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主题群8 宇宙探索(4篇)
话题角度:地球与宇宙奥秘、星球星系、航天事业发展和为航空航天事业做出贡献的人物等
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【读前预先练】
1.makespacewalks
2.femaleadj.
→ (反义词)男性的
3.footstepsn.(pl.)
4.alongwith
5.spaceflightn
.
Nearly90percentofastronautsaremen. 1 PeggyWhitson,afarmersdaughterfromIowa,
theUS,lookedupatthenightskyandthought“IcangotoNASA(美国宇航局)!”Shehasbecome
a(n) 2 astronaut.
Between2002and2017,Whitsonmade10spacewalksaroundtheInternationalSpaceStation
(ISS).Sheisthefemaleastronautwiththemostspacewalks.
Bornin1960,Whitsonmighthave 3 herparentsfootstepsandbecomeafarmer.But
everything 4 onJuly20,1969.Thatnight,alongwithmilionsofpeoplearoundtheworld,she
watchedasNeilArmstrongandBuzzAldrinbecamethefirstpeopleonthemoon.Althoughshewas
only9,Whitsonwascrazyaboutthe 5 ofgoingtospace.
Sheworkedhardincolegeandgotadoctorateinbiochemistry(生物化学博士学位)fromRice
University.Thenshe 6 NASAasaresearcherin1986.
Whitsonworkedinmany 7 rolesforNASA.For10longyears,herapplications(申请)to
joinNASAsastronautprogramwerealrefused.However,shenever 8 onherdream.Shewas
9 acceptedin1996.In2002,WhitsonhadherfirstspaceflighttotheISS.Andshedid
experimentsandalsomadeherfirstspacewalkthere.
“Ithinkthebiggest 10 thatIcouldgivepeopleistoactualytryandlivebeyondyourdreams
bypushingyourself,chalengingyourselftodothingsalitlebitoutsideofyourcomfortzone(舒适
区),”saidWhitsoninaninterviewwithGuinnesWorldRecords.
( B )1.A.And B.But C.Or D.So
( D )2.A.possible B.common C.similar D.important
( A )3.A.folowed B.believed C.learned D.developed
( C )4.A.started B.prepared C.changed D.arived
( C )5.A.excuse B.reason C.idea D.secret
( B )6.A.organized B.joined C.left D.ended
( B )7.A.strange B.diferent C.simple D.relaxing
( B )8.A.wokeup B.gaveup C.lookedup D.madeup
( A )9.A.finaly B.suddenly C.exactly D.slowly
( A )10.A.advice B.opinion C.problem D.deci