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话题读写进阶训练·英语
主题群9 宇宙探索 (基础篇3篇+提高篇2篇)
话题角度:介绍地球奥秘、星球星系、航空航天的新进展和为航空航天事业做出贡献的人等
基础篇
Passage1(2022重庆A
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【读前预先练】
1.countless(adj.)
2.pioneers(n.)
3.imagination(n.)
4.datebackto爥
5.lantern(n.)
6.drive爥away
7.treetop(n.)
8.altitude(n.)
①Sincethefirstmanlookedupattheflyingbirds,countlesssuccesseshavebeenachievedonthe
wayuptothesky.Fromthestonesthrownintotheairtoairshipsofalkinds,pioneersofhumans
neverfailedtolettheirimaginationrunwild.
②Storiesofpioneersgobacktocenturiesago.
③KiteflyinginChinadatesbacktothe5thcenturyBCandisthoughttobetheearliestexample
ofmanmadeflight.
④Fromthe3rdcenturyBC,theskylanternwasknowninChina.Manypeoplebelievethatitwas
inventedbyZhugeLianginthewar.Somesayhewroteamessageonaskylanternforhelp,while
othersbelieveskylanternswereusedtodrivetheenemiesaway.
⑤Whicheveristrue,humanshaveneverstopped,andtheyneverwil.Inmoderntimes,new
fieldsarebeingexplored.
⑥In1993,theworldslargesthotairairshipwasbuilt.TheAS300cariedanunderslungraft
(悬挂式木筏).ItalowedateamofFrenchscientiststocaryouttheirtreetopresearcheswithouttoo
muchharmtotherainforest.
⑦OnMay15,2022,Chinesescientistssentupthelatestmodelof“JimuNo.1”,Chinasself
developedairship,tocolectweatherinformationontheQinghaiTibetPlateau.
⑧Theairshipwouldworkataworldrecordaltitudeof9,032meters.Itwasthefirsttimean
airshipofitssizehadreachedthisheight,evenhigherthanthatofthe8,849metertalMount
Qomolangma,thehighestmountainintheworld.
( )1.Accordingtothepassage,welearn .
A.ZhugeLiangwasbelievedtoinventkites
B.skylanternswereusedjustforfuninChina
C.kiteflyinginChinadatesbacktothe5thcenturyBC
D.skylanternswereknowninChinabeforethe3rdcenturyBC
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话题读写进阶训练·英语
( )2.BoththeAS300andthelatestmodelof“JimuNo.1”areairshipswhich .
A.wereharmfultotheforest B.brokeaworldrecordeach
C.reachedthehighestmountain D.