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1 Virginia Norwood， a founding figure in satellite landimaging who developed technology to scan the surface of themoon for safe landing sites and map our planet from space， diedat age 96.

2 Norwood is best known for developing the MultispectralScanner System （多光譜掃描儀） that flew on the first Landsatsatellite， making her the “Mother of Landsat”.

3 Landsat 1， launched in July 1972， was the first satellite to study and monitor Earthslandmasses and operated for nearly six years. The space agency said the “quality andimpact of the resulting information exceeded all expectations”.

4 Norwood was born in 1927， less than a decade after women won the right to vote， andshe was often the only woman—and working mother —in the room throughout her career.

5 Upon seeing her high math aptitude scores， her high school teacher had encouragedher to pursue a career as a librarian. Luckily， she ignored him.“ I was always enthusiasticabout mathematical problems and physics，” said Norwood. Also， her father， an electricalengineer， was very important to her. Later， Norwood graduated from the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology with a degree in mathematical physics in 1947. She briefly spenttime selling blouses at a department store before she was able to find an employer willing tohire a female mathematician.

6 In 1948， she started working for the US Army Signal Corps Laboratories in NewJersey. There， at age 22， she designed and patented a device that detected high?altitudewinds that were previously untraceable.

7 A few years later， she landed a job at Hughes Aircraft， becoming the only woman intheir research and development labs. As she rose through the ranks， one man quit inprotest. When he came back to Hughes years later and asked to work in Norwoods group，she said no.

8 When asked if she liked the nickname“ Mother of Landsat”， she said，“ Yes. I like it，and its apt. I created it; I birthed it; and I fought for it.”

Reading

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1. What is the author's attitude towards Landsat 1？

A. Neutral. B. Unclear.

C. Doubtful. D. Appreciative.

2. What inspired Norwood to pursue a career in physics？

A. Her interest in the subject.

B. Her father's job as a physicist.

C. Her guidance teacher's advice.

D. Her enthusiasm about the Landsat program.

3. What is the author's purpose in writing the text？

A. To show Landsat 1's function.

B. To be in memory of a pioneer.

C. To introduce the benefits of Landsat 1.

D. To encourage people to study science.

Language

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Ⅰ. Difficult sentences in the text

1. Norwood is best known for developing the Multispectral Scanner System that flewon the first Landsat satellite， making her the“ Mother of Landsat”. 諾伍德因開發(fā)了第一顆陸地衛(wèi)星上的多光譜掃描儀系統(tǒng)而出名，這使她成為“陸地衛(wèi)星之母”。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。that引導限制性定語從句，修飾先行詞theMultispectral Scanner System；making her the“ Mother of Landsat”是現(xiàn)在分詞短語作結果狀語。

2. There， at age 22， she designed and patented a device that detected highaltitudewinds that were previously untraceable. 在那里，22歲的她設計了一種設備，并申請了專利，這種設備可以探測到以前無法追蹤的高空風。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。句中的兩個that引導的都是定語從句，并且兩個that在從句中都是作主語。

Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases in the box in proper forms.

expectation be enthusiastic about graduate from be willing to previously rank

1. The findings are arranged in_________order according to performance.

2. He may suddenly take a dislike to foods that he's_________enjoyed.

3. The young have a completely different set of values and _________.

4. To be honest， I find it difficult to_________mathematics.

5. We are looking for people who would_________assist in the group's work.

6. Even if you_________the best school in the world， it's not enough because what matters most is your skill.