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话题二十九 地球与宇宙奥秘探索
第一部分 话题词汇积累
单词&短语
1.______________n.轨道；影响范围，势力范围
2.______________卫星；人造卫星；卫星国；卫星区
3.______________n.航天器，宇宙飞船
4. astronaut n.______________
5. astronomer n.______________
6. astronomy n.______________
7.行星；地球n.______________
8._______________n.宇宙；空地；空间；空隙；期间
9.______________n.望远镜
10.circle the moon_____________________________
11.explore the space____________________________
12.communication satellite_____________________________
13.weather satellite_____________________________
14.manned spaceship/spacecraft_____________________________
15.make a new discovery_____________________________
16. space shuttle____________________________
17.space station____________________________
18.solar system_____________________________
19.the outer space____________________________
20.have access to/be accessible to____________________________
词汇拓展
1.forbid v.禁止；不准；妨碍；阻碍；阻止
【搭配】 forbid sb.to do不准某人做某事
forbid doing允许做某事
sb.be forbidden to do sth.某人被禁止做
与forbid用法相同的还有advise,permit,allow等。
They_____________any ships to enter the water.他们禁止任何船舶进入这片水域.
My parents_____________me from having wine and cigarettes.
我父母不许我抽烟喝酒。
I think it a good idea to____________smoking in public places.
我认为在公共场所禁止吸烟是个好主意。
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】【辨析】 ban,forbid,prohibit都含有一定的“禁止”之意ban n.&vt.“禁止，禁令”(=formal prohibition),指合法地或
由于社会压力而禁止，含谴责或不赞成的态度，通常搭配形式：ban..from sth./doing sth.
forbid vt."禁止，不许",普通用语，比Prohibit通俗，用于较小事物，或个人、上级、官方、长辈做出的禁止命令、
规定，或客观条件不允许，通常搭配形式：forbid sb. to do sth.
prohibit vt."禁止，不准"(=forbid by authori-ty),指通过法律、法令、警告等作出禁止命令的正式规定或规则，通常搭
配形式：prohibit sb.from sth./doing sth.
2.run v.跑；奔跑；跑(某段距离);跑步；做跑步运动
n.跑；跑步；跑步的时间(或距离);(尤指短程或定期，乘交通工具的)旅程
【搭配】 in the long run从长远来看
in the short run从短期来看
run for the president竞选总统
run a hotel/store/language school经营一家旅店/商店/语言学校
He has no idea how to____________a business.他丝毫不懂企业管理。
The college____________summer courses for foreign students.
这所大学为外国学生开设暑期课程。
He had a scar____________down his left cheek.他左脸上竖着一道伤疤。
The permit____________for three months.许可证的有效期为三个月。
The tears____________down her cheeks.泪水顺着她的脸淌下来。
On advice from their lawyers,they decided not to_____________the story.
根据他们的律师的建议，他们决定不刊载这篇报道。
活学活用
一、阅读下列句子，在空白处填入1个单词或用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. Until now,a big donation____________(receive)to save the patients.
2.—Oh no! We're too late. The train____________(leave).
—That's OK. We'll catch the next train to London.
3.So far this year we_____________(see)a fall in house prices by between 5 and 10 percent.
4.The moment I got home,I found I____________(leave)my jacket on the playground.
5.Know more words and expressions and you____________(find)it easier to read and communicate.
二、翻译句子
1.进一所好大学只是实现梦想的第一步，在漫漫人生路上还有数不清的困难在等着我们。(admit)
_____________________________________________________________________________
2.小明起了床，在屋子里来回踱步，等着电话铃响起。(wait)
_____________________________________________________________________________
3.她流露出的自信和善良，给了我很深的印象。(impress)
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4.好人好事范围很宽，可以包括向慈善机构捐款，也可以是帮助身边的有需要的人。(range)
_____________________________________________________________________________
第二部分 话题阅读训练
（A）语法填空
On December 9th, Chinese astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu, (1) (conduct) the science lecture
400 kilometers above Earth, as they orbited in the Tiangong space station.
They showed viewers (2) they lived and worked inside the space station. In response to (3) Hong Kong student's
question about water, Wang said the water they drank was recycled, noting that there was no difference in taste between
regular and (4) (recycle) water. "With a water recycling system, every drop of water (5) (make) full use of," she said.
Wang said the astronauts might look (6) (fat) than they were on earth as the microgravity in space can affect blood
circulation. Zhai introduced the (7) (special) designed uniform Ye was wearing during the class. According to Zhai, it is
called a "penguin jumpsuit" and it has multiple elastic (有弹力的) bands inside to help the astronauts maintain their
muscle (8) (strong).
Ye demonstrated experiments related to cell growth in the weightless environment in space, during (9) he compared
the growth and shape of cells in artificial gravity and zero-gravity so as (10) (study) their changing rules and mechanisms.
（B）阅读理解
From this issue, we explore why the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute hasn't turned up anything
since its founding in the 1980s. (See page 30 for more.) We asked our Facebook followers: Do you think that astronomers
will find evidence of alien life in your lifetime?
Loran McCormick: 1 think they already have it. Judging by the sudden industrialization, I figure they found something
that's probably been here since before humans walked the Earth.
Jens Avery: We may find life, but it may not want anything to do with us. We are not very advanced and can't even get
along with each other.
Steven Buhrow: I think the more important question is — will any government ever publicly admit it in our lifetime? I
fully believe that we could discover alien life today and the government would simply say the public is not ready for this
information.
Jenna Walsh: I think we already see it, but just don't realize what it is. Intelligent alien life probably doesn't want
anything to do with the disaster that is Earth at this point, so no doubt they're playing it safe and observing from a safe
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Christopher Harvey: By alien life, do you mean intelligent alien life? Then no. It would be extremely hard to find, short
of them coming down to Earth. But if you mean unintelligent alien life, like bacteria or single cell, we might.
1．Why did we ask the Facebook followers the question?
A．To question the efficiency of SETI.
B．To confirm the appearance of aliens on earth.
C．To ensure the existence of aliens.
D．To complain about the failure to find aliens.
2．Who doubts the ever visits of aliens to the earth?
A．Loran McCormick. B．Steven Buhrow.
C．Jenna Walsh. D．Christopher Harvey.
3．Where does this text probably come from?
A．An album. B．A science fiction.
C．A magazine. D．A travel guide.
（C）完形填空
Space exploration has always been the province of 21 ：The human imagination readily soars where human
ingenuity (创造力）struggles to follow. A Voyage to the Moon, often cited as the first science fiction story, was written by
Cyrano de Bergerac in 1649. Cyrano was dead and buried for a good three centuries 22 the first manned rockets
started to fly.
In 1961, when President Kennedy declared that America would send a man to the moon by the 23 's end, those
words, too, had a dreamlike quality. They resonated with optimism and ambition in much the same way as the most famous
24 speech of all, delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. two years later. By the end of the decade, both visions had yielded
concrete results and 25 American society. And yet in many ways the two dreams ended up 26 each other. The
fight for racial and economic equality is intensely pragmatic (讲求实用的）and immediate in its impact. The urge to
explore space is just the opposite. It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its 27 .
When the dust settled, the space dreamers lost out. There was no grand follow-up to the Apollo missions. The
technologically compromised space shuttle program has just come to an end, with no 28 . The perpetual argument is
that 29 are tight, that we have more pressing problems here on Earth. Amid the current concerns about the federal
deficit, reaching toward the stars seems a dispensable luxury— 30 saving one-thousandth of a single year’s budget
would solve our problems.
But human ingenuity struggles on. NASA is developing a series of robotic probes that will get the most bang from a
buck. They will serve as modern Magellans, 31 out the solar system for whatever explorers follow, whether man or
machine. On the flip side, companies like Virgin Galactic are plotting a bottom-up assault on the space dream by making it a
资料收集整理【淘宝店铺：向阳百分百】reality to the public. Private spaceflight could lie within 32 of rich civilians in a few years. Another decade or two
and it could go mainstream.
The space dreamers end up benefiting all of us—-not just because of the way they expand human knowledge, or
because of the spin-off 33 they produce, but because the two types of dreams feed off each other. Both Martin Luther
King and John Kennedy appealed to the idea that humans can 34 what were once considered inherent limitations.
Today we face seeming challenges in energy, the environment, health care. Tomorrow we will transcend these as well, and
the dreamers will deserve a lot of the credit. The more evidence we collect that our species is 35 greatness, the more
we will actually achieve it.
6．A．dreamers B．explorers C．astronomers D．novelists
7．A．after B．before C．until D．while
8．A．year B．quarter C．century D．decade
9．A．inspiring B．public C．dream D．freedom
10．A．attacked B．industrialized C．transformed D．accessed
11．A．in conflict withB．in line with C．in common with D．keeping pace with
12．A．aims B．influence C．concerns D．terms
13．A．ancestor B．successor C．forefather D．advocate
14．A．situations B．securities C．funds D．schedules
15．A．just like B．on condition that C．as if D．so that
16．A．making B．figuring C．sweeping D．mapping
17．A．reach B．range C．control D．knowledge
18．A．productions B．chips C．technologies D．substitutes
19．A．go beyond B．go through C．go after D．go over
20．A．In ignorance ofB．capable of C．proud of D．in favor of
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