In 1901, H. G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explorers (探险者) landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed their surprise to the “moon people” they met. In turn, the “moon people” expressed their surprise. “Why?” they asked, “are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”

H. G. Wells could only imagine travel to the moon. In 1969, human beings really did land on the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.

Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities, such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The “Chunnel”, a tunnel (隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete.

But what about underground cities? Japan’s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called “Alice Cities.” The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome (太阳能穹顶) would cover the whole city.

Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space. The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness. H. G. Wells “moon people” would agree. Would you?

1. The explorers in H. G. Wells’ story were surprised to find that the “moon people” 　　 .

A. knew so much about the earth

B. understood their language

C. lived in so many underground cities

D. were ahead of them in space technology

2. What does the underlined word “it” (paragraph 2) refer to?

A. Discovering the moon’s inner space.

B. Using the earth’s inner space.

C. Meeting the “moon people” again.

D. Traveling to outer space.

3. What sort of underground systems are already here with us?

A. Offices, shopping areas, power stations.

B. Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas.

C. Gardens, car parks, power stations.

D. Tunnels, gardens, offices.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Alice Cities—cities of the future

B. Space travel with H. G. Wells

C. Enjoy living underground

D. Building down, not up

 

We ofter think of future. We often wonder ____1____ the world will be like a hundred years’ time.

Think of　 2　 space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon　 3　　　 （set up）. Perhapes people will be able to visit the moon as　 4　　　 . Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed,　　 5　　 （permit） long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting　 6　　　 planets. Great propress will have been made　　 7　 medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years’ time.

　 8　　 the world will have been developed—even Antarctica. We will have used up most of the earth’s land to build our cities,　　 9　　 floating cities will have been built. The Japanese have already plans of this kind. And there will be cities　 10　　　　 the sea.

 

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The sounds we hear on the earth are carried by the air. Since there is no air on the moon, people who go to the moon must talk to each other by radio. Dust in earth's air , though very little scatters the sunlight. This makes the earth's daytime sky blue and the shadow are not completely dark. But on the moon the sky is always black. You would be able to see stars in the daytime. Sunny places on the moon would be very bright . But the shadows would be almost black. The moon has no air or wind to carry the sun's heat. So it can get hot enough to boil water places where the sun is shining straight down.

1．People can't talk to each other on the moon because there ________.

[　　]

A．are not living things on it

B．one can't speak loudly without air

C．is no air which carries sounds

D．isn't any dust on the moon

2．The sunny part of the moon is ________.

[　　]

A．as bright as that of the earth

B．brighter than that of the earth

C．not so bright as the earth

D．darker than that of the earth

3．Why does the earth's sky look blue? Because ________.

[　　]

A．of the fact that the air is blue gas

B．there is air around the earth

C．there is no dust on the earth

D．of the fact that the sunlight blue

4．Which of the following is correct?

[　　]

A．The sunny places of the moon can get hot enough to boil water.

B．The shadows on the moon would be completely black.

C．On the moon the sky looks rather blue.

D．Every star can be seen by people on the moon.

5．Since the moon has no air or wind to carry the sun's heat, ________.

[　　]

A．it can get very hot in its shadows

B．it can get very cold in its shadows

C．it can get very cold both in the shadows and the rest part

D．the moon can get hotter and hotter

阅读理解

In 1901, H. G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explorers(探险者)landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed their surprise to the “moon people” they met. In turn, “Why,” they asked, “are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”

H. G. Wells could only imagine travel to the moon. In 1969, human beings did land on the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.

Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The “Chunnel”, a runnel(隧道)connecting England AND France, is now complete.

But what about underground cities? Japan’s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called “Alice cities”. The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome(太阳能穹顶)would cover the whole city.

Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space .The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness .H. G. Wells’ “moon people” would agree with  you .

1．The explorers in H.G. Wells’ story were surprised to find that the “moon people”　　   .

A. knew so much about the earth

B. understood their language

C. lived in so many underground cities

D. were ahead of  them in space technology

2．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Discovering the moon’s inner space.

B. Using the earth’s inner space

C. Meeting the “moon people” again

D. Traveling to outer space

3．What sort of underground systems are already here  with us?

A. Offices, shopping areas, power stations.

B. Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas.

C. Gardens, car parks, power stations.

D. Tunnels, gardens, offices.

4．What would be the best title for the text?

A. Alice Cities—cities of the future.

B. Space travel with H. G. Wells.

C. Enjoy living underground.

D. Building down, not up.