Qian Xuesen is a great scientist, a man of distinction. He 【小题1】 (bear) in Hangzhou, was admitted to the aeronautics department of the MIT in 1934. After graduating with his PhD, he was employed as 【小题2】 assistant researcher at Caltech. Qian’s missile designs laid the foundation for the successful building of missiles in the US in the 1940s and 1950s, 【小题3】 (make) him a world-renowned rocketeer.

When he learnt of the 【小题4】 (thrill) news of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Qian resolutely gave up his privileged conditions in the US and decided to return to his longed-for homeland to contribute as much as he could 【小题5】 his own nation.

Upon returning to China, Qian Xuesen was actively involved in research work. Under his 【小题6】 (participate) and guidance, China successfully launched its first rocket in 1960, 【小题7】 in 1964, it was a great success to run the flight test of China’s first self-designed medium-range rocket. In 1965, Qian’s proposal 【小题8】 (develop) an artificial satellite was included in the country’s key projects, after 【小题9】 the first artificial satellite was finally launched into space in 1970.

In 1999, Qian Xuesen 【小题10】 (award) the “Two Bombs and One Satellite” Meritorious Medal by the government of PRC, and was hailed as the “Father of China’s Missiles” for his significant contributions to China’s space industry.

Three Chinese recently arrived at the country’s new space station in another step forward for the growing space power. The three-member crew stayed for three months in the station’s main living space 【小题1】 (call) a module.

The module is named Tian he, 【小题2】 means “Harmony of the Heavens” in Chinese. The astronauts carried out science 【小题3】 (experiment) and also completed space walks, preparing the station to receive two other modules next year.

China 【小题4】 (send) over ten astronauts into space since its first launch in 2003. It is the 【小题5】 (three) country after the former Soviet Union and the United States to do so.

As its economy experienced 【小题6】 (grow) the 1990s, China made a plan for space exploration. Since then, it has been trying   【小题7】 (carry) out this plan carefully.

However, it’s likely 【小题8】 China would have built its own station anyway because 【小题9】 its goal to become a major space power. It represents the country’s rise from a poor nation to 【小题10】 (become) the world’s second largest economy in the last 40 years.

Chinese Astronauts Give Lecture from Space

Chinese astronauts conducted a science lecture 400 kilometers above Earth to millions of students on Thursday afternoon, as they orbited in the Tiangong space station.

Major General Zhai Zhigang, Senior Colonel Wang Yaping and Senior Colonel Ye Guangfu, all members of the Shenzhou XIII mission crew, 【小题1】(greet) students, teachers and other participants when the lecture started at 3:54 pm. They showed viewers 【小题2】 they live and work inside the space station, which currently 【小题3】 (consist) of a core module, a spacecraft and two robotic cargo spaceships.

【小题4】 (dress) in a specially-designed space suit, Ye demonstrated experiments related to cell 【小题5】(grow) in the weightless environment in space. They compared the shape of cells in artificial gravity and zero-gravity, so as to study their 【小题6】 (change) rules and mechanisms(机制). 【小题7】astronauts also answered questions from students during the lecture.

Tens of millions 【小题8】 primary and middle school students across China 【小题9】(excite) watched the hour-long televised event 【小题10】 (host) by the China Manned Space Agency, the Ministry of Education and other government departments.