Question

The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part of the earth turns to the moon, it is night. The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it’s much nearer to the earth. The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light(强光). The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn’t give any light at all.

The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But actually the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they’re much farther away from us.

1. ____moves round________.

A. The earth; the moon       B. The moon; the earth

C. The moon; the stars       D. The sun; the earth

2.Sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because_________.

A. it is much bigger than the sun

B. it comes out only at night

C. it is much nearer to the earth than the sun

D. it doesn’t give a strong light

3.The sun_______________.

A. is very bright, and it gives a very strong light

B. isn’t bright, but it gives a very strong light

C. is very big, but it doesn’t give any light at all

D. is very round, but it can’t move round

4. The stars______________.

A. look much bigger than the moon

B. look much bigger than the sun

C. are a lot brighter than the moon, but they are not bigger than the moon

D. are much farther away from us than the moon

5. Which is the biggest, the sun, the moon or the earth?

A. The moon        B. The earth

C. The sun        D. The world

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文向我们介绍了一些天文知识。月球本身并不发光；为什么月球看起来比其它星星都大。

1.B细节理解题。本文的第一句为 “The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth.”可知，地球绕着太阳转，月亮绕着地球转，故本题选B。

2.C细节理解题。本文第二段有一句为“sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it’s much nearer to the earth.”可知，有时月球看起来比太阳更大，是因为月球离地球更近，故本题选C。

3.A细节理解题。本文第三段第一句为“The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light.”可知，太阳是明亮的，给我们带来许多强光，故本题选A。

4.D 细节判断题。本文最后提到“They look smaller than the moon because they’re much farther away from us.”可知，星星看起来是小的，实际上更大，由于它们离我们比月球还要远，故本题选D。

5.C细节判断题。从我们日常积累的知识可知，太阳最大，故答案为C。

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