1 . The Earth goes around the Sun, and the Moon goes around the Earth. When our part of the Earth turns to the Sun, it’s the day. When our part of the Earth turns away from the Sun, it is the night.

        The Sun is much bigger than the Moon. But sometimes the Moon looks bigger than the Sun because it’s much nearer to the Earth. The Sun is very bright. It gives very strong light. The Moon looks very bright too. But it doesn’t give any light.
       The Moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But in fact, the stars are much bigger than the Moon. They look smaller than the Moon because they’re much farther (更远的) away from us.
1. ________ goes around the Earth.

A．The Moon

B．The Mars

C．The Sun

D．The star

2. When it is the night, ________.

A．we can’t see any stars in the sky	B．the Moon looks much smaller than the stars
C．our part of the Earth turns away from the Sun	D．our part of the Earth turns to the Sun

3. Why does the Moon look bigger than the Sun sometimes?

A．Because the Moon comes out only at night.	B．Because the Moon is bigger than the Sun.
C．Because the Moon is far away from the Earth.	D．Because the Moon is much nearer to the Earth.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The stars are much farther away from us than the Moon.	B．The Sun is bright but it gives weak light.
C．The stars look much bigger than the Moon.	D．The stars are not bigger than the Moon.

5. We may read this passage in a ________.

A．storybook

B．magazine

C．cookbook

D．comic book

3 . 下列素材选自于现行牛津英语教材。阅读短文，然后根据其内容从方框中选出可以填入文中空白处的词语。

do exercises             about four days        travel into space        wear a spacesuit       Without gravity

I’m so happy! Tomorrow I’ll be one of the first students to     1    . The spaceship will leave the Earth at 9 a.m.. It’ll take us to the Moon. I can’t wait!

The moon is around 380,000 kilometres from the Earth, so it’ll take us     2     to get there. There’s no gravity in space, so we’ll all be able to float around in the spaceship. We’ll have to tie ourselves to our beds so that we won’t float away in our sleep!     3    , our bodies may get weak, so we’ll have to     4     every day.

When we arrive, I’m going to walk on the Moon. I’ll have to     5     to help me breathe because there is no air on the Moon. I am going to take as many photos as I can, that is, if my camera still works up there.

4 . Do you have a dream of going to the Moon? In July 1969, two astronauts from the US walked on the Moon. Their names were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. If you visit the Moon today, you will still be able to _______ their footprints! They also left behind the _______ flag.

When the astronauts went to the Moon, they needed to _______ spacesuits and helmets (头盔) to protect themselves, because sometimes the Moon is very _______ or very hot. The helmets also helped them breathe because there is no _______ on the Moon.

Do you know that if you weigh 70 pounds on Earth, you will weigh only 11.5 pounds on the Moon? And if you go for a _______ on the Moon, you will jump with each step. Here is a (n) _______ thing about the Moon: Do you know that the Moon is like a mirror? It reflects (反射) the _______ of the Sun and _______ it to the Earth. And that makes the Moon look __________ and beautiful! Don’t you agree we have a beautiful Moon?

1.

A．build

B．buy

C．see

2.

A．American

B．English

C．Japanese

3.

A．blow

B．provide

C．wear

4.

A．quiet

B．cold

C．different

5.

A．water

B．air

C．wind

6.

A．space

B．walk

C．look

7.

A．foreign

B．modern

C．interesting

8.

A．light

B．sound

C．smell

9.

A．sends

B．carries

C．brings

10.

A．young

B．dark

C．bright

5 . 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Do you know something about the Moon? You can     1     (seeing) it at night. Sometimes it looks round and     2     (brightly). It also looks quite near. But the Moon is very far from the Earth. If you take     3     spaceship, you will get there in more than     4     (third) days. The spaceship     5     (go) very fast, at 11 kilometres a second. In 1969 two     6     (American) got on the Moon by spaceship.

There     7     (be) no living things on the Moon     8     there is no air or water there. That’s why people can’t live there. But you may know you can jump much higher there than     9     the Earth. It’s fun, isn’t it?

    10     (Hopeful) I can visit the Moon in the future.

6 . A: Hello, Mother! We learned about light in physics classes. It travels very fast.
B:     1    
A: Oh. It travels at a speed of 300, 000 kilometers a second.     2     Light from the sun reaches us in less than 9 minutes.
B:     3    
A: No, it isn’t. Light from the nearest star except the sun needs about 4 years to reach the earth.
B: Wow!     4    
A: Mmm...It takes hundreds of years for light from the farthest star to reach the earth.
B: Oh, how clever you are! I think you can be an astronomer (天文学家) when you grow up.
A: Thank you, Mother!     5    

A．Do you know how fast it travels?

B．Is the sun farther than the other stars?

C．I will try my best.

D．How long does it take for light to reach the farthest star?

E．The sun is about 149, 840,000 kilometers away from the earth.

7 . 根据短文内容, 判断正（T）误（F）。

Is there life on Mars? We don’t know.

We’re sure that people on the earth are not able to live on Mars. People need oxygen to breathe. There is almost no oxygen on Mars.

Living on Mars would be like living on a very high mountain. There would be little air.

The temperature might be 50 degrees above zero at noon and 140 degrees below zero at night. Many people think there may be plants on Mars. We know that on Mars there is carbon. This is a kind of material found in all plants and animals on the earth. Through a telescope, Mars looks red. In some places, it seems gray. At times the gray color turns gray-green, then brown, then gray again. The gray-green color may be a kind of plant life changing color with the seasons.

Will men go to Mars one day? If they do, they must take their own oxygen, food and clothing with them.

1. There is enough oxygen for us to live on Mars.
2. It’s too hot in the daytime and it’s too cold at night on Mars.
3. We can find carbon in all plants and animals on the earth.
4. Sometimes Mars looks blue.
5. If one day we can go to Mars, we must take enough oxygen, food and clothing with us.

8 . Long long ago, people _______ know much about the sun or the earth. They thought that the sun went round the earth. In _______ places, people even said the sun was a god. They thought that the god _______ across the sky every day on a golden horse.

Now _______ the help of scientists, we know that the earth _______ round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all the way round the _______. Today men know how far it is _______ the earth to the sun. The sun is a star. It _______ much bigger than the earth. It looks smaller only _______ it is too far away. It is too hot for us to reach. Scientists ________ told us that the earth travels a thousand miles on its way round the sun.

1.

A．doesn't

B．didn’t

C．don’t

2.

A．any

B．an

C．some

3.

A．drive

B．drives

C．drove

4.

A．from

B．with

C．under

5.

A．goes

B．go

C．went

6.

A．earth

B．sun

C．moon

7.

A．in

B．from

C．into

8.

A．was

B．is

C．be

9.

A．so

B．and

C．because

10.

A．also

B．too

C．either