M3U4SPACEEXPLORATIONReadingforthinkingWhat’soutthere?Arewealone?Humanbeingsarecuriousabouttheouterspace.Outofcuriosity,fictionswerewrittenaboutspace.Andastronautsweresenttoexplorespace.YuriGagarin,theSovietUnionthefirstmantotravelintospacein1961thefirstpersontowalkonthemoonin1969NeilArmstrong,theUSWhydoweexplorespace?Space:theFinalFrontierA.Apieceofnews.

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D.Anovel.1.Whatkindofpassageisit?Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.Pleasechoosethecorrectsentencetofillinthegap.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.CDBAPara.1Para.1Para.1Para.1Para.1Para.5Para.2Para.3Para.4A.IntroductionD.AchievementsC.China’sprogressB.Accidents/challengesE.ThebrightfutureSkimforthemainidea:

“Arewealone?What’soutthere?”Lookingupatthestars,peoplehavealwayswantedtolearnmoreaboutspace,andscientistsworkhardtofindanswers.Theymakevehiclestocarrybravepeopleintospacetofindoutthesecretsoftheuniverse.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.Para.1Whydopeoplewanttoexplorespace?discoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.findoutthesecretsoftheuniverselearnmoreaboutspacemainidea:Humanshavealwayshad_______________aboutspace.anaturalcuriosity

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.Para.2Outofcuriosity,humansbegantheirjourney.Whatdidtheyachieve?beforethemid-20thcentury4Oct.195712Apr.196120Jul.19695Sep.1977animpossibledreamTheSputnik1satellitewaslaunchedbytheUSSRYuriGagarin,hefirstpersontogointospaceNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoonVoyager1wassenttostudydeepspace,andtransmitsdatatodayarealitydeterminationpersistence(堅持)curiosityeffortambitionPara.2impossibledreamMainidea:Spacetravelbecame__________inthe20thcenturywith________and________________remarkablemission.theSovietUnion

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arealityIsspaceexplorationalwayssuccessfulandsatisfying?Dohumansstopexploringspaceduetoproblemsorfailures?Whydon’thumansstop?

Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.AlltheastronautsontheUSSR’sSoyuz11andAmerica’sChallengerdiedduringtheirmissions.Thesedisastersmadeeveryonesadanddisappointed,butthedesiretoexploretheuniverseneverdied.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.AnexampleofthisongoingworkistheInternationalSpaceStation.ItorbitsEarthandhasastronautsfromdifferentcountriesonboard,providingacontinuoushumanpresenceinspace.Para.3Whataccidentsdotheyhave?Whydon’tpeoplestopexploring?SpaceStationInternationalcooperation（合作）Spaceexplorationenlightens(啟發(fā))internationalcooperation.

Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.AlltheastronautsontheUSSR’sSoyuz11andAmerica’sChallengerdiedduringtheirmissions.Thesedisastersmadeeveryonesadanddisappointed,butthedesiretoexploretheuniverseneverdied.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.AnexampleofthisongoingworkistheInternationalSpaceStation.ItorbitsEarthandhasastronautsfromdifferentcountriesonboard,providingacontinuoushumanpresenceinspace.Para.3Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappenSpaceStationInternationalmainidea:Spacetravelhasalwaysinvolved_________,butdespite______exploration_________.greatrisksriskscontinuesPara.4 China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.Afterthat,ChinalaunchedtheTiangong2spacelabintospaceandTianzhou1todockwithit.ThissignalledonestepfurtherinChina’splantoestablishaspacestationinthefuture.Morerecently,ChinahassentChang’e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoontomakemeasurementsandobservations.WhatprogressdidChinamake?Para.4In2003

independentlysendhumansintospaceChinalauncheditintospaceandTianzhou1todockwith(對接)itcompletedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalkthevehicleJadeRabbitstudiesthemoon’ssurface.

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Chang’e4explorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoontomakemeasurementsandobservationsThissignalledonestepfurtherinChina’splantoestablishaspacestationinthefuture.Spaceexplorationwitnesses(見證)China’sprogress.Para.4 China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.Afterthat,ChinalaunchedtheTiangong2spacelabintospaceandTianzhou1todockwithit.ThissignalledonestepfurtherinChina’splantoestablishaspacestationinthefuture.Morerecently,ChinahassentChang’e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoontomakemeasurementsandobservations.China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttimemainidea:Chinahas__________________inspaceexplorationintheearly21stcentury,becomingonly_________countrytosendhumansintospace.thethirdmadegreatprogressWhat’sthefutureofspaceexploration?Isitbrightorhopeless?Para.5 Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Europe,theUS,andChinaallhaveplanstofurtherstudyandexploreplanetslikeMarsandJupiter.Despitethedifficulties,scientistshopefuturediscoverieswillnotonlyenableustounderstandhowtheuniversebegan,butalsohelpussurvivewellintothefuture.Whyisthefuturebright?Whatdoesspaceexplorationmeantous?Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbrightunderstandhowtheuniversebegan,butalsohelpussurvivewellintothefuture.willnotonlyenableustoSpaceexplorationlinkshumansandfuture.Para.5 Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Europe,theUS,andChinaallhaveplanstofurtherstudyandexploreplanetslikeMarsandJupiter.Despitethedifficulties,scientistshopefuturediscoverieswillnotonlyenableustounderstandhowtheuniversebegan,butalsohelpussurvivewellintothe