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It’s 1:30 am in Kenya’s populated north, and 50 people are lying on their backs on the shore of a dried-up river, staring up at the night sky. These stargazers have travelled 250 miles to Samburu to _________ the Perseid meteor shower(英仙座流星雨). They are not _________: Every few minutes, arrows of light shoot _________ the sky like silent fireworks.

The Star Safari is organized by a Kenyan astronomer(天文学家), Susan Murabana, who has brought a 50 kg, 170 cm-long _________to allow the group to view Mars and deep-sky objects. But here in Samburu, where _________ pollution is minimal, the Perseid meteors — visible with the naked eye (裸眼) — _________ all the right boxes.

Every two months, Murabana and her husband put their equipment on to the _________ of their truck and _________ to rural communities, where they help up to 300 children to view the planets and learn about constellations(星座) and the _________ of astronomy. Her primary mission is to give __________ an opportunity that she wishes had been available to her.

“There is a common misconception in Kenya that astronomy in general is hard, boring, and only for boys,” she adds. “I’d like to __________ young ladies that it’s not right and that they, too, can become astronomers,” says Murabana.

“When I started this work, I was a lone ranger and I wanted to change that.” She says. __________by a similar outreach activity, which lighted her __________ for astronomy in her early 20s, Murabana set up her own outreach program after her online master’s degree in astronomy in 2011.

She __________ Dr Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, as a role model. “I hope that one day, those small actions can make a butterfly effect that __________ the first African woman in space.”

1.
A.witnessB.protectC.sweepD.search
2.
A.surprisedB.satisfiedC.disappointedD.sorrowed
3.
A.acrossB.intoC.towardD.throughout
4.
A.helicopterB.telescopeC.cellphoneD.camera
5.
A.waterB.lightC.soundD.soil
6.
A.tickB.kickC.stickD.pick
7.
A.wheelB.roofC.mirrorD.window
8.
A.set upB.set downC.set backD.set off
9.
A.harmsB.papersC.ruinsD.basics
10.
A.kidsB.guysC.girlsD.teenagers
11.
A.warnB.teachC.begD.realize
12.
A.PromotedB.ComfortedC.MovedD.Inspired
13.
A.passionB.imaginationC.impressionD.depression
14.
A.referredB.recommendedC.regardedD.requested
15.
A.attractsB.preservesC.challengesD.produces

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