《2025年奔跑吧少年九年级英语全一册外研版》

③Read the passage and finish the following tasks.
A. Complete the passage with the sentences in the box. (one extra option)
“My career is in China, my achievement is in China, and my destination(归宿),” Qian Xuesen, “the Father of China’s Missile” and “the King of Rockets”, once said.
Qian Xuesen was born in Shanghai in 1911. He graduated in 1934 from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In 1935, he travelled to the US to study. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology. 26. ______
He had a strong will and never gave up. He studied rocketry(火箭技术) in the US. Because he was so smart, he soon became a young professor. 27. ______
Thus, in 1955, six years after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Qian Xuesen returned to China. 28. ______ At that time, scientists in China knew little about rockets.
29. ______ It was very hard. Qian and his team had to work on their own. In 1964, they launched the first atomic bomb(原子弹). Then in 1970 they launched the China’s first artificial satellite. Their hard work made our country safer. Qian’s work also led to the success of China’s first manned spacecraft(载人飞船) in 2003!
A. But he still cared about China.
B. He had to work very hard on his own.
C. To protect the country, Qian joined a team to make rockets.
D. His return brought China the hope of developing its space science.
E. He got doctoral(博士的) degrees in both maths and space science in the US.
B. Answer the question. (no more than 20 words)
30. What can we learn from Qian Xuesen’s story?
______

答案： 26—29 EACD 30. From his story, we learn the importance of hard work, and never giving up on our dreams. (答案不唯一,言之有理即可)

 ④The development of China cannot be separated from the contributions of its people. Can you answer the following questions?
31. Who is the first female astronaut in China?
______
32. Which book makes the writer Lao She become famous?
______

答案： 31. Liu Yang 32. Luotuo Xiangzi.

词汇拓展 Can you guess the part of speech and meaning of the underlined words in the passage(s) above?
33. award: ______ 34. homelessness: ______

答案： 33. n. 奖;奖项;奖金;奖品 34. n. 无家可归的状态