China has a fast-growing space program. A___[1]_____（success） Moon mission would be the third major event in the history [2]________ China's space program, after the launch of their first orbiting satellite in November 1999 and first manned mission, [3]________Yang Li wei orbited(运行) Earth fourteen times on the Shenzhou V on October 15, 2003. The Chang'e program, named after a lovely girl in a Chinese story who [4]_______ (take) a magic potion （药）and flied to the Moon, will be a three-part series of missions [5] _______ will finish in about 2020. In addition to the orbiter Chang'e 1, the Chinese space agency is planning a mission to land a rover on the Moon, [6]_______ (hope) to collect material that will be returned to Earth. [7]_______ (final), these missions may lead to manned expeditions to the Moon -- or to the possible [8]____________ (develop )of a permanent(永久的), manned Moon base. [9]_______ entire mission series should last about thirteen years, for a total cost of about 14 billion Chinese Renminbi (equal to 1.73 billion U.S. dollars). In addition, China may cooperate with Russia in its Moon exploration program [10]_______ is tentatively planning on signing a ten-year cooperation agreement in 2007.

课堂自主学习方案

要点探究 质疑解惑，合作探究

探究点一： Group discussion

• Why did dinosaurs die out?

• Why do you think that humans are the cleverest animals on the earth?

• What should people do to protect our earth?

(Have a discussion with your group members and make a short speech about 2 minutes)

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探究点二：

Task1:Reading and answering

1.What theory do people accept on how the earth began?