高考英语外刊阅读天天练：七选五模拟训练十四.docxVIP

高考英语外刊阅读天天练：七选五模拟训练十四 ① Sitting isolated in the arid landscape of the Utah desert, the Osiris-Rex capsule was a picture of stillness. Yet all around, scientists were swinging into action, rushing to recover the precious cargo: 4.6bn-year-old chunks of space rock.____1____ Their mission: to recover the capsule as quickly as possible to prevent samples of asteroid Bennu from becoming contaminated by planet Earth. The successful return of the largest asteroid sample ever to be recovered marks the culmination of a seven-year journey. ___2_____ Back on Earth, scenes from teams on the ground were of silent expectation, all eyes watching huge screens. As news that the capsule had entered the Earth’s atmosphere came through, smiles broke out, while an infrared tracking camera on a high altitude plane showed the first images of the capsule streaking through the sky. __3_____The recovery team, arriving by helicopter, then set to work packaging the capsule before whisking it away to a nearby temporary clean-room facility. ____4___ With the rocks that comprise asteroid Bennu thought to be about 4.6bn years old, the samples contain some of the oldest materials formed in our solar system. ____5_____ 【The Guardian(September 25, 2023)】 A. About 20 minutes after the capsule’s release, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft itself set off on a new mission. B.The mission’s success was met with applause in the control room, with scientists watching Nasa’s live video feed elsewhere also buoyed by the triumph. C.Racing towards the scene were four helicopters bearing scientists, engineers and military safety personnel. D.Scientists hope the samples will help them to understand the ingredients that went into making planets. E.Shortly after the first, drogue parachute was deployed, the capsule’s main parachute was released ahead of schedule. F.After being released from the Osiris-Rex spacecraft, the capsule hurtled towards Earth and entered the atmosphere four hours later. G.In this adventure