part ii reading comprehension

1、ReadingComprehension(SkimmingScanning)(15minutes)SpaceTourismMakeyourreservationsnow.Thespacetourismindustryisofficiallyopenfbusinessticketsaregoingfamere$20millionfaoneweekstayinspace.DespitereluctancefromNationalAirSpa

2、ceAdministration(NASA)，RussiamadeAmericanbusinessmanDennisTitothewld’sfirstspacetourist.TitoflewintospaceaboardaRussianSoyuzrocketthatarrivedattheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS)onApril302001.ThesecondspacetouristSouthAfri

3、canbusinessmanMarkShuttlewthtookoffaboardtheRussianSoyuzonApril252002alsoboundftheISS.LanceBassof‘NSyncwassupposedtobethethirdtomakethe$20milliontripbuthedidnotjointhethreemancrewastheyblastedoffonOctober302002duetolacko

4、fpayment.ProbablythemostincredibleaspectofthisproposedspacetourwasthatNASAapprovedofit.Thesetripsarethebeginningofwhatcouldbeaprofitable21stcenturyindustry.Therearealreadyseveralspacetourismcompaniesplanningtobuildsubbit

5、alvehiclesbitalcitieswithinthenexttwodecades.Thesecompanieshaveinvestedmillionsbelievingthatthespacetourismindustryisonthevergeoftakingoff.In1997NASApublishedareptconcludingthatsellingtripsintospacetoprivatecitizenscould

6、bewthbillionsofdollars.AJapanesereptsupptsthesefindingsprojectsthatspacetourismcouldbea$10billionperyearindustrywithinthenexttwodecades.Theonlyobstaclestoopeningupspacetotouristsarethespaceagencieswhoareconcernedwithsafe

7、tythedevelopmentofareliablereusablelaunchvehicle.SpaceAccommodationsRussia’sMirspacestationwassupposedtobethefirstdestinationfspacetourists.ButinMarch2001，theRussianAerospaceAgencybroughtMirdownintothePacificOcean.Asittu

8、rnedoutbringingdownMironlytemparilydelayedthefirsttouristtripintospace.TheMircrashdidcancelplansfanewrealitybasedgameshowfromNBCwhichwasgoingtobecalledDestinationMir.TheSurvivlikeTVshowwasscheduledtoairinfall2001Particip

9、antsontheshowweretogothroughtrainingatRussia’scosmonaut(宇航員)trainingcenterStarCity.EachweekoneoftheparticipantswouldbeeliminatedfromtheshowwiththewinnerreceivingatriptotheMirspacestation.TheMircrashhasruledoutNBC’sspacep

10、lansfnow.NASAisagainstbeginningspacetourismuntiltheInternationalSpaceStationiscompletedin2006.Russiaisnotaloneinitsinterestinspacetourism.Thereareseveralprojectsunderwaytocommercializespacetravel.Hereareafewofthegroupsth

11、atmighttaketouriststospace:?SpaceIslGroupisgoingtobuildaringshapedrotating“commercialspaceinfrastructure(基礎(chǔ)結(jié)構(gòu))”thatwillresembletheDiscoveryspacecraftinthemovie“2001:ASpaceOdyssey.”SpaceIslsaysitwillbuilditsspacecityoutof

12、next20yearsspaceplanescouldbetakingoffftheMoonatthesamefrequencyasairplanesflyingbetweenNewYkLosAngles.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡注意：此部分試題請在答題卡1上作答。上作答。1.LanceBasswasn’tabletogoonatourofspacebecauseofhealthproblems.2.Severaltourismcom

13、paniesbelievespacetravelisgoingtobeanewprofitableindustry.3.Thespaceagenciesarereluctanttoopenupspacetotourists.4.TwoAustralianbillionaireshavebeenplacedonthewaitinglistfenteringspaceasprivatepassengers.5.Thepricefthewin

14、nerinthefall2001NBATVgameshowwouldhavebeen________.6.HiltonHotelsbelievesitwon’tbelongbefeitispossibletobuilda________.7.Inderfspacetouriststowalkaroundfunctionnmallyitisnecessaryfthespacecitytocreatea________.8.Whatmaki

15、nggoingtospacethemostexpensivevacationistheenmouscostinvolvedin________.9.Eachyear500000spacetouristscouldbeflyingintospaceifticketpricescouldbeloweredto________.10.Withinthenexttwodecades________couldbeasintercityairtra