
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.
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