Space:TheFinalFrontier--ReadingandThinkingUnit4SpaceExplorationlaunchaspacecraftuniverserocketsatelliteorbitastronauttransmitdata/signalsBasicknowledgePleasehelpmecollectthemissingparts.1.ThereareeightplanetsintheSolarSystem.

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2.Footprintsleftbyastronautson

thelunarsurface(月球表面)would

disappear.3.ThehottestplanetinthesolarsystemisVenus(金星).

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SPACEEXPLORATIONReadingandThinking

“Space,thefinalfrontier.ThesearethevoyagesofstarshipEnterprise,herongoingmission:to________strangenewworlds,toseekout______________andcivilsations,toboldly(勇敢地)gowherenomanhasgone

before.”

——JamesKirk宇宙，人類最后的邊疆。這是企業(yè)號星艦的航程。它的任務(wù)，是繼續(xù)去探索未知的新世界，找尋新的生命和新的文明，勇敢地航向前人所未至的領(lǐng)域。----StarTrek星際迷航newlifeforms

explore1.ThereareeightplanetsintheSolarSystem.

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2.Footprintsleftbyastronautson

thelunarsurface(月球表面)would

disappear.3.ThehottestplanetinthesolarsystemisVenus(金星).

462℃TLead-inLet’slauncharocket!Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplantsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.Beforethemid-20thcentury,mostpeoplefelttravellingintospacewasonlyadreamthatcouldnevercometrue.However,scientistsweredeterminedtorealisethatdream._____________.On4October1957,...andon12April1961,...Overeightyearslater,on20July1969,...Para.2D邏輯線索：時間；語義：概括Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.Spaceexplorationhascomealongway,andwenowhopetodiscoverotherplantsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity._________.Forexample,alltheastronautsontheSoyuz11,Challenger,andColumbiaspacecraftsdiedduringtheirmissions.However,whilesuchdisastersbroughtmuchsadnessanddisappointment,thedesiretoexploretheuniversedidnotdie.Thisisbecausepeoplebelieveintheimportanceofcarryingonspaceexplorationdespitethehugerisks.Para.3A邏輯線索：同一語義反復(fù)出現(xiàn)，加以概括dieddisastersdespitethehugerisks.

China’sspaceprogrammestartedlaterthanthoseofRussiaandtheUS,butithasmadegreatprogressinashorttime.Chinabecamethethirdcountryintheworldtoindependentlysendhumansintospacein2003,whenYangLiweisuccessfullyorbitedEarthintheShenzhou5spacecraft.ThenShenzhou6and7completedasecondmannedorbitandthefirstChinesespacewalk,followedbythevehicleJadeRabbitbeingsenttothemoontostudyitssurface.Afterthat,ChinalaunchedtheTiangong2spacelabintospaceandTianzhou1todockwithit.ThissignalledonestepfurtherinChina’splantoestablishaspacestationinthefuture.Morerecently,ChinahassentChang’e4toexplorethesurfaceofthefarsideofthemoontomakemeasurementsandobservations.

Para.4:Chinahasmadegreat_______inspaceexploration.progressA.Althoughscientiststrytomakesurenothinggoeswrong,accidentscanstillhappen.B.Theyalsoreallywishtodiscoverotherplanetsthataresuitableenoughtosupportlife.C.Thefutureofspaceexplorationremainsbright.D.Aftermanyexperiments,theysucceededinmakingrocketsthatcouldescapeEarth’sgravity.____Europe,theUS,andChinaallhaveplanstofurtherstudy

andexploreplanetslikeMarsandJupiter.Despitethedifficulties,scientistshopefuturediscoveries

willnotonlyenableustounderstandhowtheuniversebegan,butalsohelpussurvivewell

intothefuture.C同一語義頻繁出現(xiàn)Para.5:The_______ofspaceexplorationremainsbright.future關(guān)鍵詞復(fù)現(xiàn)：Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsspaceexploration?

pessimisticB.disappointedC.puzzledD.positivePara1

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Para5People’s_______tolearnmoreaboutspace.The______________thattheUSSRandAmericanmade.Humanscontinuespaceexplorationdespitethehuge_____.Chinahasmadegreat_________inspaceexploration.The_______ofspaceexplorationremainsbright.Title:Space:TheFinalFrontierdesireachievementsrisksprogressfutureThe____________ofspaceexplorationdevelopmentWhatwritingtechniquesareusedinthisarticle?Bygivingexamples;byusingquotes事物現(xiàn)象類說明文Post-readingWhatdoesthetitle“Space:TheFinalFrontier”meantoyou?Shareyourideaswiththewholeclass.WhileIsupportspaceexploration,Idon’tthink