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高一下英语期末复习 Book 3 Unit 4
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SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER
“Are we alone? What’s out there?”Looking up at the stars,people have always wanted to learn more about space and scientists work hard to find answers. They make 1.__________ to carry brave people into space to find out the 2.__________ of the 3.__________. They also really wish to discover other planets that are 4.__________ enough to support life.
Before the mid-20th century, most people felt travelling into space was an impossible dream. However, some scientists were 5.__________ to help humans realise their dream to explore space. After many experiments, they succeeded in making 6.__________ that could escape Earth’s 7.__________. On 4 October 1957, the Sputnik 1 8.__________ was 9.__________ by the USSR and successfully 10.__________ around Earth. 11.__________, the USSR focused on sending people into space, and on 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in the world to go into space. Over eight years later, on 20 July 1969, American 12.__________ Neil Armstrong 13.__________ onto the moon, famously saying, “That’s one small step for [a] man, one 14.__________ 15.__________ for 16.__________.” Following this, many more goals were achieved. For example, America’s NASA space 17.__________ launched Voyager 1 on 5
September 1977 to study deep space, and it still transmits 18.__________ today.
19.__________ scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen. All the astronauts on the USSR’s Soyuz 11 and America’s Challenger died during their 20._______.
These disasters made everyone sad and 21.__________, but the 22.__________ to explore the
universe never died. This is because people believe in the importance of carrying on space exploration 23.__________ the huge risks. An example of this 24.__________ work is the International Space Station. It orbits Earth and has astronauts from different countries on 25.__________, providing a continuous human 26.__________ in sp