When you look at the sky at night, the moon looks bigger than the stars. Actually, the moon is much smaller than the stars and the sun. It's much smaller than the earth. But the moon is much closer to us than any star. That is why it looks so big. If you hold a coin close to your eye, it looks big. If you look at it across the moon, it looks small.
The moon moves around the earth. It makes one trip in about four weeks. The moon looks flat to us. But it is a round ball, like the earth.
People once thought the moon had fire on it. They thought the fire made it bright. Now we know the moon is like a mirror. It gets its light from the sun.
Our sunlight comes from the sun, too. What is the sun? The sun is a star. The stars we can see have their own light. There are many big stars we cannot see. Their light had burned out. Others are still bright, but they are so far away that we cannot see them. The sun looks bigger and much brighter than other stars because it is the nearest of all stars. The sun and the other stars we see are very hot, but the air around us saves us from the heat of the sun.
The sun gives us light and warmth. It makes plants grow and turns leaves green. It makes life possible on our earth. It is a life giving star.
【小题1】 It takes _______ for the moon to go around the earth.
A.more than a weekB.nearly a monthC.half a yearD.more than a year
【小题2】 The moon is bright because _______.
A.there is some fire on itB.it is near the sun, too
C.there is a big mirror on itD.it can get light from the sun
【小题3】 The passage tells us _______.
A.the sun is not the biggest starB.the sun is bigger than any other star
C.only the sun can shineD.the sun is one of the farthest stars to us
【小题4】 Why do we call the sun "a life giving star"?
A.Because it gives us warmth.
B.Because there are some living things on it.
C.Because plants and animals can't live without it.
D.Because people have to live in the dark without it.
Michael Essany is the young star of his own TV talk show. When he was 14, he bought some    36   machines and asked a local television station to air (播放) his show. Michael contacted 500 famous people but only three of them    37   to be on his show. However, now many well-known people want to be on his show. In 2003, the Michael Essany Show became so    38   that even the E! network made a show about his show!
Michael’s show is    39   from the living room of his family’s house. Before the show starts, his parents    40   the guests at the airport and make them comfortable. While the show is    41  , Michael tells jokes and interviews the guests, and his parents    42   the video machines. After Michael finished the show, the guests eat dinner with Michael and his    43   in the dining room.
Michael’s fame (名气) is    44  , but he still has plans and goals. “I would like to be the host of The Tonight Show. That is my    45  , and it’s a dream I intend to realize one day.”
【小题1】 A. radio                  B. video                    C. Internet
【小题2】 A. forgot                 B. refused              C. agreed
【小题3】A. strange                 B. popular              C. serious
【小题4】 A. recorded               B. discovered           C.introduced
【小题5】 A. help out                   B. look after           C. pick up
【小题6】 A. on                     B. off                  C. up
【小题7】 A. mend                   B. run                  C. sell
【小题8】A. family                  B. audience             C. boss
【小题9】 A. falling                    B. disappearing         C. growing
【小题10】 A. advice                 B. dream                    C. story

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