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　　Now men have already come into the Space Age. The Russian scientists sent the first man-made satellite into space on October 4, 1957．Soon after that scientists sent up several other satellites into space.

　　On July 16, 1969, the Americans sent up the Apollo Ⅱ into space. It carried three men to the moon. Four days later, Neil Armstrong, one of the three spacemen, became the first man to land on the moon.

　　Millions of people on that day sat by TV, watching this exciting moment. They saw the spacemen get off the spaceship, step onto the moon and walk about on it.

　　After he was back to the earth. Neil Armstrong said. “That's one small step for a man. but one big leap for mankind.”

　　Choose the right answer for each blank：

1．Men began to study apace ________.

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2．Men sent the first satellite into space ________.

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3．The first man landed on the moon ________.

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4．It was ________ to watch space man walk on the moon.

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5．The successful launching of the Apollo Ⅱ helped men to________.

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A．know more about the sun

B．make further study on the moon

C．get a better look at the moon

根据句意和汉语注释，在标有题号的横线上写出单词的正确形式。

1.Xu Song, a 27-year –old young man , is_____________(认为) as a talented singer .

2.We are having a party to celebrate Betty’ s               （二十）birthday.

3.—Dad, perhaps you can buy an iPhone.

— What bad __________ (建议)it is! You know I only support Chinese products.

4.— Do you know the Chang’e -3 moon rover（登月车）Yutu landed on the moon_____________（成功）?

—Of course ! We are really proud of that!

One windy spring day, I noticed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Colorful creations of different shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds flying and dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them in control.
Instead of blowing away with the wind, they rose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the restraining (控制的) string and the cumbersome (笨重的) tail kept them in control, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They rose beautifully even when they fought the restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose(松散的). “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wind.”
Yet freedom(自由) simply put it in the control of an unkind wind. It fell down to the ground and landed in a mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerlessly in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to stop lifelessly against the first obstacle (障碍物).
How much like kites we sometimes are. The Heaven gives us adversity (逆境) and rules, rules to follow from which we can grow and get strength. Some of us break away from the rules so hard that we never reach the heights we might get to. We keep part of the rules and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.
Let us each rise to the great heights, knowing that some of the rules that we may be angry about are in fact the strong force that helps us achieve.
【小题1】Why does the writer write the first paragraph?