Unit4SPACEEXPLORATIONReadingandThinkingLoremipsumdolorsitamet,consecteturadipiscingelit.Integermollisvehiculaligulautfaucibusgermor,Curabiturvestibulumconsequaturnaetvehicula.Lead-in：Space:theFinalFrontierPredict●

Whatdoes“finalfrontier”mean?A.theborderbetweentwocountriesB.theareathatisunknownandunexploredSpace:theFinalFrontierPredictLookatthetitleandpictures.Whatdoyouwanttoknowfromthetext?Reading①②⑤③④Whatshouldwepayattentiontowhilefillingthegaps?pronounsA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothing

goeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.

Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.thepositionofthegapskeywordslinkingwords①②⑤③④MainideaofeachparagraphSummarizethemainideaWhenthemainideaisnotclearlystatedinatopicsentence,youshouldreadthefullparagraphorpassagecarefullyandfindthewordsorideasthatrepeatthemselves.Theyarelikelyevidenceoftheauthor’smainidea.BDAC(1)

Para.1

A.China'sprogressofspaceexploration.(2)Para.2

B.Earlierachievementsofspaceexploration.(3)Para.

3 C.Brightfutureofspaceexploration.(4)Para.

4

D.Thedesiretoexploretheouterspace.(5)Para.5

E.Continuouseffortinspiteofdisasters.n.成就v.achieveReadquicklyandmatchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Read&ThinkAftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.P21.Inwhatorderisthepassageorganised?Howdoyouknow?achievementsTimeEvents1957USSRlaunched____________________and_____________________________.1961___________becamethefirstpersonintheworldtogointospace.1969Americanastronaut_______________steppedontothemoonandsaid:“_______________________________________________”.1977

America’sNASAspaceagency

launched_________tostudy__________.theSputnik1satellitesuccessfullyorbitedaroundEarthYuriGagarinNeilArmstrongThat’sonesmallstepfor[a]man,onegiantleapformankindVoyager1deepspacePara.2AchievementsReadfordetailsanimpossibledreamTheSputnik1satellitewaslaunched

bytheUSSRbeforethemid-20thcentury4Oct.1957TimeEvents

Afterwards12Apr.1961YuriGagarin,hefirstpersontogointospace,USSRNeilArmstrongsteppedontothemoon,USovereightyearslater,20July.1969Voyager1wassenttostudydeepspace,USfollowingthis5Sep.1977That’sonesmallstepforaman,agiantleapformankind.WhywasspaceexplorationmainlycarriedoutbytheUSSR

andtheUSinthe20thcentury?FurtherthinkingcompetitionbetweentwosuperpowerstheColdWarSpaceexplorationisalwayssuccessfulandsatisfying?Dohumansstopexploringspaceduetoproblemsorfailures?Whydon’thumansstop?Para3Readthetext.Severalsentenceshavebeenremovedfromit.Choosethecorrectsentence(A–D)tofilleachgap.ReadfordetailsWhatchallengethedevelopmentofspaceexploration?Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothing

goeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.

Forexample,alltheastronautsontheSoyuz11,Challenger,andColumbiaspacecraftsdiedduringtheirmissions.However,whilesuchdisastersbroughtmuchsadnessanddisappointment,thedesire

toexploretheuniverseneverdied.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.

Dohumansstopexploringspaceduetoproblemsorfailures?Why?Readthetext.Severalsentenceshavebeenremovedfromit.Choosethecorrectsentence(A–D)tofilleachgap.ReadfordetailsLet’swatchavideotoseewhathappenedatthattime.Howdoyoufeel?wherecanyoufindthetopicsentence?ReadP4andputthefollowingeventsinorder.Read&ThinkP4China'sprogressChina’sspaceexplorationVehiclesMissions1.Shenzhou5____2.Shenzhou6____3.Shenzhou7____4.JadeRabbit____5.Tianwen1_____6.Mengtianmodule_____

A.Studiedthesurfaceofthemoon.

B.ExplorethesurfaceofMars.

C.Completedasecondmannedorbit.D.SignaledthebasiccompletionofTiangongSpaceStation.E.Independently

senthumansintospace.F.CompletedthefirstChinesespacewalk.ECFABDReadfordetailsPara.4:Progress

independentlysendhumansintospace,Chinaasecondmannedorbit，thefirstChinesespacewalk.ChinaChinalaunchedTianzhou1todockwithit,ChinaIn2003then,Shenzhou6and7

followedbyJadeRabbit

Afterthat,Tiangong2spacelab

explorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoonmroerecently,Chang’e4

WhydoesChina'sspaceprogrammemakegreatprogress?FurtherthinkingThedevelopmentofhightechnology;Government，politicalsystem;Thereformandopening-uppolicy;Scientists,talents,astronaut;...Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.ManycountrieshaveplanstofurtherstudyplanetslikeMarsandJupiter.Despitethedifficulties,scientistshopetomakemorevaluablediscoveriesthatwillenablethehumanracetosurvivewellintothefuture.Whatistheattitudeofscientists?

pessimistic B.disappointedC.puzzled D.positiveReadpara.5andchoosethecorrectanswer.

Furtherthinking2.Whatgoodqualities(品質)canwelearnfromthescientistsandastronauts/taikonauts?brave(bold)responsibledeterminedselflessdevotedambitious(有雄心的)...enduringextremehardships特別能吃苦thespiritofspaceflight載人航天精神beingcompetent特別能戰斗beeffectiveagainstbarrier特別能奉獻dedicated特別能攻關Fillinthefollowingblankswithsuitablewords.Peoplehavealwayswantedtolearnmoreaboutspace.Beforethemid--20thcentury，mostpeoplefelt1.__________(travel)intospacewasanimpossibledream.However,2.____thehelpofscientists，peoplesucceededinrealisingtheirdream3.__________(explore)space.On4October1957，theSputnik1satellite4.____________(launch)bytheUSSR.5.________scientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong，accidentscanstillhappen.Thesedisastersmadeeveryone6.____________(disappoint)，butpeoplestillbelieveintheimportanceof7.________(carry)onspaceexploration.In2003，Chinabecamethethirdcountryto8._____________(independent)sendhumansintospace.ThenShenzhou6and7completed9.___secondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk.Inspiteofthedifficulties，scientistshopefuture10.___________(discovery)willnotonlyenableustounderstandtheuniversebutalsohelpussurvivewellintothefuture.SummarytravellingwithtoexplorewaslaunchedAlthoughdisappointedcarryingindependentlyadiscoveries教材原句

Afterwards，theUSSRfocusedonsendingpeopleintospace，andon12April1961，YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworldtogointospace.之后，蘇聯專注于載人太空飛行。1961年4月12日，尤里