先阅读短文，然后根据短文内容及首字母提示，将短文空白处的单词补充完整，使短文完整、通顺。

You don’t have to be a superman or superwoman to fly in space. Many men and women, from many different c_____73____, have become astronauts. ESA (欧洲航天局), for example, now has fourteen astronauts from the eight different countries.

If you want to be one of the few people to e____74_____ the life in a spacecraft, and see the Earth from space, then h_____75_____ can you make your dream come true?

First, you must really want to become an astronaut because it t____76____ many years of study and work before you even begin your training. Most astronauts begin astronaut training when are between 27 and 37.

Second, you need to be clever e_____77____ to get into university to study engineering, medicine or one of the science. You may also need to learn to be a pilot.

Third, astronauts come form many different countries a_____78_____ they may share tasks with astronauts from the USA, Russia, China, etc. They need to be able to s____79___ English so that they can talk to one another.

Fourth, you must be h_____80_____, because astronaut training and spaceflights can be very tiring.

Lastly, in a spacecraft, astronauts have to live and work in a very small space so you need to be good at g____81_____ on with people.

Are you still i_____82_____. If so, maybe you will become one of the men or women who travel around the Earth in a spacecraft, walk in space or visit the moon. S____83____ you in space!

单词拼写

People are supposed to shake h________ with each other when they meet for the first time in our country.

1.       In some American countries, like Colombia,people are pretty r________ about time.

2.       When I arrived at the airport, the hour hand of the clock was p________ at twelve.

3.       Listen! The elevator is m________ a strange noise. Someting must be wrong with it.

4.       Westerners use forks and k_________while we Chinese use chopsticks instead.

5.       Swimmers __________(挤满)the beaches during hot summer afternoons.

6.       He is good at _________(打字)on the computer.

7.       The child kept on ________ (檫) his eyes with the back of his hand.

8.       The students come from different parts of the country, but _________ (大部分)from Zhejiang Province.

9.       The two old colleges will be __________(合并) to form a new university.