JIUQUAN, China—China’s Shenzhou-9 spacecraft blasted off(点火升空)at 6:37 pm Saturday, from a remote desert in western China, sending a crew of three, including the country’s first female astronaut, into space.
The successful launch, powered by a Long March 2F rocket, was shown live on state television Saturday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert in western China.
The Chinese astronauts will complete the country’s first manned space docking mission(载入太空对接任务), an important step in Beijing’s ambitious plan to build a permanent space station by 2020. Possible future missions could include sending a man to the moon.
The crew is expected to spend more than 10 days in space and dock with the Tiangong-1 space lab module, which China launched in September 2011. Two of them will live and work inside the module to test its life-support systems, while the third will remain in the capsule to deal with any unexpected emergencies.
China first launched a man into space in 2003, followed by a two-man mission in 2005 and a three-man trip in 2008 that featured the country’s first spacewalk. In November 2011, the unmanned Shenzhou-8 successfully docked twice with Tiangong-1 by remote control. The manned docking would be considered a milestone for China’s space program.
China is hoping to join the United States and Russia as the only countries to send independently maintained space stations into orbit(轨道). It is already one of just three nations to have launched manned spacecraft on their own.
The program is a source of enormous national pride for China, reflecting its rapid economic and technological progress and ambition to rank among the world’s leading nations

1. 1.

   From the passage, we know that       

   1. A.
      China plans to build a permanent space station on the moon in the near future
   2. B.
      the Shenzhou-9 will dock with Tiangong-1 for the third time
   3. C.
      the success launch of Shenzhou-9 is a milestone for China’s space program
   4. D.
      plenty of people had the opportunity to watch the live broadcast o the launch on TV
2. 2.

   In space, the three astronauts will complete the following tasks EXCEPT______

   1. A.
      handling some emergencies
   2. B.
      testing the life-support system
   3. C.
      walking in space
   4. D.
      docking with a space lab module
3. 3.

   What can be concluded according to the passage?

   1. A.
      More and more manned space stations will be sent into space from China
   2. B.
      The docking of Shenzhou-9 will be more successful than that of Shenzhou-8
   3. C.
      There are only three countries which sent space station into space
   4. D.
      The rapid development of China’s economy and technology has contributed a lot to the success of Shenzhou-9 program
4. 4.

   What’s the main idea of the passage?

   1. A.
      China sent its first woman into outer space
   2. B.
      Shenzhou-9 sent three astronauts, including a female, into space
   3. C.
      China’s advanced space technology amazed the world
   4. D.
      Three Chinese astronauts began their space voyage

It’s supposed that __________ miners live __________ life full of danger.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate．He is always in a good  21 and always has something 22 to say．
If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the  23  how to look on the positive side of the situation．Seeing this style really made me  24  , so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don' t 25 ．You can' t be positive all the time．How do you do it?"
Michael replied, each morning I 26 and say to myself 'Mike, you have two  27 today．You can choose to be in a  28  mood or be in a bad mood．' I 29  to be in a good mood．Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a  30  or choose to learn from it．I choose to learn from it．"
"Yeah, right．It isn't that easy．" I protested．
"Yes it is, " Michael said．"Life is all about choices．You choose how you react  31 situations and how people will affect your mood．You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood．The bottom line is: It's your choice  32 you live life．"
Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious 33 , falling off 60 feet from a communications tower．After l8 hours of surgery, and weeks of intensive  34  , Michael recovered．When I asked him what had 35  his mind as the accident took place．
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied．"Then, as I  36  on the ground, remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to 37 ．I chose to live．"
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also  38  his amazing attitude．
I learned from him  39  every day we have a choice to live fully． 40 is everything．
21．A．mood       B．sense      C．feeling      D．emotion
22．A．active    B．positive    C．reactive    D．negative
23．A．trainee   B．interviewee     C．employee  D．bee 
24．A．moved   B．interested        C．precious        D．curious
25．A．take it      B．hold it     C．make it    D．get it
26．A．make up B．take up    C．wake up        D．bring up
27．A．roads       B．choices     C．ways        D．methods
28．A．good B．pretty      C．nice D．smart
29．A．decide     B．choose      C．feel   D．require
30．A．cook        B．receiver    C．victim      D．leader
31．A．by     B．against     C．with        D．to
32．A．what        B．that C．how  D．which
33．A．thing B．incident   C．accident    D．state
34．A．help  B．care       C．rest   D．holiday
35．A．gone through   B．broken through C．looked through D．read through
36．A．sat  B．lay    C．stood       D．lied
37．A．move       B．leave       C．die  D．remove
38．A．so long as       B．in case of        C．instead of      D．because of
39．A．what        B．how C．that   D．which
40．A．Attitude        B．Choice     C．Person     D．World

In this lecture, I can only give you a purely ______ view of how we can live life to the full and make some suggestions about the future.

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate．He is always in a good  21 and always has something  22  to say．

     If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the  23  how to look on the positive side of the situation．Seeing this style really made me  24  , so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don' t  25  ．You can' t be positive all the time．How do you do it?"

     Michael replied, each morning I  26 and say to myself 'Mike, you have two  27 today．You can choose to be in a  28  mood or be in a bad mood．' I  29  to be in a good mood．Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a  30  or choose to learn from it．I choose to learn from it．"

     "Yeah, right．It isn't that easy．" I protested．

     "Yes it is, " Michael said．"Life is all about choices．You choose how you react  31 situations and how people will affect your mood．You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood．The bottom line is: It's your choice  32  you live life．"

     Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious 33 , falling off 60 feet from a communications tower．After l8 hours of surgery, and weeks of intensive  34  , Michael recovered．When I asked him what had  35  his mind as the accident took place．

     "The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied．"Then, as I  36  on the ground, remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to  37  ．I chose to live．"

     Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also  38  his amazing attitude．

     I learned from him  39  every day we have a choice to live fully． 40 is everything．

21．A．mood       B．sense           C．feeling          D．emotion

22．A．active     B．positive        C．reactive        D．negative

23．A．trainee    B．interviewee     C．employee      D．bee 

24．A．moved    B．interested        C．precious         D．curious

25．A．take it      B．hold it         C．make it        D．get it

26．A．make up B．take up        C．wake up        D．bring up

27．A．roads       B．choices         C．ways            D．methods

28．A．good     B．pretty          C．nice            D．smart

29．A．decide     B．choose          C．feel           D．require

30．A．cook        B．receiver        C．victim          D．leader

31．A．by         B．against         C．with                D．to

32．A．what        B．that         C．how          D．which

33．A．thing     B．incident       C．accident        D．state

34．A．help     B．care            C．rest           D．holiday

35．A．gone through   B．broken through C．looked through D．read through

36．A．sat      B．lay            C．stood           D．lied

37．A．move       B．leave           C．die          D．remove

38．A．so long as B．in case of      C．instead of       D．because of

39．A．what        B．how         C．that           D．which

40．A．Attitude         B．Choice         C．Person         D．World