神舟十九号发射成功！首位女性飞行工程师加入

Today, on October 30, China launched a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center as scheduled, whose mission is to transport three astronauts in the Shenzhou 19 mission to the Tiangong space station. The team will be the eighth batch of inhabitants of the Tiangong, which was completed in late 2022.

Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze will take over the massive orbital outpost (前哨轨道) from their peers in the Shenzhou 18 and stay there for about six months to carry out the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceflight mission. The two groups will live together for about four days for handover work, and then the Shenzhou 18 astronauts Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu will depart and fly back to Earth on Monday. The three Shenzhou-18 astronauts expressed their excitement for the “reunion” in the space station.

Cai, the commander, was part of the six-month Shenzhou 14 mission (with Chen Dong and Liu Yang) that lasted from June 2022 to December that year. While for Song and Wang, who are both post-90s (born after 1990), it’s their first time to fly to space.

Wang Haoze, 34, is the third Chinese woman to go to space, after Liu Yang and Wang Yaping, and the first female spaceflight engineer. Before her, a male astronaut who took part in the Shenzhou 16 mission, is China’s first spaceflight engineer. She is also the only woman in the country’s third-generation group of astronauts. There are 18 in the third generation and they were selected in October 2020 from about 2,500 applicants.

1.1. How does the author start the passage?

A By presenting a fact.

B By listing some evidence.

C By comparing different views.

D By stating his/her own experiences.

解析：选A。A 推理判断题。根据首段内容可知，作者首先介绍长征二号运载火箭搭载神舟十九号于酒泉卫星发射中心发射的事实来开启本文。故选A。

2.2. What does the underlined word “depart” mean?

A Produce.

B Argue.

C Leave.

D Pass.

解析：选C。C 词义猜测题。根据前文的“for handover work”和后文的“fly back to Earth”可知，神舟十八号机组人员将在交接工作完成后“离开”中国空间站并返回地球。故选C。

3.3.Who did not go to space before?

A Cai Xuzhe.

B Song Lingdong.

C Ye Guangfu.

D Chen Dong.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第三段的“While for Song and Wang, who are both post-90s (born after 1990), it’s their first time to fly to space.”可知，神舟十九号机组人员中，蔡旭哲不是第一次执行太空飞行任务，宋令东和王浩泽是第一次。故选B。

4.4.What’s the last paragraph mainly about?

A Wang Haoze’s experience.

B Wang Haoze’s achievement.

C Wang Haoze’s influence.

D Wang Haoze’s challenges.

解析：选B。B 段落大意题。根据最后一段内容可知，该段主要讲了王浩泽是中国第三位进入太空的女航天员、中国首位女性航天飞行工程师。故选B。

5.5.The passage is probably from a ______.

A newspaper

B guidebook

C dictionary

D storybook

解析：选A。A 推理判断题。根据全文内容可知，文章介绍了神舟十九号发射及其机组人员的相关情况，是一篇新闻报道，因此本文最有可能出现在一份新闻报纸上。故选A。