(In an English class)
Mr Wu: Boys and girls, yesterday I asked you to collect some information about China’s Tianwen 1 probe (探测器). Let’s see what you’ve ________.
Li Ping: I downloaded something. May I use the PPT, Mr. Wu?
Mr Wu: Sure. Go ahead.
Li Ping: Look at this picture. On May 15, China’s Tianwen 1 probe made a historic landing (登陆) on Mars (火星)! Following the US, China is now the ________ country in the world to ________ land a probe on Mars. It will give Chinese ________ their first chance (机会) to study the Red Planet (行星) closely.
Gu Yue: ________ was Tianwen 1 probe sent?
Li Ping: In July 2020. The probe entered Mars orbit (轨道) in February 2021.
Experts (专家) said the difficulty of sending the probe into orbit was equal to (等于) hitting a small ball from Paris and landing it in a hole in Tokyo. And the final landing was even ________.
He Mei: I hear it’s ________ called the “nine minutes of terror (恐怖)”
Li Ping: Yes. In nine minutes, the probe had to reduce its ________ from 20,000km per hour to zero, landing from 125km above Mars. As the probe is 320 million km away from Earth, there is a signal delay (延迟) of over10 minutes if the research team tries to control it from Earth. So the probe had to carry out the landing on its own!
Gu Yue: That’s amazing!
Li Ping: Indeed. When the probe finally slowed down at 100 metres above Mars, it stayed in the air and check the landing area. It had to move away from the objects in its way such as rocks, ________ finally touching down.
Mr Wu: Well done, Li Ping! Thank you for showing our ________ Tianwen 1 probe. Let’s see who has something else to share...
1. A.realized | B.found | C.understood | D.met |
2. A.first | B.second | C.third | D.fourth |
3. A.clearly | B.quickly | C.slowly | D.successfully |
4. A.artists | B.firemen | C.fishermen | D.scientists |
5. 6. A.difficult | B.difficulty | C.more difficult | D.much difficult |
7. A.still | B.instead | C.ever | D.also |
8. A.speed | B.height | C.weight | D.length(长度) |
9. A.while | B.when | C.before | D.after |
10. A.lucky | B.comfortable | C.fantastic | D.humorous |