9．Space TouristsSaturday 28April，2001：Dennis Tito was setting off on his holiday．"So what？"you might think．Well，Mr．Tito's journey was certainly unusual!So was the transport he chose，and the price of his trip．
The 60-year-old millionaire from New York was sitting on board a Russian spaceship．He was on a journey to the International Space Station．It might have been a routine trip for the two Russian astronauts who were travelling with him，but for him it was certainly no ordinary journey．Dennis Tito was the first tourist ever in space，and he had paid $20million to go there．As the spacecraft left the earth's atmosphere，Tito drank a glass of fruit juice to celebrate and looked down at the earth's blue-green surface．Two minutes later，he was sick．Luckily it was only a minor problem．He soon recovered，and from then on enjoyed a smooth journey．When he arrived at the space station，there was a big smile on his face．"A great trip!"he commented．"I love space．"
For a long time space travel was something for heroes．But if some people are right，all this is going to change．One of them is Charles Miller，Director of a company called ProSpace．They are investing
1 large amounts of money in space travel．"Tito's adventure was just the beginning．We're going to see exciting new things in the next twenty years!"Charles Miller says．
Companies like ProSpace want space and space travel to belong to the public，not just governments．There are other future plans，like cruises
2 through space from one side of the world to the other．Maybe we will be able to leave from New York at nine o'clock in the morning，and arrive in Tokyo an hour later!Such a schedule would allow the business traveller to return to New York on the same day，and still have eight hours for a meeting!How's that for speed？
1．invest：to spend money in order to make something succeed
2．cruise：journey
Questions 61to 65．Judge if the following statements agree with the information given in the passage．Choose A for TRUE if the statements agree with it； choose B for FALSE if the statements don't agree with it； choose C for NOT GIVEN if the information the statements carry is not mentioned anywhere in the passage．根据文章内容判断下列表述．如果表述与文章内容一致，选A项；表述与文章内容不一致，选B项；文章中未提及表述的信息，则选C项．
61．Mr．Tito started an ordinary journey in April，2001．B
62．It cost Mr．Tito a lot of money to go to the space station．A
63．Mr．Tito really enjoyed his journey although he had a health problem at first．A
64．Many tourists have been to space since 2001．C
65．ProSpace doesn't want space travel to belong to governments．B
Questions 66 to 69．Match the following words with their meanings in the passage．Note that there are two choices more than you need．判断下列词汇在文章中的含义，并从表格中选择恰当的释义．（提示：6个选项中有2项是多余的）
A．not serious
B．completely correct
C．normal and regular
D．likely to exist later |
66．routineC
67．minorA
68．smoothF
69．futureD
Question 70．Choose the best answer from A，B，C or D．选择最佳答案．
70．What is the main subject of the passage？A
A．For the first time in history，a tourist made a trip into space．
B．Dennis Tito is a hero because he flew into space when he was 60．
C．The first tourist in space was sick when he drank a glass of fruit juice．
D．ProSpace is planning space trips from one side of the world to the other．
