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What a father had done now has been redone by his son. US video game magnate(大亨) Richard Garriott headed into space aboard a Russian rocket watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War.

The Russian Soyuz TMA­13 spacecraft lifted off in clear weather from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the Kazakh steppe(大草原)  just after 1 pm local time.

A video game developer from Texas, Garriott paid $ 30 million to fly into space alongside US astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov.

Garriott's father, Owen, watched the launch through telescopes on an observation platform and Garriott's girlfriend, Kelly Miller, Burst into tears. “I am very happy for him. It is one of the things he really wanted to do，” Miller said as others opened  champagne to celebrate the successful launch.

 “I can see he is really enjoying it like a little kid in the candy shop , ”  Miller said.

  Space officials said the Soyuz rocket had reached orbit (軌道)  safely  and  would  dock  with  the International Space Station (ISS) in about two days.

“He made it; he made it into orbit. It is marvelous，” said Owen Garriott, a physicist who was selected as an astronaut by NASA for his scientific background. He spent 60 days in space in 1973 and another 10 days in 1983.

     After 12 days in space Garriott will return to earth with the ISS's former crew on Soyuz ,  a three­person re­entry capsule(返回艙) which has broken down on its last two flights back to earth.

1. Who are the passengers except Richard Garriott in the spacecraft?

①Owen Garriott　②Michael Fincke

③Yury Lonchakov　④Kelly Miller

A．①②　　　　　　　　B．②③

C．③④  D．①④

2. What was the reason for Richard Garriott's space travel?

A. His father used to be an excellent astronaut.

B. He planned to explore a game about the space.

C. He wanted to make his dream come true.

D. He got too much expectation from his father.

3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word  “dock” ?

A. join together  B. fly together

C. explore together  D. run together

4. Which of the following about the Soyuz spacecraft is TRUE?

A. It has been launched into space with Richard Garriott successfully.

B. Owen Garriott once was brought into the space by this spacecraft.

C. The Soyuz re­entry capsule has not made a mistake until this flight.

D. Garriott made a second attempt to fly back to earth on Soyuz.

5. In which part of the newspaper will you probably find this passage?

A. Travel.  B. Education.

C. Science.  D. Business.

【回答】

本文是一篇新聞報道。美國電子遊戲大亨Richard Garriott搭乘一架俄羅斯宇宙飛船，在父親的目送下飛赴太空，去實現自己遨遊太空的夢想。

1．解析：由第三段中的“Garriott paid $30 million to fly into space alongside US astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov”可知，應選B。

*：B

2．解析：由第四段中的“It is one of the things he really wanted to do”可知，太空旅行是Garriott是一個夢想。因此，*為C。

*：C

3．解析：由語境可知，“聯盟號”火箭已經安全到達軌道，並將在大約兩天後與*空間站對接。因此*為A。

*：A

4．解析：由第二段可知，A項正確；B項文章未提及；由倒數第一段可知，“聯盟號”返回艙曾在前兩次飛行中出現故障，因此C項表述錯誤；D項文章未提及。

*：A

5．解析：由文章大意可知，美國電子遊戲大亨Richard Garriott搭乘一架俄羅斯宇宙飛船，在父親的目送下飛赴太空，去實現自己遨遊太空的夢想。由此可推知，這篇文章可能出現在報紙的旅遊版面上。故選A。

*：A

知識點：新聞報道類

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