2020版高考英语一轮复习Module5NewspapersandMagazines练习（含解析）外研版

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1、Module5　NewspapersandMagazinesⅠ.话题延读ThespaceshuttleColumbiaflaredandbrokeupintheskiesoverTexasonSaturday,February1,2003,killingthesevenastronautsonboardinwhatNASA(美国宇航局)andPresidentBushcalledatragedyfortheentirenation.NASAlaunchedaninvestigationintothedi

2、sasterandbegansearchingfortheastronauts’remains.Itsaidthatalthoughtherehadbeensomedatafailuresitwastooearlytonaildownaprecisecause.Thebreak-up,16minutesbeforetheshuttlewasduetolandatKennedySpaceCenterinFlorida,spreadpossiblytoxicdebris(有毒的残骸)overawideswa

3、thofTexasandneighboringstates.Dramatictelevisionimagesoftheshuttle’sdescentclearlyshowedseveralwhitetrails(痕迹)streakingthroughblueskiesaftertheshuttlesuddenlyfellapart.Itwasalmost17yearstothedaythattheChallengershuttleexplodedonJan.28,1986,killingallseve

4、nastronautsonboard.Take-offandre-entryintoEarth’satmospherearethemostdangerouspartsofaspacemission.In42yearsofUS’humanspaceflight,therehadneverbeenanaccidentinthedescenttoEarthorlanding.Challengerexplodedjustaftertake-off.Rescueteamsscrambledtosearchfort

5、heremainsofthecrew,whichincludedthefirstIsraelitoflyontheshuttle,formercombatpilotCol.IlanRamon.Therewerewarningsthatpartsofavast120-mile-longcorridorofdebriscouldbetoxicbecauseofpoisonousrocketpropellant(推进剂).“Wearenotreadytoconfirmthatwehavefoundanyhum

6、anremains,”NacogdochesCountySheriffThomasKerrssaid.Headdedthatamongtheroughly1,000callsreportingdebris,somepeoplesaidtheyfoundremainsofcrewmembers.“TheColumbiaislost.Therearenosurvivors...Theirmissionwasalmostcompleteandwelostthemsoclosetohome...America’

7、sspaceprogramwillgoon,”saidagrim-facedBushinamessagebroadcastontelevision,whichincludedcondolencestothefamiliesofthedeadastronauts.1.Theunderlinedword“descent”inthepassagemeans　　　. A.takingoffB.landingC.orbitingD.walkingdown2.WhichistrueoftheIsraeliastro

8、nautIlanRamon?A.HewasthefirstIsraeliastronauttoflyontheshuttle.B.HewasthefirstforeignastronauttoflyontheAmericanshuttle.C.Heusedtobeapassengerplanepilot.D.HewastheonlysurvivorintheColumbiadisaster.3.TheColumbiadisasterandt