1 . Sally Ride was born in California in 1951. She was the first American woman to travel into space. She loved to play tennis and wanted to be a tennis player when she was young. But after three months’ professional (专业的) training, she changed her mind. She went to Stanford University and started to study science. She studied stars and planets. She did researches at the university and got her PhD in astrophysics (天体物理学博士学位) after several years’ hard work.
In 1977, she took a test to become an astronaut. And then she was picked up from over 8, 000 people. In order to realize her dream of going into space, she had to get different kinds of special and difficult training. She learned how to fly a plane, how to jump out of a plane as well as how to operate (操作) special machines.
Sally and four other astronauts flew a spaceship called Challenger on Jun. 18, 1983. She became the first American woman to travel into space. Later, she taught at the University of California. Then she wrote seven books on space for children, encouraging children to study science. Unfortunately, she died in 2012.
1. Sally Ride studied at Stanford University.| A．science | B．engineering | C．physics | D．music |
| A．In 1951. | B．In 1977. | C．In 1983. | D．In 2012. |
| A．before she got her PhD in astrophysics |
| B．before she went to Stanford University |
| C．after she wrote books on space |
| D．after she travelled into space |
| A．She learned how to fly a plane. |
| B．She learned how to produce machines. |
| C．She learned how to jump out of a plane. |
| D．She learned how to use special machines. |
| A．The first American woman writer |
| B．The first American woman astronaut |
| C．The first American woman teacher |
| D．The first American woman scientist |
2 . China sent three astronauts (宇航员) to its space station on Tuesday. The astronauts flew in a rocket called Shenzhou-16. It’s the first time a regular (普通的) person from China is going to space. It’s really exciting!
The rocket took off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. The astronauts flew for more than six hours to reach the space station’s central part, Tianhe. Everything went well, and the astronauts were feeling good now.
Many workers from the space program were there to see the rocket launch. Kids played and waved Chinese flags. People said “wow” loudly and wished the astronauts good luck as the rocket went up in smoke.
The crew has Jing Haipeng, who is on his fourth time to go to space. He’s with Engineer Zhu Yangzhu and Professor Gui Haichao from Beihang University. Gui Haichao is the first regular person from China to go to space. China was the third country to send human into space.
The Shenzhou-16 crew will meet the Shenzhou-15 crew, who will return to Earth soon. They will do many experiments, and the space station was filled with water, clothes and food earlier this month.
China really wants to make its “space dream” come true. They plan to build a base on the moon by 2030. Lin from CMSA said, “The main goal is to have Chinese astronauts land on the moon and do experiments there.”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。1. What will the astronauts of Shenzhou-16 do in space?
| A．Wave Chinese flags. | B．Meet other astronauts. |
| C．Find the water in space. | D．Do experiments on the moon. |
| A．It went up in smoke. |
| B．It took off from Jiuquan. |
| C．It can land on the moon. |
| D．It took a regular person to space. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．The goal that will be achieved. |
| B．The rocket that can fly to space. |
| C．The people that Shenzhou-16 took. |
| D．The experiments that will be done in space. |
| A．Sports. | B．History | C．Science. | D．Culture. |
3 . Wang Yaping is a Chinese spacewoman. She has made history when she was thirty three years old—she has been China’s first teacher in space. Wang taught Chinese primary and middle school students on Earth physics phenomena (现象) in space. She prepared well for the lecture and expressed full confidence about the lesson.
Meeting the media (媒体), she said, “We are all students facing the space. We are looking forward to encouraging our young friends to learn and research the beautiful space.”
Wang was born in January 1980. She is from east China’s Shandong Province. She was a pilot in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (空军) with experience of 1,600 hours of flying.
Except the space lecture, Wang was responsible (负责的) for monitoring (监测) the conditions of spacecraft, space experiments (实验) and operation of equipment (设备), among others.
Wang has served the People’s Liberation Army since August 1997. In May 2010, Wang became a member of the second batch of Chinese astronauts. Wang was chosen to be the member of the Shenzhou-10 space group in April 2013. She was China’s second woman astronaut who was sent into space after Liu Yang who flew with the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft.
How great Wang Yaping is!
1. She has made history when she was _________ years old.| A．21 | B．33 | C．35 | D．45 |
| A．Liu Yang | B．Wang Yaping | C．Deng Yaping | D．Li Ping |
| A．Shenzhou-1 | B．Shenzhou-5 | C．Shenzhou-9 | D．Shenzhou-10 |
| A．Mum’s Kitchen | B．Music Today | C．Famous Person | D．Food & Health |
4 . In the 1950s and 1960s, Russia and America were both very interested in space exploration. Each country wanted to be the first to send a man to the Moon.
In 1957, Russia sent the first satellite into space. The name of the satellite was Sputnik. It was only as big as a basketball, but it was the start of the space race! In 1959, the Russians sent a spacecraft to the Moon. Its name was Luna 3. It went around the Moon and took photographs, but it didn’t land on the Moon. There weren’t any astronauts on Luna 3.
In March 1961, the Russians sent an astronaut called Ivan into space. He wasn’t a real person—he was only a toy. The Russians wanted to test the spacecraft and the astronaut’s spacesuit before they sent a real person into space. Ivan returned to the Earth safely. (He’s now in a museum, and he’s still wearing his spacesuit!). In April 1961, the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to travel into space and go around the Earth.
A month after Gagarin’s Right, President Kennedy of the USA made a famous speech. He wanted an American astronaut to walk on the Moon, and return safely to the Earth, before the end of the 1960s. When he made the speech in May 1961, Russia was ahead in the space race. However, winning was very important to the Americans. They spent a lot of money on new spacecraft. In July 1969, Kennedy’s wish came true. Two American astronauts walked on the Moon. Their names were Nell Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
1. The “space race” in the 1950s and 1960s between Russia and America was to be the first to ________.| A．go into space | B．take pictures in space |
| C．send a man to the Moon | D．go around the Earth |
| A．no | B．one | C．two | D．three |
| A．An astronaut called Ivan | B．Yuri Gagarin |
| C．President Kennedy | D．Nell Armstrong |
| A．used to test the astronaut’s spacesuit | B．a real person |
| C．happy when he returned to the Earth safely | D．sent into space on Luna 3 |
| A．sent a toy astronaut to space | B．sent a spacesuit to space |
| C．did nothing | D．did experiments in the lab |
| A．win the space race | B．get more money |
| C．send one satellite into space | D．make astronauts return safely |
5 . The Moon is attracting much attention these days as NASA is ready to send space rockets there and preparing for more to follow. The mission’s objectives are clear: to create a long-lasting base on its surface and prepare to go to Mars one day.
What’s the next great move in humans’ quest for the secrets of the universe? When it comes to the near future scientific research in space, there are a few areas in the solar system that will receive some special attention.
First of all, there’s Venus, a planet which was like a paradise to human with oceans and a pleasant atmosphere. However, something went terribly wrong there a few billion years ago, and NASA has scheduled a series of missions to explore what exactly is going on there.
At the other end of the solar system are the gas planets. Several of the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn are covered in thick sheets of ice, and underneath the ice are oceans of liquid water. NASA has missions planned to investigate those mysterious worlds, hunting for any sign of possible life hidden deep within.
As for us humans, Mars is certainly the grand prize in the coming decades. If we have enough money for the trips, we can perhaps keep astronauts working and studying on the surface of Mars for quite a long time. The other planets in our solar system are not so suitable for people to settle on. For example, Mercury is too close to the Sun and too far away from the Earth.
In the coming decades, humans expect to see a rise of “space hotels” set up for visiting tourists and scientific explorations. Because of our current level of technology, it is not very practical to turn the space rock into a place suitable for humans. But it may be the next easiest thing to achieve after going to the Moon and Mars.
1. Why does the author mention the Moon in the first paragraph?| A．To introduce the space station on the Moon. |
| B．To highlight the difficulty of going to the Moon. |
| C．To explain the relationship between the Moon and Mars. |
| D．To show the Moon’s important role in space exploration. |
| A．love | B．achievement | C．difficulty | D．exploration |
| A．To find new locations for space hotels. |
| B．To search for potential life and possible living places. |
| C．To compete with other countries in space exploration. |
| D．To prepare for the construction of a new space station. |
| A．Because Mars is three times bigger than the Earth. |
| B．Because it’s far from the Earth and close to the Sun. |
| C．Because people might be able to live and work there. |
| D．Because there are enough resources to help humans develop. |
| A．Surprised. | B．Positive. | C．Negative. | D．Indifferent. |
6 . There is lots of junk (垃圾) in space. Some of it is from rockets. In 1996, a rocket broke into about 300,000 small pieces. So far scientists have found many man-made pieces flying around in space. Only a few of them are satellites and space probes (探测器). Astronauts also lose small things while working in space. In 1965, during the first American spacewalk, astronaut Edward H. White lost a glove. For a month, the glove stayed in space, travelling at a speed of 28,000 kilometres per hour. It became the most dangerous piece of clothing for the earth in history.
Things move very fast in space. If they hit one another it can be dangerous. A little piece of paint from a satellite once made a hole in a spacecraft window. Once American spacecraft dropped some bolts (螺栓), and scientists on the earth worried a lot. Luckily the bolts floated (漂浮) away into space. They could not hit the spacecraft.
1. Some junk in space is from ________.| A．space | B．rockets | C．scientists | D．the earth |
| A．a rocket | B．some bolts | C．a little piece of paint | D．a glove |
| A．300,000 | B．28,000 | C．10,000 | D．21,000 |
| A．great | B．safe | C．interesting | D．dangerous |
| A．a scientist | B．a bolt | C．a probe | D．a hole |
Flying to the moon has been a Chinese dream for thousands of years. Professor Ye Shuhua, one of the key scientists
Dreams of flying to the moon has deep roots in Chinese culture. According to
The project has developed public understanding of the space program and people’s knowledge of the moon—
Naturally, the children enjoy learning about science. But for scientists like Ye Shuhua, the lunar project is only the
“Landing on the moon will be a project for
8 . ①On May 30, 2023, China successfully launched Shenzhou XVI, and three astronauts began their journey into outer space. The work of astronaut in space is very busy. On the one hand, astronauts follow the “eight-hour workday” in space just as they do on the ground. On the other hand, astronauts can arrange their daily work according to their own condition. Therefore, life in space is not all about work, and astronauts can also relax and carry out a variety of activities after work.
②Are you interested in what Chinese astronauts on board the Tiangong space station do in their free time? The astronauts in space can watch the games. They watched the games only in their free time, because there was so much work for them to do. Astronauts can also look through news, listen to music, read books, as well as make video calls with their families. So they can spend their free time as if they live on the earth.
③Besides their daily work, the astronauts in spaceship also spent much time exercising. The environment of space is different from that of the earth. In order to stay healthy, they need to do some exercise every day.
④The China Manned Space Agency said that the astronauts can use a set of specially designed (设计) machines, including a treadmill (跑步机) and an exercise bike, to exercise according to their personal exercise programme. They also played table tennis in their free time.
⑤Astronauts are happy to work in the outer space as on the ground and they are enjoying doing something interesting to make their space life more colourful.
1. What does “arrange” in Paragraph ① mean in Chinese?| A．完成 | B．挑战 | C．安排 |
| A．Communicate with their families. |
| B．Watch the games at any time. |
| C．Designed the exercise bike. |
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 |
| A．①/②③④⑤ | B．①/②③④/⑤ | C．①②③④/⑤ |
| A．The Work of Astronauts in Space. |
| B．The Exercise of Astronauts in Space. |
| C．The Life of Astronauts in Space. |
9 . As we all know, Tianwen I is China’s first Mars probe (探测器). It was named after a poem called Quest for Heavenly Truth by Qu Yuan, a great poet during the Warring States Period.
On July 23, 2020, Tianwen I was launched (发射). It landed on its planned landing area in the southern part of Utopia Planitia, a plain on the northern hemisphere of Mars on May 15, 2021. That means a Chinese spacecraft landed on the surface of Mars. The success rate of Mars landing has been below 50%, but our great country finally made it! After a week after the landing, the Mars rover (任务车), Zhurong, rolled onto the Martian soil. Named after the Chinese ancient God of fire, Zhurong is 1.85 metres tall and weighs about 240 kilograms. It has six wheels and four solar panels, and looks like a blue butterfly. And Zhurong has been in good working condition.
On March 4, 2021, the first high resolution (高分辨率的) pictures of Mars taken by Tianwen I were made public by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The two black-and-white pictures were taken by the high-resolution camera on Tianwen I when the probe was about 330-350 kilometres above the Mars. As for the colour picture, it was taken by Tianwen I’s medium-resolution camera when the probe was about 5,000 kilometres above the red planet. It shows Mars’ North Pole.
The success has made China the second country in the world to explore the Mars.
1. From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2, we can infer the writer feels ________.| A．surprised | B．proud | C．strange | D．interested |
①China’s first Mars probe was launched.
②Zhurong landed and began to work on Mars.
③Tianwen I landed on Utopia Planitia successfully.
④CNSA made the first high resolution pictures of Mars public.
| A．②①③④ | B．①④②③ | C．①④③② | D．①②③④ |
| A．The colour picture. | B．The red planet. | C．The medium-resolution camera. | D．The two black-and-white pictures. |
| A．Culture. | B．Travel. | C．Education. | D．Science. |
10 . Have you ever seen the auroras (极光) in the sky? Cosmic radiation (宇宙辐射) creates these pretty lights in the North and South Pole areas. It seems that cosmic radiation is a beautiful gift from space. But for some people, it can be dangerous.
A 53-year-old pilot in South Korea, who spent about 1,022 hours flying each year, died because of cancer. His death was thought to be connected to great exposure (暴露) to cosmic radiation. During his lifetime, nearly half of his flights crossed the areas in and around the North Pole, where cosmic radiation is very strong.
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| A．long flight hours | B．living close to the equator |
| C．strong cosmic radiation | D．a family history of cancer |
| A．① | B．② | C．③ | D．④ |
a. they are closer to the sun and stars
b. the magnetic field is stronger in space
c. space suit cannot prevent cosmic radiation
d. there isn’t much atmosphere protecting them
| A．ac | B．bc | C．ad | D．cd |
| A．Cosmic radiation is very dangerous. |
| B．People can produce cosmic radiation. |
| C．Earth is filled with cosmic radiation. |
| D．Cosmic radiation helps fight cancer. |
