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. At least 15 more are ready to go. Those already in orbit (軌道) take pictures, collect information and send it back to the earth, just as regular satellites do. But you might not even have to wait until you get to college to start designing and building your own satellite. A new program called KatySat aims to get teenagers to take part. Once kids understand what satellites can do, says Ben Yuan, an engineer at Lockheed Martin in Menlo Park, Calif, the kinds of applications they’ll e up w ith may be countless. “We’d like to put this technology (技術(shù)) in your hands,” he tells kids. “We’re going to teach you how to operate a satellite. Then we want to turn it over to you as a sandbox for you to play in. We want you to take the technology into new directions that we haven’t thought of yet.” Education isn’t the only goal of CubeSats. Because these tiny, technology filled boxes are relatively inexpensive to build and can be put together quickly, they’re perfect for testing new technologies that might one day be used on major space tasks. Nowadays, college and high school students are getting a chance to learn what it takes to explore in space. Someday perhaps a lot sooner than you imagine you might get to design, build and launch your own satellite. If you do, you’re sure to have fun. And you m ight also get crazy about science for life. 8. Compared with the traditional ones, the new satellites ____. A. need long startup times B. are lowcost and smallsized C. are very hard to operate D. collect more information in orbit 9. What does the underlined word “obstacle” probably mean? A. An aim to achieve in the near future. B. An imagination that kids usually have. C. Something dangerous to terrify people. D. Something difficult that stands in the way. 10. According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. CubeSats could possibly cause pollution in space. B. A few kids will send applications for the project. C. Scientists designed CubeSats for kids to play with. D. Students can’t design satellites witho ut college education. 11. What’s the purpose of the author writing the passage? A. To show that high technology brings a big change in kid’s life. B. To show that kids lead the space research into a new direction. C. To tell us that satellite technology can also be learned by kids. D. To tell us that kids must study hard to learn satellite technology. 二 、 任務(wù)型閱讀 。 A map is a picture of a place. There can be many different maps o