【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ng, was irregular but not an emergency. The Soyuz has been through its history very reliable and there has obviously been some issue in the last couple of descents which went ballistic, but I39。m sure the engineers will determine what the problems are and get them fixed, she said. In October, a Soyuz capsule carrying Malaysia39。s first space tourist touched down about 200 km (125 miles) off course in a similar ballistic landing caused by a technical problem. The Soyuz is the world39。s longestserving manned space capsule. An early version of the craft, the Vostok, carried the first person into space in 1961. Whitson, 48, has bee the American with the longest amount of time in space with 377 days.31. What39。s the main idea of the passage? _________. A. Flight in space is very dangerous B. Not everybody can go into space C. Fearful landing tests the Korean astronaut D. Yi didn39。t know she would be an astronaut when she was young32. The reason why Yi Suoyeon felt afraid at first was that __________. A. a fire was caused by the friction B. she had no such experience before C. she was not brave enough D. the other two didn39。t help her33. From the passage, we can learn that __________. A. Yi Soyeon, a space tourist came from South Korea B. Whitson became energetic when they landed on earth C. the two other guys were not afraid during the descent D. the Soyuz, an unmanned space capsule, had a long history34. The underlined phrase in this passage means __________. A. out of work B. out of control C. in the wrong direction D. in danger35. We can conclude from this passage that __________. A. experience is very important for astronauts to ensure safety B. Yi Suoyeon will never return to the space station C. people are not willing to experience the space flight D. we should draw a lesson from the accident C.[來源:ks5u]Do you know about a series of books that say they are “for dummies”? These American selfhelp books have been translated into more than thirtynine languages including Chinese, Arabic, Russian, French, German, Greek and Spanish. “Dummy” is a word for a stupid person. The dummies books are not really for stupid people. They are designed to show people how to do something they may never have tried before, like painting a house or learning a language. The books all say in a funny way that they are for dummies, such as World History for Dummies, Rabbits for Dummies, Chinese Cooking for Dummies, and Wedding Planning for Dummies. The first such book, Dos for Dummies, was published in 1991. It helped people learn how to use the DOS operating system for puters. Since then, more than one hundred fifty million dummies books have been sold. The dummies. Com website explains the idea behind the books. It says that they show that people can be taught to do anything. First they can make fun of ideas that are difficult to understand. Then they show how the information can be interesting and easy. The publishers say that the books do not provide more information than necessary. They give readers just enough information to do what they want. They say that the dummies books give the best and easiest way to do something. And the books use simple and easy language. There are more than one thousand different dummies books. A report in New York Times say that the topselling dummies books are those that explain technology and personal finance. The publishers say that the bestselling dummies books are those providing information many people needlike information about diseases books to help them. And there are even more dummies books to e. The publishers say that they publish about two hundred new dummies books every year.36. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. Books for Dummies B. The Easiest, the BestC. SelfHelp Books D. New Ideas behind the books37. According to the website, people can with the help of dummies books.A. simple some personal things B. do anything they wantC. bee expert in any field D. learn anyforeign language38. The dummies books have been popular because A. they provide just what is needed and are easy to understandB. they provide abundant information on the concerning subjectC. people can learn to do anything with just one copyD. people can save lots of money through selfteaching39. According to New York Times, we know that books on sell best.A. technology and personal finance