1、Unit 2 Heroes课时巩固提升It is a reply to a letter written by Zhai Mingjun, a 16-year-old girl in the class. The two astronauts thank the student for her concerns and wish the class luck in their future studies. “Im so happy that the two spacemen replied with a few encouraging words, ”said Zhai. Her lette
2、r was one of the 10 winning letters taken into space by Fei and Nie, who have succeeded in traveling space in the Sixth Shenzhou Spaceship. Zhai wrote the letter as if she were a younger sister of the astronauts. “As the single child in my family, I always hoped that I would have an elder brother th
3、at I could be proud of, ”Zhai said. “I thought that the astronauts would be lonely during such a long space trip. I hoped they would feel happy and warm when reading my letter. ”Many of Zhais classmates also wrote their words of encouragement and admiration to the astronauts. “The letter to the astr
4、onauts made us believe that we can also be part of the manned space program, ”said Zhao Dongxu. All the students have high expectations for Chinas future space program. “I heard that Snoopy is the mascot(吉祥物)for US astronauts. I hope I can design a mascot for our heroes, ”said Liu Mengjie, 16. “A ph
5、ysics class taught by astronauts in outer space would be very interesting. I want to be the astronaut who teaches students about zero gravity with my head upside down in the spaceship, ”said Han Yinan. Many students think that the manned space program is still far away from them. But they feel proud
6、 that ordinary students couldparticipatein such a great scientific achievement and hope there will be more possibilities to take part. 【语篇概述】中学生写给费俊龙和聂海胜的信被带到了太空。信中表达了他们对航天员的祝福和对航天航空事业的希望。. Skim the passage quickly and fill in the blank. This passage is mainly about _. 答案：. a letter to the astronaut
7、s. Read the passage carefully and fill in the blanks. the studentsthe hopes or feelingsZhaiMingjunShe thought that the astronauts would be_ during such a long space trip and hoped they would feel happy and warm when_ her letter.ZhaoDongxuHe believed that the students can also be part of the_ space p
8、rogram.LiuMengjieShe hoped she could_ a mascot for our heroes.HanYinanHe wanted to be the astronaut who taught students about zero_ with his head_ down in the spaceship.答案：lonely reading manned design gravity upside. 1. The passage is mainly about. A. what the students think of the manned space prog
9、ramB. how two astronauts thank and encourage the studentsC. how the letter from space makes the students care more for space industryD. the students expectations for Chinas future space program【解析】选D。主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了几位中学生给航天员写了一封信, 表达了他们对航天员及航天事业的希望。2. What can you conclude from the passage? A. All the
10、 students look forward to Chinas later space program. B. Astronauts feel lonely during such a long space trip. C. There is no gravity in the spaceship. D. A composition contest had been held before the spaceship was launched. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。文章引用了孩子们在信中的话, 表明了孩子们对发展航天事业的向往。3. What does the underlined w
11、ord“participate”mean? A. take partB. hear aboutC. make planD. write about【解析】选A。词义猜测题。文章最后的一个短语take part与之相呼应, 表示“参加”。4. The words“such a great scientific achievement”in the last paragraph refer to. A. Chinas future space programB. the achievement that US astronauts achievedC. Fei and Nie succeeded in traveling space in the Sixth Shenzhou SpaceshipD. Fei and Nie made their heads upside down in the spaceship【解析】选C。细节理解题。本篇文章是以费俊龙和聂海胜在“神舟”六号发射成功后在太空给孩子们写的回信导入的, 因此“如此伟大的科学成就”是指“神舟”六号发射成功。