四. 词汇运用
A. 根据句意及首字母提示补全单词。
36. Columbus d America.
B
Venus (金星) is only a little smaller than the earth, about 95% of the earth’s diameter (直径) and 80% of the earth’s mass (质量). 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 (最大的) 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 (日心说) of the solar system. In 1962 scientists sent the first spacecraft (宇宙飞船) 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
二. 完形填空
先通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Last week, our teacher, Ms Chen, and the whole class went camping in the mountains. When we 16 there, Ms Chen began to teach us to start a camp fire 17 . If bears and snakes were close to 18 , they might get burned and run away. Ms Chen also taught us to 19 fish, so we could have more food to eat that night. I really liked the air there because it was so 20 and clean. Many stars were up high in the 21 and the moon looked so lovely at night. We sat around the fire and Ms Chen told us some stories about her childhood. She was born into a poor 22 but she had worked very hard to be successful. Many of us were so touched. I couldn’t 23 the whole night. I was thinking about being a teacher in the future. When I got home, my dad 24 me about the camping, “Was it fun?” I told him, “Everything was 25 . I especially love Ms Chen’s stories. I want to be a teacher in the future.”
16.( ) A. left B. arrived
C. flew D. lost
17.( ) A. first B. then
C. finally D. next
18.( ) A. him B. them
C. me D. it
19.( ) A. feed B. sell
C. catch D. watch
20.( ) A. dirty B. fresh
C. thin D. thick
21.( ) A. sun B. bag
C. sky D. tree
22.( ) A. room B. school
C. river D. family
23.( ) A. sleep B. eat
C. drink D. walk
24.( ) A. asked B. answered
C. told D. explained
25.( ) A. bad B. great
C. hard D. easy
15.( ) —Jack, can you tell me how to use the digital camera?
— . Let me have a look.
A. I’m not sure B. Of course not
C. No problem D. I’m afraid not
14.( ) —Have you read this interesting book?
—Yes. I it two weeks ago.
A. am reading B. have read
C. will read D. read
13.( ) —Would you like to go and see Monsters University (《怪兽大学》) with me tonight?
—I’d love to, but I it twice.
A. see B. will see
C. have seen D. am seeing
12.( ) —Have you the news?
—Yes, we will have a party on the weekend.
A. listened B. heard
C. sang D. cleaned
11.( ) —When your sister come here?
—Two years ago. She has been here for two years.
A. does B. will
C. did D. has
10.( ) There are stars in the Galaxy. We can’t count them.
A. billion of B. billions
C. billions of D. billion