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Space Tourism
[A]Make your reservations now. The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from National Air and Space Administration(NASA), Russia made American businessman Dennis Tito the world\’s first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station(ISS)on April 30, 2001. The second space tourist, South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth, took off aboard the Russian Soyuz on April 25, 2002, also bound for the ISS.
[B]Lance Bass of \’N Sync(an American boy band)was supposed to be the third to make the $20 million trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30, 2002, due to lack of payment. Probably the most incredible aspect of this proposed space tour was that NASA approved of it.
[C]These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable 21st century industry. There are already several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades. These companies have invested millions, believing that the space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off.
[D]In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars. A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the next two decades. The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle.
Space Accommodations
[E]Russia\’s Mir space station was supposed to be the first destination for space tourists. But in March 2001, the Russian Aerospace Agency brought Mir down into the Pacific Ocean. As it turned out, bringing down Mir only temporarily delayed the first tourist trip into space.
[F]The Mir crash did cancel plans for a new reality-based game show from NBC, which was going to be called Destination Mir. The Survivor-like TV show was scheduled to air in fall 2001. Participants on the show were to go through training at Russia\’s cosmonaut(宇航员)training center, Star City. Each week, one of the participants would be eliminated from the show, with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir space station. The Mir crash has ruled out NBC\’s space plans for now. NASA is against beginning space tourism until the International Space Station is completed in 2006.
[G]Russia is not alone in its interest in space tourism. There are several projects underway to commercialize space travel. Space Island Group is going to build a ring-shaped, rotating \\
1.Within the next two decades, space travel could be as common as intercity air travel.
O
解析：根据within the next two decades定位到O段。该段末句提到，在未来20年里，航空飞机能够同在纽约和洛杉矶之间穿梭的飞机一样频繁地飞往月球。本题句子的two decades与原文的20 years对应，as common as对应at the same frequency as。
2.A boy band member wasn’t able to go on a tour of space because of shortage of money.
B
解析：根据boy band定位到B段首句。美国乐队“超级男孩”的成员兰斯·巴斯本打算成为第三位耗资2000万美元旅行的人，但由于不够钱付款，所以在2002年10月30日三个机组成员起飞时他没能加入他们的队伍。本题句子的wasn’t able to go on a tour of space与原文的
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