earth.It was called Sputnik I.One year later,the United States sent a spacecraft namec Explorer I into space.These events marked the start of the space age.Since then,powerful rockets have placed heavier satellites into orbit.They have carried astronauts to the moon. Rockets have launched space probes to fly near the other planets.Powerful computers help these spacecraft to stay on course. Large spacecraft are very expensive to build.The United States has developed a spacecraft that is powerful and can be reused.It is the space shuttle.The space shuttle is different from other spacecraft.It can do three important things.It takes off like a rocket.It can fly in orbit around the earth like a rocket.Most important of all,it can land like an airplane.The shuttle is used to place satellites in orbit.It can also repair satellites that are in orbit.Someday the shuttle will carry people to orbiting space stations.Best of all,the same shuttle will fly to space and back more than 100 times. The shuttle is made of two parts:the booster and the orbiter.The booster contains large rockets.The orbiter looks like an airplane.The orbiter is attacked to the top of the rockets.At lift-off the rockets push the orbiter about 40 kilometers (25 mikes).There they separate from the orbiter.The rockets fall to the ocean by parachute.They are picked up, cleaned,and used again. Give short answers to the following questions.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 36.How will a rocket get oxygen? 37.How,according to the author,does the satellite get into the space? 38.When did the United States send Explorer I into space? 39.According to the passage,the space shuttle can do three important things,what is the most important thing it can do? 40.By what kind of equipment can the rockets fall to the ocean? SectionⅢ：Writing Test 20 points Instructions: ■ This test will take 30 minutes. Write your essay on the Answer Sheet. You may use the space below to write an outline or a draft. Your essay should be about 150 words. 41.Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper to complain about one aspect of pollution in your town.Your letter may have the following content:a)state the reason for writing your letter,b)describe the problem,c)give examples and their effects,d)suggest a solution. 108earth. It was called Sputnik I. One year later, the United States sent a spacecraft namec Explorer I into space. These events marked the start of the space age. Since then , powerful rockets have placed heavier satellites into orbit. They have carried astronauts to the moon. Rockets have launched space probes to fly near the other planets. Powerful computers help these spacecraft to stay on course. Large spacecraft are very expensive to build. The United States has developed a spacecraft that is powerful and can be reused. It is the space shuttle. The space shuttle is different from other spacecraft. It can do three important things. It takes off like a rocket. It can fly in orbit around the earth like a rocket. Most important of all , it can land like an airplane. The shuttle is used to place satellites in orbit. It can also repair satellites that are in orbit. Someday the shuttle will carry people to orbiting space stations. Best of all , the same shuttle will fly to space and back more than 100 times. The shuttle is made of two parts: the booster and the orbiter. The booster contains large rockets. The orbiter looks like an airplane. The orbiter is attacked to the top of the rockets. At lift-off the rockets push the orbiter about 40 kilometers (25 mikes). There they separate from the orbiter. The rockets fall to the ocean by parachute. They are picked up , cleaned. and used again. Give short answers to the following questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 36. How will a rocket get oxygen? 37. How. according to the author, does the satellite get into the space? 38. When did the United States send Explorer I into space? 39. According to the passage. the space shuttle can do three important things. what is the most important thing it can do? 40, By what kind of equipment can the rockets fall to the ocean? Section RzWritingTM2opoints I Ins 配ti • This ~est will take 30 minutes. • Write' your essay on the Answer Sheet. o u may use the space below to write an outline or a draft. • Your essay should be about 150 words. 41. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper to complain about one aspect of pollution in your town. Your letter may have the following content: a) state the reason for writing your letter. b) describe the problem , c) give examples and their effects. d) ~suggesta solution. 108