Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good.” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “For our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”

China’s launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems（系統(tǒng)）to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rockets（火箭）nor American ones have.

Yang didn’t know that he was chosen as China’s first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8p.m. as usual and was woken up at 8p.m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food-dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.

A stamp Success of China First Manned Space Flight was issued（發(fā)行）on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.

1.It took Yang Liwei_____ to travel around the earth every circle.

       A. 6 hours    B. 90 minutes    C. 2 days      D. 21 hours

2.How did Yang Liwei feel after he came back to the earth?

       A. Quite tired.            B. A little scared.

       C. Tired but excited.       D. A little nervous

3.Which of the following statement is right?

  A. There is no difference between China’s spaceship and other countries.

  B. Yang Liwei knew he would be China’s first spaceman long before.

  C. From the news, Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep.

  D. Yang was proud of the flight.

4. What does the underlined word “l(fā)aunch” mean?

        A.發(fā)射    B.出發(fā)   C.制造    D.設(shè)計

5.China issued the stamps to _________.

  A. leave them in space

  B. give them to Yang Liwei as a reward

  C. celebrate the success

  D. give them to Russian and American spacemen.

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Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people e 【小題1】   try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names r 【小題2】   in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled a bathtub 145 kilometres for 24 hours. This group had 13 m 【小題3】   . They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28^th and 29^th, 1983. A month l 【小題4】   , a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon, Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometres in j 【小題5】   minutes. However, the distance record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Bruntsfield Bedding Center. This team from Edingburg pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometres in 1979. It took the team 35 days to c 【小題6】   the distance.
Another group of record makers held the h 【小題7】   dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney, Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28^th , 1989. The climbers t 【小題8】   a dinner table, chairs, and a meal up the mountain. When they reached the top of the mountain, they had to c 【小題9】   warm clothes to have dinner.
People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood, however, that now not all the records will be k 【小題10】  in the Guinness Book of Records.

Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

    Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled(用漿劃)a bathtub（浴缸）145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29, 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon ,Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Brunt field Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.

    Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney, Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28 1989.The climbers carried a dinner table, chairs, and a meal up the mountain .When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.

    People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood; however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.

1.According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?

A. A record for paddling a bathtub.

B. A record for climbing a mountain.

C. A record for pushing a hospital bed.

D. A record for swimming across a river.

2.What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage?

A. The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney.

B. Only nine people held the highest dinner party.

C. They had a meal on the mountain.

D. They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party.

3.Which of the following show the right order(順序)of what happened in the passage?

    a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.

    b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.

    c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.

    d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.

    A. a-b-c-d    B. d-b-c-a    C. a-d-b-c    D. b-a-d-c

4.Which of the following is mentioned(提及)in the passage?

     A. Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh.

     B. People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things.

     C. Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given.

     D. Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain.

D
Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded（記錄）in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled（用槳劃）a bathtub（浴缸）145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29. 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon, Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance（距離）record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Bruntsfield Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.
Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney,Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28, 1989. The climbers carried a dinner table. chairs, and a meal up the mountain. When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.
People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood, however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.
【小題1】 According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?