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Right at this minute, a red car is flying above you in space. How can a car go into space? US company SpaceX’s heavy-lift rocket the Falcon Heavy sent it there on February

6, 2018, CNN reported.

This was the Falcon Heavy’s first successful test launch. It was described as the start of “a new space age”.

The Falcon Heavy is the world’s most powerful rocket. It can carry things weighing 64,000 kilograms into space, the Atlantic reported. This means the Falcon Heavy could send about 1,000 passengers into space once.

However, the rocket isn’t just for taking cars into space. Space X and its founder Elon Mask,

46,want to restart task to the moon and help humans land on Mars.

In September 2017 in Australia, Musk shared his plans to put a million people on Mars in the next 40 to 100 years. It seems like a dream. But he added it could be just a few years away.

The red car actually shows Musk’s dream of exploring space. He put a model personin the driver’s seat. The model wears a spacesuit and listens to the song Space Oddity written by UK rock star David Bowie. Musk said the car and its passenger will travel in space for millions of years. They might even be found by aliens in space someday.

1.From the passage we know the Falcon Heavy is a .

A. car B. spacesuit C. rocket D. satellite

2.According to the passage, the Falcon Heavy .

A. just takes red cars into space

B. will send lots of people into space

C. can help humans land on Mars now

D. is the most powerful rocket in the USA

3.In the passage, the underlined word “it” refers to .

A. the plan to Mars B. the report from CNN

C. the trip to space D. the task to the moon

4.The main idea of the passage is that .

A. the heavy-lift rocket sent 1000 passengers into space

B. the red car stands for Musk’s dream of exploring space

C. the red car can be found by aliens in space someday

D. the Falcon Heavy will play an important part later on

5.We can read the passage from .

A. a story book B. a travelling magazine

C. a science report D. a driving guide

Answer 1