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2021届浙江新高考题型专项训练--语法填空原创题含答案（二） 董老师的英语课 2021届高三英语专项训练--语法填空（原创）(二) 一、文章来源: VOA ：Years After First Satellite, Russian Space Program Faces Struggles Sixty years ago, the area1. ______(know) as the Soviet Union was in a fierce competition with the United States to reach beyond Earths atmosphere. Tensions between the worlds biggest nuclear powers, the United States and the U.S.S.R., 2._______(be) high. The Cold War between the two 3.________(compete) sides, which began after the end of World War II, was intensifying. Then, on October 4, 1957, news broke that the Soviets4.______(place) the first artificial satellite into orbit. 5.______(call) Sputnik, the satellite was a small sphere, 58 centimeters wide and about 84 kilograms 6.______ weight. It contained two radio transmitters that sent out a beep that could be received by radio operators on Earth. The satellite was tiny. Yet, it started the extremely 7._______(cost) competition known as the Space Race. The race would end 8._______the Americans Apollo Moon landings in 1969. In October of 1957, however, many people in the West were shocked. The Soviets had put an object in Earths orbit, and they had done it before the West. Soviet media said it was 9._______ the socialist political system of the U.S.S.R. was better. In the U.S., lawmakers placed an urgent 10._______(important) on science education in an effort to \ 二、文章来源 VOA At the Cincinnati Zoo, a baby hippo named Fiona is helping to educate young people, 1.______ in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio and across the United States. Fiona was born at the Cincinnati Zoo in January 2021. She arrived nearly two months early, 2.______ her body was strong. That meant her body was 3.______(small) than that of other baby hippos. Her birth weight was so low 4.______ Fionas caregivers feared she might not survive. But thanks to special treatments and 5.______(assist) from hospital workers, Fiona stayed healthy. Her story gained