2020版高考英语复习Module5TheConquestoftheUniverse课后达标检测外研版

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1、Module5TheConquestoftheUniverse(建议用时：35分钟)阅读理解(2019·石家庄教学质量检测二)Nospacecraftwilleverlandonthesun.ThesunisaflamingballofgasthatreachesthousandsofdegreesFahrenheit.Butthisyear,ashipfromEarthwillflyclosertoitthananymanmadecrafthasflownbefore.Themission(任务)isabigdevelopmentforscientistsand,may

2、be,foreveryoneelse.Inthesummerof2018,NASAplanstolaunchtheParkerSolarProbe.Afterajourneyofnearly90millionmiles,itwillflywithin3.85millionmilesofthesun.Withintwomonthsoflaunching,theprobeisexpectedtoreachthesun’scorona(日冕).That’sthesun’souteratmosphereofgas.Gettingtherewon’tbeeasy.Designing

3、aspacecrafttoughenoughtoholduptothesun’sheathasproveddifficult.Butthathasn’tstoppedengineersfromtrying.Temperaturesinthecoronacanreachmillionsofdegrees.Theprobewilllimititselftoregionswherethingsgetnohotterthan2，500.That’sstillaheavyheatloadforaspacecraft.Buta4.5inchthickheatshield(护罩)wil

4、lprotecttheprobe’scameraandscientificinstruments.NASAsaysthedatatheprobecollectscouldprovideknowledgeintothephysicsofstars.Oursunisspecialtous.Butasastar,it’srathercommon.Sothebetterweunderstandhowitworks,thebetterweunderstandallstarsofmassandcolors.Perhapsthemostimportantiswhattheprobema

5、yshowusaboutsolarstorms.Duringsolarstorms,chargedparticlesstreamthroughthesolarsystem.Theycandisablecommunicationssatellitesandshutdownpowersystems.Onestudyhasfoundthataveryintensesolarstormcouldcauseupto$2trillionindamageintheU．S.alone.ItcouldalsoblackouttheEastCoastforayear.Understandin

6、gsolarstormsmightallowustopredictthemandprotectourselves.ThatcouldmakeevenamissionwithabillionpluspricetagoneofNASA’sgreatbargains.【解题导语】　本文是一篇说明文。2018年夏天，美国航空航天局计划发射ParkerSolarProbe(帕克太阳探测器)，该探测器收集到的数据有利于研究太阳及太空中的其他恒星，更重要的是，这还会让我们了解有很大的破坏作用的太阳风暴，从而预测它们，保护我们自己。1．Whatcanwelearnabouttheprob

7、e?A．It’llflyclosertothesunthanthepreviousones.B．It’sthefirstmanmadeinstrumenttoflytothesun.C．It’llgettothecoreofthesuninnearlytwomonths.D．It’llflyabout3.85millionmilestoreachthecorona.A　解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Butthisyear,ashipfromEarthwillflyclosertoitthananymanmadecrafth