摘要：B Venus is only a little smaller than the earth, about 95% of the earth’s diameter and 80% of the earth’s mass . The word Venus means the goddess of love and beauty in Greek. We name the planet so probably because it is one of the brightest planets we have known by now. We human beings have known Venus for a long time. It is the brightest thing in the sky except the sun and the moon. Venus reaches its maximum brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, and is often thought of as the Morning Star or as the Evening Star. A lot of observation of Venus was important to Copernicus’s heliocentric theory of the solar system. In 1962 scientists sent the first spacecraft to explore Venus. So far there have been more than 20 and we will know more about Venus in the future. 31.( ) What’s Venus like? A. It’s bigger and heavier than the earth. B. It’s smaller and brighter than the moon. C. It’s bigger and lighter than the sun. D. It’s smaller and lighter than the earth. 32.( ) What does the word “Venus mean in Greek? A. The goddess of love and beauty. B. The morning star. C. The evening star. D. The center of the solar system. 33.( ) Which of the following is TRUE? A. Venus is not a planet. B. Venus is the brightest in the sky. C. Venus is in the solar system. D. People have never sent a spacecraft to Venus. 34.( ) What does the underlined word “obser-vation mean in Chinese? A. 理论 B. 观察 C. 学说 D. 作品 35.( ) Scientists sent the first spacecraft to Venus in . A. 2012 B. 1942 C. 1962 D. 1982

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