1 . Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s famous scientists, believed that to survive, humans will one day have to move into space. “Once we get into space and build independent colonies, our future should be safe,” he said.
Today, the United States, Europe, Russia, China, and Japan are all planning to send astronauts back to Earth’s closest neighbour: the moon. Some of the countries want to create space stations there in the next 10 years. These stations will prepare humans to visit and later live on Mars（火星）or other Earthlike planets.
Robert Zubrin, a rocket scientist, thinks humans should colonize space. He wants to send people to Mars. He thinks that will help humans much. For example, we can learn the ability to live in a very different environment. Finally, we could create new human societies on other planets. Besides, any progress we make in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and health will be good for people here on Earth.
Space X is a company that builds rockets. Its founder and CEO, Elon Musk, also believes we should colonize Mars. His long-term goal is to put one million people on the planet in case something bad happens to us here on Earth.
Not everyone thinks sending humans into space is a smart idea. Many say it’s too expensive. Also, most space trips are not short. A one-way trip to Mars, for example, would take at least six months. People travelling this kind of distance could face many health problems. In addition, these first people would find life quite difficult in space. On the moon’s surface, for example, the sun’s rays are very dangerous. People would have to stay indoors most of the time.
Although there are worries, sending people into space seems certain. In the future, we might see lunar（月球的）cities or even new human cultures on other planets. First stop: the moon.
1. In order to survive, scientists all think humans have to ________.①move into space ②colonize space ③create new societies ④stay indoors
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．①③ | D．②④ |
| A．keep away from | B．be careful with | C．be worried about | D．in order not to |
| A．compare the environment of Mars and the moon | B．give reasons against sending humans into space |
| C．describe possible dangers humans will face in space | D．introduce what life in space might be like in the future |
| A．people can see lunar cities on the moon. | B．it’s sure to send humans to the space in the future |
| C．people can see new human cultures on other planets | D．everyone worries about sending humans to the space |
2 . Once there was a little star. She lived in space, next to her parents. She was curious and always wanted to know everything. She wanted to travel around by herself, but her parents told her that she was still too little to go alone.
One day, she saw a blue planet（行星）. It looked lovely. She went to get a better look at it. When she arrived in the blue planet, which was the Earth, everyone wanted to catch her. She was afraid and ran away quickly. She got lost soon. Then she had other experiences（经历）. She began to miss her parents. She cried for a while, but then she got an idea to help herself find her parents. She went to a very high mountain and found a big rock. Looking up at the sky, she hid（藏）behind it, then came out, then hid again.
Her parents were very worried about her. They were searching everywhere to find her. They saw her light and flew to find her quickly.
1. Why couldn’t the star’s parents let her travel alone?| A．Because she was too old. | B．Because she was too slow. |
| C．Because she was too little. | D．Because she was too quick. |
| A．好奇的 | B．淘气的 | C．糟糕的 | D．伶俐的 |
| A．The moon. | B．The Earth. | C．The Sun. | D．Mars. |
a. She cried for a while.
b. She arrived in the blue planet.
c. Everyone wanted to catch her.
d. Her parents found her quickly.
| A．abcd | B．abdc | C．bcda | D．bcad |
| A．What’s the Planet like | B．Experiences of a Little Star |
| C．How to Find Your Baby | D．Try to Leave Alone |
You might have seen beautiful rainbows in the sky before. They form when sunlight falls on water drops in the air. But in fact, moonlight can also create rainbows in the same way. They are called “moonbows”. They are similar to rainbows, but they are created by moonlight instead of direct sunlight.
Moonbows are rarer than rainbows. Different weather and astronomical （天文学的）conditions have to be just right for moonbows to be created.
The moon has to be very low in the sky-only 42 degrees from the horizon （地平线）. The moon period has to be a full moon or nearly full. The sky must be very dark for a moonbow to be watched clearly-any bright light can obscure it. Water drops must appear in the air in the opposite direction of the moon.
Moonbows appear on the opposite side of the moon and usually look white to the human eye. This is because their colors are not bright enough to be noticed by the human eye. It is possible, however, to view the colors in a moonbow using long exposure （长时间曝光）photography.
Moonbows more often appear in some locations around the world. Most of these locations usually have waterfalls, which create thin fog in the air. Some of these locations are the Yosemite National Park in California and Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in Kentucky, US; Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe; and Waimea in Hawaii, US.
Moonbows do really happen. So at a certain time and a certain place, when a moonbow happens to appear, you can’t miss it if you’re right there.
1. According to the first two paragraphs, moonbows are ________.| A．created by sunlight | B．much easier to find |
| C．seen during the day | D．more difficult to form |
| A．A half moon hangs high in the bright sky. |
| B．A full moon is 50 degrees from the horizon. |
| C．A nearly full moon hangs low in the dark sky. |
| D．Water drops are in the opposite direction of the sun. |
| A．cover | B．drop | C．connect | D．produce |
| A．Conditions of moonbows. | B．Background of moonbows. |
| C．Locations of moonbows. | D．Development of moonbows. |
4 . China has named the nation’s first Mars rover（火星车）ZhuRong. For all of us, Zhu Rong is a well-suited name.
In an ancient Chinese story, Zhu Rong had the face of a man and the body of an animal. H rode on two dragons. When he had a big fight with Gong Gong, the god of water, Zhu Rong won. But after the fight, the human world came into complete darkness. Then he brought fire from heaven（天国）to the world.
“Zhu Rong is regarded as the earliest god of fire in traditional Chinese culture,” a space official said. “The first Mars rover was named Zhu Rong. The name symbolizes（象征）light and hope for space exploration（探索）in our country, and means to guide humans to continue exploration.”
After leaving the earth last summer, Zhu Rong circled Mars for several months and landed on it in May. In recent years, our country has sent up the world’s first quanturn satellite（量子卫星）, and Chang’e-4 has made a soft landing on the moon. We have made great progress in space technology and will soon start building our own space station.
1. What Zhu Rong brought from heaven to the world was ________.| A．fire | B．wars | C．water | D．animals |
| A．a big fight | B．complete darkness | C．light and hope | D．Chinese culture |
| A．the earth | B．Mars | C．the moon | D．the sun |
| A．Zhu Rong is a bad person in an ancient Chinese story |
| B．China has made great progress in space technology |
| C．the writer is proud of China’s space technology |
| D．the official doesn’t like the name Zhu Rong |
In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth and many stars. Through our geography lessons, we know the earth goes around the sun, and the moon goes round the earth. We have day and night because the earth keeps turning all the time. When our part of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night. The other part of the earth is always contrary.
Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun. Big things will look smaller when they are further, and small things also look bigger when they are nearer.
The sun is big enough to give out very strong light. The moon can’t give any light at all, but it looks quite bright, too. Why? In fact, the light from the moon comes from the sun. The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But in fact, the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon also because they are further away from the earth.
Earth is so important because living things and people can only live on the earth. And some countries have sent astronauts to the space to learn more about the universe. At 9:00 a.m. on October 15th, 2003, Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei was sent up to space. He stayed there for 21 hours. It was the first time for Chinese to get into space.
1. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, the other part of the earth is ________.| A．night | B．day | C．windy | D．Sunday |
| A．bigger; farther | B．smaller; closer |
| C．bigger; closer | D．smaller; farther |
| A．On November 15th, 2002. | B．On October 16th, 2003. |
| C．On May 15th, 2004. | D．On October 15th, 2003. |
| A．The moon goes around the earth, and the earth goes round the sun. |
| B．The sun gives out strong light while the moon can’t. |
| C．All the living things and people can only live on the earth. |
| D．The sun, the moon and the earth. |
6 . ①Most people have a place to call home on Earth. What about in outer space? The International Space Station(ISS) became our first “home” in space in 2000. It welcomed its first crew(队) that year, paving the way(铺平道路) for 20 years of future research.
②“You just have this impression that we’re all citizens(公民) of not a country, but of the planet,” former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly told National Geographic about working in ISS. “We’re all in this thing called humanity(人类) together.”
③Over the past 20 years, the ISS has mainly been used as a science lab, hosting 241 people from 19 countries, according to NASA. They have gone on spacewalks, done research on how space affects the human body, and even grown plants in space.
④ ▲ . For example, the station’s water purification(净化) technology has been used in poor areas to provide clean drinking water. The station also helps to warn us of natural disasters(灾难), such as earthquakes.
⑤However, after being our home in space for over 7,000 days, the station is starting to get old. It has leaked(泄漏) air a few times. Scientists think that the station can keep working until 2024. After that, scientists will bring it down to Earth. It is believed that Earth’s atmosphere(大气) will burn up most of the station. Other debris(残骸) will fall into the Pacific Ocean.
⑥In the future, space will be home to more stations like the ISS. NASA is building a space station that is smaller than the ISS near the moon. Also, China will have its own space station up in 2022.
1. What did Scott Kelly feel about his work in space?| A．Comfortable | B．Proud | C．Bored | D．Lonely |
(a. gone on spacewalks b. provide clean water for poor areas c. stopped earthquakes
d. learned how space affects the human body e. grown plants )
| A．abc | B．abd | C．ade | D．bde |
| A．We don’t know why we call the ISS our first “home”. |
| B．The station has also done something good to us on earth. |
| C．You want to know who has visited the ISS over the years. |
| D．People may wonder how scientists live on the station. |
(Para. 1=① Para. 2= ② Para. 3=④ Para. 4=④ Para. 5=⑤ Para. 6=⑥)
| A．①；②③④⑤；⑥ | B．①；②③④；⑤⑥ |
| C．①②；③④；⑤⑥ | D．①②；③④⑤；⑥ |
7 . What is it like to travel in space? People aboard the Aurora Station（曙光女神空间站）, the world's first luxury（豪华的）space hotel, can tell you in the future. The hotel plans to welcome its first guests in 2022, CNN reported.
US company Orion Span built the hotel. It will fly 320 kilometers above Earth. It can hold six people at a time. Two of them will be workers. They may be former NASA astronauts.
Each trip aboard the station will last for 12 days. Guests there will be able to do many interesting things. For example, they will see 16 sunrises each day. They can fly and move around in zero gravity（重力）. They can also grow food in space. Later, they can bring the food back to Earth as a souvenir（纪念品）. These are the same things that astronauts usually do.
Guests can also share what they see and hear with others on Earth. They can have a video chat using a high-speed internet connection.
But the trip will be expensive. Each guest will have to pay at least $ 9.5 million（about 60 million yuan）.
1. What is special about the Aurora Station?| A．It will be the world's first space station. |
| B．It will be the world's first luxury space hotel. |
| C．It will come back to Earth in 2022. |
| D．Astronauts will do lots of research there. |
| A．Two. | B．Four. | C．Six. | D．320. |
| A．They can see 15 sunrises over 12 days. |
| B．They can walk as easily as they can on Earth. |
| C．They can grow plants and bring them back. |
| D．They can help astronauts pilot the station. |
| A．There will be no water. | B．There will not be enough food. |
| C．There will be no internet connection. | D．The trip will cost lots of money. |
Country | Soviet Union | The USA | China |
Date | 12 April, 1961 | 5 May, 1961 | 15 October, 2003 |
Astronaut | Yuri Gagarin | Alan Shepherd | Yang Liwei |
Age | 27 | 38 | 38 |
Spaceship | Vostok 1 | Mercury 3 | Shenzhou 5 |
Time | 1 hour 48 minutes | 15 minutes | 21 hours |
Height | 327 kilometers | 185 kilometers | 343 kilometers |
Circles around the Earth | 1 | 0 | 14 |
1. The form above shows us ______.
| A．three journeys into space | B．daily life of three famous people |
| C．differences between three spaceships | D．something about three famous astronauts |
| A．1 hour 48 minutes | B．only 15 minutes | C．the shortest time | D．the longest time |
9 . 假如现在是2050年，你们学校组织了一次去火星的旅行。在火星上你们到处参观，举行聚会，与外星人(alien)通电话……总之，你们玩得很愉快。
请根据上述材料，以An Exciting Trip为题，以第一人称的形式描述一下你的火星之旅。要求表达准确，语法正确，行文连贯，可适当发挥，词数在80左右。
An Exciting Trip
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Sounds interesting? You might want to go to Mars now.
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| A．at | B．on | C．in | D．for |
| A．few | B．a few | C．little | D．a little |
| A．take | B．cost | C．spend | D．pay |
| A．car | B．garden | C．house | D．bus stop |
| A．dream of | B．stay in | C．climb up | D．live on |
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| A．dress | B．wear | C．wear out | D．dress up |
| A．alone | B．useful | C．latest | D．deep |
| A．Because | B．When | C．But | D．So |
