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Race Car Drivers
The men who race the cars are generally small,with a tight,nervous look.They range from the early 20s to the middle 40s,and it is usually their nerves that go first.
Fear is the driver's constant companion,and tragedy can be just a step behind.Scarcely a man in the 500 does not carry the scars of ancient crashes.The mark of the plastic surgery is everywhere, and burned skin is common. Sometimes a driver's scars are invisible.Two young drivers,Billy Vukovich and Gary Bettenhausen,raced in their first 500 in 1968.Less than 20 years before,their fathers also competed against one another on the Indy track一and died there.
All this the drivers accept. Over the years,they have learned to trust their own techniques,reflexes,and courage.They depend,too,on a trusted servant一scientific engineering. Though they may not have had a great deal of schooling(an exception is New Zealand's Bruce McLaren,who has an engineering degree),many drivers are gifted mechanics,with a feeling for their engines that amount to kinship.
A few top drivers have become extremely wealthy,with six-figure incomes from prize money and jobs with auto-product manufacturers.Some have businesses of their own.McLaren designs racing chassis（底盘）.Dan Gurney's California factory manufactured the chassis of three of the first four ears in the 1968 Indy 500,including his own second place car.
Yet money is not the only reason why men race cars.Perhaps it isn't even the major reason. Three-time Indy winner(1961,1964,1967)
A.J. Foyt,for example,can frequently be found cornpeting on dirty tracks in minor-league races,where money,crowds and safety features are limited, and only the danger is not. Why does he do it?Sometimes Foyt answers,"It's in my blood."Other times he says,"It's good practice."Now and then he replies,"Don't ask dumb questions."
A.J.Foyt often takes part in minor-league races for_______.
A.prize money
B.blood test
C.cheers from the crowd
D.enjoyment
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The Race Into Space
American millionaire Dennis Tito will always be famous.He was the first tourist in space."I spent sixty
years on Earth and eight days in space and from my viewpoint,it was two separate lives,"Tito explained.He
loxed his time in space."Being in space and looking back at the earth is one of the most rewarding experi-
ences a human being can have."
This kind of experience isn't cheap.It cost$20 million.However,Tito achieved his dream,so he was
happy."For me it was a life dream.It was a dream that began when I didn't have any money,"he
told reporters.
On 24th,April 2002,Mark Shuttleworth became the world's second space tourist.Shuttleworth is a South
African businessman.At the age of twenty-eight,he also paid $20 million for the eight-day trip.
Both Tito and Shuttleworth bought their tickets from a company called Space Adventures.The company
has around 100 people already on their waiting list for flights into space.The spaceship to take them doesn't
exist yet.
Many of the customers are people who like adventure.They are the kind of people who also want to
climb Mount Qomolangma.Other customers are people who love space.However,these people are worried.
Because it's so expensive,only very rich people can go into space.They want space travel to be available to
more people.
That day may soon be here.InterOrbital Systems(IOS)plans to send up to four tourists a week into
space.The tours will depart from an island in Tonga.The company promises a package that includes forty-five
days of astronaut training in Russia and California,seven days in space and a vacation in Tonga,for $2 million.
However,space flight is still very dangerous.Bill Readdy is NASA's deputy assistant administrator for
space flight.He says that the chances of dying are about 1 in 500.Because of this,it may take time before
space tourism really takes off.You might be able to go up,but will you come down?
Bill Readdy thinks space flight is very dangerous.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
