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Tourists in space Man has been traveling into space for more than 40 years. Even today though, very few people get the chance to be an astronaut, about 30 per year. This is mainly because of the expense. It costs millions of yuan to train and send astronauts into space. Very few countries can 1 this. |
This is why American businessman Dennis Tito paid 20,000,000 US dollars to the Russian space agency to go into space. He visited the International Space Station. His 2 , making him the first ever space tourist, took eight days altogether. He spent most of his time taking photos, looking at the Earth and listening to music on his once-in-a-lifetime trip. After landing 3 back on earth, Mr. Tito thought the trip was worth the money. The only difficulty he had was walking but this is normal (正常) for anyone who's been in zero gravity (重力). Some people, especially in the American space agency, think that you must be 4 to go into space. They worry about the safety of other astronauts. However, Mr. Tito received training before he left. He also helped to prepare food for the others while in space. They told him what to do and where he was 5 to go. A survey showed that 75% of Americans supported space tourism. Some people are bored of all the places on earth. They are looking for a new 6 trip and space is the place. The money Mr. Tigo gave the Russians equaled 20% of their annual budget (年度预算). If we want to see men on Mars and other planets, we may need rich people 7 Mr. Tito to help us pay for it. The Russians have more rich people who want to become space tourists. They should take them. |
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geography, physics, chemistry and math: Others go to school to leam a skill so that they can make money. But no one can leam everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, cannot teach his 2______ everything they want to know. His job is to help his students know how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to 3______. So, much more is to be learnt 4______ school by the students themselves. It's always more 5______ to leam how to study by oneself than to memonze some facts or rules. Great scientists, like Newton, Galileo and Edison, didn't get 6______ from school, but they were all successful. They invented so many things. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not 7______ at school. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. Above all, they knew how to use their brains. |
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As we know, museums are buildings where many valuable and important objects are kept so that people can go and see them. For example, art museums are places where people can learn about 9 (1) v______ cultures. More and more popular "design museums" that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. (2) U______ most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found in our daily life, such as fridges and washing machines. The (3) a______ of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits(展品).Being different from the art museum visitors, design museum visitors (4) s______ feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-products (批量产品) work and look as they do, and how design has (5) i______ the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something (6) b______ their understanding. Several new design rnuseums have opened their doors in (7) r______years. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy (满足) the public's growing interest in the field with new (8) i_____. London's Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem (9) f_______ less strict than those to art museums, and visitors may also sense (感觉到) the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys (10) c______ from our everyday life. | |
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