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2023年高考英语新热点时文阅读-历史故事
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阅读理解
讲述了电影《阿波罗13号》背后真实发生在太空的生死逃亡的故事。
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阅读理解
讲述了达尔文的两本笔记本在剑桥大学图书馆被盗,在失踪20年后又再现图书馆的故事。
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阅读理解
讲述了梁思成和林徽因夫妇为保护中国古建筑而做出的努力,他们的努力提高了公众保护历史建筑的意识。
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阅读理解
讲述了“泰迪熊”这一词的由来。
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阅读理解
介绍了人们对富兰克林由著名的雨天放风的实验而发现了电的存在所提出的质疑。
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语法填空
讲述了成语“程门立雪”背后的故事。
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(2022·湖南师大附中高三阶段练习)200,000 miles from Earth, the crew of the third manned mission to the Moon faced an astronaut’s worst nightmare: an explosion on the spacecraft. It’s what happened in the Oscar-winning film Apollo 13, but it’s also a true story.
The lift-off of Apollo 13 took place on 11th April 1970. Two days into the mission, the three-man crew were in big trouble. They had been carrying out routine checks when there was a loud bang. Warning lights were starting to flash. Looking out into space, they could see a trail of gas — the spacecraft was leaking oxygen. They sent out a short message to the scientists back on Earth: “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” At first, they thought that a meteor (