The International Space Station，one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for exploration of the solar system，turns l0 years old Thursday．
On Nov．20，1998，the first part of the space station was launched by the Russians from Kazakhstan．NASA followed up two weeks later with Piece No 2 carried up by a space shuttle．
The space station has grown into a giant outpost(前哨)355 km up，home to three people at any given time—soon to be six
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Thanks to the newly arrived shuttle Endeavour，the space station now has five sleep stations，two baths，two kitchens and two mini—gyms．Ahogether，there are nine rooms，three of which are full scale labs．
The United States has financed the main part of the project，estimated to cost some 100 billion dollars．Fifteen other countries have also contributed，including Russia，Japan，Canada，Brazil anti eleven nations belonging to the European Space Agency．
’Fhe space station has traveled 2．1 billion km，orbited Earth more than 57，300 times，hosted 167 people from 15 countries，and served up more than l 9，000 meals
”The ISS is the largest ever expenmeni in international technological cooperation，’’ said John Logsdon。a historian at the National Air and Space Museum in US．
“1 think it’s a necessary stepping stone to long—term human activities in new Areas of operations，”Logsdon said．The station is“off the planet and it’s the first Step outward—not all end in itself，but a step along the way．’’
小题1:The passage is mainly about ．
A the construction of the International Space Station．
B．the history of the International Space Station．
C the tenth anniversary of the International Space Station．
D．the eountries that help establish the International Space Station．
小题2:Piece No 2 of the ISS was put into orbit oil
A．Nov．6，1998
B．Nov．24，1998
C．Dee．8，1998
D．Dec．9，1998小题3:Which of the following is true about Endeav our according to the passage?
A．Endeavour is a newly built shuttle．
B．Endeavour is part of the space station，
C．Endeavour didn’t get close to the space station．
D．Endeavour carried a lot of equipment for the apace station．小题4:Which of the following country has not made a contribution to the eonstruction of
the International space station according to the passage?
A．USA． B．Japan． C．Korea．D．Spain．
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题1:主旨大意题。这是一篇新闻报道，新闻报道的中心内容在第一段中就体现出来，故选择C。
小题2:数字计算题。从第二段可知，空间站的第二个组件在Nov．20，1 998之后的两个周由航天飞机送人轨道，1998年的11月份有30天，所以这一天应该是12月8目。
小题3:推理判断题。从第三段我们得知，Endeavour是航天飞机，但是文中没说是新造的，排除A；它不是空间站的一部分，排除B；它到达了空间站，排除C。因为它的到达，国际空间站扩大了，我们可以推知，它带去了空间站所需要的一些设备，故选D。
小题4:细节推理题。从第四段我们可以得知。Korea没有提到，也不属欧空局。