Unit 4 Space Exploration Reading and Thinking高一英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Space：ThefinalfrontierUnit4SpaceExplorationReadingandthinkingsatellite

n.人造卫星，卫星launch

vt.&n.发射，发起，上市orbit

n.轨道:势力范围vt.&vi.沿轨道运行:环.运行giant

adj.巨大的，伟大的n.巨人，巨兽，伟人leap

n.跳跃，剧增，巨变vi.&v.跳过:跃过mankind

n.人类agency

n.专门机构，服务机构，代理处transmit

vt.&vi.传输，传送data

n.[pl.]资料，数据disappointed

adj.失望的，沮丧的desire

n.渴望，欲望vt.渴望，期望carryon

继续做，坚持干Previewongoing adj.持续存在的，仍在进行的；不断发展的onboard

在宇宙飞船上，在船上，在飞机上independently

adv.独立地，自立地independent

adj.独立的:自立的spacecraft

n.航天器，宇宙飞船spacewalk

n.太空行走，太空行走时间jade

n.玉，翡翠，玉器dock vi.&vt.对接，进港n.码头，船坞signal vt.&vi标志着，，发信号n.信号，标志inthehopeofdoingsth

抱着...的希望PreviewBytheendofthisperiod,youwillbeableto...1.learnaboutthedevelopmentandsignificanthistoricaleventsofspaceexploration.2.learnaboutChina'sachievementsinspaceandcontributionstospaceexploration.3.analyzethestructureofthearticleandsummarizethemainideaforeachparagraph.4.expressyouropinionsonspaceexploration.TeachingobjectivesBrainstormingUseyourknowledgeandchoosethecorrectanswers.(1)Howoldistheearth?A.About3.5bllionyears

B.About4.sillionyears.C.About5.5illionyears.

D.About6.5ilionyears.(2)

oftheearthsurfaceiscoveredbywater.A.20%

B.30%

C.50%

D.70%(3)HowmanyplanetsarethereintheSolarSystem?A.6.

B.7.

C.8.

D.9.(4)Whatisthetotalpopulationofhumansontheearth?A.About3.5billion.

B.About4.5billion.C.About5.5billion.

D.About7.5billion.被...覆盖太阳系总数量(5)Howlongdoestherotation(自转)oftheearthtake?A.12hours.

B.24hours.

C.amonth.

D.365days.(6)Whichcontinentisthesmallest?A.Africa.B.NorthAmerica.

C.SouthAmerica.

D.Oceania.(7)OnwhatdayistheEarthdaycelebrated?A.April22.B.May4.C.August21.D.November11.(8)Whichoceanisthelargest?A.ThePacificOcean.B.TheArcticOcean.C.TheIndianOcean.D.TheAtlanticOcean,Brainstorming最高级前要加冠词the(9)Whichcountryhasthelargestarea?A.Canada.B.China.C.Russia.D.USA.(10)WhoisChina'sfirstastronauttogointospace?A.FeiJunlong.B.NieHaisheng.C.YangLiwei.D.JingHaipeng.Brainstormingtodo不定式作后置定语Pre-readingTest

youself：Lookatthefollowingpicurer.WhataretheChinesenamesoftheeightplanetsthatcirclethesun?(1)

Mercury(2)

Venus(3)

Earth(4)

Mars(5)

Jupiter(6)

Saturn(7)

Uranus(8)

Neptune①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧水星金星地球火星木星土星天王星海王星Pre-readingBeforeyoureadthepassage,lookatthetitleandthephotosandthendiscussthesequestions.(1)Whatdoyouthinkarethemainreasonsforspaceexploration?(2)Whatdoyouexpecttoreadaboutinthepassage?Themainreasonsforspaceexplorationaretofurtherhumanexplorationandtogathaerknowledgeoftheuiverse.Iexpeettoreadaboutthehistoryofspacetravel,thereasonswhyweexplorespace，whatspaceexplorationhasgivenus,howwecontinetoexplorefurther,etc.期待干某事While-readingReadthepassageonPages40-41andthenmatchthemainideawitheachparagraph.(1)Para1

AChina'sdevelopmentofspaceexploration.(2)Para2

B.Earlierachievementsofspaceexploration.(3)Para.3 C.Brightfutureofspaceexploration.(4)Para.4

D.Thedesiretoexploretheouterspace.(5)Para.5

E.Continuouseffortinspiteofdisasters.做...的愿望不管，不论n.发展v.developn.成就v.achieven.探索，发现v.exploreReadthetext.Severalsentenceshavebeenremovedfromit.Choosethecorrectsentence(A-D)tofilleachgap.While-readingA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.While-readingA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.While-readingA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.A.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.While-readingA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'sgravity.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.ReadthepassageonPages40-41andanswerthefollowingquestions.(1)WhendidNeilArmstrongstepontothemoon?A.On4October1957.

B.On12April1961.C.On20July1969.

D.On5September1977.(2)Whydidthedesiretoexploretheuniverseneverdie?A.Becausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexploration.B.Becausetheastronautsfromdifferentcountrieswanttogointospace.C.Becausescientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrongintheuniverse.D.Becausescientistswishtofindothercreaturesintheuniverse.While-reading踏上相信，坚信n.重要性adj.important确信(3)HowisParagraph2organized?A.Bygivingexamples.B.Inorderofspace.C.Bycomparison.D.Bylistingnumbers.(4)What'sthemainideaofParagraph4?A.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003.B.China'sspaceprogrammestartedlaterbutithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.C.Shenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbit.D.ChinahassentChang'e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoon.While-readingadv.独立地adj.independent反义词：dependent（ly)取得很大的进步短时间内Post-readingFillintheblanksaccordingtotheassageonPage40-41.TimeEventsOn4October1957TheSputnik1stllitewas

bytheUSSRandsuccessfully

aroundEarth.On12April1961YuriGagarinbecamethefirstpersonintheworld

intospace.On20July

.

Armstrongsteppedontothemoon,saying,"That'sonesmallstepforaman,onegiant

formankind."On5September1977AmericalaunchedVoyager1tostudy

space,anditstill

datatoday.In

.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldto

sendhumansintospaceandYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5saecraft.launchedorbitedtogoleapdeeptransmitindependently19692003B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.aloneadj.&adv.独自，单独lonelyadj.孤独的looking...现在分词作时间状语=whenpeoplearelookingup...lookup抬头看，仰望wishtodo希望干某事suitableadj.适合的suitv.&n.适合一套

D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth'