Courtney Dressing was just 15 years old when she joined a team of space researchers.Those scientists landed NASA’s(美国宇航局) robot rover(机器人探测器),Spirit，on the planet Mars.But this was neither Courtney’s first nor her last adventure in space research.When she was in fifth grade,Courtney had 75 decided to spend her life exploring the universe.She checked out space books from her library,studied hard in math and science classes,and later,attended United States Space Camp in Alabama.
Then Courtney 76 to become part of the the Student Astronaut program. After a lot of hard work,interviews，and months of waiting, Courtney won. She was the laboratory in California with NASA scientists when Spirit reached Mars.
“The most 77 part of the thing occurred late at night on January 3，2004，when we received signals showing that Spirit had landed successfully,”Courtney says.“I joined the rest of the scientists in jumping up and cheering.”
It took Courtney seven nights to work with and learn from the NASA scientists. They worked at night 78 that was daytime on Mars. They studied the photographs that Spirit was sending to Earth of Gusev Crater on Mars.They spoke to television reporters at NASA press conferences and attended meetings in which the NASA team named the rocks and hills that Spirit was finding.
When Courtney was 17 years old,she went to work for NASA as a student intern(实习生) at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.With two NASA scientists，Courtney worked on a project that might one day help future astronauts find other plants 79 Earth, where human beings could live.
Courtney says her favorite part of these space adventures is working side by side with the best scientists and feeling like a part of the team. Courtney plans to study astrophysics or planetary science at Princeton University,then 80 to work at NASA She encourages other kids and teens to follow their dreams of getting involved with space research.
( ) 75.A) just B) never C) already D) seldom
( ) 76.A)wrote a report B) entered a contest
C) read a book D) gave a talk
( )77. A)exciting B)difficult C)powerful D)though
( )78.A)if B)because C)unless D)though
( )79.A)based on B)far form C)instead of D)similar to
( )80.A)arrange B)desire C)require D)return
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给(14分)
The following are six film r 81 from the students.
The Girl in Black is a story about something that happened 400 years ago. Two young people meet and fall in love but the young man has to go away to fight in a w 82 .The story has a good beginning but then nothing really happens.
The Circle of Life is a film everyone should see if they want to go home feeling cheerful .I couldn’t stop l 83 .There is one sad part in the middle but everything is all right in the end Jules Verity ,the star ,normally sings and dances in films ,so this is change for him.
The clothes the actors wear in Cramer Place are lovely.It is a true story which takes place in the nineteenth century in an old house.It is actually difficult to believe this really happened and I found it i 84 to guess the ending --- you just have to wait and see. The acting is wonderful.
The Blue Country is an action film with a difference because it is also funny u 85 the end when everyone dies.Most of the action actually comes at the end and I did find the first half a little boring.
I hadn’t heard of any of the actors in the Lost Journey but I’m sure we’ll see them again.The film takes place on a small planet in the future .It is rather difficult to believe but it has a good story and is w 86 acted.I love the ending which I hadn’t expected.
The Path to Nowhere is the latest in a series of film starring Des Riley and Tom Carver.It starts with a car chase，There is plenty of action in the middle and it finishes with a helicopter following the two men as they try to escape in a boat. I couldn't wait to d 87 what happened.
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