Question

阅读理解。

In the universe, as we all know, there is the sun, the moon, the earth and a good many stars. Through our geography lessons, we know the earth goes around the sun, and the moon goes around 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.

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 actually (事实上) 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.

There are many other planets in the universe. But of all the planets, only on the earth there are living things and people can only live on the earth, too. But at 9:00 a.m. on October 15th，2003, Chinese pilot 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.We find the sun is _______ than the moon because it is _______ to us.

A. bigger; farther           B. smaller; closer 

C. bigger; closer            D. smaller; farther

2.When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, the other part of the earth is _______ .

A. night                    B. day     

C. evening                   D. Sunday

3.People and living things can live on the           .

A. earth                    B. Mars      

C. moon                      D. sun

4.When did the pilot from our country return to the earth? _______

A. On November 15th, 2002.   B. On October 16th, 2003.

C. On May 15th, 2004.        D. On October 15th, 2003.

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?________

A. The moon goes around the earth and it can’t give out any light at all.

B. The moon goes around the sun and its light is from the sun.

C. The earth moves around the moon and people can live only on the earth.

D. Of all the planets, only the earth moves around the sun.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇有关天文的说明文。文中介绍了一些基础的天文知识，重点介绍了太阳、地球和月亮的一些基础知识。

1.D细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun.”因为月球比太阳更接近地球，它看起来比太阳大得多。反之，太阳比月球离地球更远，因此看起来会更小。答案为D。

2.A 细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night.”可知，当我们住的地球背离太阳的时候，夜晚来临。答案为A。

3.A细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“But of all the planets, only on the earth there are living things and people can only live on the earth, too.”可知，只有地球适合人类与其它生物生存。答案为A。

4.B细节理解题。根据短文中的句子But at 9:00 a.m. on October 15th，2003, Chinese pilot Yang Liwei was sent up to space. He stayed there for 21 hours.可知，答案为D。

5.A细节判断题。根据短文中的句子“and the moon goes around the earth, the light from the moon comes from the sun.”可知，月亮绕着地球转，它本身不发光，依靠反射太阳光。故答案A正确。

考点：科普类短文阅读。