set foot 踏上（某地）

Mars 火星

gender-balanced 性别平衡的

NASA Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility 美国航天局飞行器模拟中心

out of this world 极好的

an alien concept 一个陌生的概念

测验与练习 1.  阅读课文并回答问题。 1. What does 'stitching vital spaceflight components' mean in the article?

2. What did Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova do in 1963?

3. True or false: Female astronauts were not allowed on the Moon until 1978.

4. How can NASA achieve a 'gender-balanced workforce'?

5. Who was the first man to set foot on Mars?

2. 请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。

1. The explorer was the first person ______ on the undiscovered Pacific island.

to set feet       to set foot       to set feets       to foot set

2. My trip to the Himalayas was ______. The scenery was awesome!

pushing the boundaries       an alien concept       out of this world                gender balanced

3. I can’t believe how many ______ there are in a smartphone.

components       missions       cosmonauts       component

4. We need a ______ audience to complete our market research questionnaire.

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