①Most people have a place to call home on Earth. What about in outer space? The International Space Station(ISS) became our first “home” in space in 2000. It welcomed its first crew(队) that year, paving the way(铺平道路) for 20 years of future research.
②“You just have this impression that we’re all citizens(公民) of not a country, but of the planet,” former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly told National Geographic about working in ISS. “We’re all in this thing called humanity(人类) together.”
③Over the past 20 years, the ISS has mainly been used as a science lab, hosting 241 people from 19 countries, according to NASA. They have gone on spacewalks, done research on how space affects the human body, and even grown plants in space.
④ ▲ . For example, the station’s water purification(净化) technology has been used in poor areas to provide clean drinking water. The station also helps to warn us of natural disasters(灾难), such as earthquakes.
⑤However, after being our home in space for over 7,000 days, the station is starting to get old. It has leaked(泄漏) air a few times. Scientists think that the station can keep working until 2024. After that, scientists will bring it down to Earth. It is believed that Earth’s atmosphere(大气) will burn up most of the station. Other debris(残骸) will fall into the Pacific Ocean.
⑥In the future, space will be home to more stations like the ISS. NASA is building a space station that is smaller than the ISS near the moon. Also, China will have its own space station up in 2022.
1. What did Scott Kelly feel about his work in space?| A．Comfortable | B．Proud | C．Bored | D．Lonely |
(a. gone on spacewalks b. provide clean water for poor areas c. stopped earthquakes
d. learned how space affects the human body e. grown plants )
| A．abc | B．abd | C．ade | D．bde |
| A．We don’t know why we call the ISS our first “home”. |
| B．The station has also done something good to us on earth. |
| C．You want to know who has visited the ISS over the years. |
| D．People may wonder how scientists live on the station. |
(Para. 1=① Para. 2= ② Para. 3=④ Para. 4=④ Para. 5=⑤ Para. 6=⑥)
| A．①；②③④⑤；⑥ | B．①；②③④；⑤⑥ |
| C．①②；③④；⑤⑥ | D．①②；③④⑤；⑥ |
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【推荐1】Chinese scientists found Changesite-(Y)—the sixth new lunar mineral in moon samples (样品) brought back by the Chang’e 5 lunar probe (探测器) in December 2020. It has become the first lunar mineral found by Chinese scientists, making China the third nation in the world, after the United States and Russia, to have achieved such a success, reported China Daily.
Changesite-(Y) looks crystal clear like a diamond (钻石). But its chemical content (化学组成) is different from any other known mineral. It has a high level of rare earth, reported China Science Daily. Li Ziying, chief scientist of the lunar sample research, said that the finding of this new mineral will help researchers study the history and physical traits (特征) of the moon. The value of the rare earth in it will also be studied.
Besides the new mineral, scientists also measured the content of helium-3 (氦-3) from the Chang’e 5 samples. Helium-3 is a valuable fuel (燃料) that can provide safer nuclear energy (核能). It is not radioactive (放射性的) and would not produce dangerous waste. On Earth, we have only 15 to 20 tons of helium-3 that can be used. But after studying the moon’s soil, scientists said there could be at least 1 million tons of helium-3 on the moon. That’s enough for all people on Earth to have clean energy for 10,000 years!
1. How many kinds of lunar minerals have scientists found so far?| A．One. | B．Three. | C．Six. | D．Seven. |
| A．Its shape. | B．Its history. | C．Its looks. | D．Its size. |
| A．Helium-3 will not produce any waste. | B．Helium-3 on the moon may be radioactive. |
| C．The moon can provide us with enough clean energy. | D．There is enough nuclear energy on the moon for humans. |
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 | Curiosity, NASA’s Mars rover (探测器), recently took the world by surprise. It took a picture of a small “flower” while it was exploring the surface of Mars. Clearly, it’s not an actual flower. But it could be a rock that had been created a long time ago. Back then, the Red Planet possibly had water on its surface. The effort of the rover could help answer the question of whether life ever existed on Mars and understand when Mars might have been most suitable to host life. |
 | Saturn’s (土星) beautiful rings which are made of ice and rocks won’t last forever. Scientists say that they are slowly breaking apart and will totally disappear in about 300 million years. The rings now may be 10 — 100 million years old. According to The Atlantic, 10 tons of “ring matter” fall into Saturn every second. They all get pulled by Saturn’s gravity. Jupiter (木星), Uranus (天王星) and Neptune (海王星) also have ring systems. Saturn has the largest rings, though — the others’ rings aren’t as easy to see, they may have had bigger rings in the past. |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．The two pictures were both taken by NASA’s Mars rover. |
| B．The ring systems of Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune are easy to see. |
| C．There is no doubt that Mars had water on its surface long ago. |
| D．The beautiful rings of Saturn will disappear because of the gravity. |
| A．There is a real flower in the picture. |
| B．The picture was taken by accident. |
| C．The “flower” proves that there were lives existing on Mars. |
| D．The picture will help us have a better understanding of Mars. |
| A．By offering numbers. | B．By asking questions. |
| C．By giving examples. | D．By making comparisons. |
| A．compare Mars with Saturn | B．show the new discoveries of space |
| C．introduce the changes of the two planets | D．encourage us to protect the planet we live |
【推荐3】In the universe, as we know, there is the sun, the moon, the earth and many stars. Through our geography lessons, we know the earth goes round the sun, and the moon goes round the earth. We have day and night because the earth keeps turning all the time. When our part of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night.
Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun. Big things look smaller when they are farther, and small things look bigger when they are nearer.
The sun is bright enough to give out very strong light. The moon can’t give out any light at all, but it looks quite bright too. Why? In fact, the light from the moon comes from the sun. The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But actually(事实上) the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they are farther away from the earth.
There are still many other planets in the universe. All of them move round the sun. But of all these planets, only on the earth are there living things and people can only live on the earth too. At 9:00 am, on October 15th, 2003, Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei was sent into space. He stayed there for 21 hours. It was the first time for Chinese to get into space.
1. We find the sun _______ than the moon because it is _______ to us.| A．bigger; farther | B．smaller; closer |
| C．bigger; closer | D．smaller; farther |
| A．night | B．day | C．evening | D．Sunday |
| A．earth | B．Mars | C．moon | D．sun |
| A．On November 15th, 2002. | B．On October 16th, 2003. |
| C．On May 6th, 2004. | D．On October 15th, 2003. |
【推荐1】Jane is my good friend. She has a big family. Her father is Henry and her mother is Sally, Jessica and John are Henry’s sister and brother. Jessica has one son and John has one daughter. They are all in the family.
Jane has no brother, but she has cousins. They are her good friends, too. Who are Tom and Rosa? They are Jane’s grandfather and grandmother. They are nice to Jane. Oh, a dog is in the family. The dog’s name is Cody.
1. Who is Jane’s uncle?| A．Henry | B．Tom | C．John | D．Cody |
| A．Seven | B．Eight | C．Nine | D．Ten |
| A．Jane has two brothers. | B．Jane has two cousins. |
| C．Tom and Rosa are Jane’s good friends. | D．Sally has no daughter. |
| A．Jane’s parents. | B．Jane’s cousins. |
| C．Jane’s uncle. | D．Jane’s family. |
【推荐2】The Mid-Autumn Festival, also called the Moon Festival or the Mooncake Festival, is the second most important festival in China after the Chinese New Year. It falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. In ancient China, the Mid-Autumn Festival was a celebration of the harvest of rice and fruit. Ceremonies were held both to give thanks for the harvest and to encourage the harvest-giving light to return again in the coming year. It was a little like Thanksgiving. Chinese people celebrated it by worshiping(敬拜) the moon, lighting paper lanterns, eating mooncakes, and etc.
The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of over 3,000 years, derived(起源) from the custom of worshiping the moon in autumn to thank it for the harvest. In the process of historical developments, the Mid-Autumn Festival now has more meanings, the families get together to enjoy the family love and pray(祈祷) for good health and happiness.
Nowadays, people have a day off on Mid-Autumn Day. The roundness of the moon is a symbol of the reunion of the family in Chinese minds, so people usually have dinner at home with family, eat mooncakes together in the beautiful moonlight or visit their relatives’ homes to express their love and best wishes.
1. According to Paragraph 1, which is the most important festival in China?| A．The Chinese New Year. | B．Thanksgiving Day. | C．The Mid-Autumn Festival. |
| A．To admire the beauty of the moon. |
| B．To give thanks for the harvest. |
| C．To enjoy a great meal with family. |
| A．has a very long history in China |
| B．had many meanings from the beginning |
| C．derived from a custom in spring |
| A．the moon becomes so beautiful |
| B．the family get together again |
| C．people had a great harvest |
| A．why people should get together to have a family meal |
| B．what activities Chinese people do on their day off |
| C．an important festival in China—the Mid-Autumn Festival |
【推荐3】The battle against the novel coronavirus is on. What can we do to stay healthy? Here are some tips for you to stay away from the virus.
■ Don’t go to crowded places. If you have to, remember to wear a mask. Stay at least one meter away from other people, especially those who are coughing or sneezing. Wearing masks can stop droplets from hitting your face or mouth.
■ Open windows to let fresh air in during the day. Do it three times a day for 15 minutes to half an hour each time. Keeping the air indoor fresh can stop the virus from building up.
■ Keep healthy habits such as eating a healthy diet, exercising and getting enough sleep. This can improve your immune system.
■ Wash hands correctly before meals, after bathrooms and touching something dirty. Health experts say that hand-washing is necessary to stay away from the virus and suggest soaping up for at least 20 seconds – or the time it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice.
■ Stay in a good mood. People around the world are coming up with more creative ideas about what to sing. In Vietnam, they sing a pop song, “rub, rub, rub your hands”. Singapore has a song called Wash Yo Hands. It has lyrics like “Wash your hands, do it with soap and then you’ll be alright.” What other 20-second songs do you advise to sing?
So please do everything to make sure your safety during this special time.
1. If we go to some places with so many people, what do we need to do?| A．We should always wear a mask. | B．We have to open all the windows. |
| C．We only need to wash hands. | D．We’d better take a taxi not a bus. |
| A．Tony was too worried about the virus to fall asleep at night. |
| B．Mike always washed his hands for half a minute before eating. |
| C．Lingling opened windows for 45 minutes once a day to clear the air. |
| D．Daming saw Betty coughing, so he rushed to cover her mouth with his hand. |
| A．Talking about the culture behind music. |
| B．Telling us some famous songs around the world. |
| C．Sharing some songs to make washing hands fun. |
| D．Showing the importance of different kinds of music. |
At 00:23 on Oct 16th, 2021, the Shenzhou XIII spacecraft rose into the sky. Three Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu set off for the Tiangong space station.
During their six-month stay, they set up robotic arms and did medical experiments among other tasks. Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman to take a spacewalk.
It’s not an easy job to do all these things. Chinese astronauts get difficult training before going to space. All the Chinese astronauts are excellent pilots with hundreds or even thousands of hours of flight time. They also receive hundreds of classes to prepare for space travel.
“We may have to repeat（重复）such training every single day for years or decades,” said Wang. “But there is no ‘give up’ in our dictionary.”
Do you know? When Chinese astronauts do the high-G training, they have a red button on hand. If they feel too sick and can’t bear（忍受）it anymore, they can press it to stop the spinning machine. But for more than 20 years since China set up its first astronaut team in 1998, not a single person has ever used it. “The ‘stop’ button never exists（存在）in our hearts,” Wang Yaping said.
1. When did the Shenzhou XIII spacecraft rise into the sky?| A．In 2021. | B．In 2020. | C．In 2019. |
| A．4. | B．5. | C．3. |
| A．Zhai Zhigang | B．Wang Yaping. | C．Ye Guangfu. |
| A．Yes, there is one person. | B．No, not a single person. |
| C．Yes, they press it to stop the spinning machine. | |
| A．It’s an easy job to do all these things. |
| B．Chinese astronauts get difficult training before going to space. |
| C．All the Chinese astronauts are excellent pilots. |
【推荐2】Have you ever thought of living in weightless conditions in space? Do you want to go through daily life as an astronaut in the space station? In fact, ordinary people have no chance of this kind.
James, a university student whose childhood dream was to be an astronaut, managed to take part in an important project carried out in a lab in his university. He was chosen to be a group leader of eight students. They had to live in the closed lab where the living condition was similar to that in the space station.
James was proud to be an “astronaut” and couldn’t wait for it. After several days in the lab, he and his group members found that the daily life there was more difficult than expected. Growing crops (庄稼) was one of their daily tasks. However, no crops came up though they tried to do everything they could. The students worked together day and night to find the solution. One day when they found one crop came up, James couldn’t help crying with cheers. Everything seemed to go smoothly, and before long, 30 kinds of crops were able to grow.
The students were also required to record their health like blood pressure every day. They were watched by scientists outside. Luckily, the students kept healthy until the end. The aim of the whole project was to collect useful information to better living conditions for astronauts in space. In total, James’ group stayed in the lab for 200 days. This set a world record for the longest stay in a simulative (模拟的) space station.
1. What did James manage to do according to the text?| A．Act as an astronaut in the space station. |
| B．Make some experiments in a space lab. |
| C．Attend a useful course in his university. |
| D．Experience an astronaut’s everyday life. |
| A．Happy→angry→crazy. | B．Stressful→doubtful→hopeful. |
| C．Curious→nervous→serious. | D．Excited→disappointed→pleased. |
| A．To find a practical way of growing crops in space. |
| B．To improve astronauts’ living conditions in space. |
| C．To choose some college students to work in space. |
| D．To set a world record for the longest stay in space. |
| A．A Childhood Dream Coming True | B．Build a “Green” Home in Space |
| C．A Space Task Becoming Possible | D．Be an “Astronaut” on the Earth |
【推荐3】Li Zixuan is a junior middle school student. He is now studying in Grade 9. He has had many dreams since he was little. But as time goes by, some new dreams have appeared and some old ones have disappeared. However, only one dream is still in his mind.
Li Zixuan says that when he was a child, he heard about rockets and spaceships. At first, he didn’t know what they were. From his father, he knew that scientists make rockets to carry things into space, and spaceships are used to carry people through space. From then on, he has had a real interest in space. Every time he sees beautiful stars and the moon in the sky at night, he gets very excited. He is always dreaming that he can fly to space to look at the early one day. His mother knows about his dream and often encourages him.
In school, Li Zixuan learned that the first man flew into space in 1961 and later, more astronauts succeeded in traveling into space. Some astronauts even landed on the moon. His teacher always encourages him to learn more. He knows not everyone has a chance to travel into space. More importantly, before he can fly to space, he must be trained specially.
Li Zixuan knows it’s not easy to achieve his dream, but he decided to try his best. He says, “I’ve had this dream for many years. It has brought me a lot of joy and always gives me power. Even if it doesn’t come true in the end, I won’t be sorry.”
1. What does the boy want to be when he grows up?| A．A scientist. | B．A pilot. | C．An engineer. | D．An astronaut. |
| A．His father. | B．His mother. | C．His teacher. | D．His friend. |
| A．Study very hard. | B．Get a driving licence. |
| C．Do exercise every day. | D．Get some special training. |
| A．Dream of a Boy. | B．The Love of a Father. |
| C．An Excellent Hobby. | D．An Unusual Experience. |
