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四、(2024·盐城市鹿鸣路初中阶段练习)完形填空。
新素材 科普知识 If you have an interest in space, you must have heard of the Hubble Space Telescope, which was sent into space in 1990. During the thirty years, it helped gain a deeper understanding of outer space. After the HST its job, the new James Webb Space Telescope(JWST) took its place and continued working for people.
Just like the HST, the JWST was named after a(n) . But there was a difference. Edwin Hubble was a widely-respected space scientist, James Webb was neither a scientist nor an engineer. Then did people name the telescope after him? To answer the question, we need to go back to 1961. The American president chose James Webb to NASA. James Webb wasn't willing to take the job, since he almost knew about science and technology. But the president insisted that someone who was good at should be the leader.
Through James Webb's efforts, NASA indeed . It developed spacecraft to explore the Moon and sent probes(探测器) to planets like Mars and Venus. But the organization still several times. One of the worst accidents happened in 1967. Three astronauts died during a spacecraft's test before its . After that, the organization checked every detail and solved all the problems that had caused the accident. He did his best to get NASA back on its feet. All of his work made NASA's success possible. In July 1969, nine months after James Webb retired from NASA, the spacecraft Apollo-11's astronaut Neil Armstrong was in setting foot on the Moon.
James Webb played a(n) role in taking people into space. That's why NASA decided to remember the man by naming the new space telescope after him.
1. A. inventors B. scientists C. musicians D. dentists
2. A. kept B. knew C. found D. completed
3. A. event B. place C. person D. animal
4. A. while B. unless C. since D. though
5. A. how B. why C. when D. where
6. A. visit B. lead C. gain D. treat
7. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
8. A. managing B. researching C. viewing D. recycling
9. A. showed off B. broke down C. fell behind D. made progress
10. A. won B. reviewed C. failed D. trained
11. A. design B. production C. flight D. invention
12. A. luckily B. happily C. suddenly D. carefully
13. A. future B. past C. public D. natural
14. A. active B. successful C. weak D. busy
15. A. common B. pleasant C. important D. traditional
新素材 科普知识 If you have an interest in space, you must have heard of the Hubble Space Telescope, which was sent into space in 1990. During the thirty years, it helped gain a deeper understanding of outer space. After the HST its job, the new James Webb Space Telescope(JWST) took its place and continued working for people.
Just like the HST, the JWST was named after a(n) . But there was a difference. Edwin Hubble was a widely-respected space scientist, James Webb was neither a scientist nor an engineer. Then did people name the telescope after him? To answer the question, we need to go back to 1961. The American president chose James Webb to NASA. James Webb wasn't willing to take the job, since he almost knew about science and technology. But the president insisted that someone who was good at should be the leader.
Through James Webb's efforts, NASA indeed . It developed spacecraft to explore the Moon and sent probes(探测器) to planets like Mars and Venus. But the organization still several times. One of the worst accidents happened in 1967. Three astronauts died during a spacecraft's test before its . After that, the organization checked every detail and solved all the problems that had caused the accident. He did his best to get NASA back on its feet. All of his work made NASA's success possible. In July 1969, nine months after James Webb retired from NASA, the spacecraft Apollo-11's astronaut Neil Armstrong was in setting foot on the Moon.
James Webb played a(n) role in taking people into space. That's why NASA decided to remember the man by naming the new space telescope after him.
1. A. inventors B. scientists C. musicians D. dentists
2. A. kept B. knew C. found D. completed
3. A. event B. place C. person D. animal
4. A. while B. unless C. since D. though
5. A. how B. why C. when D. where
6. A. visit B. lead C. gain D. treat
7. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
8. A. managing B. researching C. viewing D. recycling
9. A. showed off B. broke down C. fell behind D. made progress
10. A. won B. reviewed C. failed D. trained
11. A. design B. production C. flight D. invention
12. A. luckily B. happily C. suddenly D. carefully
13. A. future B. past C. public D. natural
14. A. active B. successful C. weak D. busy
15. A. common B. pleasant C. important D. traditional
答案
1. B
2. D 【解析】根据空后的“the new James Webb Space Telescope(JWST) took its place and continued working for people”可知,在哈勃空间望远镜完成(completed)它的任务后,新的詹姆斯·韦布空间望远镜接替它继续为人们工作。
3. C 【解析】根据下文内容尤其是最后一段中“That's why NASA decided to remember the man by naming the new space telescope after him.”可知,詹姆斯·韦布空间望远镜也是以人的名字命名的。
4. A 5. B
6. B 【解析】根据下文中“But the president insisted that someone who was good at 8 should be the leader.”可知,美国总统任命James Webb领导(lead)NASA。
7. A 【解析】根据前半句“James Webb wasn't willing to take the job”可知,James Webb不愿意接手NASA,因为他对科学和技术几乎一无所知。nothing意为“没有什么”,符合语境。
8. A
9. D 【解析】根据后句“It developed spacecraft to explore the Moon and sent probes to planets like Mars and Venus.”可知,在James Webb的领导下,NASA确实取得了进步。make progress意为“取得进步”,符合语境。
10. C 【解析】根据转折连词“But”并结合后句“One of the worst accidents happened in 1967.”可知,NASA在取得进步的同时也失败了(failed)很多次。
11. C
12. D 【解析】根据上文内容并结合空后的“solved all the problems”可知,在那次事故之后,NASA仔细(carefully)检查每个细节,解决了引起事故的所有问题。
13. A
14. B 【解析】根据上文中“He did his best...success possible.”可知,James Webb退休9个月后,阿波罗11号飞船的宇航员成功登月。固定搭配be successful in doing sth意为“成功做某事”,符合语境。
15. C
2. D 【解析】根据空后的“the new James Webb Space Telescope(JWST) took its place and continued working for people”可知,在哈勃空间望远镜完成(completed)它的任务后,新的詹姆斯·韦布空间望远镜接替它继续为人们工作。
3. C 【解析】根据下文内容尤其是最后一段中“That's why NASA decided to remember the man by naming the new space telescope after him.”可知,詹姆斯·韦布空间望远镜也是以人的名字命名的。
4. A 5. B
6. B 【解析】根据下文中“But the president insisted that someone who was good at 8 should be the leader.”可知,美国总统任命James Webb领导(lead)NASA。
7. A 【解析】根据前半句“James Webb wasn't willing to take the job”可知,James Webb不愿意接手NASA,因为他对科学和技术几乎一无所知。nothing意为“没有什么”,符合语境。
8. A
9. D 【解析】根据后句“It developed spacecraft to explore the Moon and sent probes to planets like Mars and Venus.”可知,在James Webb的领导下,NASA确实取得了进步。make progress意为“取得进步”,符合语境。
10. C 【解析】根据转折连词“But”并结合后句“One of the worst accidents happened in 1967.”可知,NASA在取得进步的同时也失败了(failed)很多次。
11. C
12. D 【解析】根据上文内容并结合空后的“solved all the problems”可知,在那次事故之后,NASA仔细(carefully)检查每个细节,解决了引起事故的所有问题。
13. A
14. B 【解析】根据上文中“He did his best...success possible.”可知,James Webb退休9个月后,阿波罗11号飞船的宇航员成功登月。固定搭配be successful in doing sth意为“成功做某事”,符合语境。
15. C
