C、still D、hardly
10．完形填空 (1) 分
A、lovely B、frightening C、terrible D、cold
第3题 (20) 分
No man can change the weather. Nobody can control the weather. But if people read correctly the signs around, they can tell __1__ the weather will be like the following day or two.
For many centuries people have studied the weather and tries to __2__ weather forecasting. Sometimes distant objects __3__ hills and tall trees don’t seem to be very clear. This is a __4__ of much water vapor in the __5__ and therefore rain will probably come.
If some birds fly high, fine weather is coming, but if they fly near the ground, rainy or stormy weather is __6__ the way. It is probably because of the insects which they are hunting __7__ they fly very low.
If a fog appears in the morning just about sunrise, then the day will be warm. Instead, if a fog appears in the evening, the next day will bring wet __8__. If the sunset is mostly red in color, then the following day will be fine. If a rainbow appears in the morning, rainy weather will probably come.
Most of the __9__ sayings have been made by people who have used their __10__ and brains to make weather forecasting.
1．完形填空 (1) 分
A、that B、which C、what D、how
2．完形填空 (1) 分
A、pick B、make C、carry D、send
3．完形填空 (1) 分
A、as well B、and C、as well as D、such as
4．完形填空 (1) 分
A、sight B、sign C、mark
D、shape
5．完形填空 (1) 分
A、air B、sky C、heaven D、earth
6．完形填空 (1) 分
A、by B、in C、for D、on
7．完形填空 (1) 分
A、that B、which C、where D、when
8．完形填空 (1) 分
A、day B、weather
C、hour D、time
9．完形填空 (1) 分
A、above B、below C、important D、interesting
10．完形填空 (1) 分
A、ears B、hands C、eyes D、legs
第4题 (20) 分
In many stories on TV and in science-fiction books, men travel to faraway stars. They have quick, easy journeys. But so far, men have been able to reach only the earth’s own moon.
Suppose a man wanted to reach a distant star. Even if he traveled his whole life, he would have to move faster than the speed of the light. Nothing can move that fast except light itself.
Strange things happen to an object when it moves rapidly. The object weighs more. An object moving at 86 percent of the speed of light is twice as heavy as it
is at rest. A stick appears shorter. A clock runs more slowly. A man would not age so fast as he would on the earth.
Light travels more than 186,000 miles a second, or about 11 million miles a minute. In one year, light travels six trillion miles. That great distance is called a light-year. It is used to measure distance in space.
The star closest to our sun is Alpha Centauri. It is more than four light-years away. If one traveled at the speed of light, he could make a round trip to Alpha Centauri in nine years. But, even at that speed, he could not reach Alcaid (北斗星) in the handle of the Big Dipper. A one-way journey to Alcaid would take almost 200 years.
1．阅读理解 (2) 分
In this passage the words “closest to our sun” means the star _________ .
A、the earth we live on B、Alpha Centauri C、the Big Dipper D、the moon
2．阅读理解 (2) 分
A one-way journey to Alcaid would take _________ .
A、about nine years B、less than four years C、almost 200 years D、less than 100 years
3．阅读理解 (2) 分
Why do we measure the distance in light-years instead of miles?