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(2020·高考全国卷Ⅰ)
China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon.The unmanned Chang'e4 probe(探测器)—the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess—61.____________(touch)down last week in the South PoleAitken basin.Landing on the moon's far side is 62.____________(extreme)challenging.Because the moon's body blocks direct radio communication with a probe，China first had to put a satellite in orbit above the moon in a spot 63.____________ it could send signals to the spacecraft and to Earth.The far side of the moon is of particular 64.____________(interesting)to scientists because it has a lot of deep craters(环形山)，more so 65.____________ the familiar near side.Chinese researchers hope to use the instruments onboard Chang'e4 66.____________(find)and study areas of the South PoleAitken basin.“This really excites scientists，” Carle Pieters，a scientist at Brown University，says，“because it 67.____________(mean)we have the chance to obtain information about how the moon 68.____________(construct)．”Data about the moon's composition，such as how 69.____________ ice and other treasures it contains，could help China decide whether 70.____________(it)plans for a future lunar(月球的)base are practical.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇新闻报道。描写了我国“嫦娥四号”月球探测器在月球背面成功着陆并展开探索的壮举。
61．解析：考查时态。根据句子结构，“the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess”部分是对月球探测器名称的解释，可以看作插入成分。故可判断出空格处是谓语动词。再根据句中的时间状语last week可知此处用一般过去时。touch down 降落，着陆。
答案：touched
62．解析：考查词性转换。修饰形容词challenging要用副词。故填extremely。
答案：extremely
63．解析： 考查定语从句的引导词。根据结构可知，空格后面是一个句子，而空格前是一个名词。结合句意可知，空格后的句子是定语从句。利用定语从句的知识，可判断出用关系副词where。
答案：where
64．解析：考查词性转换。科学家对月球背面尤其感兴趣。sth.be of interest to sb.某物让某人感兴趣。
答案：interest
65．解析：考查more...than...的用法。根据前面的more可知，此处考查连词than。more...than...比……多。“月球背面有很多深深的环形山，比我们熟悉的近侧更多。”
答案：than
66．解析：考查非谓语动词。根据句子结构可知，此空处是非谓语动词。结合句意可知，此处用不定式表示目的。
答案：to find
67．解析：考查时态和主谓一致。根据句子结构可知，此空处是谓语动词。本句引用了Carle Pieters的话，结合句意可知空格处要用一般现在时。主语为it，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。
答案：means
68．解析：考查时态和语态。句意：月球是如何形成的。根据句意和句子结构可知，空格处要用一般现在时的被动语态。
答案：is constructed
69．解析：考查how much的用法。ice是不可数名词，故表达询问“多少冰” 时用how much ice。
答案：much
70．解析：考查代词。根据结构可知空格处的词应是plans的定语，故需填形容词性物主代词its。
答案：its
