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Today,Chinahasconducteditsfirst3Dprintingexperiment

inspaceinanewlylaunchedspacecraft,whichwasputinto

low-EarthorbitbyChina'sLongMarch5Bheavy-liftcarrier

rocket.

VideobroadcastonCCTVshowedthattheprinterhasprinted

aflatsectionofahoneycomb-shaped（蜂巢狀的）structureaswell

asasymbolofChinaAerospaceScienceandTechnologyCorp,

theparentcompanyoftheChinaAcademyofSpace

Technology.Theexperimentwasdonebya3Dprinter,

developedandbuiltbyitsBeijingSpacecraftsManufacturing

Factory,insidetheprototypeofChina1snew-generation

mannedspacecraft.

Theprinter,namedtheSpace-BasedCompositeMaterial3D

PrintingSystem,usescarbonfiber-reinforcedmaterialsto

autonomouslyprintobjects.ltisinstalledinthere-entrymodule

oftheexperimentalspaceship,andwillbebroughtbacktoEarth

oncethemodulereturns.

Theprinterfeaturesadvancedtechnologiesinmaterial

modeling,precisioncontrolandautomation.Oncethe

space-based3Dprintingtechnologybecomesoperationally

ready,itcanextensivelybenefitspaceprogramsasastronauts

canuseittomanufacturealotofthingstheycurrentlyneedto

obtainfromresupplyflightsbycargospacecraft.

WangYanan,editor-in-chiefof

theAerospaceKnowledgemagazine,saidthe3Dprinterwillbe

veryusefulinextendedspacemissions,suchasthoseinaspace

station,becauseitwillallowastronautstomakecomponents

quicklyandconvenientlyinspace.Thetechnologywillsave

futurespacejourneysconsiderableresourcesandcosts.

Infact,thedeviceisnottheonlyrepresentativeof3D

printingonboardthePrototype.

ACubeSatdeployer.designedandmadethrough3Dprinting

byCoSatsSpaceTechnology,isalsocarriedbythespacecraftto

checktheadaptabilityof3D-printedequipmentinspace.CoSats

ChiefOperatingOfficerBaiRuixuesaidthe3D-printeddeployer

ismuchlighterandstrongerthanitscounterpartsanditwill

havehugepotentialinthespaceindustry.

5.WhatdidthevideobroadcastonCCTVshowtotheaudience?

A.Theprocessandtheproductsofthe3Dprinting.

B.Thenameandtheshapeofthe3Dprinter.

C.Thesignificanceofthe3Dprintingtechnology.

D.Therelationshipbetweenthetwocompanies.

6.Whatifacomponentisbrokeninthespacestationnow?

A.IthastobesentbyspaceshipbacktoEarthforrepair.

B.Theastronautscanfixitconvenientlybyhandonthespot.

C.Theastronautscanmakeoneusing3Dprintingandreplaceit.

D.Ithastobeunloadedandabandonedinspace.

7.Whatdoestheunderlined“those“inParagraph5referto?

A.The3Dprinters.

B.Themagazines.

C.Thespacemissions.

D.Astronauts.

8.Whyisthelastparagraphmentioned?

A.TointroducetheCubeSatdeployerproducedinspace.

B.Toexplaintheadvantagesof3Dprintinginspace.

C.Toshowtheadaptabilityof3Dprintinginspace.

D.Toindicateabrightfutureof3Dprintinginspace.

AccD

BritishsculptorJasonTaylorhasmadeithismissiontousehis

talenttoconserveourecosystemsbycreatingunderwater

museums.Overtheyears,theenvironmentalisthasputover850

massiveartworksunderwaterworldwide.OnFebruary1,2021,

Taylorlaunchedhislatestwork-TheUnderwaterMuseumof

Cannes.

"Themaingoalwastobringattentiontothefactthatour

oceansneedourhelpTaylortoldDezeen.HOceanecologyhas

beendestroyedbyhumanactivityintheMediterraneanoverthe

pastfewdecades』anditisnotobviouswhatistakingplacewhen

observingtheseafromafar."

TheUnderwaterMuseumofCannescontains6sculptures

featuringlocalresidentsofvariousages.Theyrangefrom

Maurice,an80-year-oldfisherman,toAnouk,a9-year-old

student.Toweringover6-feet-tallandweighing10tons,the

facesaresectionedintotwoparts,withtheouterpartlikea

mask.Themaskindicatesthattheworld'soceansappear

powerfulandunbeatablefromthesurfacebuthousean

ecosystemthatisextremelyfragiletocarelesshumanactivities.

Thoughthewaterssurroundingthesculpturesnowappeara

pristineblue,theseabedwasfilledwitholdboatengines,pipes,

andotherhuman-madetrashwhentheprojectbeganabout

fouryearsago.Besidesremovingthetrash,Tayloralsorestored

thearea'sseagrass.Justonesquaremeteroftheseagrasscan

generateupto10litersofoxygendaily.Theseagrassalsohelps

preventcoastalerosionandprovideshabitatsformanyocean

creatures.

"Theideaofcreatinganunderwatermuseumwastodraw

morepeopleunderwateranddevelopasenseofcareand

protection,“TaylortoldDezeen."Ifv/ethrewunwantedwaste

nearaforest,therewouldbeapublicoutcry.Butthisis

happeningeverydayinoursurroundingwatersanditlargely

goesunnoticed/1

1.Whataretheunderwatermuseumsintendedtodo?

A.Tomakehugeprofits.

B.Toraiseawarenessofprotectingtheocean.

C.ToshowJasonTaylor*stalent.

D.Todrawattentiontoendangeredseaanimals.

2.Whydoestheouterpartofthesculptureslooklikeamask?

A.Topopularizethefeaturesofthelocals.

B.Toremindpeopletoprotectthemselves.

C.Toreflectpeople'sprotectionoftheocean.

D.Tostressthesensitivenessoftheecosystem.

3.What'sParagraph4mainlyabout?

A.Howtheprojectwasstarted.

B.Howtheseagrasswasrestored.

C.Whatrecoveryefforttheprojectmade.

D.Whythesurroundingswereimproved.

4.Whatcanweinferf