高三英语一轮复习Module5TheConquestoftheUniverse阅读案（无答案）外研版选修8

1、module5 the conquest of the universe话题激发对探索宇宙的兴趣，学习天文航天的相关词汇。重点知识joint， accustomed， historic, assume, in spite of, advanced, accuse 等词用法阅读导学案使用方法：自主阅读p2-3课文，然后尝试完成下面的练习。作完后，自行查阅教材进行答案校对。: 汉译英填空ever since neil armstrong first _（踏上) the moon back on 21st july， 1969， people _（习惯于) the idea of space tra

2、vel。 millions of people watched that first moon landing on television, , _（心跳到嗓子眼）aware of how difficult and dangerous an adventure it was， and what risks had to be taken。 with armstrongs now famous words：“thats one small step for man， one giant leap for mankind”，_（梦想实现了）。 all three astronauts _（成功安

3、全返回地球）using a spaceship computer that was much less powerful than the ones used by the average school students today.there were several more journeys into space over the next few years but the single spaceships were very expensive as they could not take off more than once. people were _（不再) so enthu

4、siastic about a peace travel programme that was costing the united states 10 million a day. that was until the arrival of the space shuttlea spacecraft that could be used for several journeys. the first _(飞入太空的飞船)was the columbia-launched from the kennedy space centre on 12th april， 1981，。 the aim o

5、f this flight was to test the new shuttle system, to go safely up into orbit and to return to the earth for a safe landing. it was a success and _(十年多一点)after apollo 11s historic voyage, the columbia made a safe， controlled, aeroplane-style landing in california。 this was the start of a_（太空旅行的新时代）.b

6、y the time the challenger took off in 1986, the world _(似乎应经失去）its fear and wonder at the amazing _（成就）of people going to be a special flight and so millions of people turned in to _（目睹这个起飞）on tv。 an ordinary teacher， christa mcauliffe， 37， who was married with two children, was to be the first civi

7、lian in space. she was going to give two fifteenminute lessons from space. the first was to show the controls of the spacecraft and explain how gravity worked。 the second was to describe the aim of the challenger space programme。 christa hoped to _(传达）a sense of excitement and create new interest in

8、 the space programme.sadly， she never came back to her classroom again， as the shuttle _（爆炸）just over a minute after taking off in florida and all seven astronauts were killed。the world was_（震惊了) maybe they assumed this space flight would be no more dangerous than getting on an aeroplane. but how wr

9、ong they were-in one moment excitement and success _（变成了)fear and disaster。 it was the worst space accident ever. as one russian said at the time，“when something like this happens we are neither russians nor americans. we are just human being who have the same feelings。: 语法填空i can remember that day

10、so clearly， _ （watch） the take-off on tv at school. there was _ ordinary teacher on the challenger, and we were all very excited。 we didnt have much _ (patient) waiting for the launch。 we had seen the smiling _（face） of the astronauts waving to the world as they _ (step) into the shuttle。 then, litt

11、le more than a minute _ takeoff, we saw a strange red and orange light in the sky, _ (follow) by a cloud of white smoke. the challenger had exploded in midair and we all started screaming.it happened so quickly and everyone was _ a state of shock. like every schoolboy i had thought that going into s

12、pace _ an astronaut must be the best job in the world。 when i heard, a few weeks later, that the bodies of the astronaut and even the teachers lesson plans _(find) at the bottom of the ocean， i was not so sure it was worth it at all. in spite of all our advanced technology, the world is still only a

13、t the very beginning of its voyage into space。 iii。 课文重点句型翻译：1。自从尼尔阿姆斯特朗在1969年7月21日首次踏上月球以来，人们对太空旅行这一概念已经非常熟悉._2。 人们对每天要花掉美国1000万美元的太空旅行计划不再那么热衷了。_3. 全世界都震惊了，也许他们原本都认为这次太空旅行跟乘坐飞机一样没什么危险._4。 即便我们掌握了现在的全部先进技术,我们这个世界依然只是处于太空旅行的起步阶段。_尊敬的读者：本文由我和我的同事在百忙中收集整编出来，本文稿在发布之前我们对内容进行仔细校对，但是难免会有不尽如人意之处，如有疏漏之处请指正，希望本文能为您解开疑惑,引发思考。文中部分文字受到网友的关怀和支持，在此表示感谢！在往后的日子希望与大家共同进步，成长。this article is collected and compiled by my colleagues and i in our busy schedule. we proofread the content carefully before the release of this article, but it is inevitable that there will be some unsatisfactory points. if there are