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    Since the beginning of time, man has been interested in the moon. The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon. They called it “Moonday”, or “Monday”, as we know it today. Later, the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon. Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born. Four and a half centuries later, Leonardo’s idea was realized. Apollo II took three Americans, Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong to the moon. The mission (任务) did fill the whole world with great surprise, as Leonardo had said it would. Numerous essays, articles, and books were written about man’s first moon mission. But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event over 100 years before. In 1865, French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon. His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo II mission. Verne’s spacecraft also contained three men—two Americans and a Frenchman. The spacecraft was described as being almost the same size as Apollo II. The launch (发射) site in Verne’s story was also in Florida. The spacecraft in Verne’s story was named the “Columbiad”. The Apollo II command ship was called “Columbia”. His account of sending the spacecraft into the space could easily have been written about how Apollo II was sent into the space.
    小题1:Leonardo da Vinci said that a great machine bird would ________.
    A．bring great honor to the moon
    B．fly toward the sun
    C．explore the heavens
    D．take people to the moon
    小题2:Jules Verne wrote his story of a man’s visit to the moon about ________.
    A．100 years before the Apollo II mission
    B．10 years before the Apollo II mission
    C．four and one a half centuries ago
    D．100 years ago
    小题3:Verne’s story is very similar to _____.
    A．the first U.S. space mission
    B．the Apollo II mission
    C．Leonardo da Vinci’s story
    D．numerous other books on the same subject
    小题4:The underlined word “spacecraft” probably means ________.
    A．a kind of rocketB．a kind of plane
    C．a kind of trainD．a kind of bus

    小题1:D
    小题2:A
    小题3:B
    小题4:B

    试题分析：本文介绍了人类对于月亮的研究，介绍了登月活动以及达芬奇以及凡尔纳的作品对于月亮的描述。
    小题1:D 细节题。根据文章4,5行Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.说明D项正确。
    小题2:A 细节题。根据文章8,9行But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event over 100 years before. French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.说明Jules Verne的写作是在登月之前100年左右。故A正确。
    小题3:B 细节题。根据文章倒数5,6行His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo II mission.说明B正确。
    小题4:B 推理题。根据本句. Verne’s spacecraft also contained three men—two Americans and a Frenchman.说明这样的机器也能携带人，那么应该是一种和飞机类似的机器。故B正确。
    点评：本文介绍了人类对于月亮的研究。本文细节题居多，答题时在文章找到对应的地方，用笔进行标记，这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思，再结合选项，通过排除法和自己对全文的把握，选出正确答案。
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