On August 26, SpaceX tested its Starship for the tenth time. The test flight was successful. It was first planned for August 24, but because of bad weather and some technical problems, the test flight was postponed for two days.

Starship is not an ordinary rocket. It is made to be the largest and most powerful spacecraft in the world. It can be reused many times. SpaceX hopes to use it to send people to the moon and even to Mars someday. It might also allow very fast travel on Earth.

SpaceX has spent a huge amount of money on Starship. They built costly bases in Texas and Florida. Each test uses millions of dollars. Many say SpaceX is “spending money to create the future”.

Before this, Starship had nine test flights. Five of them were failures. The first three tests this year ended with explosions. But this time, everything went well.

The success of the tenth flight is a major step forward. It shows that SpaceX is doing well in space technology. It also gives NASA more confidence to return to the moon. There is still much to do, but Musk’s dream is getting closer to coming true.

1.1. What does “postponed” mean in Paragraph 1?

A Started early.

B Put off.

C Ended fast.

D Stopped fully.

解析：选B。B词义猜测题。根据第一段“On August 26, SpaceX tested its Starship for the tenth time.”“It was first planned for August 24”可知，它最初计划在8月24日进行，但恶劣天气和一些技术问题，实际发生在26日，即导致这次试飞“推迟”了两天。故选B。

2.2. What is TRUE about Starship?

A It’s very small.

B It can be used again.

C It’s not strong.

D It only goes to the moon.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。第二段提到“Starship... can be reused many times”，即“星舰”可重复使用。故选B。

3.3. What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?

A SpaceX saves a lot of money.

B The test is very cheap.

C SpaceX spends much money on Starship.

D Building bases is easy.

解析：选C。C 段落大意题。第三段提到SpaceX在Starship上花了巨额资金，建设昂贵的基地，每次测试耗资数百万，因此本段主要讲的是SpaceX为该计划投入大量资金。故选C。

4.4. How many of the first nine tests worked?

A 3.

B 4.

C 5.

D 9.

解析：选B。B 数字计算题。第四段提到“Before this, Starship had nine test flights. Five of them were failures.”，即在这次之前，星际飞船有9次试飞，其中5次失败了。成功的次数=总次数-失败次数，也就是9-5=4次。故选B。

5.5. What does the success of the tenth test bring?

A Help for future plans.

B End of space work.

C More money wasted.

D NASA’s moon fear.

解析：选A。A 推理判断题。第五段提到这次成功是“a major step forward”（一大步进步），“gives NASA more confidence to return to the moon”（让NASA更有信心重返月球），还让“Musk’s dream is getting closer”（马斯克离梦想更近了）。这些都说明成功对未来的计划有帮助。故选A。