Read the following paragraph and cross out TWO irrelevant sentences.
    Each of the Russian manned space exploration projects had specific major goals. For example, the Vostok project was designed to test whether or not human beings could survive and function in outer space. For another example, the Voshkhod project was intended to find out whether people could work in the weightless environment of space. One Voshkhod cosmonaut(苏联宇航员) experimented with weightlessness by taking a "spacewalk". That is, he floated in a spacesuit outside his Voshkhod spacecraft, connected to it by a tether(系绳, 系链). The cosmonaut who did that was Alexei Leonov. Several weeks later, Leonov's spacewalk was followed by that of U.S. astronaut Ed White. Finally, the Soyuz project, with three cosmonauts, had goals of testing spacecraft and spaceflight skills so that people could fly long missions in Earth orbit. China's spaceflight skills are catching up.
 
【正确答案】 <del>Several weeks later, Leonov's spacewalk was followed by that of U.S. astronaut Ed White.</del>
   <del>China's spaceflight skills are catching up.</del>
【答案解析】 本段的大意为:俄罗斯的每一次载人太空探索都有其特定的主要目标。例如,东方号项目被用来检测人类是否能够在外太空正常地存活。再比如,上升号项目被用来实验人类能否在太空失重的环境中工作。一位苏联宇航员通过跳“太空步”检验了失重,也就是说,他穿着太空服漂浮在上升号宇宙飞船的外面,通过系绳和宇宙飞船相连接。这位宇航员就是阿列克谢·列昂诺夫。最后一个例子是有三位宇航员的联盟号项目,它的目标是检测宇宙飞船和航天技术,这样人们能够在地球轨道上进行长时间飞行任务。根据本段大意可知,“Several weeks later, Leonov's spacewalk was followed by that of U.S. astronaut Ed White.”和“China's spaceflight skills are catching up.”与本段主题无关,不符合段落统一性要求,故可删除。