Scientists are very interested in the Universe，and they always want to know more about it. Years ago they knew many things about the moon. They knew how big it is and how far away it is from the earth. But they wanted to know more about it. They thought the best way was to send men to the moon. The moon is about 384,000 kilometers away from the earth. A plane cannot fly to the moon because the air reaches only 240 kilometers away from the earth. But something can fly even when there is no air. That is a rocket(火箭)
How does a rocket fly? There is gas（气体） in the rocket. When the gas is made very hot inside the rocket, it will rush out of the end of the rocket, so it can make the rocket fly up into the sky. Rockets can fly out into space. Rockets with men in them have been to the moon. Several rockets without men in them have flown to another planet(行星) much farther away than the moon. One day, rockets may be able to go to any place in space.
【小题1】Scientists knew ____________ the moon is.
A: how far    B: how big    C: how old    D: both A and B
【小题2】 The earth is about 384,000 kilometres away from the _____.
A: space    B: universe    C: sun   D: moon
【小题3】A plane cannot fly to the moon because ___________
A: there is no air above 240 kilometers away from the earth.
B: there is no gas in the plane
C: the plane is not strong enough
D: the plane can not fly a long way
【小题4】 The hot gas in the rocket is used for___________
A: keeping the air in the rocket fresh(新鲜的)
B: Keeping the men in the rocket warm
C: making the rocket fly up.
D: cooking food for the men
【小题5】 What is the writer’s attitude(态度) to the universe’s future.
A: Realistic(现实的)         B: Imaginative(幻想的)
C: Confident(有信心的)      D: Sad

Scientists are very interested in the Universe，and they always want to know more about it. Years ago they knew many things about the moon. They knew how big it is and how far away it is from the earth. But they wanted to know more about it. They thought the best way was to send men to the moon. The moon is about 384,000 kilometers away from the earth. A plane cannot fly to the moon because the air reaches only 240 kilometers away from the earth. But something can fly even when there is no air. That is a rocket(火箭)

     How does a rocket fly? There is gas（气体） in the rocket. When the gas is made very hot inside the rocket, it will rush out of the end of the rocket, so it can make the rocket fly up into the sky. Rockets can fly out into space. Rockets with men in them have been to the moon. Several rockets without men in them have flown to another planet(行星) much farther away than the moon. One day, rockets may be able to go to any place in space.

1.Scientists knew ____________ the moon is.

     A: how far    B: how big    C: how old    D: both A and B

2.The earth is about 384,000 kilometers away from the _____.

    A: space    B: universe    C: sun   D: moon

3.A plane cannot fly to the moon because ___________

    A: there is no air above 240 kilometers away from the earth.

    B: there is no gas in the plane

    C: the plane is not strong enough

    D: the plane can not fly a long way

4.The hot gas in the rocket is used for___________

    A: keeping the air in the rocket fresh(新鲜的)

    B: Keeping the men in the rocket warm

    C: making the rocket fly up.

    D: cooking food for the men

5.What is the writer’s attitude(态度) to the universe’s future.

   A: Realistic(现实的)         B: Imaginative(幻想的)

   C: Confident(有信心的)      D: Sad

完形填空 阅读短文 ，从每小题所给的A、B、C 、D四个选项中先出可以填入空白处的最佳选项（共15空；每空1分，满分15分）

Tom is four years old now. His father works in a middle school and  1  P. E. there. His mother works in a shop and his grandma looks after him  2 . The boy is clever and always  3   that he knows more than his little friends do.

　　 One morning Tom ' s father  4  earlier. His school was going to hold a sports meeting that day. Of course, he was going to be   5  than any other teacher in his school. About two hours later, Tom's grandma 6  sick. Her head hurt but she couldn't go to see a  7   by  herself. She called her son, but 8  answered. So she asked the little boy to go to tell his father about it

As soon as Tom went out, he 9    his friend Henry. And he asked him to go there with him. The boys wanted to watch the sports meeting; and they  10  went there happily. Then they got to school, there were a lot of people on the  11 and the boy ' s 400 metre relay race(接力赛)　12  . They stopped to watch it. And Tom  13  what his grandma told him to do. They were interested in the race. Henry asked, "Why is the front boy running so fast?"

Tom didn ' t know about it. He  14  for a minute and said, "What a fool( 傻瓜) ! Don't you see the other boys with  15  in their hands are running after him?"

1.                A．studies         B．teaches         C．talks about D．watches

2.                A．at school        B．in the zoo       C．in the shop    D．at home

3.                A．tells           B．wants          C．shows    D．likes

4.                A．left            B．stayed          C．came D．ate

5.                A．faster          B．later           C．more free D．busier

6.                A．wanted         B．felt            C．guessed  D．hoped

7.                A．teacher        B．policeman       C．doctor   D．worker

8.                A．nobody         B．somebody       C．everybody D．anybody

9.                A．met           B．hit             C．heard    D．listened to

10.               A．all             B．some          C．many D．both

11.               A．classroom       B．playground      C．garden    D．park

12.               A．finished        B．ended         C．began     D．happened

13.               A．remembered    B．forgot          C．knew D．said

14.               A．saw           B．played         C．thought   D．jumped

15.               A．sticks          B．balls           C．tickets    D．knives