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Units 3－4 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2017年云南省昆明市高三复习教学质量检测) US private rocket company SpaceX has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the Moon.The mission(任务) is planned for late 2018.SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said，“This presents an opportunity for humans to return to deep space for the first time in 45 years.” The two unnamed people will fly aboard a spaceship which is set for its first unmanned test flight later this year.The cooperation of Americas NASA space agency has made the plan possible.Mr.Musk said，“The two passengers will travel faster and further into the solar system than any before them.”Like the Apollo astronauts before them，these individuals will travel into space carrying the hopes and dreams of all humankind，driven by the universal human spirit of exploration. “We expect to conduct health and fitness tests，as well as beginning initial training later this year.The first mission would be unmanned，and the next one—with crew—was expected in the second quarter of 2018.”The rich businessman and inventor said.“The first passengers are entering this with their eyes open，knowing that there is some risk here.Theyre certainly not childish，and well do everything we can to reduce that risk，but its not zero.” The space tourists would make a circle around the Moon，scanning the lunar surface and then going well beyond.However，the mission will not involve a lunar landing.“If NASA decided to take part in a lunar fly-by mission，then the agency would have privilege，”Mr.Musk said.The US has not sent astronauts to the Moon since the early 1970s. 【语篇解读】　本文是一篇新闻报道，美国的SpaceX公司宣布他们将于2018年安排两个市民去月球。文章详细描述了他们的计划。 1．Which of the following statements is true according to the text? A．The two tourists cant afford to fly around the Moon. B．Space travel is rooted in the human spirit of exploration. C．Initial training is expected to be conducted at the beginning of 2018. D．The two tourists are expected to fly at slow speed. B　[考查细节理解。根据第二段的最后一句“Like the Apollo astronauts befor