At 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003, our country launched (发射) its first manned (有人的) space-ship, Shenzhou V, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province. It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours to circle the earth 14 times. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He comes from Liaoning Province, and he has been an air force pilot(飞行员) since 1983. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests.
The life of an astronaut is hard to imagine for many people. To put on a space suit takes 15 minutes with the help of others. Sleeping in space is not easy, either. He has to sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall because there is no gravity. Yang can eat chicken and rice. It’s especially made to eat in space but it doesn’t taste nice.
“I’m feeling very good in space, and it looks wonderful here,” said Yang, “I have looked at our beautiful earth and I have recorded all that I have seen here.”
China has become the third country in the world to send a person into space after the former Soviet Union(前苏联) and the United States. China is now planning its next launch. Shenzhou VI will be into space within(在……之内) the next years, it may take three astronauts. We are all proud of our motherland.
Shenzhou V was launched into space _____.

A．at 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003

B．at 9 p.m. on October 15, 2003

C．at 9 a.m. on October 16, 2003

D．at 9 p.m. on October 16, 2003

Yang Liwei is a(n) ______.

A．policeman

B．businessman

C．doctor

D．astronaut

Yang Liwei is from _______.

A．Liaoning

B．Gansu

C．Jining

D．Inner Mongolia

Which of the following is true?

A．It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 12 hours.

B．Life in space is easy for an astronaut.

C．China is planning its next launch now.

D．Yang Liwei is the first man into space.

We can know there are _____ countries in the world which can send man into space.

A．five

B．four

C．three

D．two