阅读理解

　　You have seen the moon many times. Does it look large or small? Does it look near or far away?

　　When you see the moon from the earth, the moon looks small. The moon is really very large, but not as large as the earth. It is much larger than the largest mountain on the earth.

　　Why does the moon look small when you see it from the earth?

　　The moon is very far away from the earth.

　　Things that are far away from you look smaller than things that are close.

　　Which looks smaller, the moon or the tree?

　　The moon looks smaller, even though it is really much larger than a tree. It looks smaller because it is far away from you and the tree is close to you.

　　What is moonlight?

　　You can see the sun and the stars in the sky. They give off light. The moon does not give off any light of its own. How then can you see the moon at night?

　　Light from the sun shines on the moon. Some of this light reaches the earth from the moon. The moon reflects (反射) sunlight, which now can be called moonlight.

　　How is light reflected? You can see how light is reflected if you hold a mirror in the sun. The mirror will reflect some sunlight.

　　The moon is something like a mirror. It reflects the light of the sun.

　　If you see light shining on the ball, half of the ball is in the light and the other half is dark.

　　The sun shines all the time. However, it shines on only half of the moon at a time. Like the earth, half of the moon is in sunlight. The other half is dark.

　　What part of the moon can you see? The only part of the moon you can see is the part that is in sunlight.

　　

1．The moon is really very large, ________.

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A．but as large as the largest mountain on the earth

B．but not as large as the sun

C．but not as small as the earth

D．but as large as the earth

2．The moonlight is ________.

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A．the sun gives off light

B．the moon gives off light of its own

C．the sun and stars give off light

D．some of this light that comes from the sun and stars in the sky and reaches the earth from the moon

3．Like the earth, half of the moon is in sunlight. The other half is dark because ________.

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A．the sun shines all the time

B．we can see a part of the moon only

C．the only part of the moon we can see in the part that is in sunlight

4．The moon looks smaller than large mountains on the earth because ________.

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A．the moon is not a real object

B．large mountains are bigger than the moon

C．large mountains are closer than the moon

D．the sun shines on the moon

5．Which of the following is not true?

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A．The moon reflects sunlight all the time.

B．The sun shines all the time.

C．When we are not in sunlight, it is at night.

D．We can see the dark half of the moon.

阅读理解

　　You have seen the moon many times. Does it look large or small? Does it look near or far away?

　　When you see the moon from the earth, the moon looks small. The moon is really very large, but not as large as the earth. It is much larger than the largest mountain on the earth.

　　Why does the moon look small when you see it from the earth?

　　The moon is very far away from the earth.

　　Things that are far away from you look smaller than things that are close.

　　Which looks smaller, the moon or the tree?

　　The moon looks smaller, even though it is really much larger than a tree. It looks smaller because it is far away from you and the tree is close to you.

　　What is moonlight?

　　You can see the sun and the stars in the sky. They give off light. The moon does not give off any light of its own. How then can you see the moon at night?

　　Light from the sun shines on the moon. Some of this light reaches the earth from the moon. The moon reflects (反射) sunlight, which now can be called moonlight.

　　How is light reflected? You can see how light is reflected if you hold a mirror in the sun. The mirror will reflect some sunlight.

　　The moon is something like a mirror. It reflects the light of the sun.

　　If you see light shining on the ball, half of the ball is in the light and the other half is dark.

　　The sun shines all the time. However, it shines on only half of the moon at a time. Like the earth, half of the moon is in sunlight. The other half is dark.

　　What part of the moon can you see? The only part of the moon you can see is the part that is in sunlight.

　　

1．The moon is really very large, ________.

[　　]

A．but as large as the largest mountain on the earth

B．but not as large as the sun

C．but not as small as the earth

D．but as large as the earth

2．The moonlight is ________.

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A．the sun gives off light

B．the moon gives off light of its own

C．the sun and stars give off light

D．some of this light that comes from the sun and stars in the sky and reaches the earth from the moon

3．Like the earth, half of the moon is in sunlight. The other half is dark because ________.

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A．the sun shines all the time

B．we can see a part of the moon only

C．the only part of the moon we can see in the part that is in sunlight

4．The moon looks smaller than large mountains on the earth because ________.

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A．the moon is not a real object

B．large mountains are bigger than the moon

C．large mountains are closer than the moon

D．the sun shines on the moon

5．Which of the following is not true?

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A．The moon reflects sunlight all the time.

B．The sun shines all the time.

C．When we are not in sunlight, it is at night.

D．We can see the dark half of the moon.

阅读理解

　　When Mara jumped down there was a thickness of mud under her feet, but a hardness under that. The moonlight was so strong that it made big shadows from the rocks , and from the branches that were stuck in the mud, and sad shadows from the drowned animals lying about everywhere. The grasses dragged at their feet , but they went on , and then they reached the edge of the river.

　　The other side seemed a long way off. The man picked up one of the torn-off branches , held the leafy part and carefully stopped to the very edge of the water. He poked （插入） the branch in and it went right down. He went squelching （发出咯吱声） along the edge and tried again, and it went down. He did it farther along and this time the wood only went in to about the height of the children's knees.

　　“Here,” he said , and the woman lifted Mara up. The two big people stepped into the brown water , which was racing past , rippling （发潺潺声） and noisy , but not deep , not here. The man went ahead of Dann, poking the wood of the branch into the water at every step, and the woman, with Mara, was just behind. Mara thought, “Suppose the flood comes down now We'll be drowned.” And she was trembling with fear.

　　They were right in the middle now, and everything glistened （闪烁） and shone because of the moon , which was making a gold edge on every ripple. The mud on the other side of the water was a stretch of yellowish light. They were going so slowly , a step and then a step , while the man poked the water, and then another stop and a stop. It seemed to go on and on, and then they were out of the water and on the mud. Close by were some trees. They had had water quite high up their trunks, though usually they were on the edge of a waterhole. They seemed quite fresh and green. There were dark blotches （大块斑点） on the branches. Birds. They must have been sitting here safely all through the flood.

1．When the man said “Here ,” he wanted ________.

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A．the woman to pass Mara to him

B．to explain what had just happened

C．to set up camp for the night

D．to cross the river at that point

2．The best word to describe how Mara was feeling as she crossed the river is ________.

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3．The birds are described as “dark blotches” because ________.

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A．the people had become poor sense of direction

B．they couldn't be seen at first

C．they had died in the flood

D．they had gathered in one place

4．In describing the shadows as “sad” , the writer is using a technique called ________.

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