When you look up into the sky at night, have you ever felt that your eyes are playing tricks on (捉弄) you? It seems that the stars are moving all the time.
Actually, there is nothing wrong with your eyes. This twinkling effect is called scintillation (交光). Scintillation happens because of air movements in the earth’s atmosphere (大气). Light is “bent (弯曲的)” when it travels through different parts of the earth’s atmosphere. As the air in the earth’s atmosphere is moving all the time, the light from the stars looks as if it is moving too.
The same thing also happens to things on the ground. On a very hot and shiny day, if you look at the road, the image in the distance is not clear and things move slightly. You can also see the same effect if you drop a rock into water. The rock appears a little unclear under the moving water.
This twinkling effect causes a lot of problems for astronomers (天文学家) since they cannot observe the stars clearly. A telescope (望远镜) was sent into space so that the air movements in the atmosphere could be avoided (避免). It took a long time to build the space telescope but finally in 1990, a huge space telescope called the Hubble Space Telescope was successfully sent into space. Since then, astronomers have many important observations that have helped people understand space better.
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【小题1】What happens to the light from the stars we see when the air in the earth’s atmosphere is moving?

A.It looks even brighter.
B.It looks as if it is bent.
C.It looks as if it is moving.
D.It looks like drops of rain.
【小题2】Scintillation also happens on      according to the passage.
A.rainy daysB.shiny days
C.cloudy daysD.windy days
【小题3】What can you see when you drop a rock into the water?
A.The rock gets broken.
B.The rock becomes unclear.
C.The water becomes much polluted.
D.The water does not move anymore.
【小题4】The underlined word “observe” means “    ”.
A.watchB.listenC.drawD.explain
【小题5】Why is scintillation a problem for astronomers?
A.The stars never stay still.
B.It makes the stars too dark to see.
C.It makes astronomers feel too hot to work.
D.Astronomers cannot observe the stars clearly.

 

Microblog(微博) is used by more and more people in China. Do you know what it is?

  Micorblog makes the people around the world to know each other better. It helps people to find the information that they need more easily, also to get some information about the world they did not know before.

  Many famous people are using microblog now, including singers, TV hosts and artists. The first day of Chinese New Year in 2010,people on Sina Microblog sent 9873 microblogs to wish somebody a Happy New Year. Yao Chen became the queen(王后) of microblog because her microblog has over 1.3 million followers; Li Yuchun sent a microblog and got 11760 comments(评论) within 24 hours; Cai Kangyong, who is a famous TV host and famous writer in Taiwan, has 15143 more followers within 24 hours.

  Why is microblog so popular? The most important reason is that it is convenient(方便的). People need not use too much time to write the articles to express(表达) their feeling. They can write at most 140 words, and then send it through computers or mobile phones onto the microblog. As soon as they send it, their followers will know. They can use it anytime, anywhere.

  Many of my friends use microblog to share things with others. They can talk about what they see, hear and think in a sentence or a photo. Also, they can follow their friends’ or their favorite stars’ microblogs. They can even join in any discussion of anything. Microblog is very hit now!

  Have you microblog today?

1.According to the passage, ________________.

A. microblog can make people around the world to know each other better

B. you can write as many words as you like in your microblog

C. microblog is not very popular in China

D. microblog is only used by people under 18

2.Yao Chen became the queen of microblog because _______________.

A. she sent a microblog and got 11760 comments

B. she is a famous actress in China

C. her blog has over 1.3 million followers

D. she has 15143 more followers within 24 hours

3. Microblog is very popular. The most important reason is that ____________________.

A. many famous people are using it now               

B. it is convenient

C. people can share their photos with others                      

D. people can join in any discussion

4.What can we do on the microblog?

A. We can join in any discussion of anything. 

B. We can only get some information about the world we had known before.

C. We can write at least 140 words, and then send it through computers onto the microblog.

D. We can get answers to any of our questions.

5.We can probably find this article in _______________.

A. a children’s story book                           B. a clothing magazine

C. a newspaper                                     D. an exercise book

 

I wonder whether there is any girl or boy who does not like to see a rainbow in the sky. It is so beautiful.

There is a story, saying that whenever you see a rainbow you should run at once to the place where it touches the ground, and there you would find a pot of gold. Of course it is not true. You could not find the pot of gold or its end. No matter how far you run, it always seems far away.

A rainbow is not a thing which we can feel with our hands as we can feel a flower. It is only the effect of light shining on raindrops. The raindrops catch the sunlight and break it up into all the wonderful colours which we see. It is called a rainbow perhaps because it is made up of raindrops and looks like a bow(弓).

That is why we can never see a rainbow in a clear sky. We see a rainbow only when there is rain in the air and the sun is shining brightly through the clouds.

Every rainbow has many colours in the same order. The first or the top colour is always red, and the next comes orange, then yellow, and last of all, blue. A rainbow is indeed one of the wonders of nature.

1.Children like rainbows because          .

A.they are beautiful

B.they are like bows

C.they can find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow

D.they are good to crops

2.We cannot feel          with our hands.

A.a pot of gold       B.a flower           C.a rainbow         D.a raindrop

3.We can see a rainbow          .

A.when it is raining heavily

B.when it is snowing

C.when it is cloudy

D.when it is becomes fine shortly after raining

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.A rainbow is like bow.

B.A rainbow is the effect of light shining on raindrops.

C.Every rainbow has different colours in different orders.

D.A rainbow is one of the wonders of nature.

5.The first colour of a rainbow is always           .

A.yellow            B.red              C.green            D.blue

 

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