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Most of the astronauts from America have been men. At the beginning of the space programme, there was strong disagreement among some people about sending ____36____ into space. However, some women were looking forward to becoming astronauts and in the end they were successful. In 1978, NASA began the ____37____ training programme for women astronauts.
Judith Resnik and Christa McAuliffe were both astronauts and they were both women, ____38____ in many other ways they were very different. ____39____ of them were on the mission STS-51L. Judith Resnik was born in 1949. She studied engineering at university and went on to get a PhD in 1977. She was a member of the first group of women selected for astronaut ____40____ in 1978. In 1984, she became the second woman in space. During that flight, she helped send up three new satellites and performed research experiments.
Christa McAuliffe was born in 1948, and she became an astronaut almost by accident. In 1984, NASA decided to find a ____41____ who could go into space together with the astronauts. They hoped that she would be able to ____42____ with students and encourage every one of them to be interested in space travel. Christa was a secondary teacher in History and Social Studies. She was a talented teacher and she was selected ____43____ over 11,000 applicants. She was also a very good communicator and immediately ____44____ a very good relationship with the news media. It was partly because of this that there was a lot of interest and ____45____ about the flight. Thousands of students in schools and universities around the country were looking forward to communicating with Christa in space. Millions of people were watching her flight with great interest.
( ) 36. A. men
B. women
C. boys
D. girls
( ) 37. A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth
( ) 38. A. and
B. or
C. however
D. but
( ) 39. A. Either
B. Neither
C. Both
D. None
( ) 40. A. testing
B. training
C. studying
D. flying
( ) 41. A. worker
B. doctor
C. reporter
D. teacher
( ) 42. A. play
B. learn
C. discuss
D. communicate
( ) 43. A. from
B. to
C. in
D. between
( ) 44. A. make
B. build
C. made
D. built
( ) 45. A. excite
B. excited
C. exciting
D. excitement

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