The International Space Station.one of the most ambitious space projects ever an

The International Space Station，one of the mostambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of thesolar system，turnsl0 years old Thursday．

    On Nov．20，1998，the first part of thespace station was launched by the Russians from Kazakhstan．NASA followed up two weeks laterwith Piece No 2 carried up bya space shuttle．

    The spacestation has grown into a giant outpost(前哨)355 km up，home to three people at any given time—soon to besix．

    Thanks to thenewly arrived shuttle Endeavour，the space station now has five sleep stations，two baths，two kitchens and twomini—gyms．Ahogether， there are nine rooms，threeof which are full scale labs．

    The UnitedStates has financed the main part of the project，estimated to cost some 100 billiondollars．Fifteen othercountries have also contributed， includingRussia，Japan，Canada，Brazil anti elevennations belonging to the  EuropeanSpace Agency．

    Fhe spacestation has traveled 2．1 billion km，orbited Earth more than 57，300 times，hosted 167 people from15 countries，andserved up more than l 9，000 meals

    “The ISS is the largest ever expenmentin international technological cooperation，” said John Logsdon。a historian at theNational Air and Space Museum in US．

    “1 think it’s anecessary stepping stone to long—term human activities in new Areas of operations，”Logsdon said．The stationis“off the planet and it’s the first Stepoutward—not all end in itself，but a step along the way．”

1.The passage is mainly about             ．

A the construction of the International Space Station

B．the history of theInternational Space Station．

C the tenth anniversary of theInternational Space Station．

D．the eountries that help establishthe International Space Station．

2.Piece No 2 of theISS was put into orbit oil             

A．Nov．6，1998       B．Nov．24，1998

C．Dec．8，1998      D．Dec．9，1998

3.Which of thefollowing is true about Endeav our according to the passage?

A．Endeavour is a newlybuilt shuttle

B．Endeavour is part of thespace station

C．Endeavour didn’t getclose to the space station

D．Endeavour carried a lot ofequipment for the apace station

4.Which of thefollowing country has not made a contribution to the eonstruction of theInternational space station according to the passage?

A．USA．    B．Japan．    C．Korea．    D．Spain

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【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.C

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