第 2 部分：閱讀判斷(第 16-22 題，每題 1 分，共 7 分)

下面的短文后列出了7 個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個句子作出判斷：如果該句提供的是正確信息，請選擇A ; 如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請選擇B ; 如果該句的信息文中沒有提及，請選擇C 。

The Race into Space

American millionaire Dennis Tito will always be famous. He was the first tourist in space. “I spent sixty years on Earth and eight days in space and from my viewpoint, it was two separate lives,” Tito explained. He loved his time in space. “Being in space and looking back at earth is one of the most rewarding experiences a human being can have.”

This kind of experience isn’t cheap. It cost $ 20 million. However, Tito achieved his dream so he was happy. “For me it was a life dream. It was a dream that began when I didn’t have any money,” he told reporters.

On 30 April 2002, Mark Shuttleworth became the world’s second space tourist. Shuttleworth is a South African businessman. At the age of twenty-eight he also paid $ 20 million for the eight-day trip.

Both Tito and Shuttleworth bought their tickets from a company called Space Adventures. The company has around 100 people already on their waiting list for flights into space. The spaceship to take them doesn’t exist yet.

Many of the customers are people who like adventure. They are the kind of people who also want to climb Mount Qomolangma. Other customers are people who love space. However, these people are worried. Because it’s so expensive, only very rich people can go into space. They want space travel to be available to more people.

That day may soon be here. Inter Orbital Systems (IOS) plans to send up to four tourists a week into space. The tours will depart from an island in Tonga. The company promises a package that includes forty-five days of astronaut training in Russia and California, seven days in space, and a vacation in Tonga for $2 million.

However, space flight is still very dangerous. Bill Readdy is NA SA’s deputy assistant administrator for space flight. He says that the chances of dying are about 1 in 500. Because of this it may take time before space tourism really takes off. You might be able to go up, but will you come down?

16. Dennis Tito was the first tourist in space.

A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

17. Mark Shuttleworth is an engineer from the United States.

A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

18. Both Tito and Shuttleworth have climbed Mount Qomolangma.

A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

19. Space Adventures has about 100 customers waiting for their travel into space.

A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

20. Space Adventures already has a spaceship.

A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

21. IOS will send its tourists into space from Tonga.

A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

22. Bill Readdy thinks space flight is very dangerous.

A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

答案解析：

16. A 文章第1段介紹了美國富翁丹尼斯• 蒂托作為第一位太空游客的經(jīng)歷， 本題的.答案為A 。

17. B 文章第3 段指出馬克• 沙特爾沃思是一位南非商人， 本題與文章內(nèi)容不符。

18. C 文章第4 段 第 1 句指出：“蒂托和沙特爾沃思都是在一家被稱為太空探險的公司購買的太空旅行票” ， 而沒有涉及攀登珠穆朗瑪峰的信息。因此答案為C 。

19. A 文章第4 段第2 句提到：“這家公司巳有1 0 0多人在等待飛往太空的名單上登記”，與文章內(nèi)容相符，答案為A 。

20. B 文章第4 段最后指出：“他們的宇宙飛船目前并不存在” ，因此答案為B 。

21. A 文章第6 段談到了太空軌道傳送公司的計劃并指出太空旅行將從湯加群島的一個島嶼出發(fā)，因此答案為A 。

22. A 文章最后一段提到貝爾• 瑞迪指出太空旅行的死亡幾率是五百分之一。本題與文章內(nèi)容相符，答案為A 。