Jade Rabbit is the name of a Chinese robot that was sent to the Moon on 1 December 2013. The robot landed for his three-month research mission (任务) on 14 December 20l3. His task is to take photos and examine the Moon’s soil. Thousands (A) ________ people in China have been following Jade Rabbit’s progress through the Internet. (B) 我们为它感到自豪, because exploring space is difficult and not every country can do it.
On 28 January 2014, Jade Rabbit’s journey seemed to be (C) ________. On that day, in the voice of Jade Rabbit, an Internet message was spread quickly, “Oh, something is wrong with me.” The Moon’s difficult surface was giving the robot movement problems and it couldn’t work properly. Scientists didn’t know if the robot would be able to wake up after the cold Moon night.
Reports of the news caused a big response (反响) on the Internet. People were worried and hoped that scientists would find a way to fix the robot. Some said that reaching the Moon was already a great achievement.
But then the story changed on 12 February 20 l4. Jade Rabbit woke up! (D) He asked, “Is there anybody out there?” People joked that the rabbit was “waking up for the Chinese Lantern Festival”.
【小题1】在文中(A)和(C)的空白处分别填入一个适当的单词:【小题2】把文中画线部分(B)译成英语:
【小题3】将文中画线部分(D)改写为:
He asked
【小题4】从文中找出表示玉兔故障原因的短语:
【小题5】从文中找出能表示文章主旨大意的句子: