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On Oct.16,2016,Chinese astronauts of the Shenzhou-ll mission(任务),Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong,met the press(新闻发布会)Sunday ahead of Monday's launch.
Sitting under a national flag,the astronauts(41)Cin good spirits and answered several questions.
"(42)Bthe job is challenging,risky and dangerous,there is nothing more I would rather do,"Jing Haipeng,50,who is commander of this mission,told reporters.It will be Jing's(43)Cspaceflight following his Shenzhou-7 mission in September 2008 and Shenzhou-9 mission in March 2012.
On Monday,China successfully launched (发射) manned spacecraft Shenzhou-11 carrying the two astronauts who will remain in space for 33 days.The spacecraft was sent up at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in (44)AChina's Gobi desert at 7:30 a.m.Beijing time Monday with a Long March-2F Y11 carrier rocket.The spacecraft has entered its designated orbit (轨道).The launch(45)Ba success by Zhang Youxia,about 19 minutes after the blast-off (发射).
Three weeks before the task,the family members of Jing Haipeng and ChenDong still knew nothing.Chen Dong has been a (an)(46)Cfor many years before joining the space team.He and his wife now have a pair of five-year-old twin sons.One-month mission is not the longest time that Chen(47)A away from home.When he was a pilot,he once did not come back home for half a year during a mission.
Cheng Dong described the experience as"no seeing,no(48)D."But with the help of Virtual Reality (虚拟现实) (VR) technology,astronauts will meet their family during free time."If I see them (family members),it will be different somehow,"Chen said.
For Jing,he looks very calm.In his first space mission on Shenzhou VII,his wife was so nervous(49)Dshe almost did not sleep during those three days.Now that it is his third,his wife has(50)Ait.
41.A.met | B.came | C.appeared | D.stood |
42.A.Until | B.Although | C.Because | D.But |
43.A.first | B.second | C.third | D.fourth |
44.A.northwest | B.southwest | C.northeast | D.southeast |
45.A.was told | B.was announced | C.was spoken | D.was said |
46.A.astronaut | B.engineer | C.pilot | D.scientist |
47.A.has stayed | B.left | C.has left | D.stayed |
48.A.listening | B.watching | C.noticing | D.missing |
49.A.one | B.it | C.this | D.that |
50.A.got used to | B.used to | C.been used for | D.been used by. |