Question

 Discovery Spaceship took off from the Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Atlantic coast. It was launched 1send some new science supplies and other things that the International Space Station needed. This time Discovery Spaceship 2 almost 8 ， 000 kilograms of supplies for the International Space Station.

   3  Discovery was launched, Rick Sturckow，one of the astronauts in the spaceship said to his partner on the ground by radio, "Thanks for everyone 4 helped prepare for this journey to the International Space Station, our journey would be 5 We're ready for stepping up the science on the International Space Station."

   6  the bad weather and a technical problem, the date which Discovery was sent up was 7 A week later people sent it up successfully.

  Discovery spent 13 days 8to the International Space Station, and astronauts had three spacewalks after it 9 the space station on Sunday. Eight mice traveled to the station 10 Discovery. They will live there for several months and help scientists study the astronauts' bone loss and people's bone disease on Earth.

(   ) 1. A. so that    B. in order

      C. in order that    D. in order to
(   ) 2. A. lift    B. lifted

      C. carry    D. carried

(   ) 3. A. Before    B. After

      C. While    D. Until

(   ) 4. A. what    B. who

      C. which    D. whom

(   ) 5. A. faster

     B.   more comfortable

     C.   longer

     D.   more dangerous

(   ) 6. A. Thanks to    B. Thanks for

       C. Because of    D. Because

(   ) 7. A. canceled    B. placed

       C. finished    D. discussed

(   ) 8. A. walk    B. walking

      C.fly    D. flying

(   ) 9. A. connected to

     B.   was connected to

     C.   covered with

     D.   was covered with

(   ) 10. A. in    B.on

      C. by    D. with

Answer 1

l.D in order to意为"为了……"，后接动词原形;so that后接从句。

2. D carry意为"携带"；lift意为"举起"。全文为一般过去时。

3. A  由文中"Our journey would be…"可知是在发射之前说的这番话。

4. B 先行词为人且关系词在定语从句中作主语。

5. B 由于地面工作人员的努力，飞向太空站的旅途将更舒适。

6. C 此空后为名词短语。

7. A  由于天气和一些技术原因，发射曰期被取消。

8. D spend +时间+ (in) doing sth.飞船是"飞"而不是"走"。

9. B be connected to意为"……被连接在.. 上"5 be covered with  意为"……被……覆盖"。

10. C by意为"乘……"，常用结构为by+交通工具，故选C。