Space:TheFinalFrontier--ReadingandThinkingWarmingupWhatdoyouknowabouttheastronauts?YuriGagarintheUSSRorbitarounddockwithPredictionWhatisthetextabout?A.aborderbetweentwocountriesB.anareathatisunknownThe_______________ofspaceexplorationChoosethecorrectsentencePara1Para2Para3Para4Para5Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.Learningtips:1.Focusonthelinkingwords:however,also,although,etc.2.Focuson

thepositionofthemissingsentences.3.Focusonthepronouns(they,it...)4.Focusontherepeatedwordsorideas.“Arewealone?What’soutthere?”Lookingupatthestars,peoplehavealwayswantedtolearnmoreaboutspace,andscientistsworkhardtofindanswers.Theymakevehiclestocarrybravepeopleintospacetofindoutthesecretsoftheuniverse.

_____________Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.Para1BTheyalsodiscoverTheyfindoutBeforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelttravellingintospacewasanimpossibledream.However,somescientistsweredeterminedtohelphumansrealisetheirdreamtoexplorespace.

__________________On4October1957,theSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbytheUSSRandsuccessfullyorbitedaroundEarth.Afterwards,theUSSRfocusedonsendingpeopleintospace,andon12April1961,YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworldtogointospace.Overeightyearslater,on20July1969,AmericanastronautNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoon,famouslysaying,“That’sonesmallstepfor[a]man,onegiantleapformankind.”Followingthis,manymoregoalswereachieved.Forexample,America’sNASAspaceagencylaunchedVoyager1on5September1977tostudydeepspace,anditstilltransmitsdatatoday.Para2Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.DHoweverrealizetheysucceededinscientists_____________________

AlltheastronautsontheUSSR’sSoyuz11andAmerica’sChallengerdiedduringtheirmissions.Thesedisastersmadeeveryonesadanddisappointed,butthedesiretoexploretheuniverseneverdied.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.AnexampleofthisongoingworkistheInternationalSpaceStation.ItorbitsEarthandhasastronautsfromdifferentcountriesonboard,providingacontinuoushumanpresenceinspace.Para3Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.AaccidentsdieddisastersPara5_____________________.

Europe,theUS,andChinaallhaveplanstofurtherstudyandexploreplanetslikeMarsandJupiter.Despitethedifficulties,scientistshopefuturediscoverieswillnotonlyenableustounderstandhowtheuniversebegan,butalsohelpussurvivewellintothefuture.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.CfutureplansfuturefutureTexttypefeaturespopularsciencearticle(科普文)scientificpaper(科學(xué)論文)targetreaderslanguagewordsnon-specialistreadersspecialistreaderssimpleseriousfewtechnicaltermsmanytechnicaltermsPara1Para2Para3Para4Para5topicsentence/mainideaforeachparagraph:MainideaofeachparagraphPara.1“Arewealone?What’soutthere?”Lookingupatthestars,

peoplehavealwayswantedtolearnmoreaboutspace,andscientistsworkhardtofindanswers.Theymakevehiclestocarrybravepeopleintospacetofindoutthesecretsoftheuniverse.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.Peoplehavealwayshada_______toexplorespace.dreamlong-lastingdreampeoplehavealwayswantedtoTheyalsoreallywishto

Beforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelttravellingintospacewasanimpossibledream.However,somescientistsweredeterminedtohelphumansrealisetheirdreamtoexplorespace.

Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.On4October1957,theSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbytheUSSRandsuccessfullyorbitedaroundEarth.Afterwards,theUSSRfocusedonsendingpeopleintospace,andon12April1961,YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworldtogointospace.Overeightyearslater,on20July1969,AmericanastronautNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoon,famouslysaying,“That’sonesmallstepfor[a]man,onegiantleapformankind.”Followingthis,manymoregoalswereachieved.Forexample,America’sNASAspaceagencylaunchedVoyager1on5September1977tostudydeepspace,anditstilltransmitsdatatoday.Para2People’sdreamofspaceexploration____________etrueimpossibledreampossibledream(reality)

Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.AlltheastronautsontheUSSR’sSoyuz11andAmerica’sChallengerdiedduringtheirmissions.Thesedisastersmadeeveryonesadanddisappointed,butthedesiretoexploretheuniverseneverdied.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.AnexampleofthisongoingworkistheInternationalSpaceStation.ItorbitsEarthandhasastronautsfromdifferentcountriesonboard,providingacontinuoushumanpresenceinspace.Para3________theaccidentsandrisks,thedreamtoexploretheuniverseuniversenever_____________.Despitefadeaway

ongoingdream

China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.Afterthat,ChinalaunchedtheTiangong2spacelabintospaceandTianzhou1todockwithit.ThissignalledonestepfurtherinChina’splantoestablishaspacestationinthefuture.Morerecently,ChinahassentChang’e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoontomakemeasurementsandobservations.Para.4Chinahasmadegreatprogressin________thespacedreaminashorttime.realizing

China'sspacedream

Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.

Europe,theUS,andChinaallhaveplanstofurtherstudyandexploreplanetslikeMarsandJupiter.Despitethedifficulties,scientistshopefuturediscoverieswillnotonlyenableustounderstandhowtheuniversebegan,butalsohelpussurvivewellintothefuture.Para5

Futuredream.TheSputnik（旅伴一號(hào)）

thefirstsatellitetobelaunchedorbitedaround..Orient1(東方一號(hào)）YuriGagarinthefirstperson

tospaceApollo11(阿波羅11號(hào)）NeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoonfirstlyVoyager1（旅行者1號(hào)）tostudydeepspaceandstilltransmitsdataThat’sonesmallstepforaman,agiantleapformankind.TheUSATheUSSRVSOct4,1957Apr12,1961July20,1969Sep5,1977Vehicle,astronaut,significancepara2:Howdoesthewritersupportthemainidea?BygivingexamplesReadfordetailsDisasters…diedneverdiedTheInternationalSpaceStationDesiretheUSSR'sSoyuz11(聯(lián)盟11號(hào)）America'sChallenger(挑戰(zhàn)者號(hào)）para3:accidents

China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.Afterthat,ChinalaunchedtheTiangong2spacelabintospaceandTianzhou1todockwithit.ThissignalledonestepfurtherinChina’splantoestablishaspacestationinthefuture.Morerecently,ChinahassentChang’e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoontomakemeasurementsandobservations.Para.4Thisparagraphdevelopsintheorderof___________.timetimevehicleastronaut(s)significanceIn2003Thenfollowedby…Afterthat,/AfterwardsMorerecentlykeywordstimevehicleastronaut(s)significanceIn2003Shenzhou5ThenShenzhou6(2005)Shenzhou7(2006)YangLiweithethirdcountry

toindependentlysendhumansintospace,orbitedEarthFeiJunlong,NieHaishengthefirsttosendtwoastronautsintospaceforseveraldaysZhaiZhigang(thefirstChinesespace