2 . In the universe, there is the earth, the moon, the sun, the stars and all other things too far away ________. The earth is one of the sun’s planets（行星）, and the moon is our satellite. The moon is about three hundred and eighty thousand kilometers away ________ the earth, but it’s our ________ neighbour in space. It ________ more than three days to get there by spaceship. No man ________ farther than the moon, but spaceships ________ people have reached other planets.

Of ________ the stars, the sun is the nearest to the earth. ________ other stars are even bigger and brighter than the sun. They look small only ________ they are much farther away. You ________ see them in the daytime. But if you go out at night, you’ll be able to see many of them.

1.

A．see

B．to be seen

C．seeing

D．seen

2.

A．over

B．below

C．down

D．from

3.

A．nearer

B．the nearer

C．nearest

D．the nearest

4.

A．takes

B．took

C．taken

D．taking

5.

A．travel

B．traveled

C．has traveled

D．have traveled

6.

A．with

B．without

C．for

D．to

7.

A．all

B．some

C．may

D．any

8.

A．Thousand of

B．Hundred of

C．Million of

D．Millions of

9.

A．when

B．because

C．if

D．for

10.

A．must

B．mustn’t

C．can

D．can’t

3 . 录音中有一篇短文，听短文两遍后，请根据表格内容提示，记录相关信息，完成表格(每空一词）

Have you     1     wondered if there is life on other planets?

There are     2     other planets in our solar system, and they go around the sun like the     3     does.

So far, scientists have already sent     4     to Mars to do surveys.

Scientists are still working     5     on that.

4 . Our nearest neighbour is the moon. In the sky, the moon and the sun seem to be of the same size because the moon is much nearer.

The moon makes the tides(潮汐)—the changes in the level of the sea. The moon and the sun together pull the sea. In some parts of the world, the difference between “high tide”(when the sea is very near to the land) and “low tide”(when the sea is far away from the land) is very big. This is very important for ships.

The moon is very different from the earth. Gravity on the moon is six times weaker than that on the earth. There isn’t any air. During the day, it is very, very hot but at night it is very, very cold. Nothing can live on the moon.

If the moon goes between the earth and the sun, we have an eclipse(日食) of the sun. The moon stops the light from the sun and we have night in the day.

If the earth goes between the moon and the sun, we have an eclipse of the moon(月食). The moon goes into the shadow(影子) of the earth and it disappears for a few minutes.

1. When the sea is far away from the land, we call it “________”．

A．high tide

B．low tide

C．shadow

D．gravity

2. Gravity on the earth is ________ times stronger than that on the moon.

A．five

B．six

C．seven

D．eight

3. When the moon goes between the earth and the sun, we have night in the day, and we call it the eclipse of ________．

A．the moon

B．the sun

C．the stars

D．the earth

4. Which of the following happens when we have an eclipse of the moon?

A．The earth goes between the moon and the sun.

B．The moon goes into the shadow of the sun.

C．The moon goes into the shadow of its own.

D．The sun disappears for a few minutes.

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. The moon and the sun are of the same size.
b. Gravity on the earth is 6 times stronger than that on the moon.
c. The changes in the level of the sea are called tides.
d. The moon itself pulls the sea and makes the tides.
e. When the sea is near to the land, a high tide may happen.
f. It is much hotter in the day but much colder at night on the moon.

A．abcf	B．bcde
C．adef	D．bcef

5 . People in many parts of North and South America will be able to see a total lunar eclipse (月食) on Sunday night and early Monday morning. The eclipse is special, and it is called a super blood wolf moon by some people.

The moon will be a little closer than it normally is to the Earth. For this reason, it will appear brighter than usual. Such a moon is called a super moon. When the moon is completely eclipsed, it looks darker and appears to have an orange or even a red color. The sunset on the Earth looks orange for a similar reason. Because of its reddish color, an eclipsed moon is sometimes called a blood moon.

In North America, there are traditional names given to each of the 12 full moons that happen throughout the year. January’s full moon is known as the wolf moon or the great spirit moon.

Is there anything I should get ready when I look up the lunar eclipse?

“There are no precautions (预防措施) you need to take when looking at a lunar eclipse, since the moon is never bright enough to hurt your eyes like the sun,” according to Walter Freeman, a physicist at Syracuse University.

It’s just a wonderful thing for the whole family to see because it’s fairly rare to have all these kinds of things together at the same time.

1. Where can people see the super blood wolf moon?

A．In North America.

B．In South Asia.

C．In West Africa.

D．In East Europe.

2. When the moon is completely eclipsed, it looks ________.

A．smaller

B．bigger

C．brighter

D．darker

3. The full moon of ________ is called the wolf moon.

A．Monday

B．Sunday

C．January

D．February

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．A super moon is farther than it normally is to the Earth.

B．You can always see the super blood wolf moon.

C．Each of the 12 full moons has a traditional name in each country.

D．An eclipsed moon is sometimes called a blood moon because of its reddish color.

5. The best title of the passage may be ________.

A．A Lunar Eclipse in the UK	B．A Super Blood Wolf Moon
C．The Wolf Moon	D．Preparations for the Lunar Eclipse

7 . 太空是浩瀚的、神秘的。人类对宇宙一直不断地探索，请根据你所学的太空知识，描述一下你心目中的宇宙。再结合你自己的感想，向同学们说说你未来的打算。可适当发挥。内容包括：
(1) universe, galaxy, solar system, earth, moon;
(2) scientists, do research about, Chinese space station;
(3) astronaut, in the future.
作文要求：
(1)不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和考生的真实姓名。
(2)语句连贯，词数80个左右。作文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

Hello, everybody! It’s my turn to tell you something about the space.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8 . Scientists have long been looking for life in outer space. They recently found something exciting _______ Venus(金星), the planet closest to ours.

British scientists _______ phosphine gas(磷化氢) in Venus’ atmosphere(大气层) already. Phosphine is a promising sign of life. On Earth, phosphine is produced when organic(有机的) matter breaks down. The same thing could be _______ on Venus. Still _______ need to send a probe( 探测器) to Venus to see _______ life exists there.

In fact, Venus has long been ignored(忽视) in the search for life because of its ______temperatures and atmospheric pressure. Venus is the _______ planet in the solar system. Its surface temperature is 470℃, which is hot enough to melt spacecraft. The pressure there is 92 times greater than that on Earth. Even if humans could bear the heat, they would be crushed(粉碎) by the pressure.

However, it’s possible that life could exist in the planet’s atmosphere. Temperatures there are about -1℃ to 93℃，which is far more suitable _______ life. The pressure there is similar to that of Earth as well. The phosphine was found in Venus’ cloudy atmosphere-around 60 _______ above its surface.

Phosphine is known as an indirect sign of life. So are gases like methane and ozone(臭氧). Scientists focus on such signs when they look for ________ outside of Earth. These gases can exist in the atmospheres of planets for a long time allowing scientists to find them with the help of telescopes and probes. However, it is liquid water that is considered to be the most important sign of life.

1.

A．in

B．of

C．on

D．below

2.

A．have discovered

B．discovered

C．discover

D．discovers

3.

A．happen

B．happening

C．happened

D．happens

4.

A．science

B．scientific

C．scientist

D．scientists

5.

A．whether

B．what

C．how

D．why

6.

A．low

B．high

C．hot

D．cold

7.

A．hot

B．hotter

C．hotest

D．hottest

8.

A．for

B．in

C．at

D．on

9.

A．kilometer

B．meter

C．meters

D．kilometers

10.

A．food

B．life

C．animals

D．stones

9 . 根据首字母提示补全短文。

There is nothing more i    1     to life than the Sun. W    2     the Sun, all living things on the Earth would die. The Sun is a star. In the sky there are t    3     of stars like the Sun. They are as large as the Sun and as hot as the Sun. At night you can see many stars, but in the day you can o    4     see one star—the Sun.

The Sun is much n    5     to us than any other star. That is w    6     it looks the biggest and brightest of all the stars. The distance of the Sun from the Earth is as m    7     as about 150,000,000 kilometres. Most stars are thousands of light years a    8     from the Earth.

Do you know what a light year is? N    9     in the world travels faster than light. It travels about 300,00 kilometres per second. And one light year is the distance that light travels in one y    10    .

10 .

Scientists think that there has been life on Earth for millions of years. However, we haven’t found life on other planets yet. What not?

The Earth is a planet and it goes around the Sun. Seven other planets also go round the Sun. None of them has an environment with air, so people and things cannot grow. The Sun and its planets are called the solar system. The solar system（太阳系）is a small part of our galaxy.

The stars we see at night are the suns in other solar systems. There are more than 200 billion stars in our galaxy, called the Milky Way and our Sun is only one of them.

But scientists have discovered many other galaxies in universe. They are a long way away and their light has travelled for many years to reach us. It is hard to understand how large the universe is.

Scientists have sent lots of spacecraft to look at other planets in our solar system, and some spacecraft have gone beyond the solar system. However, no one has discovered any life in space yet.

But why has no one from other planets sent us a message? Have they tried to send information to us? With so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space? We don’t know…yet.

1. How long has there been life on Earth according to some scientists?

A．Millions of years.

B．Thousands of years.

C．Hundreds of years.

D．Billions of years.

2. What is the solar system made up of?

A．The Earth and the Sun.	B．The Sun and its planets.
C．Milky Way and the Sun.	D．The Sun and other galaxies.

3. What does the underlined word “discovered” mean in the passage?

A．Found.

B．Developed

C．Checked.

D．Explained.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The scientists have found life on other planets.

B．Many other galaxies are very far away from us.

C．Some planets in the solar system have an environment with air.

D．We know someone from other planets has sent us a message.

5. In which part of a magazine can we read the passage?

A．Diet.

B．Fashion.

C．Science.

D．Culture.