英语任务型阅读及书面表达专练16

1、 英语任务型阅读及书面表达专练 16一 任务型阅读 认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。For centuries people dreamed of going into space. This dream began to seem possible when high-flying rockets were built in the early 1900s. In 1903 a Russian teacher named Konstantin Tsiolkovsky figured out how to use rockets for space tr

2、avel. His plan was the first one in rocket science to use correct scientific calculation. About 30 years later, a U.S. scientist named Robert Goddard built the first rockets that could reach high altitudes. During World War II, German scientists built large rockets that could travel very far and car

3、ry dangerous explosives. After the war, scientists from Germany went to the United States and the Soviet Union to help those countries build space rockets. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.mThese two countries were soon racing to get to space first. Each of these countries wanted to prove that it was stronger and

4、more advanced than the other one. Both countries also had powerful bombs. People in the United States were worried when the Soviets were first to launch a space satellite, which was called Sputnik. The Soviets were also first to send a person into space. Yury Gagarin orbited the earth in the Vostok

5、I spaceship in 1961.The US government set a goal for its space program to be the first country to put a person on the Moon. The U.S. space program built a series of Apollo spaceship. These vehicles were powered by huge Saturn 5 rockets. In 1969 Apollo II took three men to the moon successfully. Nell

6、 Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon.The Soviets may have lost the race to fly people to the Moon, but they built the first space station in 191. The United States also built a space station. The space stations allowed people to live and work in space. Then the Soviet Union and the

7、 United States cooperated to hook two spaceships together in space. This action ended the "space race". Today a much larger space station, built by several countries together, orbits Earth.Another new way to go to space is by space shuttle. A space shuttle, first made in the United States

8、in 1981, looks like an airplane. Astronauts who fly spaceships have used shuttles to help put satellites into space.History of space travelTimeEventsInformation concernedEarly 1900sHigh-flying rockets were built.It made the ancient dream of going to space possible to come (1) 1903Konstantin Tsiolkov

9、sky (2) a way to use rockets for space travel.He planned to put correct scientific calculation to use in rocket science.Around (3) Robert Goddard built new rockets.The rockets could fly very(4) in the sky.During and after World War IIGerman scientists built large rockets that could travel very far a

10、nd carry dangerous explosives.Germany was ahead of all the other countries in building space rockets and later it even offered(5) to the Soviet Union and the United StatesThe Soviet Union and the United States competed to get to space first.The Soviet Union became the(6) of the race when it launched

11、 the first satellite and sent the first astronaut into space.1969The United States (7) in putting a person on the moon.In one way, it (8) the Soviet Union by becoming the first country to fly people to the moon.1970sThe Soviets built the first space station and was soon followed by Americans. And th

12、ey finally ended the "space race" by (9) Astronauts can live and work in space stations.1910s-Space shuttles are used as new vehicles for space (10) .Shuttles are also used to help put satellites into space.第六部分： 书面表达(满分25分) 中央号召创建节约型社会，可是许多校园内部浪费现象严重。请你在班会课上发表演讲，号召同学们从我做起，杜绝浪费。注意：1词数130左右

13、；演讲的开头和结尾已写好，不记人总词数。 2不要逐字逐条翻译，要组成一篇通顺连贯的短文。浪费现象危害措施1水、电。2餐厅的食物。3其他(由考生自己添加)1自身性格。2父母财政负担。3自然资源(内容由考生自己添加)Dear friends, May I have your attention, please? Now Id like to make a speech here. With the improvement of living standard, there are a lot of waste on campus. For example the students_ _ _ _ _

14、 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Therefore, Im sure, with everyone doing his bit, we will change the present situation the better. Thats all. Thank you! 1. true 2. discovered/found 3. 1933 4. high 5. help 6. winner 7. succeeded 8. beat/defeated 9. cooperation/cooperating 10. travel 书面表达： May I have your attention

15、, please? Now Id like to make a speech here. With the improvement of living standard, there are a lot of waste on campus. For example the students leave the lights on in the daytime, water running after washing and remains of a lot of food after eating on the table. Some of the students even ask the

16、ir parents for pocket money. So it is high time that we had to deal with the problem. The reasons are as follows: In the first place, the bad habit of being wasteful will have a bad influence on their own character. Secondly, it adds financial burden to their parents. Last but not least, it also exhausts the world's very limited natural resources, water and electricity. But how to reduce the waste? In my opinion, it is everybody's business to fight against waste. On one hand, I