Module 3 Journey to space
Unit 2
【自测】
根据课文内容填空，每空一词
1. , we have not found life on any other planets yet.
2. The earth is a planet and it around the sun.
3. Our solar system is a small part of a much group of stars and planets.
4. Scientists have also many other galaxies in the universe.
5. Their light has to travel for many years to us.
【过关】
一、根据句意及中文提示完成句子，每空一词
1. Some people believe that the （宇宙） was made by God.
2. Eight planets travel around the sun in our solar （体系）.
3. As students, we should protect the （环境） of our school.
4. The （光线） is too strong. It’s not good for our eyes.
5. My uncle works （在远方） in Australia. He comes home every three years.
二、用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空
(
be that a group of have to far away
)
1. None of the seven other planets has an envi-ronment like of the earth.
2. Scientists don’t think there ever life on Mars.
3. Liu Xin’s home is next to mine but it is from yours.
4. students went to the book sale the day before yesterday.
5. The last bus has left, so Jim go home on foot.
三、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词
1. 班里没有一个女孩曾经问过这个问题。
the girls in the class this question.
2. 没有男孩旅行远至海南岛。
have travelled to Hainan Island.
3. 为什么没有人和我们交流？
Why with us
4. 迈克不可能在三分钟内算出这道题目。
Mike work out the problem in three minutes.
5. 地球和其他七颗行星绕着太阳转。
The earth and seven planets sun.
四、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空
1. there （be） visitors to our planet from others
2. The Whites （find） the cat yet.
3. Mr Cao （be） to Beijing many times.
4. —I can’t see Ben in the classroom.
—He （go） to the Music Club.
Mrs White just （leave） our classroom. She is not here now.
【提升】
一、完形填空
Space travel is nothing new. Scientists 1 the first spaceship into space in 1961. Since then, people have not only travelled into space, 2 many of them have lived there in space stations for some time.
The Soviet Union sent the 3 space station into space in 1971. This space station was
4 Salyut I. The Soviet Union built it 5 a place where people could live when they watched space and did experiments. The first group of 6 lived there for 23 days. The Soviet Union went on to make seven more Salyut space 7 . At about the same time, the United States had 8 own space station, called Skylab.
Astronauts 9 in these space stations for a short time. In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union launched the Mir space station. People began to live in space for a 10 time.
Living in space stations seems to be 11 , but astronauts face many problems. One of them is 12 . All the meals on space stations are put together on the earth and sent there by 13 . Because the food has to last a long time, people put a lot of food in cans. The space station does not have a fridge, but it has a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables 14 . Astronauts also eat many other foods, 15 dried meat, because this kind of food does not need special care.
（ ）1. A. set up B. looked up C. put up D. sent up
（ ）2. A. as for B. but also C. as well D. so on
（ ）3. A. fourth B. third C. second D. first
（ ）4. A. watched B. seen C. asked D. called
（ ）5. A. like B. as C. on D. for
（ ）6. A. policemen B. coaches C. drivers D. astronauts
（ ）7. A. museums B. airports C. stops D. stations
（ ）8. A. their B. her C. our D. its
（ ）9. A. lived B. played C. took D. relaxed
（ ）10. A. more B. less C. longer D. shorter
（ ）11. A. fun B. dangerous C. tiring D. bad
（ ）12. A. money B. water C. medicine D. food
（ ）13. A. train B. bus C. spaceship D. ship
（ ）14. A. fresh B. hot C. warm D. clean
（ ）15. A. such as B. as well as C. instead of D. for example
二、阅读理解
In 2015, US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian astronaut Mikhail Korniyenko travelled to space. They lived for a year on the International Space Station （ISS）.
▲ Here is a small part of the book.
“I Can Look Down on the Earth”
From the ISS, I can look down on the earth. Some parts of the world are covered by gases（气体） from factories and cars. These parts make the earth look sick.
But one of my favourite parts is the Bahamas, which are islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The ocean is a mix of deep and light blues. I am lucky to see it.
“My Room Is Small”
I’ve been here for three weeks already. Sometimes, I wake up and think I’m upside down.
My room is just big enough for me. I sleep in a sleeping bag.
However, from the outside, the station looks like huge cans（容器） connected to each other. It is about the size of a football field.
“The Hardest Thing Is Putting On Socks”
Getting dressed is a bit hard when you can’t “sit” or “stand”, but I’ve got used to it. The hardest thing is putting on my socks. There is no gravity（重力） to help me bend over（弯腰）. I have no trouble deciding what to wear. I wear the same things every day.
（ ）1. Which of the following can be put in“ ▲ ”
A. Kelly got along well with Mikhail.
B. Kelly kept on writing when he lived on the ISS.
C. Kelly wanted to write a book about his life in space.
D. Kelly wrote a book about what life is like in space.
（ ）2. From the part “I Can Look Down on the Earth”, we know .
A. where the Atlantic Ocean is
B. how long Kelly stayed in space
C. what makes the earth look sick
D. what we can do on these islands
（ ）3. Which sentence tells us why it is hard for Kelly to put on socks in space
A. Getting dressed is a bit hard.
B. There is no gravity to help me bend over.
C. I have no trouble deciding what to wear.
D. I wear the same things every day.
（ ）4. Which of the following is TRUE
A. Kelly thinks he is lucky to see the ocean from the ISS.
B. Kelly didn’t feel well during his stay on the ISS.
C. The ISS is about the size of a basketball field.
D. Kelly lived for a year on the ISS alone.
（ ）5. In which part of a newspaper can we probably find the reading
A. NATURE. B. SCIENCE.
C. ENVIRONMENT. D. HISTORY.
三、词汇运用
A）用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。
(
model communicate none space travel reach
)
1. Have you ever seen the movie Interstellar It’s a great movie about .
2. Lisa Shanghai two days ago.
3. Tony likes to collect all kinds of plane .
4. I find it really hard with my parents.
5. of them could afford a new car.
B）根据汉语提示完成短文。
NASA is thinking about space habitat（宜居地） models. They will offer living space to astro-nauts to explore the 6 （月球） and Mars.
A（n） 7 （群） of NASA researchers and astronauts have examined（检查） five working models of space panies like Bigelow built them to give NASA ideas for what a（n）8 （未来的） Lunar Gateway（通道） might look like.
NASA has described the Lunar Gateway as a small 9 （字宙飞船）. It will offer a living place to astronauts and they can work there in a laboratory for some science 10
（项目）.
The programme offers the chance“to test all these structures（测试所有结构） in a deep-space 11 （环境） before going to Mars”.
Bigelow’s habitat, called the B330, will be launched（被发射） from the 12 （地球）. Once in space, the habitat opens up into a two-floor, 16-metre-long station that can hold up to six astronauts.
Four other companies are also building model habitats. NASA plans to spend one 13
（十亿） dollars on the lunar space habitat pro-gramme by 2028. Each of the companies has
14 （收到） some money to develop the habitat models. Bigelow has already worked to develop a（n） 15 （系统） that can make astronauts feel at home when they’re in the habitat. But it might not be ready soon.
四、任务型阅读
林倩是一名初二学生。她有志于成为一位天文学家（astronomer），于是她在网上搜集了许多相关资料。以下是她在网上搜集的相关信息，请按照正确步骤，帮助她把以下信息整理成正确的流程图。第一步已经给出。
A. Next, you should buy a good telescope（望远镜） to study the universe. It’s a way to see the stars and the galaxies in the universe.
B. If you do all the above things, I believe you can get closer to your dream.
C. Finally, join an astronomy club. This will allow you to meet others who are interested in astronomy.
D. It’s not enough to do well in these subjects. You should also improve your writing and public speaking skills（技能）. Astronomers do more than just look at the sky all day. They also talk about their ideas and discoveries with others. You will also need to write about your studies.
E. You should first get good marks in high school maths, physics（物理） and chemistry（化学）.
F. Studying the universe with a telescope isn’t enough. Learning how to use science-related software（科学相关的软件） is also important. You might need to use it in your future work.
参考答案
Unit 2
【自测】
1. However 2. goes 3. larger 4. discovered 5. reach
【过关】
一、1. universe 2. system 3. environment 4. light 5. out
二、1. that 2. has been 3. far away 4. A group of 5 .has to
三、1. None of, has asked 2. No boys, far enough 3. has no one communicated
4. It is impossible for, to 5. other, go around the
四、1. Have, been 2. haven’t found 3. has been 4. has gone 5. has, left
【提升】
一、1—5. DBDDB 6—10. DDDAC 11—15. ADCAA
二、1—5. DCBAB
三、1. space travel 2. reached 3. models
4. to communicate 5. None 6. moon 7. group 8. future
9. spaceship 10. projects 11. environment 12. earth
13. billion 14. got/received 15. system
四、1—5. DABCFModule 3
Unit 3 Language in use
【语法专练】
一、根据句意，从括号内选择适当的词填空
1. —Have you ever met your pen friend, Alice —No, not （yet; already）.
2. —Have you waited for long —No, I’ve （just; already） got off the train.
3. Lucy hasn’t arrived （ever; yet）. Let’s begin the meeting first.
4. Millie （returned/has returned） the bike to Michael last Friday.
5. —Would you like to visit the Yu Garden with me this afternoon
—Sorry. I （visit/have visited） it twice.
二、根据句意，用have/has been to或have/has gone to填空
1. —May I speak to Tony —Sorry, he isn’t in. He France.
2. —The Summer Palace is wonderful. Have you ever visited any other interesting places
—Yes, we the Great Wall too.
3. —Have you seen Dr Wu and Dr Wang recently
—No. They Beijing for a meeting.
4. My brother Hangzhou many times because it is such a beautiful city.
5. —Why don’t we play basketball with Class 4 this afternoon
—Because they Longzhong for a study trip.
【综合演练】
阅读理解
The solar system has eight planets. The planets are Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The planets are all round, like balls. The planets all go around the sun.
Mercury is the closest to the sun. It is very hot on Mercury. The planets that are far away from the sun are very cold. Venus is between Mercury and the Earth. It is sometimes called the Earth’s “sister planet” because they have almost the same size and shape. The Earth is the planet where we live on. From space, the Earth looks blue because it has so much water. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Saturn is known for having rings around it. Uranus was the first planet discovered with a telescope（望远镜）. We can see Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn with our eyes. However, to see Uranus, we need a telescope. Neptune is the 8th planet in our solar system. The planet is the farthest from the sun.
Probes（探测仪） go into space and take pictures of the planets. We can learn a lot from these pictures. If you could send a probe to any planet, where would you send it
（ ）1. What goes around the sun
A. The moon. B. Stars.
C. Spaceships. D. The planets.
（ ）2. Which planet is the Earth’s “sister planet”
A. Mercury. B. Venus.
C. Jupiter. D. Saturn.
（ ）3. Some planets are far away from the sun so they are very .
A. cold B. hot C. small D. bright
（ ）4. Which of the following is TRUE
A. The Earth is the second closest to the sun.
B. Jupiter is larger than any other planet in our solar system.
C. Uranus is famous for having rings around it.
D. We can’t see Mars with our eyes.
（ ）5. You can most probably read the text in .
A. a storybook
B. a cookbook
C. a science magazine
D. a travel magazine
二、根据汉语提示完成短文
Tony is very interested in 1 （太空）. He often reads books and watches movies about it.
Last night, he had a dream. He dreamt that he studied the solar 2 （系统） in class. Then his class and the teacher took a trip to the 3 （宇宙）. Tony thought the trip to the Galaxy was surprising. He watched the stars flying by his windows. They were almost close enough to be touched by his 4 （手指）. As they headed towards the sun, the warm
5 （光线） made them feel warm. Suddenly, Tony saw another 6 （宇宙飞船） next to theirs. It looked so big!Tony and his classmates were talking about where it was from and who was in it. Just then, Tony shouted loudly. He 7 （发现） an alien（外星人）. It looked strange and 8 （可怕的）. What was worse, more aliens 9 （出现） and flew towards Tony and his classmates. Tony was 10 （紧张的） and afraid. He hoped the aliens wouldn’t hurt them. The aliens came nearer and nearer. Just when they were about to catch Tony, he opened his eyes.
Tony was very glad that it was just a dream.
三、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
At 9:00 am on 15th October 2003, our country 1 （send） its first manned spaceship, Shenzhou Ⅴ, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. 2 took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours to go around the Earth 14 times. Yang Liwei is China’s 3 （one） astronaut. He comes from Liaoning Province and4 （be） an air force pilot（飞行员） for many years.
The life of 5 astronaut is not easy. To put on a spacesuit takes him 15 minutes
6 the help of others. Sleeping in space is not easy, 7 . He has to sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall 8 there is no gravity（重力）. “I’m feeling very good in space, and it looks wonderful here,” said Yang. “I have looked at our beautiful Earth and recorded（记录） 9 I have seen there.”
China has become the third country in the world 10 （send） a person into space. We are all proud of our motherland.
四、书面表达
假如你是Jane，是学校英语俱乐部的一名成员。今天英语俱乐部口语班讨论的话题是“My Journey into Space”，请你根据下列提示，发挥想象，谈一下你的太空之旅。
提示：
（1）How do you feel about the journey
（2）What will you take to space
（3）What do you want to do in space
要求：（1）语句通顺，符合逻辑，可适当发挥；（2）80词左右。
My Journey into Space
参考答案
Unit 3 Language in use
【语法专练】
一、1. yet 2. just 3. yet 4. returned 5. have visited
二、1. has gone to 2. have been to 3. have gone to
4. has been to 5. have gone to
【综合演练】
一、1—5. DBABC
二、1. space 2. system 3. universe 4. fingers 5. light
6. spaceship 7. discovered 8. terrible 9. appeared
10. nervous
三、1. sent 2. It 3. first 4. has been 5. an 6. with
7. either 8. because 9. what 10. to send
四、One possible version:
My Journey into Space
I’m interested in space. I hope to have a space travel in the future.
If I have the chance to go on a space journey, I will be very excited about it. Of course, I will feel a little nervous. It is my first time to go into space after all. I will take my cellphone, iPad and camera with me. I’d like to take spacewalks in space and listen to my favourite songs. I also want to take pictures of our earth and other planets. If I can talk with my parents and friends through the cellphone, that will be great. I’m looking forward to my journey into space. That will be more interesting than most of my journeys.
And I believe with the development of the technology, my journey into space will come true. （136 words）Module 3 Journey to space
Unit 1
【自测】
根据课文内容填空，每空一词
1. I haven’t started yet because I’m not sure to make it.
2. Because Mars is very far away, much than the moon.
3. Lots of scientists are working hard in to send astronauts to Mars one day.
4. You can go online to for information.
5. How does Daming feel the school project
【过关】
一、根据句意及中文提示完成句子，每空一词
1. —Has Jim （到达） school yet
—No, I guess he is on the way.
2. Linda looked very excited after she heard the （新闻） about her favourite star.
3. In the history class, I learnt that it was Columbus who （发现） America.
4. Mike’s hobby is to collect all kinds of （模型） planes.
5. My father has many （工程） to work on, so he is quite busy.
二、用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空
(
late just astronaut yet no problem
)
1. —Mum, can you pass me that book
—Sure, .
2. I have seen the film and I’m really touched（感动的）.
3. I can’t wait to see Jackie Chan’s movie.
4. It’s not a good idea to watch TV when you haven’t finished your homework .
5. Two women completed their first space walk on October 18, 2019.
三、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词
1. 蒂姆对航天旅行很感兴趣。
Tim is interested in .
2. 亨利在忙些什么？
What Henry
3. 迈克已去过北京三次，但他对北京还不太了解。
Mike Beijing three times, but he still doesn’t know much about it.
4. 完成这项工作花了几周时间。
several weeks to finish the work.
5. 露西总是很可爱。这就是我们喜欢她的原因。
Lucy is always lovely. we like her.
四、用括号中所给词的适当形式填空
1. I （not start） our school project yet.
2. The spaceship already （arrive） on Mars.
3. No one （be） to Mars, because Mars is very far away.
4. Scientists （work） very hard now in order to get information from Mars.
5. Astronauts （not send） back any messages yet.
【提升】
一、完形填空
NASA（美国国家航空航天局） said it could send astronauts to Mars as early as the 2030s. These astronauts will 1 on Mars for more than two years. So before 2 them to Mars, NASA needs to know how 3 will do things when they live in a small 4 , far away from the earth, for such a 5 time. It has decided to do a piece of research first. Three men and three women will take part in the research to 6 what it would be like to live on Mars—without ever leaving the 7 .
NASA will do the research in a 8 building on the side of a volcano（火山） in Hawaii. The volcano is called Mauna Loa. It is the second biggest volcano in the world. NASA chooses this place to do the research 9 it looks just like Mars. Three men and three women will 10 in this building for eight months.
During the eight months, the 11 people will only be able to communicate with NASA by email. To make it 12 like being on Mars, it will 13 them 40 minutes to get an answer to an email. That’s because the message needs 20 minutes to travel 14 Mars to the earth.
By doing this research, NASA hopes to learn how to 15 the best people for the space travel to Mars.
（ ）1. A. watch B. wait C. stay D. keep
（ ）2. A. carrying B. sending C. moving D. taking
（ ）3. A. animals B. men C. women D. people
（ ）4. A. family B. group C. box D. plan
（ ）5. A. long B. wide C. high D. short
（ ）6. A. look for B. look out C. find out D. search for
（ ）7. A. moon B. building C. country D. earth
（ ）8. A. special B. tall C. simple D. huge
（ ）9. A. but B. so C. if D. because
（ ）10. A. play B. sleep C. live D. practise
（ ）11. A. four B. five C. six D. seven
（ ）12. A. less B. more C. further D. closer
（ ）13. A. take B. spend C. pay D. cost
（ ）14. A. on B. by C. for D. from
（ ）15. A. train B. have C. choose D. take
二、阅读理解
Remembering the names of the planets in our solar system can be easy if we practise. Here are some ways to help you quickly remember the planets.
Sing a song
Setting the names of the planets to a song may help you remember them better. A number of songs can help you remember a basic fact about each planet. One example is “Planets Song”. You can easily get it from Amazon or iTunes.
Search online for other planet songs and their videos.
Listen to an audio recording（音频录音）
Many people can learn information better when they hear it spoken out loudly. Make an audio recording of yourself and say the names of the planets in it. Repeat（重复） it several times in the recording. Listen to this recording over and over again.
Teach the planet names to someone else
When you have to teach information to someone else, you need to know the information pretty well yourself. This can help you remember it better.
If you can’t get anyone to be your student, speak to yourself in a mirror（镜子）.
（ ）1. We can find ways to remember the planet names in this material.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
（ ）2. We can get other planet songs and their videos from .
A. teachers B. friends C. the Internet D. scientists
（ ）3. Which of the following may we need when practising giving a lesson
A. A pen. B. A book. C. A mirror. D. A model.
（ ）4. It is clear from the material that .
A. learning through audio recordings is better than through videos
B. practice is the key to remembering the planet names
C. “Planets Song” is the name of a video game
D. we can ask others to teach us the planet names
三、词汇运用
A）用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。
(
yet on reach model no problem
)
1. —Can you show me how to use the computer, John
— .
2. Have you finished your homework , Mike
3. The boy is so tall that he can the top of the door.
4. —What are you up to, Daming
—I’m making a（n） plane, Mum.
5. Mr Li is going to give us a talk how to keep safe.
B）根据汉语提示完成短文。
Exciting Moments of Shenzhou Spaceships
Are you interested in 6 （太空） travel Do you think some day we’ll travel to the 7 （月亮） Is there any life on other8 （行星） Our country’s 9
（宇宙飞船） programme has developed very fast. Let’s share something exciting about Shenzhou spaceships.
On November 20, 1999, China successfully10 （发射） the first unmanned test spaceship ShenzhouⅠ. China launched Shenzhou Ⅱ on January 10, 2001, carrying microbes and several small animals. It returned to the 11 （地球） on January 16. It is the first formal unmanned spaceship of China.
Shenzhou Ⅴ spaceship is China’s first man-ned spaceship. On October 15, 2003, Chinese
12 （宇航员） Yang Liwei began his 21-hour space 13 （计划） to go where the Chinese had never been.
The latest 14 （新闻） is that China has successfully launched Shenzhou Ⅺ, carrying two astronauts and they have 15 （刚才） stayed in space for 33 days.
四、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 spaceship1 （land） on the moon. US astronaut Neil Armstrong became the 2 （one） man to walk on the moon.
Armstrong made history in space. But the public knew little about him. Now the movie First Man 3 （give） us a new look at his life. Armstrong was 4 quiet man in real life. He was very good at his job in his early years.
The movie 5 （careful） shows the ups and downs of the Apollo 11 mission（任务） and how Armstrong and his partners risked their lives 6 （finish） the mission.
The movie also shows us some unknown7 （story） about Armstrong. His daughter Karen died at 2 from cancer. He was really sad, 8 he pretended（假装） to be okay. He threw himself into his work and moved his family to Houston. Most of 9 （he） friends didn’t even know about it.
If you want to know what the real Armstrong was 10 , this movie won’t let you down.
参考答案
Unit 1
【自测】
1. how 2. farther 3. order 4. search 5. about
【过关】
一、1. reached 2. news 3. discovered 4. model 5. projects
二、1. no problem 2. just 3. latest 4. yet 5. astronauts
三、1. space travel 2. is, up to 3. has been to
4. It has taken 5. That’s why
四、1. haven’t started 2. has, arrived 3. has been
4. are working 5. haven’t sent
【提升】
一、1—5. CBDBA 6—10. CDADC 11—15. CBADC
二、1—4. BCCB
三、1. No problem 2. yet 3. reach 4. model 5. on
6. space 7. moon 8. planets 9. spaceship 10. launched
11. earth 12. astronaut 13. project 14. news 15. just
四、1. landed 2. first 3. gives 4. a 5. carefully
6. to finish 7. stories 8. but 9. his 10. like
