CET-4 　　When Mike Kelly first set out to build his own private space-ferry service, he figures his bread-and-butter business would be lofting satellite into high earth orbit. Now he thinks he may have figured wrong. "People were always asking me when they could go," says Kelly, who runs Kelly Space Technology, "I realized the real market is in space tourism." 　　According to preliminary market surveys, there are 10,000 would-be space tourists willing to spend $1 million each to visit the final frontier. Space Adventures in Arlington have taken more than 130 deposits for a two-hour, $98,000 space tour tentatively set to occur by 2005. This may sound great, but there are a few hurdles. Putting a simple satellite into orbit—with no oxygen, life support or return trip necessary—already costs and astronomical $2,200/kg. And that doesn’t include the cost of insuring rich and possibly litigious(愛打官司的)passengers. The entire group of entrepreneurs trying to corner the spacetourism market has between them "just enough money to blow up one rocket". 　　The U.S. space agency has plenty of money but zero interest in making space less expensive for the little guys. So the little guys are racing to do what the government has failed to do: design a reusable launch system that’s inexpensive, safe and reliable. Kelly Space’s prototype looks like a plane that has sprouted rocket engines. Rotary Rocket in California has a booster with rotors to make a helicopter-style return to earth. The first passenger countdowns are still years away, but bureaucrats at the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington are already informally discussing flight regulations. After all, you can’t be too prepared for a trip to that galaxy far, far away. 1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? [A] Take Vacations in Space  [B] Building Hotels in Space [C] Flight Regulations in Space Travels [D] Cost of Space Traveling 2. The phrase "bread-and-butter business" (Line 1, Pare.1) most probably means ________.[A] a business to sell bread and butter [B] a business to produce bread and butter [C] the business to make a living [D] a traveling agency 3. How much is the 2-hour space tour for each person according to Space Adventures in Arlington? [A] $1 million.    [B] $10,000.  [C] $98,000        [D] $22,000 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? [A] The biggest hurdle for the space-tourism project is lack of a life supporting system. [B] The entrepreneurs trying to explore the space-tourism have plenty of money. [C] The government has little interests in this project. [D] The first passenger countdowns are within a few years. 5. What’s the author’s tone in the last sentence of the passage? [A] Objective.        [C] Approving. [B] Ironical.         [D] Enthusiastic. 

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1. A 主旨題。通讀全文可知，文章討論的是太空旅游業(yè)的可行性，所以A正確。其他三項(xiàng)均沒有全面概括文章大意. 2. C 語義題。文章第一段首句指出，“麥克開始倒立自己的太空旅行社時(shí)，他構(gòu)想他的________將能把人造衛(wèi)星送上地球軌道”。A(賣面包和黃油的生意)，B(生產(chǎn)面包和黃油的生意)，C(謀生生意)，D(旅游中介)四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，C最符合題意。bread-and-butter意為“實(shí)用的，生計(jì)的”。 3. C 細(xì)節(jié)題。文章第二段第二句指出，公司收取了130多份定金，費(fèi)用是兩小時(shí)98，000美元，所以C正確. 4. C 推斷題。文章第三段提到，太空旅行最大的困難是資金問題，美國政府對此沒什么興趣，所以C正確;A(計(jì)劃的最大困難是生命維持系統(tǒng)問題)，B(開發(fā)此市場的企業(yè)家們有足夠的資金)，D(首次航行在幾年內(nèi)就可實(shí)現(xiàn))，均與原文不符，故排除。 5. B 觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。根據(jù)上下文可知，作者認(rèn)為實(shí)現(xiàn)太空旅行還很遙遠(yuǎn)，而有人卻已經(jīng)開始制定規(guī)劃了，作者的話語中(that galaxy far, far away)含有諷刺意味，所以B正確;A(客觀的)，C(贊同的)、D(熱衷的)均不正確。

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