would keep in touch with the friend forever
B．The author communicates with all the 35 friends by emails.
C．The list of 35 friends doesn"t include the old email addresses.
D．It is not difficult for the author to increase his friend count.
B．Taking a crutch is a new way of making friends online.
C．Convenience is dangerous for human communication.
D．Convenience is not really good for human communication.
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