WhilemanyprobablyrememberusingtheirchildhoodimaginationstoturntheMoon'sdarkmarkingsintoapictureofarabbitontheMoon，justrecentlyChinaputadifferentsortofrabbitontheMoon：alunarprobedubbed"JadeRabbit．"N
WhilemanyprobablyrememberusingtheirchildhoodimaginationstoturntheMoon'sdarkmarkingsintoapictureofarabbitontheMoon，justrecentlyChinaputadifferentsortofrabbitontheMoon：alunarprobedubbed"JadeRabbit．"Now，theyhavefollowedupbyreleasingpicturesoftheprobeinaction．
Lastweekend，China'sNationalSpaceAdministrationmadeChinathefirstnationtomakeasoftlandingontheMoonsince37yearsago．TheSovietUnion'sprobe，Luna2，wasthefirstonSeptember14，1959，followedbytheUnitedStates，whoeventuallycaughtupwithandsurpassedtheSovietUnionbyputtingthefirsthumanontheMoon，NeilArmstrong，onJuly20，1969．
JadeRabbitwaslaunchedonDecember1withthemissionofexploringtheMoon'ssurfaceinanattempttolocatenaturalresources．Itwillbedeployedonthismissionforaperiodofthreemonths．
TheprobereportedlyshutdownitsexplorationsonDecember16duetohightemperatureswithplanstoleaveitinactiveuntilDecember23，butitwasstartedupagainonDecember20inordertogainmoreresearchtime．
ThecountryhasaspirationsofputtingahumanontheMoonby2025，anareawhichhasupuntilnowbeendominatedbytheUnitedStates，wholastlandedamanontheMoonin1972withastronautEugeneCernan．
China'srecentattentiontotheMoonappearstohaveonceagainstirredupAmericaninterestinspaceexploration．IntheDecemberissueof NewSpace magazine，ChristopherMcKaymakesanargumentthattheU．S．shouldconsidersettingupalunarresearchbase，citingamonghisreasonsthefactthatitisimportanttomaintainU．S．influenceontheMoon．
63．WhendidthehumansmakeasoftlandingonthemoonnexttoChina's？___
A.1976．B.1972．C.1969．D.1959．
64．Themissionofthelunarprobewillend___？
A．after37yearsexploration
B．afterthreemonthsresearch．
C．till2025
D．till2017．
65．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTTRUE？___
A．ChinawillputahumanontheMoontwelveyearslater．
B．Twocountrieshaveputhumansonthemoon-TheUSAandtheformerUSSR．
C．ChristopherMcKaystatedthattheUSAisinterestedinreturningtothemoon．
D．Theprobeshutdownitsexpl