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NEW DELHI—In India’s space center on the barrier island of Sriharikota, the white-jacketed scientists held their breaths.

The country’s trusty red-and-white satellite launch vehicle had lifted off moments before and blasted into orbit.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-37 was about to perform a delicate maneuver(操纵，任务)—carefully sending 104 satellites into the heavens, the highest number ever attempted in one mission. One Indian space analyst on television likened the complicated maneuver to dropping children at different bus stops.

About 10 a.m. Wednesday, the announcement came: All the satellites had been successfully launched. The scientists breathed a collective sigh of relief, and backslapping and applause followed.

“This is a great moment for each and every one of us. Today we have made history,” project manager B. Jayakumar said afterward. The total number of satellites far outstripped(超过) the previous record—37 at the same time sent into space by Russia in 2014.

Wednesday’s launch was another success for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), which is rapidly gaining a reputation globally for its effective yet low-cost missions.

India had already sent up dozens of satellites, including 20 in one launch last year.

In 2014, India became the first Asian nation to send a probe(探测器) into orbit around Mars, a $74 million effort that, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted at the time, cost less than what it took to make the Hollywood space movie “Gravity”.

The fierce national pride that resulted after that success sent the Mars probe rocketing onto the face of the country’s new 2,000 rupee($30) currency note (钞票) in November.

“Now India is showing its competitiveness in the $300 billion global space market,” said Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, head of the Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative at the Observer Rearch Foundation in New Delhi.

1.What does the underlined word “likened” mean in the 3rd paragraph?

A. contributed

B. compared

C. preferred

D. tied

2.What does India’s Prime Minister Modi imply according to the 8th paragraph?

A. The 104-satellite maneuver cost less money than the film “Gravity” did.

B. Shooting a film is always more expensive than launching a rocket.

C. The Mars probe rocketing is characteristic of being low in cost.

D. All real explorations are cheaper than virtual ones.

3.The way India adopted to show the significance of the Mars probe rocketing is equal to the way Chinese government use ________ in China.

A. Chairman Mao Zedong’s portrait

B. a picture of the Long-march rocket

C. a picture of the Three-gorges(峡谷) project

D. President Xi Jinping’s portrait

4.It can be inferred that after the success in the 104-satellite launch, India will ________.

A. become No. 1 in the global space market

B. take up a larger market share in the future

C. show its ability among local competitors

D. have an order of $300 billion