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"I'm ready." said Alyssa Carson,a now 17-year-old astronaut-in-training from Baton Rouge,Louisiana.For her,riding the most aggressive（刺激的）roller coaster in the park is not a big deal.If all goes according to her plans,NASA will send her to Mars in 2033，making her the first human to step foot on the planet.She will spend two to three years doing something on it,growing food,performing science experiments,and searching for signs of life."The Martian is actually very accurate." she said,"A lot of the things that happened in the movie are similar to what is going to happen." She's devoted her entire life to preparing for this journey.
Her love for space started when she was 3 years old and watched a cartoon called The Backyardigans.Five animal friends go on imaginary adventures in their backyard including in one part,a mission to Mars. "I thought 'This red planet is so cool,'" she said. "I started watching videos of rovers' landing on Mars.I had a large map of Mars in my room I would look at.We started getting telescopes so we could look at space."
At 7 her father took her to space camp in Huntsville,Alabama. "That was the weekend of my life," she said. "I got to learn everything I had been wanting to know and more...I got to see a life-size rocket." She cherished the rocket so much that she returned 18 times.At the age of 12 she became the first person in history to attend all three NASA space camps in Huntsville,Alabama；Quebec,Canada；and Izmir,Turkey.
At first she mastered the basics of space and how humans have explored it throughout time.As she got older she simulated（模拟）missions,trying to reach a destination in gravity-free,weightless zones.
When she was 9 she met NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus.The experienced explorer told her she was her age when she decided to go to space.At that moment Alyssa knew her love of space was not a passing hobby."I did the same thing as other kids,like switching my mind about careers,wanting to be a teacher or the president one day," she said. "But the way I always thought about it was I would become an astronaut,go to Mars,come back,and then be a teacher or the president."
1. After being sent to Mars,what will happen to Alyssa Carson？ ______
A. She will meet NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus.
B. She will be the youngest to have completed astronaut training.
C. She will be the first human to perform different tasks on the Mars.
D. She will have visited the space camp in Huntsville,Alabama for nearly 20 times.
2. What kind of personalities does Alyssa Carson have？ ______
A. Patient and responsible. B. Humorous and confident.
C. Respectable and generous. D. Determined and ambitious.
3. What is the author's purpose of writing the text？ ______
A. To encourage tours to the Mars.
B. To promote the values of American teens.
C. To present a rising American space star.
D. To introduce American space industry.
