The First Astronauts Since the earliest times，people have looked up at the stars，the moon and the planets.Today people use modern machines（1）BBat the sky.This is very different from the situation（2）DDyears ago when people could only use their eyes.
When did humans first go into space？The story began not so very long ago， （3）CCthe first astronauts were not people -- they were animals.
Scientists wanted to make travelling to space as（4）AAas possible for humans.So they decided to experiment with animals and test（5）BBin spaceflights.Insects，mice，frogs，dogs and monkeys were some of the animals that first went into space.Many of them（6）BB，but they helped to make space travel safer for humans.For their great service，we shouldn't forget these animals.
Albert I was the first monkey to go into space in 1949.Sadly he died（7）CC his spaceship landed back on Earth.
Luckily the result was different for Ham the Monkey.His story ended happily when he returned to earth（8）DDvery good health.
Scientists wanted to know the answer to the important question： （9）BBan animal like Ham do the same things in space as he could do on Earth？They answer came when scientists sent Ham into space in 1961.Yes，he did everything well and lived for （10）AA16 years.
| （1） | A．look | B．to look | C．looking | D．looked |
| （2） | A．thousand | B．thousands | C．thousand of | D．thousands of |
| （3） | A．and | B．or | C．but | D．so |
| （4） | A．safe | B．safer | C．safest | D．the safest |
| （5） | A．they | B．them | C．their | D．theirs |
| （6） | A．die | B．died | C．have died | D．will die |
| （7） | A．if | B．because | C．after | D．since |
| （8） | A．at | B．on | C．beside | D．in |
| （9） | A．Would | B．Could | C．Need | D．Should |
| （10） | A．another | B．other | C．others | D．the others |
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【答案】B；D；C；A；B；B；C；D；B；A
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