Question

A long time ago people thought the sun went around the earth. Now we know the earth goes round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all the way round the sun. Today men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over one and a half thousand kilometers a minute on its way round the sun.

The sun is really a star. It’s much bigger than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon, but we know no one can go to the sun. It’s too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three hundred thousand times heavier than the earth and more than a million times larger.

1.Long ago people thought_____.

A. the sun circled the earth

B.the earth circled the sun

C.the earth went round the sun

D.the moon went round the sun

2.It takes_____.

A. the sun one year to go all the way round the earth

B.the earth one year to go all the way round the sun

C.the earth one month to go round the sun

D.the sun one month to go round the earth

3.In fact the earth travels _____in the space.

A. a million kilometers an hour

B.half a thousand kilometers a minute

C.very fast

D.very slowly

4.People can never live anywhere near the sun because_____.

A. the sun is too hot

B.the sun is too far

C.the sun is too big

D.spaceships can’t reach the sun

5.The earth is_____.

A. as heavy as the sun

B.much heavier than the sun

C.as light as the sun

D.much lighter than the sun

 

Answer 1

答案：A;B;C;A;D
解析：

1.      A long time ago people thought the sun went around the earth.根據(jù)這句可知，人們以前以為太陽是繞著地球轉的。 2.      It takes the earth a year to go all the way round the sun.根據(jù)這句可知，本題選B。 3.      They tell us that the earth travels over one and a half thousand kilometers a minute on its way round the sun.根據(jù)這句可知，地球轉的很快。 4.      It’s too hot for people to live any where near it.根據(jù)這句可知，太陽太熱了，所以附近都不能居住，故選A。 5．The sun is three hundred thousand times heavier than the earth and more than a million times larger.根據(jù)這句可知，太陽比地球要重的多，故選D。