The International Space Station，one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of the solar system，turns l0 years old Thursday．
On Nov．20，1998，the first part of the space station was launched by the Russians from Kazakhstan．NASA followed up two weeks later with Piece No 2 carried up by a space shuttle．
The space station has grown into a giant outpost(前哨)355 km up，home to three people at any given time—soon to be six．
Thanks to the newly arrived shuttle Endeavour，the space station now has five sleep stations，two baths，two kitchens and two mini—gyms．Ahogether，there are nine rooms，three of which are full scale labs．
The United States has financed the main part of the project，estimated to cost some 100 billion dollars．Fifteen other countries have also contributed，including Russia，Japan，Canada，Brazil anti eleven nations belonging to the European Space Agency．
Fhe space station has traveled 2．1 billion km，orbited Earth more than 57，300 times，hosted 167 people from 15 countries，and served up more than l 9，000 meals
“The ISS is the largest ever expenment in international technological cooperation，” said John Logsdon。a historian at the National Air and Space Museum in US．
“1 think it’s a necessary stepping stone to long—term human activities in new Areas of operations，”Logsdon said．The station is“off the planet and it’s the first Step outward—not all end in itself，but a step along the way．”
【小题1】The passage is mainly about ．
A the construction of the International Space Station
B．the history of the International Space Station．
C the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station．
D．the eountries that help establish the International Space Station．
【小题2】Piece No 2 of the ISS was put into orbit oil A．Nov．6，1998B．Nov．24，1998C．Dec．8，1998D．Dec．9，1998【小题3】Which of the following is true about Endeav our according to the passage?A．Endeavour is a newly built shuttleB．Endeavour is part of the space stationC．Endeavour didn’t get close to the space stationD．Endeavour carried a lot of equipment for the apace station【小题4】Which of the following country has not made a contribution to the eonstruction of the International space station according to the passage?
A．USA． B．Japan． C．Korea． D．SpainC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文叙述了国际空间站于本周四迎来了它的10岁生日。国际空间站是人类历史上最伟大的太空工程之一，是人类探索太阳系的重要起点。经过多年的建设，距地面355公里的空间站现已发展成一个“庞然大物”，目前它可容纳三人，不久将扩大至六人。国际空间站是人类向太空进军的第一步，它不是终点，而是前进过程中的重要一步。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据The International Space Station，one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of the solar system，turns l0 years old Thursday．国际空间站于本周四迎来了它的10岁生日。故选C。
【小题2】推理判断题。根据On Nov．20，1998，the first part of the space station was launched by the Russians from Kazakhstan．NASA followed up two weeks later with Piece No 2 carried up by a space shuttle．故选C。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据Thanks to the newly arrived shuttle Endeavour，the space station now has five sleep stations，two baths，two kitchens and two mini—gyms．Ahogether，there are nine rooms，three of which are full scale labs．
故选D。
【小题4】细节理解题。根据Fifteen other countries have also contributed，including Russia，Japan，Canada，Brazil anti eleven nations belonging to the European Space Agency．故选C。