Men have always wondered about the earth they live on and about the ①_____ above them.
When early men looked at the night sky, they asked themselves a lot of questions. They looked at the moon, and wondered what this strange bright object in the sky was. They did not understand why it changed its shape from night to night. They looked at the stars and planets. They also wondered why some of them changed their positions, while others did not.
他們也思考地球的形狀。 Most early people believed the earth was flat.
In different parts of the world, there were different ideas about the universe. The ancient Greeks were the first people to study the universe more scientifically. In the sixth century BC Pythagoras put forward the idea that the world was round. However, he could not explain why people at the bottom of the world did not fall off.
It was not until the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that scientists found the answers to some important questions. ④With the help of Galileo’s telescope, people could see the sky more clearly, and find the positions of the stars and planets. Finally in 1665, Isaac Newton explained to the world what gravity (重力) was and people at last understood why they did not fall off the earth.
小題1:在文中①處填寫一個單詞,使得句意完整、上下文通順。___________________
小題2:根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容回答問題。
What questions did early men ask themselves when they looked at the night sky? Write down one of them.
_________________________________________________________________________
小題3:將文中②句翻譯成英語。
_________________________________________________________________________
小題4:將文中③句翻譯成漢語。
_________________________________________________________________________
小題5:寫出文中④句的同義句,每空限填一詞。
Galileo’s telescope made _________________ for people to see the sky more clearly, and to find the positions of the stars and planets.

小題1:sky
小題2:They asked what this strange bright object in the sky was.                  OR
What is the strange bright object in the sky?                                  OR
They asked why the strange object changed its shape from night to night.        OR
Why does the strange object change its shape from night to night?            OR
They asked why some of the stars and planets changed their position, while others did not.
Why do some of the stars and planets change their positions, while others do not?
小題3:They also thought about the shape of the earth. (too, as well )
小題4:世界的不同地方存在著對宇宙的不同想法。
小題5:it possible
短文大意:這篇短文主要介紹了人們自古以來就對太空有很多疑問,想知道地球上的天空究竟是什么樣子。世界上不同的地方對天空有著許多不同的認(rèn)識,直到十六七世紀(jì),發(fā)明了太空望遠(yuǎn)鏡以后,人們才對太空有了更多的認(rèn)識。
小題1:聯(lián)系上下文,可知此處指的是地球上的填空。故填名詞sky,填空,抽象名詞不可數(shù),故用原形即可。
小題2:根據(jù)第二段描述,可知答:     They asked what this strange bright object in the sky was.                    OR
What is the strange bright object in the sky?                                  OR
They asked why the strange object changed its shape from night to night.        OR
Why does the strange object change its shape from night to night?            OR
They asked why some of the stars and planets changed their position, while others did not.
Why do some of the stars and planets change their positions, while others do not?
小題3:考察短語think about考慮。結(jié)合可知本句描述的是過去發(fā)生的動作,故謂語動詞用過去式。注意副詞also too as well的用法區(qū)別。also,as well,too,用于肯定句,also常用于be動詞,情態(tài)動詞,助動詞之后,行為動詞之前;as well,too用于句末;
小題4:考察there be句型的翻譯,這個句型表示某地有某物。
小題5:本句話的含義是,在伽利略望遠(yuǎn)鏡的幫助下,人們能夠更清楚的看見太空,發(fā)現(xiàn)恒星和行星的位置。結(jié)合語境可知填it possible,伽利略望遠(yuǎn)鏡讓人們更清楚的看見太空,發(fā)現(xiàn)恒星和行星的位置成為可能。
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