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rs don’t get to the top overnight. Everyone has to start somewhere. Most drivers learn to race in gocarts when they are young. All drivers must learn about their cars and their engines. They must also be familiar with race rules and what to do in an emergency. Formula Ford is one of the race classes for beginners. Many top Formula I world champions like Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen began by Formula Ford racing.The Italian pany Ferrari makes some of the world’s best racing cars, all painted in its worldfamous red colour. Ferrari is the most successful builder of Formula 1 cars. Ferrari has also had some famous Formula 1 champions such as Michael Schumacher. Ferrari prides itself on building the whole machine—the body as well as the engine. Some panies, such as Honda, only make engines for Formula 1 racing.Motor racing is expensive. Racing teams need huge amounts of money to keep their cars on the racetrack. Sponsorship is an important way of making money for racing teams. The logos of the sponsors are all over racing cars. The bigger the logo, the more the pany will have to pay to the racing team.(選自《九年級下冊初中英語讀本》)The Need for 46 Want to be a Formula 1 driverMotor racing have been with us for 47 a century. Everyone in motor racing has a simple dream: to go faster!Learn to race in gocartsIn the early days, a small number of people raced each other driving 48 machines on ordinary roads. Today, motor racing is a huge money making 49 .Learn about cars and enginesCars race along twisting roads or on round tracks. Millions more people watch the events on 50 . Top drivers are celebrities and earn huge amounts of money.Learn race rulesThese drivers don’t 51 the top overnight. Everyone has to start somewhere. They must also be familiar with race rules and 52 to do in an emergency.Join classes for beginners such as Formula FordFerrari is the most successful builder of Formula 1 cars. Ferrari has had some famous Formula 1 champions as 53 , such as Michael Schumacher.Bee a Formula 1 driverMotor racing isn’t 54 . Racing teams need huge amounts of money to keep their cars on the racetrack. The bigger the logo, the 55 the pany will have to pay to the racing team.(共5小題,每小題2分,計10分)THE HISTORY OF LIVING IN SPACESpace travel is nothing new. The first spacecraft with a human on board blasted into space In 1961. since then, people have not only been travelling to space, but many of them have also lived there for extended FoodAll the meals on space stations are put together on Earth and sent to the space station, along with the astronauts, by space shuttle. Because the food has to last a long time (sometimes up to three months), a lot of it has to be preserved by dehydration or canning.The space station does not have a freezer to preserve food, but It does have a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables fresh.Astronauts also eat many other foods such as cereals, cereal bars, nuts and dried fruit that do not need any special preparation.EatingAstronauts have a set timetable each day. This tells them when to do everything, including when to have their meals. At meal preparation time, they start getting their food ready, which often includes adding water to rehydrate the dehydrated foods.Without the help of gravity, sitting down to eat can be tricky. Astronauts sometimes have to strap themselves and their food into place. Because of lack of gravity, astronauts cannot use ground salt and pepper, and all drinks must be taken from bottles. They also have to be careful that crumbs do not fly off and get stuck in vents and instrument panels.(選自《九年級下冊新理念英語閱讀》)56. What does the space station have to keep fruit and vegetables fresh? (Fewer than 7 words) _____________________________________________________ 57. How do people send the food to the space station ? _____________________________________________________58. What tells astronauts when to do everything about eating? _____________________________________________________ 59. Astronauts can use ground salt and pepper