2 . …extinct every year. This ________________. We must…(根据句意填空)

3 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. advocate   B. commercially   C. diversify     D. analyst   E. projected     F. due G. accordingly   H. collective       I. sponsored       J. launches       K. contribute

Inspiration 4: Amateur astronauts set for orbital spaceflight

Four “amateur astronauts” are about to launch into orbit in another landmark mission for space tourism. It’s the latest flight to help open up access to space for paying customers, following on from       1     by Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos.

The trip has been paid for by Us billionaire businessman Jared Isaac-man, who will travel with three crew-mates. A healthcare worker, a science educator and a data     2     will circle the Earth with Mr Isaac-man for three days.

They hope to inspire others with their adventure and to raise money for children’s cancer medicine. The mission has been named Inspiration 4     3    .

The crew’s Dragon vehicle, manufactured by Elon Musk’s company Space X, will ride atop a Falcon-9 rocket. It is     4     to launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 20:02 EDT on Wednesday (01:02 BST, Thursday), or very shortly after.

The mission follows hot on the heels of Sir Richard Branson’s flight aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane on 11 July, and fellow billionaire Jeff Bezo’s trip to space nine days later in the New Shepard vehicle.

Some commentators have voiced concern about the     5     impact on the Earth’s climate of spaceflights like this one.

Space X’s Falcon-9 rocket uses highly-refined kerosene(煤油)fuel which produces the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2), along with nitrogen oxides, which also help     6     to warming. The emissions from rocket launches remain tiny compared with the aviation industry, though they are     7     to grow.

In the 60 years since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin first went into space, fewer than 600 people have followed in his footsteps; and most of those have been military-trained personnel flying on government-     8     missions. Inspiration 4 is different. It’ll be a fully     9     purchased and operated orbital flight.

California-based Space X intends to sell many more orbital flights to interests beyond traditional space agencies. Nasa helped fund the development of a lot of the technology used by Elon Musk’s company, and did so to try to     10     the economy in low-Earth orbit. This approach is beginning to pay dividends(产生效益). Already, the Texas start-up Axiom Space has purchased four Dragon flights to take tourists to the ISS.

4 . It is also _______ _______ _______ (值得注意) that Post-Impressionist painters were not the only ones to be influenced by Impressionism. (根据汉语提示完成句子)

5 . 你或许给自己施加了太大的压力，希望开学第一天的一切都是完美的，但我希望你能明白，世界上没有所谓的完美。（汉译英）

7 . 年底结束疫情还不现实，因此民众呼吁政府延长失业的救济(unemployment benefits).(appeal)（汉译英）

8 . 如今，很多女性不满足于相夫教子的生活，她们勇敢地走出舒适区，赚钱养家，同时留她们的丈夫在家料理家务。 (content) （汉译英）

9 . 从方框中选择恰当的单词填入句子中，注意使用其正确形式。

establish       pick out       breathe       award       strike       admire       opportunity       shelter be curious about       apart from       make preparations for       fight for       be regarded as

1. Yesterday we went to the park, where we ________ the fresh air and enjoyed ourselves.
2. The mid-exam is coming. All the students are ________ it.
3. I think they are ________ because they’re brave to put out fires and save people’s lives.
4. Beethoven ________ one of the most famous musicians in the world.
5. Children always like to ask their parents questions because they ________ everything around them.
6. In 1969, Tu Youyou ________ a team to find a cure for malaria.
7. Mo Yan ________ a Nobel Prize the Nobel Prize in literature in 2012, which made one of the Chinese people’s long-held dreams come true.
8. A terrible hurricane ________ the small town last week.
9. There will be more ________ for you to improve yourself by taking the job.
10. All of a sudden, it began to rain heavily and we hurried to seek ________.
11. ________ the cost, we need to think about how much time the job will take.
12. There were so many cars in the parking lot that I had difficulty in ________ mine.
13. Once we set a goal, we should try our best to ________ it.