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What will the future be like? It’s possible that we may often fly up into space! Out of all the coolest inventions of the year 2004, Time magazine chose SpaceShipOne as the best.

SpaceShipOne is a 6-metre-long white spacecraft. On June 21, American pilot Mike Melvill flew it to space and back—about 100 kilometres up into the sky. Some might say it’s not a big success. You know, people went to the Moon years ago.

Well, SpaceShipOne is special because it is the first spaceship that wasn’t made by the government. It was built and sent up by a private US company. Lots of people want to travel in space and think that it is an enjoyable trip. But it’s too expensive. American millionaire Dennis Tito paid almost US $20 million to become the first space tourist to visit the International Space Station in 2001. So private companies began to think of making their own spacecraft to take other tourists up into space.

Certainly, the success of SpaceShipOne is a good start. In the next 10 to 15 years, if you

pay $20,000 to $100,000, you could fly high above the Earth in a special suit.

Can you imagine having your own spacecraft in your garage and taking it to space at the weekend?

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Answer 1

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【1】invention

【2】metres

【3】special

【4】government

【5】2004

【6】Pilot

【7】surface

【8】possible

【9】money

【10】weekends

【解析】《時代》雜志評出了2004最酷的發(fā)明—宇宙飛船1號，這個宇宙飛船特殊在它是由美國的一個私人公司制造的，并進行了一次太空航行。這是一個好的開始，在未來，也許你只需要花費一點錢，你就可以乘坐著私人宇宙飛船去太空航行了。

【1】根據(jù)短文的開頭Out of all the coolest inventions of the year 2004, Time magazine chose SpaceShipOne as the best可知，《時代》雜志評出宇宙飛船一是2004年最酷的發(fā)明，就此引出文章的中心，由此可知這里應填invention，名詞，發(fā)明。

【2】根據(jù)短文的第二段SpaceShipOne is a 6-metre-long white spacecraft可知，宇宙飛船1有六米長，原文6-metre-long是合成形容詞，六米長的，做定語，修飾名詞spacecraft。這個空沒有用連字符號，metre應該用復數(shù)形式，故填metres。

【3】根據(jù)短文第三段中Well, SpaceShipOne is special because it is the first spaceship that wasn’t made by the government.可知，宇宙飛船1很特殊，因為它是第一個不是由政府制造的宇宙飛船。由此可知這里填special，特殊的，形容詞。

【4】根據(jù)短文第三段中Well, SpaceShipOne is special because it is the first spaceship that wasn’t made by the government. It was built and sent up by a private US company可知，宇宙飛船1是由一個美國的私人工作制造并發(fā)射的，而不是由政府制造的。故填government，政府。

【5】根據(jù)短文的開頭Out of all the coolest inventions of the year 2004可知，這個宇宙飛船是2004年的一個發(fā)明，再根據(jù)第二段中On June 21, American pilot Mike Melvill flew it to space and back可知，在6月21號，它做了它的第一次太空飛行。由此可知應是2004年。

【6】根據(jù)短文第二段中On June 21, American pilot Mike Melvill flew it to space and back可知，Mike Melvill 是飛行員，pilot飛行員。

【7】根據(jù)短文第二段中about 100 kilometres up into the sky可知，宇宙飛船1飛行到了距離地面100公里的高度，surface名詞，地面，表面。

【8】根據(jù)短文中In the next 10 to 15 years, if you pay $20,000 to $100,000, you could fly high above the Earth in a special suit.可知，在未來的10到15年，如果你能付2萬美元到10萬美元，你就可以飛到離地球很高的地方，因此更多的私人宇宙飛船將成為可能。possible可能的，是形容詞，在句中做賓語補足語。

【9】根據(jù)短文的最后In the next 10 to 15 years, if you pay $20,000 to $100,000, you could fly high above the Earth in a special suit.可知，在未來，人們只需要花費2萬美元到10萬美元就可以乘坐宇宙飛船飛到離地球很高的地方，這比上面提到的2千萬美元要便宜的多了。因此這里填money，花費的錢會更少。

【10】根據(jù)短文的最后一句話Can you imagine having your own spacecraft in your garage and taking it to space at the weekend可知，也許在未來你可以乘坐你自己的宇宙飛船去太空過周末。weekends周末，這里用復數(shù)形式，表示很多個周末。