3.Can women be good astronauts?To figure it out,six Russian women will be sent into a space simulator(模拟器) for eight days to carry out a unique experiment.
"It's interesting for us to see what is special about the way they communicate with each other,"said Sergei Ponomaryov,the experiment's leader.
" It will be particularly interesting in terms of psychology," said Igor Ushakov,director of Moscow's Institute of Biomedical Problems. "I'd like to wish you a lack of conflicts,even though they say that in one kitchen,two housewives find it hard to live together," he added.
The volunteers include scientific researchers,a doctor and a psychologist.The test period simulates a flight to the moon and back,with the women carrying out 10 experiments covering psychology and human biology.
In 1963,Russia sent the first woman into space,Valentina Tereshkova,but has lagged behind (落后) since then.Several years ago it sent its fourth female astronaut into space,Yelena Serova.Serova complained of a great deal of media interest in how she would wash her hair aboard the International Space Station,pointing out that male astronauts did not face the same line of questioning.
Like other astronauts on the International Space Station,the women will have no shower,washing with wet wipes instead.They plan to spend their one and a half hours per day of free time watching films,reading and playing board games.Team leader Yelena Luchnitskaya said she expected the women to deal with any conflict.
(1)What does passage mainly talk about?
A.How to be good astronauts?
B.Can women leave without conflicts in space?
C.Do women make good astronauts?
D.How do women communicate in space?
(2)Why will the unique experiment be carried out?
A.To test whether women can be good astronauts.
B.To collect information about condition in space.
C.To see how women live in space.
D.To observe the way women solve conflicts.
(3)According to the passage,who was once sent to space ?
A.Igor Ushakov.
B.Yelena Serova.
C.Sergei Ponomaryov.
D.Yelena Luchnitskaya.
(4)From the passage,we know that
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A.six Russian women will be sent into space
B.Sergei Ponomaryov is in charge of the experiment
C.Valentina Tereshkova was the first American woman into space
D.A great deal of media is interested in how male and female astronauts wash their hair aboard