Question

You get into an elevator（电梯）. There is a button（按钮）inside. You can press（按）the button. The elevator then takes you to outer space. Does this sound like something from a sci—fi（科幻）film? In fact, it might become real in the future.

Scientists hope to build the space elevator by 2050. The elevator has a strong cable（缆绳）. The cable connects（链接）the elevator to the Space Station. The elevator goes up and down along the cable. The elevator might look like an egg. It can take 30 people . The trip is about 36,000 km. It may take eight days to get to space.

People can only fly rockets into space right now. But they are expensive. A space elevator would be cheaper. It can do more than just take people into space. The elevator can also sned heavy things into space. A space elevator could make it easier to go into space.

1.The space elevator can _______.

A. carry 300 people B. work without cables

C. only take people into space D. send heavy things into space

2.The space elevator may look like _______.

A. a box B. an egg C. a car D. a train

3.Flying rockets into space will be ______ than taking the elevator according to the passage.

A. cheaper B. more expensive C. faster D. more comfortable

4.The writer thinks ______ in the future.

A. people can only fly rockets into space

B. people can only see the space elevators in the sci—fi film

C. it could be easier to go into space with the space elevator.

D. sending the heavy things into space will be impossible.

Answer 1