2023年中考英语最新热点阅读23 天问一号祝融号(含答案) .pdfVIP

2023 年中考英语最新热点时文阅读-天问一号祝融号 题型 主要内容 1 阅读理解 介绍了中国的火星车祝融号成功登陆火星 2 阅读理解 中国首次火星探测任务的总设计师张荣桥和他的团队对火星进行探索的事情 3 阅读理解 介绍了中国的火星车成功登陆火星，成为历史上第二个在这颗红色星球上拥有火星 车的国家。 4 阅读理解 中国“天问一号”火星探测器的相关内容，介绍中国在空间技术发展上外空探索所取 得的成就 01 2021 China’s Mars rover ( ) Zhurong, named （ 年福建省厦门市海沧区中考二模英语试题） 火星车 after the Chinese god of fire, landed safely on Mars on May 15, making China only the second behind the United States to fully succeed. The 240-kilogram, six-wheeled rover is equipped (配备) with six scientific instruments, giving it the appearance of a “blue butterfly”. Unlike Perseverance, the American Mars rover, Zhurong needs sunlight to power itself. Now that Zhurong has got down successfully, it is expected to spend the next 90 days mapping the area on Mars, monitoring (监测) changes in weather such as temperature and searching for signs of water ice. Zhurong will therefore help build a more complete geological picture of the red planet’s history. China has successfully landed on the moon three times, and has even brought back lunar rocks to Earth. But landing on Mars is even more difficult. Mars exploration is known for its high risks and difficulties, as well as the uncertainties in the long-distance interstellar (星际) flight. The landing is the most challenging part of it. Around half of Mars exploration missions (探索任务) failed, and most of them went wrong in the landing process. A Mars landing is often considered as “the seven minutes of terror” because the process is completely autonomous. “The distance was too far away for the spacecraft so it has to do it all on its own.” said Chen Lan, a scientist in China’s space program. “If something went wrong, people on earth have no way