The run-up to the launch of China's first lunar orbiter at the end of this month has caught the country's imagination, with more than two thirds of the nation hoping to see the launch live on TV, according to a survey.                              
According to the survey by China Youth Daily and www.qq.com, almost the entire nation hopes to catch images of the event at some point, with 99 percent of the 10358 respondents saying they expected to witness the satellite launch and 68.9 percent said they were certain to watch the live broadcast of the launch. On www.qq.com and www.sina.com, two popular web portals in the country, internet users have contributed some 2,000 poems and 5000 drawings on the theme of Chang'e I.
"The satellite launch means much more than just saying 'hello' to the moon. Maybe in the future we could also send some people to accompany sister 'Chang'e'," said a college student in the survey.
Remarkably, many people expect to visit the moon one day, with 93.4 percent of respondents saying they expected to do so.
Chang'e I is named after Chang'e, a famous character from Chinese mythology. She ascended from earth to live on the moon as a celestial being after drinking an elixir.
There is also another connection between the moon and China. In the 1970s, a crater on the moon was named after a Chinese stargazer, Wan Hu, who is said to be the first astronaut in human history.
Legend says about 600 years ago, around the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Wan Hu, a local government official, tried to fly into space with the help of a chair, two big kites and 47 self-made gunpowder-filled rockets. According to the legend after the rockets were lit there was a huge bang and lots of smoke. When the smoke cleared Wan was nowhere to be found.
China's first astronaut flew into space in 2003 with the launch of the Chinese-made spaceship Shenzhou V. China became the third country, after the Soviet Union and the United States, to carry out manned space missions.
小題1:Which is true according to the passage?
A．According to a survey, two thirds of the nation are hoping to see the launch live on TV,
B．The internet users have drawn some 5000 pictures of ‘Chang’e’.
C．Wan Hu, a Chinese stargazer(n. 看星星的人,占星師,天文學(xué)家) , was dead after the huge bang and a lot of smoke.
D．China’s first astronaut flew into space in 2003 in the spaceship Shenzhou VI.
小題2:What’s the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 5?
A．a(chǎn) kind of medicine for long life.B．a(chǎn) kind of medicine to make you light enough to fly in the air.
C．a(chǎn) kind of wineD．a(chǎn) kind of alcohol.
小題3:Why was Wan Hu said to be the first astronaut in human history?
A．Because a crater on the moon was named after his name.
B．Because he was the first to go to the moon in his own “spaceship”.
C．Because of his courage for scientific experiment to the moon.
D．Because he made the first rocket in human history.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:C

小題1:綜合細(xì)節(jié)題A錯，因?yàn)閙ore than two thirds of the nation are hoping to see the launch live on TV.B錯，因?yàn)樗嫷牟皇?000張嫦娥的圖像，而是以嫦娥為主題的圖片。D錯，應(yīng)該是神州5號。
小題2:猜測詞義題。嫦娥偷吃的是長生不老藥。
小題3:推理判斷題。萬戶并沒有去月球，而是死了，他具有的是為科學(xué)探索獻(xiàn)身的精神和勇氣，故此人們把他稱為人類的第一位宇航員。
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