Today, we are going to talk about Wang Haoze, a member of the Shenzhou-19 crew (神舟十九号乘组). In 2024, Wang Haoze became the third Chinese ____1____ to travel to space.

She was born in 1990 in Hebei Province. Her mother is a middle school teacher and her father is a policeman. ____2____ in a family like that, she learned the importance of working hard from an early age.

During her time at university, she showed great ____3____ ability, so she was always at the top of class. In addition to studying, she was also a sports lover and often took part in sports competitions.

In 2015, Wang finished her studies and started working as a rocket engineer (工程师) in Beijing. One day, she heard about the selection (选拔) of ____4____ and decided to try for it. About 2,500 people took part in it. Finally, Wang ____5____ all the tests and became the only woman among 18 astronauts.

From then on, Wang Haoze faced many new challenges (挑战). She went through ____6____ times at sea and in deserts. And one test was that she couldn’t sleep for 72 hours. However, ____7____ could make her give up. “I kept going and after nearly 1,000 times of practice, I finally met the training standards,” Wang said. On October 30th, 2024, she was ____8____ sent into space with two other astronauts, and realised her lifelong dream of travelling to space.

1.1.

A man

B woman

C student

D police

解析：选B。语境推理题。后文明确提到 “became the only woman among 18 astronauts”（成为 18 名航天员中唯一的女性），结合选项 A（男性）、C（学生）、D（警察）均不符合语境，故选 B（女性）。

2.2.

A Growing up

B Waking up

C Caught up

D Taken up

解析：选A。短语辨析题。结合语境 “在这样的家庭中…… 从小懂得努力的重要性”，A（长大）符合逻辑；B（醒来）、C（追上）、D（占据；开始学习）均无 “成长过程中” 的含义，故选 A。

3.3.

A sports

B painting

C music

D learning

解析：选D。逻辑推理题。后文 “always at the top of class”（成绩名列前茅）暗示核心能力是 “学习能力”，A（运动）、B（绘画）、C（音乐）均与 “成绩优异” 无直接关联，故选 D（学习）。

4.4.

A engineers

B astronauts

C teachers

D scientists

解析：选B。语境呼应题。后文衔接 “became the only woman among 18 astronauts”（成为航天员），可知此处是 “航天员选拔”，A（工程师）、C（教师）、D（科学家）均与后文职业呼应不符，故选 B（航天员）。

5.5.

A failed

B found

C passed

D lost

解析：选C。逻辑转折题。前文 “约 2500 人参与选拔”，后文 “成为 18 名航天员之一”，可知是 “通过了所有测试”，A（失败）、B（发现）、D（丢失）均与 “成功入选” 逻辑矛盾，故选 C（通过）。

6.6.

A relaxing

B comfortable

C free

D difficult

解析：选D。语境推理题。前文提及 “面临许多新挑战”，后文举例 “72 小时不能睡觉”，可知是 “艰难的考验”，A（放松的）、B（舒适的）、C（空闲的）均与 “挑战” 语义相反，故选 D（艰难的）。

7.7.

A everything

B anything

C nothing

D something

解析：选C。不定代词辨析题；解析：前文强调 “经历诸多挑战”，后文 “坚持下来并达到标准”，可知 “没有什么能让她放弃”，A（一切）、B（任何事物，用于否定 / 疑问句）、D（某事物）均不符合 “坚定不放弃” 的语境，故选 C（没有什么）。

8.8.

A successfully

B nearly

C usually

D awfully

解析：选A。副词辨析题。结合语境 “实现毕生太空梦”，可知是 “成功进入太空”，A（成功地）符合语义；B（几乎）、C（通常）、D（糟糕地）均与 “圆梦” 的积极结果不符，故选 A。