Question

The moon looks bigger than the stars at night. But in fact, it is smaller than any of them. The moon looks big to us, because it is closer to us than any star. The moon goes around the earth. It makes one trip about four weeks. The moon is a round ball and looks beautiful. Don’t you think so?

Now people know quite a lot about the moon. There is no air or water on the moon so there are not any trees or animals, or people on the moon. The moon gets its light from the sun, but some places on the moon are quite dark. Then days on the moon get hotter than boiling(沸腾的) water. The nights get colder than the North Pole(北极) on the earth.

1.People know quite ______ about the moon now.

A. a few      B. a lot       C. little       D. some

2.The moon is _______ to the earth than the sun.

A. farther     B. far        C. close       D. closer

3.The moon makes one trip round the earth in about _______.

A. a week     B. four weeks  C. a year      D. 24 hours

4.There is _______ on the moon.

A. not anything               B. no river

C. no air or water           D. no hill

5.The sun _______ to the moon.

A. gets light   B. gives light

C. gives air    D. gets air

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了月球看起来很大，其实它并不是很大，而是因为它比其他的星球离地球近，月球大约四周绕一周，月球上没有空气和水，也不会发光。

1.细节理解题。根据Now people know quite a lot about the moon. 可知人们现在对月亮已经很了解了，故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据The moon looks big to us, because it is closer to us than any star. 可知月球比其他的任何星球都距离地球近，故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据It makes one trip about four weeks.可知月球转一圈需要四周的时间，故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据There is no air or water on the moon 可知月球上没有空气和水，故选C。

5.细节理解题。根据The moon gets its light from the sun 可知太阳给了月球的阳光，故选B。

考点：科普类短文阅读。