Zhu Yangzhu is the spaceflight engineer for the Shenzhou XVI task. He has loved the blue sky and flying ________ he was a boy.
When he was a middle school student, Zhu often did physical exercises about flying. Because of his ________ grades, Zhu could enter the College of Aerospace (航空航天) Science and Engineering in Changsha in the summer of 2005. And he ________ there for the following years. During studying, Zhu made great ________ and finished his high school life from the university with a doctor’s degree.
In the summer of 2018, Zhu heard about the news about China’s astronauts. He ________ to have a try to become an astronaut. In September 2020, Zhu was ________ chosen as one of the country’s third group of 18 astronauts, including six other flight engineers.
However, for an engineer who had no air flight ________, the astronaut training tasks presented a real test. For example, astronauts had to ________ for three days and three nights in a closed room, during which they had to do many tests on a computer. That ________ a lot of hard work. He not only completed the hard training himself, but also played a(n) ________ role in relaxing the team and helping others in his team.
Last year, all his hard work paid off when he was chosen to carry out the Shenzhou-16 task.
11. A.unless | B.since | C.though | D.because |
12. 13. A.taught | B.volunteered | C.toured | D.remained |
14. A.progress | B.change | C.wealth | D.development |
15. A.decided | B.refused | C.continued | D.agreed |
16. A.slowly | B.finally | C.simply | D.quietly |
17. A.achievement | B.feeling | C.experience | D.ability |
18. A.pay back | B.lie down | C.hang out | D.stay up |
19. A.wasted | B.saved | C.required | D.advised |
20. A.dangerous | B.important | C.lovely | D.friendly |