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Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe Section Ⅰ Introduction
& Reading-Pre- reading

It is interesting how NASA chose their astronauts for landing on the moon. They
chose men between the age of twenty and thirty­five. There were about fifty of them.
Many were experienced (有经验的，熟练的) air pilots. Others were scientists with
two or three degrees. NASA telephoned each man they were going to choose and told
him the dangers he might get in. They then asked him if he was willing to betrained
as an astronaut.“How could any man refuse such an exciting job？”
The health and physical conditions of pilots were, of course, very necessary.
Only thosein very good health and physical condition were chosen.
While being trained to be astronauts, they went through many courses. They
studied the star and the moon, and they also studied geology, the science of rocks.
They were all trained to fly in helicopters. These helicopters landed directly down
to give them some experience of the way the spaceship would really land on the moon.
They were also taught the unknown facts about the conditionsin space. They visited
the scientists and engineers who designed the spaceships and rockets. They visited
the factories where the spaceships and rockets were built. They learnt how every
part of a spaceship and its instruments work. They also learnt every detail of the
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ground­control system.
In a word, to be chosen as an astronaut, one must be in good health, well­informed
in science and good at piloting.
Section_ⅠIntroduction & Reading — Pre­reading

[原文呈现]
Space: the Final Frontier
Part 1
Ever since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon back on 21st July, 1969，
people have become accustomed to the idea of space travel. Millions of people
watched that first moon landing on television, their hearts in their mouths, aware
of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was, and what risks had to be taken.
With Armstrong's now famous words：“That's one small step for man, one giant leap
for mankind”， a dream was achieved. All three astronauts made it safely back to
Earth, using a spaceship computer that was much less powerful than the ones used
by the average school students today.
There were several more journeys into space over the next few years but the single
spaceships were very expensive as they could not take off more than once. People
were no longer so enthusiastic about a space travel programme that was costing the
United States $$10 million a day. That was until the arrival of the spaceshuttle
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⑬
⑫
⑨⑩
⑪
⑧
⑦
⑥
⑤
③④
①②
— a spacecraft that could be used for several journeys. The first shuttle flight
⑮
into space was the
Columbia
— launched from the Kennedy Space Centre on 12th April,
1981. The aim of this flight was to test the new shuttle system, to go safely up
into orbit and to return to the Earth for a safe landing. It was a success and a
little more than a decade after
Apollo
11's historic voyage, the
Columbia
made a
safe, controlled, aeroplane­style landing in California. This was the start of a
new age of space travel.
[读文清障]
①set foot onin 踏上，进入进到(某处)
②Ever since ...是时间状语从句，主句通常用现在完成时。
③accustomedə'kʌstəmd
adj
.习惯的
becomebe accustomed to 习惯于(注意to为介词)
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⑲
⑱
⑰
⑯

④millions of 数以百万计的(表泛指)
如果million 前面有具体数字表示确指，则million不能用复数，后面也不加of。
⑤aware
adj
.意识到的；知道的
bebecome aware of 知道；意识到
⑥risk
n
. &
v
．危险，风险；使(某人自己)面临危险
takerun risksa risk 冒险
risk doing ... 冒险做……
⑦giant
adj
.巨大的
⑧using a spaceship computer that ... 是现在分词短语作方式状语。该状语中
that ...部分是that引导的定语从句，修饰a spaceship computer。该定语从句中，used
by ...是过去分词短语作定语，修饰the ones。
⑨as they could not take off more than once 是原因状语从句。
⑩take off 起飞；脱掉；成功
take on 雇用，聘用；呈现，具有
⑪once
n
．一次
adv
.曾经
conj
.一旦(引导条件状语从句)
⑫be enthusiastic about 对……很热情热心
⑬that was costing the United States $$10 million a day 是定语从句，修饰a space
travel programme。
⑭shuttle'ʃʌtl
n
.航天飞机
⑮that could be used for several journeys 是定语从句，修饰a spacecraft。
⑯launched from ... 为过去分词短语作后置定语。
⑰to test ..., to go safely up ..., to return ...是三个动词不定式短语作表语。
⑱historichI'stɒrIk
adj
.历史性的，有重大历史意义的
historical
adj
.(有关)历史的
⑲age
n
．时期，时代；年龄
a new age of ……的新纪元
太空：最后的疆域
第一部分
[第1～2段译文]
自从尼尔·阿姆斯特朗 在1969年7月21日首次踏上月球以来，人们对太空旅行这一概
念已经非常熟悉。数以百万计的人们 从电视上观看了首次登月，他们的心提到了嗓子眼，因
为他们知道这次冒险是多么艰难和危险，以及要冒 什么风险。伴随着阿姆斯特朗那句如今已
经非常有名的话：“这是一个人的一小步，但是整个人类的一大 步”，一个梦想实现了。三
位宇航员都顺利返回地球，他们当年使用的计算机远不及现在普通学生使用的 电脑高级。
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在接下来的几年里，又有几艘宇宙飞船进入太空，但 是单程宇宙飞船非常昂贵，因为它
们只能被使用一次。人们对每天要花掉美国1 000万美元的太空旅 行计划不再那么热衷了。
这种情况一直持续到航天飞机的出现——那是一种可以被用来进行多次旅行的航 天器。第一
个到达太空的航天飞机是“哥伦比亚号”——于1981年4月12日发射于肯尼迪航天中心 。
这次飞行的目的是测试这种新的飞行器，看其是否能够安全进入轨道、返回地球并且安全着
陆 。距离“阿波罗11号”历史性的飞行仅仅十年多的时间，这次航行取得了成功，“哥伦
比亚号”在控制 下以飞机着陆的方式安全地返回了加利福尼亚。这次飞行开辟了宇宙航行的
新纪元。
By the time the
Challenger
took off in 1986, the world seemed to have lost its
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achievement of people going up
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into space
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. But fear and wonder at the amazing○○○
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in to this was going to be a special flight and so millions of people tuned○
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the take­off on TV○
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. An ordinary teacher, Christa McAuliffe, 37, who was witness
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○
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， was to be the first civilian in space. She was going married with two children○
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from space. The first was to show the controls to give two fifteen­minute lessons○
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. The second was to describe the of the spacecraft and explain how gravity worked
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○
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a sense of aims of the
Challenger
space programme. Christa hoped to communicate
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○
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new interest in the space programme. excitement and create○
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，
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as
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Sadly○ she never came back to her classroom again, ○the shuttle exploded
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○
just over a minute after taking off in Florida and all seven astronauts were killed.
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— maybe they assumed
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this space flight would be The world was in shock○○
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an aeroplane. But how wrong they were — in one no more dangerous than getting on○
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fear moment excitement and success turned into○and disaster. It was the worst space
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， “When accident ever. As one Russian said at the time○something like this happens
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Americans. We are just human beings who have the same we are neither Russians nor
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○
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.” feelings
4
○
⑳by the time“到……时候”，引导时间状语从句。
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amazing
adj
.惊人的，令人吃惊的 ○
amaze
v
．使吃惊；amazed
adj
.吃惊的，惊奇的；
amazement
n
．惊愕，惊异
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go up 上升 ○
23
people going up into space 是动名词复合结构，作of的宾语。 ○
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tunetjuːn
v
.收看(电视)；收听(广播) ○
tune in (to sth.)收听(收音机广播节目)；收看(电视节目)
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witness'wItnəs
v
.目 击，亲眼看见；亲身经历 ○
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to witness the take­off on TV是动词不定式短语作目的状语。 ○
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who was married with two children 是非限制性定语从句。 ○
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give lessons 上课，讲课 ○
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work
v
．此处意为“起作用”。 ○
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communicate
vt
.传达，传递；沟通，交流 ○
communicate ... to ... 把……传递给……
communicate ... with ... 与……交流……
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create
vt
.创造，设计；引起，产生 ○
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sadly
adv
.可悲地，难过地 ○
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as the shuttle exploded ... 是原因状语从句。 ○
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explode
v
．爆炸，爆破 ○
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shock
n
．震惊 ○
in shock＝in surprise 处于极度震惊状态
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assumeə'sjuːm
v
.假定，假设 ○
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get on 上车(船、飞机等) ○
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turn into 转变为 ○
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As one Russian said at the time 是非限制性定语从句。 ○
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neither ... nor ... 既不……也不…… ○
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who have the same ... 是定语从句，修饰human beings。 ○
[第3～5段译文]
到1986年“挑战者号”起飞之前，人们似乎已经 沉醉于人类走进太空这一巨大成就而
忘记了恐惧，也失去了好奇心，但是这次将是一次特殊的飞行，因此 数百万人打开了电视来
一睹这次起飞。一位37岁的普通教师克里斯塔·麦奥里菲将要成为第一位进入太 空的普通
公民，她已经结婚并有两个孩子。她将在太空中上两节15分钟的课。第一节课将展示怎么操纵太空器并且解释重力如何作用。第二节课将描述“挑战者号”太空计划的目的。克里斯
塔希望能 传递此项目的兴奋感并引起人们对太空旅行计划的新兴趣。
可悲的是，她再也没有回到她的教室，因为 航天飞机在佛罗里达起飞一分多钟后就爆炸
了，七名宇航员全部遇难。
全世界都震惊了——也 许他们原本都认为这次太空飞行跟乘坐飞机一样没有什么危险。
但是他们都大错特错了——一刹那间，兴 奋和成功就变成了恐惧和灾难。这是有史以来最为
严重的太空事故。正如当时一位苏联人所说：“当这样 的事情发生的时候，我们不再有美国
人或者苏联人之分，我们的感觉是相同的。”
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Part 2
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. I can remember that day so clearly, watching the take­off on TV at school○
There was an ordinary teacher on the
Challenger,
and we were all very excited. We
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waiting for
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the launch. We had seen the smiling faces didn't have much patience○○
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as they stepped into
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the shuttle. Then, of the astronauts waving to the world○○
little more than a minute after take­off, we saw a strange red and orange light in
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. the sky, followed by a cloud of white smoke
4
○The
Challenger
had exploded in mid­air
and we all started screaming.
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happened so quickly and everyone was in a state of shock○
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. Like every It○
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must be the best job schoolboy I had thought thatgoing into space as an astronaut
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○
in the world. When I heard, a few weeks later, that the bodies of the astronauts
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the ocean, and even the teacher's lesson plans had been found at the bottom of
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○
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it at all○
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. In spite of○
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all our advanced
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I was not so sure it was worth○○
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its voyage into technology, the world is still only at the very beginning of
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○
2
watching the take­off on TV at school 是现在分词短语作状语。 space.,
4
○
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p atience'peIʃ○ns
n
.耐心
have patience (in) doing sth. 做某事有耐心
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wait for 等待 ○
be waiting 准备妥；在手边；可得到
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seen the smiling faces of ...是“see＋宾语＋宾补”结构。waving to the world○
是现在分词短语作宾语补足语。
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step into 进入，步入 ○
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followed by a cloud of white smoke是过去分词短语作伴随状语。 ○
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it指代上文“挑战者号”在半空中爆炸这件事。 ○
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in a state of ...＝in a ... state 处于一种……的状态状况 ○
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动名词短语going into space as an astronaut作主语。 ○
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at the bottom of 在……的底部 ○
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worth
adj
.值……的 ○
be worth doing 值得做
53
not ... at all 根本不，一点儿也不 ○
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in spite of 不管 ○
in spite of＝despite
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advancedəd'vɑːnst
ad j
.高级的，先进的 ○
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at the very beginning of 在……一开始的时候 ○
第二部分
我能够清楚地记得那天在学校通过电视观看“挑战者号”起 飞的情景。我们都很兴奋，
因为有一位普通的老师也在航天飞机上。我们迫不及待地等待着航天飞机的发 射。当宇
航员进入航天飞机的时候，我们看见他们满脸笑容地向人们挥手致意。然后，就在起飞一分钟多一点，我们看到了空中一种奇怪的红色和橘色的光芒，接着就是一团白烟。“挑战者号”
在半空 爆炸了，我们都开始尖叫起来。
事情发生得太突然了，人们都惊呆了。和其他男生一样，我原本以为作 为一名宇航员进
入太空一定是世界上最好的工作。几个星期后，当我听说那几位宇航员的遗体以及那位老 师
的教案在大洋底部被找到的时候，我不再肯定这一切是值得的。即便我们掌握了现在的全部
先 进技术，我们这个世界依然只是处于太空旅行的起步阶段。


Pre­reading


Please match the words with their proper meanings.
1．witness A．not elementary
2．burst
suffering without complaining
3．accustomed C．to take as true before there is proof
4．assume D．in the habit of; used to
B．ability to accept delay, annoyance or
5．patience E．to explode; to break open or apart
6．advanced F．to see sth. happen (typically a crime or an accident)
1～6 ____________
答案：1～6 FEDCBA
Lead­in
Look at the following pictures and say who they are.

1．_____________________________ ___________________________________________
2． __________________________________________________ ______________________
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3．____ __________________________________________________ __________________
4．_________________________ _______________________________________________
参考答案：
1．American Neil Armstrong is the first man to set foot on the moon.
2．Russian Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space.
3．Yang Liwei is the first Chinese astronaut.
4．Liu Yang is the first Chinese woman astronaut.

While­reading
Fast­reading
Skim the passage and match the parts with their main ideas.
Part 1
Para.1
the

Para.2
Paras.3～5
Part 2
答案：Part 1～Part 2 CDBA
Careful­reading
Choose the best answers according to the passage.
1．The first man stepped on the moon in ________.
A．spring
C．autumn
B．summer
D．winter
A．the writer's witness of the explosion of
Challenger

B．the explosion of the
Challenger

C．the first Moon landing
D．the first shuttle flight into space
2．The start of a new age of space travel is ________.
A．the success of the
Challenger

B．the success of the
Columbia

C．the
Apollo
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D．the
Pioneer
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3．How many people were there in the
Challenger?

A．3.
C．7.
B．6.
D．9.
4．What's the general idea of this text?
A．The final frontier.
B．Space journey and its enormous cost.
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C．The shuttle.
D．The danger of space journey.
5．From this passage we can infer that ________.
A．space flight was still dangerous
B．space flight was safe
C．no one wanted to travel into space again
D．the space isn't worth exploring
答案：1～5 BBCBA
Study­reading
Analyze the following difficult sentences in the passage.
1．Millions of people watched that first moon landing on television, their hearts
in their mouths, aware of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was, and what
risks had to be taken.
[句式分析]

[尝试翻译] 数以百万计的人们从电视上观看了首 次登月，他们的心提到了嗓子眼，因
为他们知道这次冒险是多么艰难和危险，以及要冒什么风险。

2．All three astronauts made it safely back to Earth, using a spaceship computer
that was much less powerful than the ones used by the average school students today.
[句式分析] 本句是一个复合句；主句是All three astronauts made it safely back
to Earth; using a spaceship computer ...是现在分词短语作状语，a spaceship computer
后面是that引导的定语从句，其中used by the average school students today修饰the
ones。
[尝试翻译] 三位宇航员都顺利返回地球，他们当年使用的计算机远不及现在普通学生
使用的电脑高级。
3．When I heard, a few weeks later, that the bodies of the astronauts and even
the teacher's lesson plans had been found at the bottom of the ocean, I was not so
sure it was worth it at all.
[句式分析] 本句是一个复合句。主句是I was not so sure，其中sure后跟宾语从
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句；when引导时间 状语从句，其中that引导的宾语从句作动词heard的宾语。
[尝试翻译] 几个星期后，当我 听说那几位宇航员的遗体以及那位老师的教案在大洋底
部被找到的时候，我不再肯定这一切是值得的。

Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
A home science experiment recently took_the_world_by_storm. Two teens from
Toronto, in Canada, sent a Lego man rising above the Earth and captured their tiny
astronaut's trip on film.
Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, both 17, used a weather balloon to launch their
plastic lego model 16 miles above the Earth. This is inside a part of Earth's
atmosphere.
The two teens were inspired by a similar project performed by students at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The MIT students had launched a weather
balloon with a camera into near space and taken many unusual images of the Earth.
Mathew and Asad then spent four months figuring out how to launch their own spacecraft
into the space.
Traveling to space is expensive for NASA, but Mathew and Asad worked hard to
keep their costs down. They bought much of their equipment used and even sewed the
Lego man's parachute (降落伞) by hand. In total, the project cost only $$400.
“We had a lot of anxiety on launch day because there were high winds when we
were going up，” Mathew told reporters. They had to pump extra helium (氦) into
the balloon so that it would rise quickly and avoid being blown too far off course
by the strong winds.
The toy astronaut's journey lasted 97 minutes before the balloon broke and he
fell back to Earth. Mathew and Asad then spent two weekends looking for their
spacecraft. It had landed 76 miles away from the launch site.
The student scientists are currently finishing up their final year of high school
and applying for colleges. They are also looking into more do­it­yourself space
projects.
“I guess the sky is not really the limit anymore，” Mathew told reporters.
“We never knew we'd get this far. It's been a lesson for us that hard work pays
off.”
语篇解读：本文主要介绍了两个青少年利用气象气球把他们的玩具乐高人送到太空的过
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程和结果。
1．By saying “took the world by storm” in the first paragraph, the writer meant
the experiment ________.
A．destroyed the world
B．flooded the world
C．fascinated the world
D．managed the world
解析：选C 词义猜测题。 根据第一段的第二句话可知两个青少年把一个玩具乐高人送
入了太空，并把过程拍了下来，因此作者想要 表达的是这个试验吸引了世人的目光。
2．Which of the following about the students at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) is right?
A．They were examples for Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad.
B．They helped Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad to achieve dream.
C．They launched weather balloon together with Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad.
D．They studied with Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad in the same school.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据文章第三段的第一句话可知选A。
3．How did Mathew and Asad keep their costs down?
A．By sewing the weather balloon themselves.
B．By borrowing spacecraft from the MIT students.
C．By making their spacecraft by hand.
D．By using second­hand equipment.
解析：选D 细节理解题。结合文章第四段的第二句话可知他们使用二手的设备来节省
费用。
4．What problems did Mathew and Asad have on launch day?
A．They ran out of helium.
B．The wind was too strong.
C．The balloon suddenly broke.
D．Their spacecraft was blown away.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据文章第五段中的“We had a lot of anxiety on launch
day because there were high winds when we were going up”可知，在他们进行发射的
那天遇到的问题是风比较大。
B
Hi there, 2060!
Children are the future. In 2060, today's children will be parents, grandparents
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and possibly even great­grand parents.
Those still alive in Valdosta, Georgia in 2060 will be able to share a part of
their youth with the youth of the day, when the city's time capsule (时间胶囊) is
dug up in Drexel Park.
Students from the Valdosta City School System have had a hand in collecting
information that will be placed in the time capsule.
Kindergarten to the second grade studied transportation. Third through fifth
graders looked at the technology of today. Sixth through eighth focused on (关注)
music and entertainment. Ninth through 12th graders went to work on fashion and food.
Students were asked to make a scrapbook page recording their specific (特定
的) area.
The high school pages are a wonder of color and design.
Many students detail (详述) the food of the moment. Susanna Sin, 16, includes
the local restaurants.
“People will want to know what was here, and maybe it will be here then，”
said Sin, an 11th grader.
Sin doubts that much will change in 50 years. Teenagers will still want to hang
out with friends, and people will still be searching for the things that make them
happy, she said.
Education, however, will be completely different, she added. Technology will
be even more important in the lives of students in 2060.
Katherine Wakeley, 16, said the scrapbook will give the people of 2060 a chance
to see what was popular in 2010, especially where fashion is concerned (相关的)．
“Skinny jeans and rips in your pants are the biggest things，” Wakeley said.
The hugely popular
Glee
television show, as well as teenage superstars Miley
Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers, is also mentioned in the scrapbook.
Though fashion, music and movies will change, Wakeley doesn't believe that
Valdosta will ever let go of its greatest passion — football.
“It'll still be here，” Wakeley said.
All the students said it would be interesting to see the capsule opened, but
the teenage dream of escaping the hometown stopped them from saying they would be
here to see it in 2060.
But “it would be cool to see them open it，” Greenhaw said.
语篇解读：Valdosta的学生 们被安排搜集2010年各种各样的信息，将这些信息存入时
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间胶囊，到2060年那些仍在Valdosta生活的人将有机会看到胶囊的打开。
5．What is the article mainly about?
A．What today's youth want to share with the young people of the future.
B．The possible changes in Valdosta over the next 50 years.
C．The most popular things for children in Valdosta in 2010.
D．Children in Valdosta collecting information for a time capsule.
解析：选D 主旨大意题。文章主要讲了Valdosta的学生搜集信息，将2010年一些信
息存入时间胶囊。
6．Which of the following pieces of information has been chosen for the time
capsule?
A．Baggy jeans.
C．The Jonas Brothers.
B．Famous hotels.
D．Best US inventions in 2010.
解析：选C 细节理解题。从倒数第五段可知，剪贴簿上有
Glee
television show以
及Miley Cyrus和Jonas Brothers，A、B、D三项并非要存入时间胶囊的内容。
7．According to the article, what may be unchanged in 2060?
A．The dream of escaping hometown.
B．The passion for football.
C．The lifestyle of the city.
D．Education.
解析：选B 推理判断题。从倒数第四段可知，尽管 Valdosta的时尚、音乐和电影会
变，但对足球的酷爱不会变。
8．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A．Sin believes that much will change over the next 50 years.
B．People are more interested in knowing what life will be like in 50 years'
time than in the past.
C．Different grades have been set the tasks of finding different kinds of
information.
D．Most students have promised to come back for the 2060 opening of the capsule.
解析：选C 细节理解题。从第九段第一句可知A 项错；B、D两项文中没有提及；从文
中第四段可知，不同年级的学生都被安排了搜集信息的任务，由此 可知应选C项。
C
Everyone who participates in holiday activities has traditions, which involve
a holiday meal, helping the needy, the practicing of faith, the lighting of candles,
and much more. As is well known, holiday traditions play an important role in the
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lives of children. Here are some of the primary benefits of holiday traditions for
children.
Firstly, holiday traditions create stability. Although children often seek out
novelties — such as the newest video game or movie — they also desire stability
in their lives. This is especially the case for teens, who are experiencing rapid
and often confusing changes in their social, emotional and physical world. Holiday
traditions serve as touchstones that the family returns to year after year, no matter
what happens. This helps developing children feel secure, in spite of all the
shifting that is occurring within and around them.
Secondly, holiday traditions help children feel useful. From about 5 to 11 years
of age, children struggle to believe that they can be useful and successful at a
variety of activities. Holiday traditions typically involve clear roles and
responsibilities for each family member, from the youngest to the oldest. For
instance, a kid may be tasked with picking out the candy that will be given out on
Halloween or helping to make cookies for Christmas. In successfully completing their
holiday­related tasks children get to naturally work on their sense of industry,
and therefore develop their personalities.
Finally, holiday traditions convey important cultural values. For one, the
values of the larger group are passed along. For example, the celebration of
Thanksgiving centers around American values. At the same time, holiday traditions
pass clear messages about what the particular family values. For instance, if the
family tradition helps out at a soup kitchen every Thanksgiving, the importance of
community involvement is strongly communicated.
语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。作者从三个方面论证了节日传统对孩子的 益处：节日传
统可以创造稳定，帮助孩子培养性格以及传达重要的文化价值观。
9．What would be the best title for his passage?
A．Why Children Need Holiday Traditions
B．How Holiday Traditions Benefit Parents
C．Holiday Traditions Create Stability
D．What Holiday Traditions Involve
解析：选A 标题归纳题。根据全文内容特别是第一段最后一 句可知，本文主要论述节
日传统带给孩子们的益处，也就是孩子们需要节日传统的原因，故选A项。
10．What do holiday traditions include?
a．a holiday meal
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b．helping the needy
c．going to school
d．the lighting of candles
e．the practicing of faith
A．a, b, c, d
C．a, c, d, e
B．b, c, d, e
D．a, b, d, e
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知，节日传统包括 节日宴会、帮助贫民、
信仰履行、点燃蜡烛等，故选D项。
11．Which of the following best describes the author's attitude to holiday
traditions?
A．Curious.
C．Negative.
B．Approving.
D．Doubtful.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据文中“play an important role”“create
stability”“help children feel useful”“convey important cultural values”等短
语及文章内容可推知作者对节日传统持支持态度，故选B项。
12．To develop our kids' personalities, we should ________.
A．not let them do hard work
B．let them eat at a soup kitchen
C．give them holiday­related tasks
D．create as much stability as possible
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知， 给孩子分配一些与节日有关的任
务有助于他们培养勤奋感与发展他们的性格，故选C项。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
How to face changes in your life
Whether it is ending a relationship with your best friend or losing your job
or something that did not happen as you expected, adapting to such a change can be
very difficult. However, changes can help you become a stronger person. __1__ Changes
often take place unexpectedly, so how to deal with them is of great importance. Here
are some amazing tips that will help you face any kind of change in your life：
Be ready for change. Things like job loss, the breakup of a relationship or death
can happen quite suddenly. Accepting the change can be very difficult if you are
not ready for it. __2__ For instance, you should be prepared with choices like what
can be your future job plans if you lose your current job.
Have an accepting mind. A person very close to you may die and you may suffer
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from a terrible setback if you do not have an accepting mind. When you are ready
to accept any kind of change in your life, you will never get bogged down (陷入
困境). It may take you some time to adapt to the new change. __3__
Spend some time alone. When you are alone, you can ask a few questions to yourself
like “What steps can I take in the worst possible situation？” Such type of
questions will let you face unexpected situations with less stress and confidence.
__4__ Considering the worst­case situation, you can think of strategies like looking
for another job.
__5__ Change causes stress, and stress can be harmful to your health. So whether
you think you have the energy or not, take positive action. Get 8 hours of sleep,
eat well and exercise every day to burn off some of the stress.
A．Protect your health.
B．Be aware of possible signs.
C．They can also help you know how brave you are.
D．However, as time goes by, life will become normal.
E．So you should be prepared for various situations in life.
F．You may lose your job or your performance may not be impressive.
G．But the truth is that that kind of change, or loss, can lead to something
better.
答案：1～5 CEDFA

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