Part I : Watch the video “How Far Has China Gone in Space?”. Complete the script with what you hear.

                    How Far Has China Gone in Space?

    Russia, the US and China are the only major powers with a space  presence. The first two countries demonstrated their 1) _______ in space during the Cold War, but what about China? 

       In the 1970s, China launched their first 2) _______ satellite. However, the first Chinese crewed space program began several decades later, when an accelerated program of technological development cumulated (累积) in Yang Liwei’s successful 2003 flight 3) ______ Shenzhou-5. This made China the third country to independently send humans into space. 

    In December 2013 China’s first moon Rovers (月球车) “Yutu,” or Jade rabbit, 4)_________. It’s also the first robot to roll across the moon since the 1970s. But what are China’s 5)_______ for its rapidly accelerating space program? Plans currently include a permanent Chinese space station in 2020 and 6) _________ expeditions to the moon. Before that, China launched the Tiangong-2 space lab into orbit in mid-September, 7) ________ astronauts to stay longer and conduct more complicated experiments in space.

suggested keys: 1. ambition  2. man-made  3.aboard   4.  touched down

5.  goals  6. crewed  7.allowing  

Part II.  Listening to the text 

Answer the following questions 

(Para. 2) 1 Why does the author refer to Wan Hu’s flying device as a spaceship instead of a plane?

(Para. 5) 2 In what sense did the development of the Spruce Goose mark an important point in aviation history?

(Para. 5) 3 Was the Spruce Goose of any help to America’s war effort? Why or why not?

(Para. 6) 4 In what way are da Vinci’s flying machines similar to birds in flight?

(Para. 7) 5 Why does the author think that Wan Hu, Howard Hughes, and Leonardo da Vinci are enigmatic individuals?