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中考英语总复习阅读理解专项练习 第一组（共3篇）： （A） （CCTV 9, October 16,2003） CHINA launched its first manned spaceship into space at 9 yesterday morning. Yang Liwei, 38, is the first spaceman of China. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests. The ship circled the earth 14 times in about 20 hours. CHINA will send two more astronauts into space next year. This time, they will stay up there for five to seven days testing the spaceship. Fourteen astronauts are now training for the trip. Last October, Shengzhou V made China the third nation to send a man into space. （China Daily, April 6,2004） THE 200