Tonight our family was going out to play under the full moon.
We first started going on full moon walks for ourselves, because my husband Todd and I, loved them and we needed these little doses of moonlight to stay happy and to function (起作用) in society. But after we became parents, we did this for our children. We wanted Sierra and Bryce to see that there is much magic in the natural world and that most of it is accessible (可达到的) to anyone. We also wanted to show them that it was not necessary to travel far from home to have an adventure, learn, and experience something new. Nearly every month, our family went into the night to “play” by the full moon.
Once we arrived at our location that evening, Sierra and I stood holding hands, waiting to cheer the full moon in its rising. A thin sliver of the apricot (杏黄色) moon poked above the shape of the Blue Mountain Ridge. Everyone stood up and watched its rising. More of the moon came out until it turned into a brilliant orange sphere. Todd explained to Sierra and Bryce that the moon makes no light of its own, but simply acts like a mirror, reflecting (反射) the sunlight back to us long after the sun has sunk below the horizon (地平线).
“Does the moon’s face change?” Bryce asked. I told him that the moon rotates with the earth, but it does not spin on its axis (轴) like the earth does. The same side of the moon is always facing the earth. We never see the other side, the far side of the moon. Sierra said that the moon looked larger and closer when it was rising. I explained that it is an optical illusion (视错觉) because it is so close to the horizon that the moon tricks our eyes into comparing it with nearby objects to create the impression of increased size.
Much of the knowledge that Todd and I shared with the kids had been learned from our past life experiences. If we did not have the knowledge to explain and educate, we looked it up, either beforehand (提前) to improve the experience or afterwards together, after we wondered and came up with a list of questions.
Opportunities (机会) to explore magical experiences and learning is right in your neighbourhood. Sometimes all it takes is going outdoors and looking up at the heavens.
1. How often does the writer go to play under the full moon with his family?| A．Once a year. | B．Once a month. | C．Once a week. | D．Every day. |
| A．Circle. | B．Float. | C．Rise. | D．Drop. |
| A．the distance from the earth is becoming shorter |
| B．the other side of it never faces the earth |
| C．it does not spin on its axis like the earth does |
| D．comparing it with nearby objects creates an illusion |
| A．Never travel far from home to have an adventure. |
| B．Travel far from home to have an adventure more often. |
| C．Good learning opportunities are just around the corner. |
| D．There is much more magic in books and most of it is accessible to anyone. |
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【推荐1】Scientists always want to know more about the universe（宇宙）.
Years ago they knew many things about the moon. They knew how big it was and how far away it was from the earth. But they wanted to know more about it. They thought the best way was to send men to the moon.
The moon is about 384,000 kilometers away from the earth. A plane cannot fly to the moon because the air reaches only 240 kilometers away from the earth. But something can fly even when there is no air. That is a rocket.
How does a rocket fly? There is gas in the rocket. When the gas is made very hot inside the rocket, it will rush out of the end of the rocket, so it can make the rocket fly up into the sky.
Rockets can fly far out into space. They send spacecrafts to the moon. Spacecrafts with men in them have been to the moon. Several spacecrafts without men in them have flown to another planet much farther away from the moon. One day men may be able to go to any places in space.
1. Scientists have known _______ the moon is.| A．how long | B．how heavy | C．how soon | D．how far |
| A．by rocket | B．by plane | C．by satellite | D．by ship |
| A．there is no air in the plane so people can’t breathe |
| B．there is no air above 240 kilometers away from the earth |
| C．there is no gas in the plane so it can’t fly that far |
| D．the moon is too far away from the earth |
| A．keeping the man in the rocket warm | B．cooking food |
| C．making the rocket fly up | D．making the rocket lighter |
| A．The writer is not interested in getting to any place in space. |
| B．The writer thinks it is possible for rockets to go to any place in space. |
| C．The writer doesn’t believe it is possible to go to any place in space. |
| D．The writer thinks rockets can take men to go to the moon one day. |
【推荐2】On August 12, 2018, NASA sent up the Parker Solar Probe (帕克太阳探测器) to explore the mysteries of the sun. It was named after Eugene Newman Parker, an American physicist who predicted important facts about solar activity and solar wind.
The Corona is much hotter than the surface of the sun. In order to get close to the sun, Parker is protected by a special material. This allows it to keep cool inside, even when the temperature around it is as high as 1,400℃.
In April 2021, on its eighth trip around the sun, Parker actually entered the sun’s corona. It flew through the corona about five hours. For the first time in history, a spacecraft (航天器) has “touched” the sun. Though this happened in April, it took scientists a few months to get the information back and then several more months to confirm the news.
Since then, the probe has got into the corona more times. As it circles closer to the sun’s surface, Parker is making new discoveries that other spacecraft were too far away to see. The discoveries will also help us know more about space weather which has a great influence on the earth as well as astronauts in space.
Parker will keep moving closer to the sun and diving deeper into the corona until we lose contact (联系) with it sometime around December 2025. It will give us plenty of chances of learning something new about our life-giving star.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The probe got its name from ________.
| A．a NASA engineer | B．a special material |
| C．an American physicist | D．an unsolved mystery |
| A．What the probe will do. |
| B．What the probe is made of. |
| C．Why the probe can get so close to the sun. |
| D．Why the sun’s corona is hotter than its surface. |
| A．发布 | B．确认 | C．执行 | D．传播 |
| A．To get to the surface of the sun. |
| B．To protect the astronauts in space. |
| C．To collect more information about the sun. |
| D．To test the highest temperature it can stand. |
| A．It is the only spacecraft sent up to the sun. |
| B．It is the first spacecraft to get into the sun’s corona |
| C．It will come back to the earth at the end of 2025. |
| D．It flew around the sun five times before entering the corona. |
We know that the Earth we live on goes around the Sun and that the Sun is a yellow star. We know that stars give light and that they can be blue, white, orange and red.
We know that stars are born, stars get older, and then stars die. As the star gets older, the middle of the star gets very hot and the star gets bigger. This star is now called a red giant. It is one of the biggest stars.
When a giant star has blown up, sometimes the core can be crushed.
We know that out there in space, there are small stars that spin very, very fast.
Many people want to find out new things about the stars above. There will always be some things we know and some things we don’t. Little kids everywhere sing...
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
how I wonder what you are.
| A．This can make a black hole. |
| B．The dust and gas get very hot. |
| C．When they spin, they flash out light. |
| D．Some big stars like a red giant will just explode! |
| E．But there are some things we don’t know about stars. |
| F．We know a lot about stars but we don’t know everything. |
【推荐1】Getting excited over the Christmas ads becomes a big tradition for people in the UK. This year, Sainsbury’s, the second largest supermarket in the UK, shared its ad called Mog the Cat. Now the ad is known as “the best Christmas ad ever” according to Twitter.
The ad is about a cat of the Thomas family. In the ad, the cat blew up the Christmas tree and almost burned the house. Luckily, she succeeded in phoning the fire service and saved the house.
Another reason why the ad is popular is that Mog the Cat is the star of a much-loved children’s book. The writer Kerr herself appears in this ad as a neighbor of the Thomas family. This ad also tells us some fire safety facts.
The users of Twitter were talking about and enjoyed the ad. One little boy named Jim wrote the ad was the best Christmas gift he had got this year. Jill mixed feeling with the ad. She wrote this ad made her laugh and cry at the same time. And she said, “I don’t even like cats.”Another woman wrote, “So far Christmas ad of Sainsbury’s is the best I’ve seen this year.” People like the ad not only for the funny story but also for the spirit of Christmas it shows.
1. ▲ might be the most proper sentence to be put in the blank of Paragraph 2.| A．But she made Christmas Day even greater |
| B．But she brought much fun to the Thomas family |
| C．But she was ready to live with the neighbors of the Thomas family |
| D．But she messed up Christmas Day |
①The ad shows the spirit of Christmas. ②The writer Kerr appears in the ad.
③That is the ad made by Sainsbury’s. ④Mog the Cat is a star of a much-loved children’s book.
| A．①② | B．③④ | C．①④ | D．②③ |
| A．few people like the ad Mog the Cat. |
| B．Jill doesn’t like cats any more after watching the ad. |
| C．people like the ad just because it’s really funny. |
| D．the ad Mog the Cat is very popular with people. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
【推荐2】One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a sign and a hat by his feet. The sign read, “I’m blind, please help me.”
Then a creative artist was walking close to the blind man. He showed interest in the blind man. So he stopped in front of him. And then he found that there were only a few coins in the man’s hat. He quickly put a few of his own coins in the hat. It was very kind of him. But he didn’t just go away. What happened next was that he took the sign without asking for permission(许可), turned it around, and wrote a new message. He then placed the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.
Later that afternoon, the artist came back to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost full of bills(纸币) and coins.
The blind man heard the artist’s sound of walking. He asked if it was he who changed his sign. After knowing the answer, he asked the man what he wrote on it.
The artist told him. “It’s the season when flowers come out now, but I can’t see them.”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。
1. The artist gave all his coins to the blind man.
2. The artist was a creative and kind person.
3. The blind man got more money after the sign was changed.
4. The story happened in winter.
5. The passage mainly tells us that the power (力量) of language is great.
【推荐3】I had a lot of teachers that I loved. However, the teacher that I remember most was Mrs. Green from Marianna, Florida. She was my 5th grade teacher. Since I was a new student, not only in her class, but at the school she made my time there much more pleasant. I immediately began to like her. She was really funny and I knew that she liked me. She made learning fun. I remember one day for Christmas holidays, she taught us how to make ornaments (装饰物) from eggs. My parents still have some of the ornaments I made.
She made me the leader for many group projects and that made me feel special. I think that would make any child feel special, especially when a child is in a new place with no friends. She made me want to be like that. Not to pick a “favorite” student, but to make every student feel that they are special. That year, I received the Presidential Academic Award (美国总统学术奖). I was really proud and so were my parents.
Looking back on it, I think the reason why I did so well was that I felt I was important. Students do better when they feel they are important or loved. Mrs. Green always gets to know her students and forms personal relationships with them, which I will try to do some day. I just hope that there will be a student who finds me to be his favorite teacher as I found her to be mine.
1. The author’s life in the new school was very ________.| A．hard | B．happy | C．common | D．boring |
| A．The author was Mrs. Green’s favorite student. | B．The author was the pride of her parents. |
| C．The author was once received by the President. | D．The author always felt lonely in Mrs. Greens class. |
| A．Become a teacher. | B．Become an artist. | C．Become a leader. | D．Become the President. |
| A．Sorry. | B．Afraid. | C．Hopeful. | D．Thankful. |
