2022年中考英语必威体育精装版热点阅读06 太空闪耀“她”力量(含答案).pdf

2022 年中考英语必威体育精装版热点时文阅读.太空闪耀“她”力量 01 （北京市昌平区2021-2022 学年九年级上学期期末英语试题） Chinese Astronaut Bridges Gender （性别）Gap Wang Yaping, a41 -year-old female （女性）astronaut became the first Chinese woman to enter Chinas space station. Chinas landmark six-month journey in space has increased a lot of curiosity about the differences between male and female astronauts. Astronauts need to meet high physical and emotional standards, so female astronauts will not be exception （特 9, 例）from this expectation, said Pang Zhihao, a spaceflight researcher in Beijing. ,nDifferent from many peoples opinion that it is inconvenient for women to take part in long-term spaceflights, female astronauts actually have many advantages over their male partners in space missions, Pang said. Researches on missions with female members in the past have found many physiological indices （生理孑 旨 数）in women are better than those in males. They are more likely to stay away from iron poisoning, irregular heartbeat and other illnesses. “Women are usually more careful and normally better at communicating. These advantages are useful in space flights. The presence of a female astronaut brings more possibilities for the mission,Pang said, saying he looks forward to Wangs success. “This is not only an honor, but also a chance for us to research the various advantages female astronauts have when walking into the space, Pang said. Their generally smaller size is an advantage, as theyll be able to control their weight better and, as a result, perform a wider variety of tasks.” In addition, astronauts often do indoor experiments, and Wang Yaping is not different there. She plans to study aerospace medicine and space life to prepare future female astronaut