Do you know Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng? Fei Junlong was born in 1965. He is a Chinese astronaut selected（选拔）as a member of the Shenzhou program. He was born in Jiangsu and joined the People’s Liberation Army Air Force（中国人民解放军空军）in 1982 at the age of 17. And since then he has only returned home six times. As a fighter pilot（战机飞行员）, he was selected to an astronaut in 1998.
He married Wang Jie in 1991 and has one son.
Nie Haisheng was born in September 1964. He is also a Chinese astronaut selected for the Shenzhou program. He is from Hubei. After graduating from high school he joined the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, and became a fighter pilot. In 1998 he was selected for the astronaut program.
He was one of the three astronauts who were in the final group to train for the Shenzhou 5 fight. Yang Liwei was also picked out for the flight, with Zhai Ahigang.
On September 23,2005 it was reported that Zhai and Nie would be one of the three pairs of astronauts who would be in the final training for Shenzhou 6. But in the end, Fei and Nie were chosen, and Zhai missed his chance to space again.
Nie Haisheng got married to Nie Jielin and has an 11-year-old daughter.
【小题1】When did Nie join the army?

根据语境，用恰当的语言完成对话。

A:Hi, Peter. 1.?

B:Hi, Mike. I’m waiting for a bus.

A:2.?

B:I’m going to the book store. I want to buy some books. Would you like to go with me?

A:I’d like to. 3.?

B:Books on science. By the way, ten days ago our country succeeded in sending up ShenzhouⅩ, do you know?

A:Yes. It shows our country is becoming stronger and stronger. I’m proud of it.

B:4.. So as students, we are supposed to study hard to do something for our country.

A:That’s true. Oh, here comes the bus.

B:OK.5..

On June 11th, 2013, China sent up her tenth spaceship Shenzhou Ⅹ into space successfully. And three astronauts went together with it. They were Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping. Here is some information about the three astronauts.

Nie Haisheng was born in September, 1964. He is from Xiangyang, Hubei. After graduating from high school, he joined the PLA Air Force, and became a fighter pilot. In 1998, he was chosen for the astronaut program. He carried out Shenzhou Ⅵ with Fei Junlong in 2005. In 2013, he flew into space for his second time with Shenzhou Ⅹ. He is the commander of this mission.

Zhang Xiaoguang is from Jinzhou, Liaoning Province. He was born in May, 1966. Zhang joined the army in June 1985. In January 1998, Zhang was trained as one of China’s first batch(一批) of astronauts. Before he was trained as an astronaut, Zhang was a senior pilot. It’s reported that Zhang Xiaoguang is very humor and likes playing jokes very much.

After Liu Yang, Wang Yaping is the second woman astronaut in China. She was born in 1980 in Yantai, Shangdong. Wang Yaping joined the PLA in 1997. In 2010, Wang became a member of the second batch of Chinese astronauts and was chosen to the crew of the Shenzhou Ⅹ space mission in April, 2013. Wang is China’s first astronaut to give lectures to middle and elementary school students while in space.

1.How many astronauts were there flying in Shenzhou Ⅹ ?

A. Two????? ????????????? ? B. Three??????? ????????????? ?? C. Four??????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Five

2.Who has been to space twice?

A. Fei Junlong???? B. Zhang Xiaoguang???? C. Wang Yaping???? ????????????? D. Nie Haisheng

3.How old is Zhang Xiaoguang in 2013?

A. 45??????? ????????????? ? B. 46 ?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. 47??????? ????????????? ????????????? D. 48

4.How long has Wang Yaping been an astronaut by 2013?

A. For 16 years.??? B. For 3 years.??? ????????????? ????????????? C. For 23 years.??? ????????????? D. For 13 years.

5.Which one of the following is wrong?

A. Zhang Xiaoguang is shy and he doesn’t like talking.

B. China has sent up 10 spaceships into space.

C. Nie Haisheng is the commander of Shenzhou Ⅹ.

D. Wang Yaping gave a lecture to students while in space.

完形填空

　　Yang Liwei was born in an ordinary family in Liaoning Province in 1965. He became a pilot of the Chinese Air Force in 1987. He 1 1350 hours in the air. It took him five years 2 a spaceman. Yang Liwei was sent up into space by China's Shenzhou V spacecraft 3 October 15th, 2003. It moved around the 4 fourteen times. He came back 5 at 6:23 am. The next day, making China the 6 country successfully send a person into space after the Soviet Union (苏联) 7 the USA. Yang Liwei returned to the earth after a 8 trip to space. In space, Yang Liwei not noly recorded 9 he saw but also showed China's national flag and the United Nation's flag to the people who watched on TV at home.

　　All of the Chinese people are 10 our first spaceman—Yang Liwei.