China's women's basketball team made history once again!On Sept.30,2022,they won second place at the FIBA Women's World Cup.It's the second time in history,28 years after taking silver at the_▲_competition. Although the Chinese players lost to Team USA,they've given a performance to be proud of. "We have to try our very best in every match and show the spirit of our Chinese women basketball players,"team member Li Meng told China Daily. The team is very young.Head coach Zheng Wei just took over the team in May.The team also had a reshuffle(重组)after the Tokyo Games.The two center players,Han Xu,22,and Lí Yueru,23,are now the key players.Both played in the US Women's National Basketball Association(WNBA)last season.They think their WNBA experience has helped a lot. On April 9,the International Space Station(ISS)welcomed its first all-private(全私人的)team of astronauts.They were part of the Ax-1 mission. The four space travelers are on a10-day trip to the station.They include former(前任的) NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and passengers rich enough to buy the expensive ticket:American Larry Connor,Canadian Mark Pathy and Israeli Eytan Stibbe.Each of them paid$55 million(about 350 million yuan)for the rocket ride,reported NPR. Unlike other tourist flights into space,the three passengers did hundreds of hours of training.Instead of just being tourists,the team plans to carry out 25 experiments in science,education and human health,reported Space website.One of the experiments could help NASA build larger space telescopes than ever before. (1)Which of the following year can be put in the blank of the first article? ____ A.1993.B.1994.C.1995.D.1996.(2)According to the first article,which is NOT TRUE? ____ A.Team USA won the first place at this year's FIBA Women's World Cup.B.Four China's women's basketball team players are mentioned.C.The team had a reshuffle before the FIBA Women's World Cup.D Both Han Xu and Li Yueru played in the US .WNBA last season.(3)According to the second article,who needn't pay for the space trip? ____ A.Michael Lopez-Alegria.B.Larry Connor.C.Mark Pathy.D.Eytan Stibbe.(4)When did the all-private team of astronauts return to the Earth? ____ A.On April 9.B.On April 19.C.On April 20.D.On April2(5)What can we learn from the second article? ____ A.The space passengers of the team are all from the same country.B.The space tickets were very expensive and cost 5,500,000 yuan each.C The three passengers did thousands of hours of training before the trip.D.The team members did more than being tourists during the space.trip.
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China's women's basketball team made history once again!On Sept.30,2022,they won second place at the FIBA Women's World Cup.It's the second time in history,28 years after taking silver at the_▲_competition. Although the Chinese players lost to Team USA,they've given a performance to be proud of. "We have to try our very best in every match and show the spirit of our Chinese women basketball players,"team member Li Meng told China Daily. The team is very young.Head coach Zheng Wei just took over the team in May.The team also had a reshuffle(重组)after the Tokyo Games.The two center players,Han Xu,22,and Lí Yueru,23,are now the key players.Both played in the US Women's National Basketball Association(WNBA)last season.They think their WNBA experience has helped a lot. |
On April 9,the International Space Station(ISS)welcomed its first all-private(全私人的)team of astronauts.They were part of the Ax-1 mission. The four space travelers are on a10-day trip to the station.They include former(前任的) NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and passengers rich enough to buy the expensive ticket:American Larry Connor,Canadian Mark Pathy and Israeli Eytan Stibbe.Each of them paid$55 million(about 350 million yuan)for the rocket ride,reported NPR. |
| Unlike other tourist flights into space,the three passengers did hundreds of hours of training.Instead of just being tourists,the team plans to carry out 25 experiments in science,education and human health,reported Space website.One of the experiments could help NASA build larger space telescopes than ever before. |
(1)Which of the following year can be put in the blank of the first article? ____
A.1993.
B.1994.
C.1995.
D.1996.
(2)According to the first article,which is NOT TRUE? ____
A.Team USA won the first place at this year's FIBA Women's World Cup.
B.Four China's women's basketball team players are mentioned.
C.The team had a reshuffle before the FIBA Women's World Cup.
D Both Han Xu and Li Yueru played in the US .WNBA last season.
(3)According to the second article,who needn't pay for the space trip? ____
A.Michael Lopez-Alegria.
B.Larry Connor.
C.Mark Pathy.
D.Eytan Stibbe.
(4)When did the all-private team of astronauts return to the Earth? ____
A.On April 9.
B.On April 19.
C.On April 20.
D.On April2
(5)What can we learn from the second article? ____
A.The space passengers of the team are all from the same country.
B.The space tickets were very expensive and cost 5,500,000 yuan each.
C The three passengers did thousands of hours of training before the trip.
D.The team members did more than being tourists during the space.trip.