Shooting stars (Page 3)

I. Read the text and answer the following questions.

1. What is Wang Zhipu’s hobby?

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2. Which picture helped Wang take home the top prize in the Young Competition category at the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition?

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3. What challenges has Wang met with when taking pictures of outer space?

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4. How did Wang learn to take photos and process them?

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5. What adjectives can be used to describe Wang?

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II. Find the following expressions in the text.

1. 闪闪发光的星星______________ 2. 在太阳系中 _______________

3. 获得头等奖______________ 4. 提高某人的摄影技术_______________

5. 拍一张清晰的照片 _____________ 6. 和同学交流思想_______________

III. Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given words.

1. After her trip to Venezuela, she felt ________(inspire) to learn Spanish.

2. His effort ________ (reunite) families began with a Christmas gift from his mother.

3. It suddenly ________ (strike) me how we could improve the situation.

4. ________ (save) energy, we should do everything we can to save electricity from now on.

5. Last year, they ________ (call on) us to donate money to the poor.

答案：

1. He loves observing planets thousands of light-years away with an astronomical telescope and taking pictures of them.

2. Family Photo of the Solar System.

3. For about half a year, Wang had to calculate the best time to shoot planets when they’re opposite the sun in Earth’s sky to get the brightest images. What’s more, he still needed to wait for clear weather to see better.

Wang learned by himself through reading astronomy books, joining astrophotography clubs, learning different photo processing software and exchanging ideas with his classmates.

5. dedicated, devoted, determined, creative, responsible (possible version)

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1. sparkling stars 2. in the solar system 3. take home the top prize

4. improve one’s shooting skills 5. capture a clear picture 6. exchange ideas with classmates

III.

1. inspired 2. to reunite 3. struck 4. To save 5. called on

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