2017年高三英语一轮复习 Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe阅读案（无答案）外研版选修8.docVIP

Module5 The Conquest of the Universe 话题 激发对探索宇宙的兴趣，学习天文航天的相关词汇。 重点知识 joint, accustomed, historic, assume, in spite of, advanced, accuse 等词用法 阅读导学案 使用方法：自主阅读P2-3课文，然后尝试完成下面的练习。作完后，自行查阅教材进行答案校对。 Ⅰ: 汉译英填空 Ever since Neil Armstrong first ___________(踏上) the Moon back on 21st July, 1969, people ___________(习惯于) the idea of space travel. Millions of people watched that first moon landing on television, , ___________（心跳到嗓子眼）aware of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was, and what risks had to be taken. With Armstrong`s now famous words:“That`s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”,_____________（梦想实现了）. All three astronauts ________________（成功安全返回地球）using a spaceship computer that was much less powerful than the ones used by the average school students today. There were several more journeys into space over the next few years but the single spaceships were very expensive as they could not take off more than once. People were ___________（不再） so enthusiastic about a peace travel programme that was costing the United States $10 million a day. That was until the arrival of the space shuttle——a spacecraft that could be used for several journeys. The first ________________(飞入太空的飞船)was the Columbia——launched from the Kennedy Space Centre on 12th April, 1981,. The aim of this flight was to test the new shuttle system, to go safely up into orbit and to return to the Earth for a safe landing. It was a success and ____________(十年多一点)after Apollo 11`s historic voyage, the Columbia made a safe, controlled, aeroplane-style landing in California. This was the start of a________________(太空旅行的新时代). By the time the Challenger took off in 1986, the world __________(似乎应经失去)its fear and wonder at the amazing ________(成就)of people going to be a special flight and so millions of people turned in to _____________（目睹这个起飞）on TV. An ordinary teacher, Christa McAuliffe, 37, who was married with two children, was to be the first civilian in space. She was going to give two fi