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13.Virgin Galactic said its first passenger flights wouldn't occur before 2013.Richard Branson's space tourism venture said it hoped to launch the service in two years,but even that date wasn't fixed.The firm's commercial director,Stephen Attenborough,told the BBC that its customers?safety was vital.Test flights are currently under way,with rocket-powered tests scheduled to start next year.
Almost 500 people have bought tickets.Richard had originally hoped the first commercial spacecraft,Spaceship Two,would take off as early as 2007.However,Mr.Attenborough stressed there never was an official date set for the first launch.
Stephen Attenborough criticized some press reports,particularly an article in the Wall Street Journal,which described the 2013 goal as"yet another delay".
"This is a programme that can't have a hard-end date as safety is number one priority,"Mr.Attenborough said,"Our foot is flat on the gas.We have proven technology,we have a spaceport that opened last week,and the test flight programme is well advanced-----I don't think you can ask for a lot more from a programme like this.A delay is a strange word,and there is no delay."
Keith Colmer,a former Air Force test pilot,was chosen from more than 500 applicants,among them a handful of astronauts.The BBC,s Richard Scott was the first journalist to be allowed inside the Virgin Galactic spaceship.
Richard has held an official ceremony for the launch pad for the space tourism venture in the New Mexico desert on 18,October.He plans to take the first flight,accompanied by his children.
Mr.Attenborough said that although all of the future tourists were eager to take off to space,none were pushing for an early flight."They are willing to put a large a-mount of money up front because they trust us,because they know we will only take them to space if it's safe to do so,"he said.
The 2.5-hour flights will offer five minutes of weightlessness.Tickets cost $ 200,000.
68.What Stephen Attenborough valued most isC.
A.the number of tourists   B.the cost of a commercial flight
C.the safety of tourists   D.the process of the launch
69.What do we know about Richard according to the passage?C
A.He used to serve as an astronaut.
B.He will start the space tour with his children.
C.He is in charge of the interview of the first flight.
D.He has a thorough research in a spaceship.
70.You can most probably read the passage in aC.
A.travel guide B.chef magazine C.newspaper   D.textbook.

分析 本文讲述一条关于去太空旅行的新闻.

解答 CCC
68  C  细节题. 根据文章第一 段The firm's commercial director,Stephen Attenborough,told the BBC that its customers'safety was vital. 可知顾客的安全是最重要的,故选C.
69   C   细节题. 根据文章第 五段The BBC,s Richard Scott was the first journalist to be allowed inside the Virgin Galactic spaceship. 可知Richard是一名记者,故选C.
70    C   细节题. 通读全文可知这是一篇新闻报道,故选C.

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

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What does it take to write notes that lift spirits and warm hearts?Perhaps just a desire and a willingness to express our appreciation.The most successful people write notes that are short on words and long on feeling,sincere,short,specific,and usually spontaneous in nature.
It is difficult to be spontaneous,however,when you have to hunt for letter writing materials; so,keep paper,envelopes,and stamps close at hand,even when you travel.Fancy stationery is not necessary; it's the thought that counts.
So,who around you deserves a note of thanks or approval?A neighbor,your librarian,a relative,your mate,a teacher,or your doctor?You do not need to be poetic.If you need a reason,look for a milestone,the anniversary of a special event you shared,a birthday,or holiday,and do not hold back your praise.Such words as:"greatest,""smartest,""prettiest"make us all feel good.Even if your praises run a little ahead of reality,remember that expectations are often the parents of dreams fulfilled.

63.On seeing the letter on the desk,the author feltB.
A.annoyed     B.curious      C.doubtful      D.shocked
64.According to the author,many people don't write upbeat notes mainly because they areD.
A.afraid of being out of date             B.too shy to flatter others
C.prepared to make phone calls            D.too concerned about what others think
65.It can be learned from the last paragraph thatB.
A.praises often run ahead of reality
B.praises help in pursuing a dream
C.parents often write upbeat notes
D.parents expect children's success
66.What might be the suitable title for the passage?A
A.The Power of a Positive Note            B.Notes Help to Fulfill Dreams
C.The Necessity of Writing Notes          D.Note or Phone,Your Own Choice.

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2."In the online world you don't need to fill buildings or lecture theatres with people and you don't need to be trapped into a lecture timetable,"says Peter Scott,director of the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute.
The Open University,the UK's open access university,which allows people to study from home in their own time,has been an international pioneer of degree courses online.
The university,with more than 263,000students in 23countries,has become a record breaker on the iTunes U service,which provides a digital library of materials for university students and staff.Instead of music or movies,Apple's iTunes U provides a download service for lectures and resources from universities around the world.Top universities from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in the UK have been making their materials available,with no charge to the users.
There have been 31million downloads of OU materials,more than any other university,representing roughly 10% of all iTunes U downloads.Nearly 90% of these users are from outside the UK.In this online era,the OU student is also getting younger.A quarter of students are aged under-25and only 10% are aged 50or over.That change can only be accelerated as the cost of going to university increases in many countries.The prospect of learning from Harvard from your own bedroom is getting closer.
"We have a belief that a degree and an opportunity are rights for all citizens.And we have got to enable the population of students attending higher education to scale up.What I am most excited about is that the privilege of going for higher education is not something only for the wealthy or for the smartest or for the most well-equipped students in the future,"an American educator says.Online education will be a way of opening up more choices and getting beyond the big brand names of the most exclusive universities.
At the Open University,Peter Scott says they are trying to develop services that give students exactly what they want,from face-to-face learning to the fully online experience."We can produce brilliant televisual material and get it to you on YouTube,on iTunes U or even on the web.

36.According to the passage,online education has many advantages EXCEPT thatC.
A.students don't have to go to the classrooms according to the timetable
B.it provides people with more chances to get higher education
C.students don't need to have courses or lectures any more
D.it's convenient for people to study at home in their free time
37.OU students use iTunes U service toB.
A.search for the library               B.download educational materials
C.download music and movies            D.surf the Internet
38.What made the American educator most excited was thatB.
A.only the rich or the cleverest students can get the higher education
B.more chances of attending the higher education will be offered to common people
C.common people are given the privilege to go to famous universities
D.the number of OU students will increase in the future
39.Which of the following statement about the Open University is NOT TRUE?D
A.It has played a leading role in the international online education.
B.More people will get into it because of the high fee of going to university.
C.It provides users with many lectures and resources from universities.
D.people have to pay for the materials downloaded from Harvard or Oxford.
40.According to the passage,we can infer thatC.
A.all the citizens can get the higher education now
B.online education will take the place of the traditional education
C.online education will probably change the way that people go for higher education
D.studying in Harvard or Cambridge will become easier in the future.

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3.What will the future be like?
Answers can be very varied.According to popular science fiction,though,the future is not rosy.From The Hunger Games to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,Hollywood has presented us a rather bleak picture of the future,where human beings have to either fight against oppression and poverty,or battle super apes for world domination.
The dark settings can create heroic stories.Their negative visions of the future,however,"are limiting people's abilities to dream big or think outside the box,"according to Ed Finn,founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University(ASU).Science fiction,he told the BBC,should do more.
"A good science fiction story can be very powerful,"Finn explained."It can inspire hundreds,thousands,millions of people to get together to do something that they want to do."
In fact,it is not hard to spot once-imagined technology that has come true in our everyday lives.French writer Jules Verne(1828-1905),widely considered the father of science fiction,imagined many fascinating items in his work,such as submarines,air conditioning,helicopters,and missiles.
Indeed,you can already see the influence of science fiction in modern research,Braden Allenby,professor of engineering,ethics and law at ASU,told the BBC.
"Why do we end up with the technologies we do?Why are,people working on,for example,invisibility cloaks(隐身斗篷)?Well,it's Harry Potter,right?That's where they saw it,"he said.
Science fiction is not just creating interesting ideas and innovations(革新).Srikanth Saripalli,an ASU roboticist,believes that this writing can help to shape the future."If the government has to decide what to fund and what not to fund,they are going to get their ideas and decisions mostly from science fiction…rather than what's being published 1n technical papers,"he said.
Finn told the BBC that he has already changed how he sees what's next for society.
"I do feel more positive about our future,"Finn said."We desperately need better stories.If we want to have better futures,we need to have better dreams."
However,it's not only the job of science fiction writers to create a blueprint for the future.
Writers should work together"with the reader to think about how people working together might overcome problems,"Finn said.

59.According to Para.2,the future presented by Hollywood isC.
A.inspiring           B.promising
C.discouraging          D.confusing
60.In Ed Finn's opinion,a good science fiction story canA.
A.unite people to work together
B.inspire people to create heroic stories
C.encourage people to predict the future
D.motivate people to imagine the impossible
61.The author mentions Jules Verne,the father of science fiction toC.
A.introduce his works to readers
B.criticize his absurd imagination
C.prove the impact of science fiction on modern research
D.explain the reasons for the popularity of science fiction
62.The passage is probably taken fromA.
A.a popular magazine       B.a science report
C.a news page           D.a movie brochure.

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