Thousands of miles from the Earth, in outer space, is a small planet, far from the Sun, behind a much bigger planet. Little green aliens live there. They use torches to see.
One day, a young alien, Neila, put the wrong batteries in her torch.
Suddenly, there was bright light. It went up into the sky, around the Sun and reached the Earth.
The light hit a boy called Billy and his dog. Neila quickly turned the torch off, but the pair were caught by the light. They flew through space and landed near Neila.
“ Hello,” said Billy. Neila smiled.
“ Wow!” said Billy, “Everything’s made of ice cream!”
“The ice cream never melts (融化), and nobody eats it. It’s too cold here,” said Neila.
Neila looked sad. “Can you help us?” she said, “We need sunshine to make things grow.”
“No problem,” said Billy, “Can you get us home? I have an idea.”
“Wait there!” said Neila.
She got her torch, put the wrong batteries in again—ZOOM! Billy and his dog flew back to the Earth.
Billy pointed his bedroom mirror between the Sun and Fliptune. The sunlight bounced off the mirror and up onto Neila’s planet.
Thanks to Billy, Fliptune is not cold any more. Billy moves the mirror every day to keep the sun shining there. Now Neila and her friends sit in the sun and enjoy all the free ice cream.
【小题1】What does the underlined phrase “the pair” refer to in paragraph 4?A.The batteries. | B.Billy and his dog. | C.Billy and Neila. | D.The torch and the batteries. |
A.By moving the mirror. | B.By turning off the torch. |
C.By pointing the bedroom mirror. | D.By putting the wrong batteries in the torch. |
a. Neila asked Billy for help.
b. Billy and his dog flew to Fliptune.
c. Neila helped Billy and his dog back to the Earth.
d. Billy moved the mirror every day to warm Fliptune.
A.c-a-d-b | B.c-a-b-d | C.b-a-d-c | D.b-a-c-d |
A. | B. | C. | D. |
A.Clever and kind. | B.Brave but forgetful. | C.Kind and strong. | D.Clever but careless. |
A comet sometimes looks like a star. Like a planet, a comet has no light of its own. It shines from the sunlight it reflects (反射). Like the earth a comet goes around the sun, but on a much longer path than the earth travels.
If a comet isn’t a star, what is it then?
Some scientists think that a large part of a comet is water frozen (冻) into pieces of ice and mixed with iron and rock dust and perhaps a few big pieces of rock. When sunshine melts (融化) the ice in the comet, great clouds of gas go trailing after it. These clouds, together with the dust, form a long tail.
Many people have seen a comet. However, no one knows how many comets there are. There may be millions of comets, but only a few come close enough for us to see.
An Englishman named Edmund Halley, who lived from 1656 to 1742, found out a lot about the paths that comets take through the sky. Some comets move out of our sight and never come back. Others keep coming back at regular times. A big comet that keeps coming back was named after Halley comet, because the last time it came close to the sun and the earth was in the year 1986. Then people all over the world were outside at night to look at it. You will probably be able to see Halley’s comet when it comes near the earth again.
根据短文内容,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳答案。
【小题1】A comet is like.
A.the sun | B.the moon |
C.sunlight | D.the earth |
A.water and rock |
B.water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron and rock dust and perhaps a few pieces of rock |
C.ice, iron and rock dust |
D.only a few big pieces of rock |
A.haven’t seen any comets |
B.have seen all comets |
C.have seen a comet at daytime |
D.have seen a comet |
A.at any time |
B.at noon |
C.at regular times |
D.at daybreak (拂晓) |
A.In 1656. | B.In 1742. |
C.In 1986. | D.In 1996. |
A question has made the public think a lot for more than a century: Whether(是否) there is life on Mars.
A British spaceship and Europe’s Mars spaceship plan to land on Mars or enter the orbit(轨道) around it. One of the NASA’s spaceships is going to land on January 3, and the other is going to land on the opposite side of Mars on January 24.
Since 1960, over twenty spaceships sent to Mars have failed. Most were lost when they started flying up or landing because those were the most difficult time of any flights.
Scientists wanted to find out whether there was water on Mars. In October, a team of scientists reported that Mars was a dry wasteland(荒地). But weeks later, a second team reported differently that they had found some marks(痕迹). They showed clearly that they were made by the rivers. Such marks told us that Mars was a warmer place billions of years ago—just as life first appeared on Earth. Scientists at once asked the following questions: If it was true, what happened on Mars? Then what about the earth?
Maybe one day, in the near future, human beings will land on Mars, settle on Mars, and directly look for life.
【小题1】What are people talking about for more than a century?A.When Mars came into being. | B.Whether there is life on Mars. |
C.Whether people can live on Mars. | D.How people can fly to Mars. |
A.will land on the different sides of Mars | B.will land on the same day |
C.will enter the orbit around Mars | D.will land with a man |
A.A travel guide. | B.A film magazine. | C.A music website. | D.A science book. |
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.
【小题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 |
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