How much do you know about Earth—the planet that we live on? Our knowledge of Earth has been developing since ancient times. However, many puzzles (谜) about Earth remain unsolved. Live Science has published a list of the eight biggest mysteries about Earth. Let’s look at some of them.

Where did water come from?

When it first came into being 4.5 billion years ago, Earth was a dry rock. So where did all of our water come from? Scientists think that it might have arrived in the form of ice by an asteroid (小行星) from outer space that hit our planet. But this idea has not been confirmed (证明) because there is very little related evidence(相关证据) to be studied.

What’s in the core (地核)?

Scientists used to study meteorites (陨石) as small examples of Earth, believing that Earth’s core was made of iron and nickel (镍). However, a later study in the 1950s proved this way to be wrong because it found that Earth would be too light to provide gravity (引力) if its core contained only iron and nickel. Today, scientists continue to bring forward different ideas, but none have been confirmed.

How was the moon born?

Scientists have found that the chemical compositions (成分) of Earth and the Moon are very similar. That suggests that the Moon actually came from Earth. For example, it could be a piece of Earth that separated when Earth hit another planet. It is also possible that when Earth first came into being, it spun (旋转) very fast and threw off enough molten (熔化的) rock to later form the Moon.

1.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.How Earth came into being.

B.Where Earth’s water came from?

C.How the moon was formed?

D.Unexplained mysteries about Earth.

2.What do we know about where water may come from?

A.Earth’s water may come from ice that melted 4.5 billion years ago.

B.Earth’s water may come from a small planet that hit Earth.

C.We don’t know where water came from.

D.There is lots of evidence that tells us where water came from.

3.What does the underlined phrase “bring forward” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A.Check B.Raise

C.Improve D.Receive

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

A.Scientists used to believe Earth’s core was made of meteorites.

B.A study in the 1950s proved that Earth’s core is made of iron and nickel.

C.The moon and Earth are made of similar materials.

D.Three possibilities of where the Moon came from are mentioned.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is growing _______. We are living in a world that depends more and more on AI. It’s a group of technologies that _______machines get, understand and use information to do tasks.

AI's ______developments have got a lot of social attention. Some people have welcomed Al ______it makes things possible. For example, AI will have big influence ______areas like medicine and engineering. But this attention has also ______a lot of fear. Especially, many workers are worrying that AI could make them lose ______jobs.

According to a recent study, nearly five percent of jobs will disappear _______AI. In some industries, AI is already doing the work ______people used to do. such as assembling (装配)cars, digging the coal and lifting goods. Self-driving cars and ______by AI will also take away the drivers' jobs in the future.

On ______hand, AI will also create many new jobs for people. More people will be needed to write programmers for AI systems and they will set up and ______them, too. Meanwhile, jobs that require feelings, excellent ______skills with people will not be replaced by AI. These______jobs in fields like teaching, nursing and personal training.

AI is here. It is changing ______people live and work in many ways. That makes AI important to watch, not to fear.

1.A.rapidly B.slowly C.quick

2.A.helps B.help C.helped

3.A.nearly B.recently C.recent

4.A.so B.because C.although

5.A.in B.to C.on

6.A.produced B.predicted C.processed

7.A.their B.themselves C.theirs

8.A.instead of B.thanks to C.because of

9.A.that B.what C.who

10.A.control B.controllen C.controlled

11.A.other B.the other C.another

12.A.work out B.work on C.work for

13.A.conversation B.communication C.connection

14.A.include B.including C.included

15.A.why B.what C.how

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