完形填空

　　At 9 a. m. on October 15, 2003, our country launched (发射) its first manned (载人的) spaceship, Shenzhou V, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu Province. It 1 Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours to circle the earth 14 times. Yang Liwei, 38, 2 Liaoning Province. He is China's first astronaut, and 3 a pilot (飞行员) since 1983. He 4 from 14 pilots after many difficult tests not long ago.

　　The life of an astronaut is hard to imagine for many people. To put on a space suit takes 5 15 minutes with the help of others. Sleeping in space is not easy, 6 . he has to sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall 7 there is no gravity (引力). Yang can eat in space but tastes just like the real thing. “I'm feeling very good in 8 , and it looks wonderful here,” said Yang, “I have looked at our beautiful earth and recorded (记录) all that I have seen here.”

　　China has become the 9 country in the world to send a person into space after the former Soviet Union (前苏联) and the United States. China is now planning its 10 launch. Shenzhou VI will go into space with in (在……之内) the next two years, it may take three astronauts. We are all proud of our motherland.