China's Manned Space Program

The First Stage Time：October 15，2003 Spaceship：Shenzhou Ⅴ
Main events：Chinese spaceman Yang Liwei was sent up into space．He went around the earth 14 times in his one-day flight．China became the third country to succeed in sending up the manned spaceship into space． The Second Stage Time：October 12，2005 Spaceship：Shenzhou Ⅵ Main events：Chinese spacemen Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng were both sent up into space．On October 17，the two Chinese space heroes safely returned to the earth. The Third Stage Time：October 24，2007 Satellite：Chang'eⅠ
Main events：China has launched(发射) its first moon orbiter Chang'e I successfully． China's moon exploration project is for peaceful use of Space．The Chinese government will have included the moon adventure in 16 key state science projects by the year 2020． Future plans： 1．China will make a manned moon landing at a proper time around 2017． 2．China plans to set up a permanent(永久的)space lab and build its engineering system in the future．

Before China，how many countries had already sent their astronauts into space?

A．Only one．	B．Two．
C．Three．	D．Four．

ShenzhouⅤcircled the earth in space _________．

A．once	B．four times
C．fourteen times	D．five times

During the second stage，the Chinese astronauts stayed in space for _________．

A．five days	B．four days
C．one day	D．fourteen days

What happened in the third stage?

A．Chinese astronauts landed on the moon．

B．China has sent up Chang'eⅠto the moon．

C．The moon exploration project is too easy．

D．The government planned to make two space labs．

Chinese astronauts will possibly walk on the moon around _________．

A．2010

B．2005

C．2007

D．2017