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【题目】The universe is really mystical(神秘的). Scientists have done lots of study about it but there is still much they haven’t discovered. ___ think that people have lived on the earth for many many years. However, we haven’t found life on any other planets _____.

There _____ eight planets going around the sun. The earth is one of them. There are humans, animals, plants and many other kinds of _____ on the earth. There is water and air, too. And compared to the other planets, the earth is not too _____ or too cold. None of seven other planets has a(n) _____ like that of the earth.

The sun and its planets are_____the solar system, and our solar system is a small part of a much larger group of stars and planets, called the Galaxy or the Milky Way. There are billions of_____ in the Galaxy, and our sun is only one of them.

Scientists have also_____many other galaxies in the universe. Their light has to travel for many years to reach us. So how______ is the universe? It is impossible to imagine______.

Scientists have sent spaceships to the planet Mars to take______photos. They have______ sent spaceships to travel outside the solar system. However, no spaceship has travelled far enough to reach other stars in _____ Galaxy.

When we see stars twinkling(闪耀) in the sky at night, we may think a lot:with so many stars in the universe, is there life out there in space? If there is life on other planets, what life will be like there? What transports do they use to travel______? Why don’t they visit us? We do not know the answers...

【1】A. Workers B. Doctors C. Scientists D. Managers

【2】A. yet B. already C. still D. just

【3】A. is B. are C. was D. were

【4】A. plant B. life C. animal D. nature

【5】A. cool B. warm C. hot D. wet

【6】A. lesson B. house C. expression D. environment

【7】A. caused B. carried C. explained D. called

【8】A. lights B. rivers C. stars D. gods

【9】A. discovered B. invented C. produced D. prevented

【10】A. large B. far C. wide D. long

【11】A. introduce B. overcome C. appear D. imagine

【12】A. fetch B. take C. carry D. bring

【13】A. pretty B. just C. even D. also

【14】A. her B. our C. its D. his

【15】A. travel B. serve C. throw D. beat

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】D

【8】C

【9】A

【10】A

【11】D

【12】B

【13】D

【14】B

【15】A

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了宇宙之神秘以及科学家探索宇宙的各种努力。

【1】考查名词词义辨析。句意：_________认为人们已经在地球上居住多年。Workers工人；Doctors医生；Scientists科学家；Managers经理。根据第一段第二句可知此处应指科学家。故选C。

【2】考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，我们在其他任何星球_________没找到生命。yet还，用于现在完成时否定句句末；already已经，可用在现在完成时肯定句中，位置较灵活；still仍然；just刚刚。本句为否定句，且时态为现在完成时，需用yet。故选A。

【3】考查there be句型。句意：有八个行星太阳围着太阳转。根据空后的eight planets可知此处系动词应该用复数。描述的是客观事实，时态应为一般现在时。故选B。

【4】考查名词词义辨析。句意：在地球上有人类、动物、植物和其他种类的_________。plant植物；life生物；animal动物；nature自然。由句意可知此处表示地球上还有其他种类的生物，应用life。故选B。

【5】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：与其他行星相比，地球既不太_________也不太冷。cool凉爽的；warm暖和的；hot热的；wet湿的。此处与后面的“太冷”相呼应，指不太热。故选C。

【6】考查名词词义辨析。句意：其他七个行星都没有像地球一样的_________。lesson课程；house房间；expression表达；environment环境。本段四、五句描述的都是地球上的环境状况，所以此处表示其他星球没有像地球一样的环境，应用environment表示。故选D。

【7】考查动词词义辨析。句意：太阳和其他行星_________太阳系……。caused造成；carried搬运；explained解释；called叫作。由句意可知此处应表示被称为太阳系，应用called。故选D。

【8】考查名词词义辨析。句意：银河有无数的_________，我们的太阳只是其中之一。lights灯；rivers河流；stars恒星；gods神。由后半句可知太阳是恒星之一，stars符合语境。故选C。

【9】考查动词词义辨析。句意：科学家也已经_________宇宙里的很多其他星系。discovered发现；invented发明；produced生产；prevented阻止。星系是已经存在的事物，应用discovered表示“发现”。故选A。

【10】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以宇宙有多_________？large大；far远；wide宽；long长。根据第五段第二句“Their light has to travel for many years to reach us.”可知，其他银河系的光要很久才能到达我们，这说明距离很远，而对于整个宇宙来说应指的是其大小。故选A。

【11】考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是不可能的_________。introduce介绍；overcome克服；appear出现；imagine想象。结合前文可知，此处表示宇宙有多大是我们不可想象的。故选D。

【12】考查动词词义辨析。句意：科学家们发射了宇宙飞船到火星上照片。根据句意可知，科学家发射宇宙飞船到火星的目的是拍照，take photos意为“拍照”，为固定搭配。故选B。

【13】考查副词词义辨析。句意：他们_________已经宇宙飞船去探索太阳系之外。Pretty非常；just 仅仅，只；even 甚至；also 也。由句意可知此处指“甚至”。故选D。

【14】考查代词词义辨析。句意：然而，没有一个宇宙飞船可以旅行到足够远来_____银河系的其他恒星。her 她的；our 我们的；its 它的；his 他的。根据句意可知旋选B。

【15】考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们将会用什么交通工具来_________呢？travel旅行；serve招待；throw扔；beat打败。由空前的transports可知此处应用travel。故选A。