PartIIReadingComprehensionDirections:Thereareseveralpassagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice.PassageOneQuestions2to6arebasedonthefollowingpassage.“Chinaisexpectedtocompleteitsfirstexploration(探索)ofthemoonin2010andwillfoundamoonbasejustaswedidontheNorthandSouthPoles,”OuyangZiyuan,headofChina’smoonexplorationprogram,promisedduringnationalscienceandtechnologyweek.Afteritsfirstmaninspace,Chinaplansaspacelaboratory,alunarorbitertolookforvaluableelementsandminerals,robotlandingsonthemoonandthenthehumantouchdown.Thepriceofspaceexplorationisenormous.RussiaandtheUS,theonlytwocountriestohaveachievedmannedflight,arestrugglingtokeeptheirnewinvestment,theinternationalspacestation.ButChina,whichhasalongtraditioninphysics,mathematicsandengineering,findsitsdoctoralgraduateswelcomedintheUSandEuropefordecades.Andithasbeenabletolearnfrom40yearsofpioneeringsuccessesandmistakesbytheUSSRandtheUSA.Spaceflightisagambleandthestakes(赌注)arehigh.Ifsuccessful,Chinacouldbecomeamemberoftheworld’smostexclusiveclub,setupasecondhomeonthemoonandgetapowerfulhandatthestrategicbargainingtable.TwodesignersfromtheShenzhouIIIprojectsaidthat12astronautsnowareundergoingintensivetraining.Onemoreunmannedspaceflightisplannedbeforethefirstmannedlaunch.ExpertssaythattheShenzhouspacecraftalreadyprovidesChinawithaspacevehiclecapableofmounting(发起)alunarprogram.ChinesescientistshavealsopredictedthatMarswillbethenexttargetafterthemoon.2.AccordingtoOuyangZiyuan,________.
A
China has founded a base on the moon
B
China has founded one base on the North and South Poles
C
China will set up a base on the moon in 2010
D
China has already finished founding a moon base
