Unit6 Space and beyond词汇专项提升训练（含答案）2026-2027学年高中英语外研版选择性必修第四册

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外研版高中英语选择性必修第四册

Unit6 Space and beyond词汇专项提升训练

一、重点单词词性转换

space (n.) 太空 → ________ (adj.) 宽敞的 → ________ (n.) 宽敞
universe (n.) 宇宙 → ________ (adj.) 普遍的 → ________ (adv.) 普遍地
planet (n.) 行星 → ________ (adj.) 行星的 → ________ (n.) 天文馆
astronomy (n.) 天文学 → ________ (n.) 天文学家 → ________ (adj.) 天文的
gravitation (n.) 引力 → ________ (n.) 重力 → ________ (adj.) 重力的
technology (n.) 技术 → ________ (adj.) 技术的 → ________ (adv.) 技术上
discover (v.) 发现 → ________ (n.) 发现 → ________ (n.) 发现者
weigh (v.) 重 → ________ (n.) 重量 → ________ (adj.) 失重的
radiate (v.) 辐射 → ________ (n.) 辐射 → ________ (adj.) 放射性的
explore (v.) 探索 → ________ (n.) 探索 → ________ (n.) 探索者
science (n.) 科学 → ________ (adj.) 科学的 → ________ (n.) 科学家
observe (v.) 观察 → ________ (n.) 观察 → ________ (n.) 天文台
distant (adj.) 遥远的 → ________ (n.) 距离 → ________ (adv.) 遥远地
sun (n.) 太阳 → ________ (adj.) 太阳的 → ________ (n.) 阳光
transmit (v.) 传送 → ________ (n.) 传送 → ________ (n.) 发射机
precise (adj.) 精确的 → ________ (n.) 精确 → ________ (adv.) 精确地
colonise (v.) 殖民 → ________ (n.) 殖民地 → ________ (n.) 殖民者
sphere (n.) 球体 → ________ (n.) 大气层 → ________ (adj.) 球形的
explode (v.) 爆炸 → ________ (n.) 爆炸 → ________ (adj.) 爆炸性的
fail (v.) 失败 → ________ (n.) 失败 → ________ (adj.) 失败的
succeed (v.) 成功 → ________ (n.) 成功 → ________ (adj.) 成功的
globe (n.) 地球 → ________ (adj.) 全球的 → ________ (adv.) 全球地

二、根据括号里单词的正确形式填空

On a hot July morning in 1969, a rocket was ________ (launch) from a pad in Florida, carrying three men who would reach the moon four days later.
For more than twenty years the station has been ________ (orbit) the earth, circling the planet sixteen times every day at a speed of 28,000 kilometres an hour.

The ________ (gravity) pull of the moon is only a sixth of that on earth, which is why the astronauts could jump almost two metres in their heavy suits.
At the surface of Mars the ________ (atmosphere) pressure is less than one per cent of that on earth, so a single crack in a suit would be fatal within seconds.
After three days in space the crew felt completely ________ (weigh), and their muscles had already begun to weaken in the absence of any resistance.
Cosmic ________ (radiate) is one of the greatest dangers of a long flight to Mars, since there is no magnetic field to protect the crew.
For two years ________ (technology) problems delayed the mission, and they were solved only after a young engineer suggested a completely new design.
The ________ (discover) of water ice near the poles changed every plan for a permanent base, because fuel and drinking water could be made on the spot.
Six ________ (mission) have landed on Mars since 1976, yet no human being has set foot on its surface, and none is likely to before 2040.
Scientists once believed that a self-supporting ________ (colony) on Mars would be possible by 2050, but the cost has proved far greater than expected.
The film imagines a world in which ________ (alien) have lived among us for centuries, unnoticed, and the government has always known the truth.
More than six thousand ________ (satellite) now circle the earth, and astronomers complain that their light is ruining photographs of galaxies that would otherwise be visible.
The first ________ (telescope), which were no more powerful than a pair of modern binoculars, revealed mountains on the moon and four moons around Jupiter, and changed astronomy for ever.
Two ________ (probe) were sent to the edge of the solar system in 1977, and both are still transmitting faint signals today, more than forty years later.
The ________ (astronaut) spent six hours outside the station repairing a broken antenna, while the earth turned beneath them and night came every ninety minutes.
The laws of physics appear to be ________ (universe), which is why astronomers can study a galaxy ten billion light years away with equipment built in a laboratory on earth.
The study of ________ (planet) atmospheres began only when satellites could be sent close enough to measure them directly, which took another thirty years.
Inside the station the living quarters are surprisingly ________ (space), with a large window through which the crew can watch the earth pass below.

The most ________ (distance) object ever seen by a telescope is a galaxy whose light left it more than thirteen billion years ago.
Landing a probe on a comet requires ________ (precision) calculation, since a mistake of one second would send it millions of kilometres off course.
The ________ (explode) that destroyed the fuel tank in 1986 was traced to a single faulty seal, which engineers had warned about four years earlier.
The ________ (transmit) of pictures from Mars takes between four and twenty-four minutes, which means the team can never steer the vehicle in real time.
His ________ (observe) of the moon, made with a homemade telescope in 1610, contradicted everything that the universities taught, and he was warned to stop.
Space ________ (explore) has produced medicines, materials and satellite systems that we now use every day, though few people connect them with rockets.
The ________ (science) value of the mission lay not in the photographs but in the samples of rock, which are still being analysed today.
The ________ (fail) of the first two rockets was blamed on the engines, but the real problem, as the inquiry later showed, was the quality of the fuel.
The capsule landed ________ (success) in the Kazakh steppe on 24 April, three hundred kilometres from the spot where it was expected, yet all three men walked out unhurt.
The ________ (orbit) period of the satellite is exactly ninety minutes, which means it passes over the same point on earth four times a day.
________ (globe) communication depends on satellites, and a single failure in orbit can silence television and telephone services across a whole continent, which is a serious risk.
In space, objects have no ________ (weigh) at all, yet their mass is unchanged, which is why moving a heavy box is easy but stopping it is not.

三、根据句子中首字母提示完成合适的单词填空

Launched in 1990, the s________ is still working, though it now sends back pictures of galaxies far fainter than anything it was designed to see.
Once in o________, the spacecraft unfolded its solar panels, which had been folded against its sides throughout the launch and the first eight minutes.
The l________ was delayed four times by bad weather, and when the rocket finally rose in March 2020, half the world was watching online.
Every a________ must learn Russian, because all crews flying to the station use a Russian capsule, whatever country they come from and whatever language they speak at home.

参考答案

一、重点单词词性转换。

spacious; spaciousness
universal; universally
planetary; planetarium
astronomer; astronomical
gravity; gravitational
technological; technologically
discovery; discoverer
weight; weightless
radiation; radioactive
exploration; explorer
scientific; scientist
observation; observatory
distance; distantly
solar; sunshine
transmission; transmitter
precision; precisely
colony; colonist
atmosphere; spherical
explosion; explosive
failure; failed
success; successful
global; globally

二、根据括号里单词的正确形式填空。

launched
orbiting
gravitational
atmospheric
weightless
radiation
technological
discovery
missions
colony
aliens
satellites
telescopes
probes
astronauts
universal
planetary
spacious
distant
precise
explosion
transmission
observations
exploration
scientific
failure
successfully
orbital
Global
weight

三、根据句子中首字母提示完成合适的单词填空。

satellite
orbit
launch
astronaut
gravity
atmosphere
telescope
galaxy
mission
technological
discovery
colony
alien
weightless
radiation
probe
universe
planet
spacecraft
rocket
lunar
solar
observatory
astronomer
capsule
fuel
oxygen
experiment
signal
distance

四、用括号里汉语提示完成单词填空。

space
universe
planet
satellite
orbit
launch
astronaut
spacecraft
gravity
atmosphere
telescope
galaxy
mission
technological
discovery
colony
aliens
weightless
Radiation
probe
rocket
lunar
solar
observatory
astronomer
capsule
fuel
oxygen
experiment
signal
distance
precise
explosion
transmission
observation
exploration
scientist
failure
success
Global