雅思阅读每日练：神舟十一号载人飞船发射成功

　　以下是新东方在线雅思网为大家整理的雅思阅读每日练：神舟十一号载人飞船发射成功。雅思阅读的制胜法宝从来都没变过，那就是：多读多练。小编为大家带来了内容优质的阅读素材，同学们在备考阶段一定要多多练习哦~

　　背景阅读：

　　神舟十一号奔向天宫，我国载人航天再启新程。北京时间10月17日7时49分，执行与天宫二号交会对接任务的神舟十一号载人飞船，在酒泉卫星发射中心发射升空后准确进入预定轨道，顺利将2名航天员送上太空。正在印度出席金砖国家领导人第八次会晤的中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平第一时间发来贺电。

　　按照计划，神舟十一号载人飞船在轨飞行期间将与天宫二号空间实验室交会对接。2名航天员将进驻天宫二号空间实验室，并开展科学实验和技术试验。目前，在轨运行30多天的天宫二号空间实验室已进入高度约393千米的近圆对接轨道，等待神舟十一号载人飞船对接。

　　China's Shenzhou 11 blasts off on space station mission

　　China has launched two men into orbit in a project designed to develop its ability to explore space.

　　The astronauts took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China.

　　astronauts

　　n. 宇航员，太空人( astronaut的名词复数 );

　　例句：

　　I can understand why astronauts find it difficult to readjust to life on earth.

　　我能够理解为什么宇航员发现重新适应地球上的生活不容易。

　　They will dock with the experimental Tiangong 2 space lab and spend 30 days there, the longest stay in space by Chinese astronauts.

　　This and previous launches are seen as pointers to possible crewed missions to the Moon or Mars.

　　An earlier Tiangong - or Heavenly Palace - space station was decommissioned earlier this year after docking with three rockets.

　　The astronauts on this latest mission were Jing Haipeng, 49, who has already been to space twice, and 37-year-old Chen Dong.

　　Source of considerable pride - Stephen McDonell, BBC News, Jiuquan

　　From a remote launching station in Inner Mongolia I'm watching as a rocket tears through the sky. It will take the astronauts about two days to reach the orbiting laboratory where they will live for a month.

　　While on board the pair will carry out experiments including an examination of plant growth in space. They'll also use ultrasound equipment to test their own bodies.

　　This mission is a source of considerable national pride here. So much so that even the foreign media has been allowed into this military base to view the launch.

　　military

　　adj.军事的; 军用的; 讨厌的; 好战的;

　　n. 军队; 军人; 武装力量;

　　例句：

　　Military action may become necessary.

　　也许有必要采取军事行动。

　　其他：

　　复数：militaries

　　Their spacecraft, Shenzhou-11, took off from at 07:30 local time on Monday (23:30 GMT), lifted by a Long March-2F rocket.

　　The astronauts will spend the next month conducting experiments on the Tiangong 2.

　　In a congratulatory statement to the astronauts carried by state media, President Xi Jinping said he hoped they "vigorously advance the spirit of space travel".

　　He added that the mission would "enable China to take larger and further steps in space exploration, and make new contributions to building up China as a space power."

　　China has poured in significant funding and efforts into its space programme, and plans to launch at least 20 space missions this year.

　　It is only the third country - after Russia and the US - to carry out its own crewed missions. In 2013 it successfully landed its un-crewed Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, rover on the Moon.

　　It was excluded from the International Space Station due to concerns over the military nature of its space ambitions.

　　China has since embarked on plans to create its own permanent space station, expanding Tiangong 2 over the next few years by sending up additional modules. It is expected to be fully operational by 2022.

　　Authorities said last month that its predecessor, Tiangong 1, was due to crash back to Earth in 2017.

　　predecessor

　　n. 前任，前辈; 原有事物，前身; <古>祖先;

　　例句：

　　He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam.

　　他坚称他所知道的一切都获自前任肯尼思·赛瑟姆。

　　其他：

　　复数：predecessors