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Date ______________ time __________________ Astronomers predict 2021 will be great for space exploration. More organisations are investing in technology to explore space. Entrepreneurs are setting their sights on space tourism and on going to Mars. Science fiction is now becoming space fact. Many advances in technology no longer surprise us. These include things like mining for asteroids, colonising Mars, or taking weekend breaks to the Moon. This year will start with a NASA project to help us understand the universe. A probe will study the collision of small particles in space to find out how planets formed. A NASA rover will also land on Mars to test for signs of microbial life. NASA said: "Returning samples of Mars to Earth has been a goal of planetary scientists since the early days of the space age." In October, a telescope will look at the first galaxies that formed in the universe. 读后来闯关 一、阅读短文，把文章补充完整。 Astronomers predict 2021 will be great for space exploration. More organisations are investing in technology to explore _________1________. Entrepreneurs are setting their sights on space tourism and _______2______ going to Mars. Science fiction is now becoming space _______3_______. Many advances in technology no longer surprise _______4______. These include things like mining for asteroids, colonising Mars, or taking weekend _________5________ to the Moon. This year will start with a NASA project to ______6______ us understand the universe. A probe will study the collision of small particles in space to _____7______ how planets formed. A NASA rover will also _______8_____ on Mars to test for signs of microbial life. NASA said: "Returning samples of Mars to Earth has _____9______ a goal of planetary scientists since the early days of the space age." In _____10____, a telescope will look at the first galaxies that formed in the universe. 二、用所给词的正确形式填空。 Astronomers ___________________ (predict) 2021 will be great for space exploration. More organisations are