1. 解答本题时，可从开头段中the explorers登上月球后的发现找出线索：… they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities，也就是本题题干与选项C结合而成的说法：The explorers… to find that the “moon people” lived in so many underground cities。

1. C　2. B　3. B　4. D

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

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.

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.

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　In 1901, H. G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explores(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.

　Under ground 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. live in so many underground cities

　D. were ahead of them in space technology