Module5TheConquestoftheUnivers单元小结Inspiteofallouradvancedtechnology,theworldisstillattheverybeginningofitsvoyageintospace.Inthe1950s,Chinasetouttoexplorespace.In2008,millionsofpeopleturnedontheTVtowitnessChinesefirstspacewalk.Itwasreallyahistoricevent,whichhadagreatimpactonspaceexploration.Atthesametime,Chinasetoutitslunarexplorationprogram.Manyprogramsareunderway.Inthelastdecade,China,ourgreatmotherland,hasmadeaseriesofachievements.Chang'e2satellitehassentbackseveralpicturesofthemoon'ssurface.Thesurfaceofthemoonisnotsimilartothatoftheearth,whichisconsistentwithscientists'previousexpectation.Basedonhumanbeings'dream,aseriesoffictionnovelsandfilmsappeared.Manyofthemarebasedontheassumptionthatthealiensfromotherplanetswillinvadeourearth.Thealiens'invasioncanmaketheearthdestroyed.Allofthemareveryscaryanddramatic.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。20世纪50年代,中国开始探索太空。2008年数以百万计的人们打开电视见证了中国的首次太空漫步。这的确是一件历史性的事件,对太空探索产生了巨大的影响。同时,中国开始了月球探索项目。许多项目正在进行中。在近十年里,中国,我们伟大的祖国,已取得了一系列的成就。“嫦娥二号”卫星已经发回了月球表面的一些照片。月球的表面和地球的表面不相似,这跟科学家以前的预测是一致的。基于人类的梦想,出现了一系列的科幻小说和电影。其中许多都是以假设来自其他星球上的外星人侵犯地球为主题,他们的侵略可以使地球毁灭。所有这些作品都很令人恐惧同时又富有戏剧性。加餐练(一)完形阅读组合练Ⅰ.完形填空Forthousandsofmillionsofyearsthemoonhasbeengoingroundtheearth.Duringthistime,themoonhasbeenthe__1__satelliteoftheearth.Today,__2__,theearthhasmanyothersatellitesall__3__byman.Thesemanmadesatellitesareverymuchsmallerthanthemoon.However,someofthemwillstillbegoing__4__theearththousandsofyearsfromnow.Manmadesatellitesdonot__5__becausetheyaregoingtoofasttodoso.Astheyspeedalong,they__6__togostraightoffintospace.They__7__outoftheearth,oritsgravity,which__8__themfromdoingthis.Asaresult,theytravelinanorbitroundtheearth.Ifamanmadesatellitetravelsaboutatacertainheight,itcankeepgoing__9__roundtheearth,justlikethemoon.Thisis__10__itisabovetheatmosphere,andthereisnothingto__11__itdown.Ifittravels__12__thanthat,itwillbesloweddownsomuchthatitwill__13__theearth.Menhave__14__spaceshipstothemoonandtothetwo__15__planets:Mars(火星)andVenus(金星).Byputtingacameraon__16__thespaceshiptothemoon,menhavebeenableto__17__photographsoftheothersideofthemoon.Thissideisalways__18__fromusasthemooncirclestheearth.The__19__arelatertransmittedbyradiototheearth.Theyshowedthattheothersideofthe__20__isverymuchthesameasthesidethatturnstowardsus.语篇解读:在人造卫星出现之前,月亮是地球唯一的卫星。人造卫星能在太空中正常运转的原因是它位于大气之上,如果运行高度下降的话,卫星就会掉下来。1.A.biggestB.brightestC.lastD.only解析:选D从下文可知,在人造卫星出现之前,月亮是地球唯一的卫星。2.A.besidesB.howeverC.thoughD.therefore解析:选B上文说月亮是地球唯一的卫星,而下文说后来有了很多别的卫星,所以是转折关系。副词though表示“可是,然而”,放在句中时,其前后没有逗号。however“然而”放在句中时,前后可以有逗号,故选B项。3.A.assumedB.discoveredC.madeD.foresaw解析:选C从下文中的“Thesemanmadesatellites...”可知,这些卫星是人造的,也就是“madebyman”。4.A.throughB.roundC.behindD.after解析:选B联系关键词still“仍然”,再联系上文中的“goingroundtheearth”可知,这些人造卫星仍然会绕...