上海中考英語閱讀練習題

　　閱讀理解是學習英語的基礎，在剩下的中考備考時間裡，需要考生多做英語閱讀練習提高閱讀理解能力。下面是小編帶來的，歡迎各位同學練習。

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　　The 60-year-old multi-millionaire from New York was sitting on board a Russian spaceship. Hewas on a journey to the International Space Station. It might have been a routine trip for thetwo astronauts who were traveling with him, but for him it was certainly no ordinary journey.Dennis Tito was the first tourist ever in space, and he had paid the sum of $20 million to gothere. As the spacecraft left the earth’s atmosphere, Tito drank a glass of fruit juice tocelebrate and looked down at the earth’s blue-green surface. Two minutes later, he was sick.Luckily it was only a minor problem. He soon recovered, and from then on enjoyed a smoothjourney. When he arrived at the space station, there was a big smile on his face. “A great trip!”he commented. “I love space.”

　　For a long time space travel was something for heroes. But all this is going to change.Companies like ProSpace are investing large amounts of money in space travel. They want spaceand space travel to belong to the public, not just governments. There are other plans, likevoyages through space from one side of the world to the other. Maybe we will be able to departfrom New York at nine o’clock in the morning, and arrive an hour later-- in Tokyo! Such aschedule would allow the business traveler to return to New York on the same day, and stillhave eight hours for a meeting!