高考英语语法填空时政专题8：詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜+课件

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Webbtelescopespiessignsofwateronhabitable-zoneexoplanet根据詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜发现的新证据，水可能在距离地球约120光年的巨大行星的表面上流动。天基天文台是运行中最先进的天文仪器之一，其调查显示，系外行星K2-18b可能具有行星的一些关键特征，可以支持水体和生命。阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Watersmaybeflowingonthesurfaceofanenormousplanetthatliesabout120light-yearsfromEarth,accordingtonewevidence1.______(uncover)bytheJamesWebbSpaceTelescope.Theinvestigationwiththespace-basedobservatory,oneofthe2.______(advanced)astronomyinstrumentsinoperation,revealedthattheexoplanetK2-18bmayhavesomekeyfeaturesofaplanet3.______couldsupportbodiesofwater—andlife.CloselyorbitingthecooldwarfstarK2-18,theexoplanetlieswithinthestar’shabitable,orGoldilocks,zoneandis8.64.______(time)asmassiveasEarth.An5.______(analyse)ofWebb’sobservationsfoundtheplanethashugequantitiesofmethane(甲烷)andcarbondioxideinitsatmosphere.TheWebbtelescope,whichcandetectinfrared(红外)lightinvisibletothehumaneye,searchedfor6.______(exact)whatelementsarefeaturedintheplanet’satmosphere.And7.______latestobservationsoftheplanetalsohintthataveryspecialsubstance,calleddimethylsulfide,couldbe8.______(presence)onK2-18b.OnEarth,dimethylsulfide“isonlyproducedbylife,”accordingtoNASA.ResearchersarenotoutrightsuggestingthatK2-18biscrawlingwithalienlife.Furtherresearchisneeded9.______(confirm)thepresenceofdimethylsulfide.Andevenifscientistsconfirmthechemicalcompound’spresence,thatdoesn’tguaranteelife-formsexistthere.Butthisnewevidencedoesexpandscientists’understandingofexoplanetssimilar______10.______K2-18b.1.考查非谓语作后置定语.uncover与evidence构成动宾关系，故用过去分词.注意accordingto不能引导从句，故不能填谓语。2.考查形容词最高级.oneof+adj最高级+名词复数，（instruments)表达最…之一。3.考查定语从句引导词，先行词planet，在从句中充当主语，故用that/which皆可。4.考查倍数表达法，8.6timesas….as。5.考查名词作主语，analyse.的名词形式analysis分析报告。6.考查副词的用法，副词修饰主句动词可以放在宾语从句前。7.考查冠词用法，thelatest,表达最近的。8.考查形容词做表语，bepresent存在的。9.考查不定式做目的状语，为了证明，进一步的研究被需要。10.考查介词在固定搭配中的运用，besimilarto

与….相似的。1.uncovered2.mostadvanced3.that/which4.times5.analysis6.exactly7.the8.present9.toconfirm10.to文章背景美国航天局日前表示，詹姆斯·韦布空间望远镜拍摄到一颗太阳系外行星的直接图像，这是该空间望远镜首次拍摄到相关图像。据美国航天局介绍，这颗名为“HIP65426b”的太阳系外行星是一颗巨型气态行星，没有岩石表面，不适宜居住。其质量约为木星的6至12倍，年龄约在1500万年至2000万年之间，比地球年轻得多。天文学家于2017年运用欧洲南方天文台设在智利的甚大望远镜发现了这颗太阳系外行星，并拍摄到它的图像。此次韦布空间望远镜拍摄到这颗行星的更多细节。【Para.1】TheJamesWebbspacetelescopehastakenitsfirstimageofanexoplanet,aplanetoutsideoursolarsystem,asastronomershailthedevice'sperformancesinceitslaunchin2021.【Para.2】Imagesfromthemostpowerfulspacetelescopeeverbuilthavethrilledobserversinrecentmonthsasitorbitsthesunamillionmiles(1.6millionkilometers)fromEarth.【Para.3】Itslatestpioneeringpicturesshowtheexoplanet,calledHIP65426b,isagasgiantwithnorockysurfaceandcouldnotbehabitable."Thisisatransformativemoment,notonlyforWebbbutalsoforastronomygenerally,"saidastronomerSashaHinkley,wholedthespaceobservationteam.【Para.4】Webb'sinfraredgazeandcoronagraphs,telescopicattachmentsthatblockoutstarlight,enableittotakedirectimagesofexoplanets.【Para.5】"ItwasreallyimpressivehowwelltheWebbcoronagraphsworkedtosuppressthelightofthehoststar,"HinkleysaidinaNASAstatementonThursday.【Para.6】TheHIP65426bexoplanetissixto12timesthemassofJupiterandyoung-about15to20millionyearsold,comparedthe4.5-billion-year-oldEarth.【Para.7】Thetelescope,whichonlyreleaseditsfirstimagesinJuly,hasalreadyrevealeddazzlingnewdetailofthePhantomGalaxyandoftheplanetJupiter.CNN—

TheJamesWebbSpace

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observed

itssmallest

cosmic

objecttodate—a

previously

unknownasteroidaboutthesizeoftheColosseuminRome.詹姆斯-韦伯太空望远镜观测到了它迄今为止最小的宇宙物体--一个以前未知的小行星，其大小与罗马的斗兽场差不多。AteamofEuropeanastronomersmadethe

detection

ofthespacerock,whichisbetween328and656feet(100to200meters)long,andlocatedinthemain

asteroid

beltbetweenMarsandJupiter.一个欧洲天文学家小组发现了这颗太空岩石，它的长度在328到656英尺（100到200米）之间，位于火星和木星之间的主要小行星带。Theasteroidmaybeoneofthesmallesteverfoundinthemainbelt.Suchsmall,darkcosmicobjectsareincrediblyhardtoobserve,but

astronomers

canuseWebbtolookformoreasteroidsofthissizeinthefuture.这颗小行星可能是在主带中发现的最小的小行星之一。这样小的、黑暗的宇宙物体是非常难以观察到的，但是天文学家可以利用韦伯来寻找未来更多这样大小的小行星。Thedoughnut-shapedbeltishometomostoftheasteroidsinthesolarsystem.Themainasteroidbeltisinclose

alignment

withtheeclipticplane,orthesameplanethatincludesEarth’sorbitaroundthesun.这个甜甜圈形状的带子是太阳系中大多数小行星的所在地。主小行星带与黄道面紧密相连，或包括地球围绕太阳的轨道的同一平面。telescope[‘teliskəup]n.望远镜v.缩短,压缩,套叠observed[əb‘zə:v]v.观察,遵守,注意到v.庆祝,评论cosmic['kɔzmik]adj.宇宙的,广大无边的,无限的previously['pri:vjəsli]adv.先前,在此之前detection[di'tekʃən]n.探测,侦查,察觉,发觉asteroid[‘æstərɔid]n.小行星,海盘车adj.星状的alignment[ə‘lainmənt]n.调整成直线,准线,调整,直线性n.结盟astronomers[əˈstrɔnəməz]n.天文学者，天文学家(astronomer的名词复数)Furtherobservationswillhelpastronomerslearnmoreabouttheasteroidinthefutureandconfirmthatitis

truly

anewly

discovered

object.进一步的观测将帮助天文学家在未来了解更多关于这颗小行星的信息，并确认它确实是一个新发现的天体。ThedetectionoftheasteroidwasmadebychancewhentheWebb

research

teamfocusedthetelescope’sMid-InfraRedInstrument,orMIRI,onthemainbeltasteroid(10920)1998BC1,originallydiscoveredin1998,totakecalibrationi