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Smartphones and e-readers have become more common in recent years. Some people think that the days of paper books will be gone. But recent surveys have shown that traditional books are still popular 51. a readers.
A research company finds that in the UK，sales of e-books are 52. f，while sales of paper books are rising. More surprisingly，it's young people who are buying the most physical books. Another survey of university students from the United States，Slovakia(斯洛伐克) and Japan also showed that most of 53. t preferred paper books.
So what is 54. b paper books' comeback(再度受欢迎)?
The most popular reason given was：I like to hold the product. It's true that paper books bring a very different reading experience. Slovakian students said that they liked the smell of paper books. Other students said that they could get a 55. s of accomplishment (成就) when they finished reading a paper book.
Paper books can also be very personal objects to lovers of reading. Many people like to sign their names on the 56. i cover. If the cover gets bent(弯曲的) or there is a coffee stain(污点) on the pages，all the better. The 57. a make the book even more personal. It's as if readers of paper books made friends with them.
This "friendship" people 58. d with books isn't just sentimental(感性的). Research has shown readers remember more information from paper books 59. t from e-books. People also more 60. e end up with headaches or sore eyes while reading e-books.
So why not pick up a book and start reading?

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Visiting outer space is just a dream for most people. But this dream might come true soon. It is hoped that China 61. its first group of travellers to space in 2025. 62. it will be quite expensive—2 to 3 million yuan for each ticket.
Here are two ways to travel to space：orbital(轨道的) travel and suborbital(亚轨道的) travel. China thinks highly of suborbital space travel. Moreover，China has done a lot of research on it. Suborbital travel is the best 63. for most people because it's not hard on the body. A suborbital spaceship flies 64. around 100 kilometers above the Earth and then quickly returns. It doesn't go as high as an orbital spaceship，and the flight is much shorter，so it costs a lot 65. .
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Orbital space travel flies into outer space and moves around the Earth. Travellers have to go much 66. ，and the journey is more difficult and dangerous. That also makes the price much higher. For example，in 2022，tickets for an orbital flight，67. around a week's stay at the International Space Station，were sold for around 55 million US dollars per person.
The US 68. its space research in the 1960s. China started the research a few years later，but its future as a leader in space has already taken form. China 69. to catch up with the United States during the next ten years.
For now，China continues to work hard to develop its suborbital space travel. As one scientist said，"The key to China's space research and development 70. technology."
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