Our nearest neighbor 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—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 of the sun(日食) . 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. The moon goes into the shadow( 影子) of the Earth and it disappears for a few minutes.
【小题1】When the moon goes between the Earth and the sun,  we have night in the day, we call it the eclipse of

We know 1  about the universe(宇宙). It means the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the space 2  them.

Most of the stars are much 3 than the moon, but they look smaller 4 they are far away from the earth. At night, the moon is high in the sky 5 a light. But the moon has 6  light of its own. The light of the moon comes from the sun. The sun gives us light, heat and life. And the plants, animals and men will die 7  the sun.

The earth goes around itself 8  . When the part of the earth 9  to the sun, it is day. The 10  part of the earth is night.

The earth is our homeland. We should love it.

1.                A．many          B．a lot of         C．much D．few

2.                A．in             B．between        C．among   D．with

3.                A．farther         B．nearer         C．warmer   D．bigger

4.                A．because        B．so             C．but  D．and

5.                A．looks          B．like            C．looks like D．as

6.                A．not            B．no             C．little D．less

7.                A．with           B．without         C．in   D．on

8.                A．a long time      B．in the daytime    C．all the time    D．take after time

9.                A．turns          B．gets            C．points    D．changes

10.               A．front          B．following       C．opposite   D．same

Have you ever seen the man in the moon? If you look closely at the moon on some nights, you can see the face of the man in the moon. Some people say that they can see an old man carrying sticks. 1.        These pictures are made by the mountains and plains of the moon.

Long ago people in England used to tell their children that the moon was made of green cheese.2.          The moon is a large round rock. It is completely bare. There are no trees or plants on the moon. There are no rivers or seas. There are no living things. It never rains on the moon, and everything is covered with dirty, white dust. 3.            

When the sun shines on it, the moon is very hot, in the shade, however, it is as cold as ice.4.          It does not weigh as much as the earth. If you went to the moon, you would weigh six times less than you do now. 5.       

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In the universe,there is the earth,the moon,the sun,the stars and all the other things too far away to see.The earth is one of the sun’s  1  ,and the moon is our satellite.The moon is about three hundred and eighty thousand kilometers away 2   the earth ,but it’s our 3 neighbor in space.It 4  more than three days to get there by spaceship No man 5  fathar than the moon ,but spaceship 6  people has reached other planets.

Of  7   the stars ,the sun is the nearest to the earth  8    other stars are even bigger and brighter than the sun.They look small only 9  they are much farther away.You 10  see them in the daytime .But if you go out at night ,you’ll be able to see many of them.