The sun, the moon and the stars(星星)are all in the sky． We see the moon and the stars at night． The sun is a ball． It’s much bigger than the moon． It gives us heat(热量)．The sun has a family． It’s the biggest member of the family． The moon is a ball, too, like the sun and the earth． Sometimes it looks as round as a plate(盘子)．Sometimes it looks half a plate． It looks bigger because it’s much nearer to the earth． It’s much smaller than the sun． It’s smaller than the stars． The light on the moon comes from the sun． It has no light of its own．
The stars look smaller than the sun． They look small because they are very far away from us． All day the stars are in the sky． But the light from the sun is too bright． We can’t see the stars in the day．
【小题1】The sun, the moon and the stars are in the sky．
【小题2】 The moon is bigger than the stars．
【小题3】 The moon has its own light(光)．
【小题4】 The sun, the moon and the stars give us light and heat．
【小题5】The earth is one of the planets(行星)．

The sun, the moon and the stars(星星)are all in the sky． We see the moon and the stars at night． The sun is a ball． It’s much bigger than the moon． It gives us heat(热量)．The sun has a family． It’s the biggest member of the family． The moon is a ball, too, like the sun and the earth． Sometimes it looks as round as a plate(盘子)．Sometimes it looks half a plate． It looks bigger because it’s much nearer to the earth． It’s much smaller than the sun． It’s smaller than the stars． The light on the moon comes from the sun． It has no light of its own．

The stars look smaller than the sun． They look small because they are very far away from us． All day the stars are in the sky． But the light from the sun is too bright． We can’t see the stars in the day．

1.The sun, the moon and the stars are in the sky．

2. The moon is bigger than the stars．

3. The moon has its own light(光)．

4. The sun, the moon and the stars give us light and heat．

5.The earth is one of the planets(行星)．

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    Thousands of years ago，people didn’t know why sometimes the moon is full and sometimes it is crescent（弯曲）shaped，and even sometimes it can’t be seen at all．The moon was a great mystery（谜）to them．They made up stories about the great light in the night sky．They thought there was a god up there who was in charge of（掌管）the moon。They called the god，“Moon God”．

      In fact the moon is the Earth’s satellite（卫星）．Many planets have a satellite，and some have many．Our moon travels around the Earth once a month．It’s much smaller than the Earth and gravity（引力）pulls it．

    In most nights the moon is the brightest thing in the sky．This is because it reflects（反射）light from the sun．It doesn’t shine itself．

    What we see of the moon changes from night to night．Its changing shapes are called phases（盈亏）．The pictures of the moon’s phases show the shapes of the shining part of the moon that people see in its different phases．

    When the moon is between the sun and the Earth，we can’t see the moon at all．This is called a“new moon”．

    When the moon is behind the Earth and the sun shines on it，there is a“full moon”．

    Thanks to space travel，people now know more about the moon．Humans have even visited it．They know that there is no air，no water or life there．But there is much sunlight and natural resources（资源）．These can be very useful to us．Some scientists say，with the help of modem technology，more and more people will be able to go to the moon，even live on it．Maybe it will be some people’s second home in the future．

（The changing positions of the moon’s phases）  （The pictures of the moon’s phases）

1．In the third sentence of Paragraph I“They made up stories about the great light in the night sky”，“the great light”refers to _____________．

2．Why is the moon very bright in most nights?

3．We can see the“full moon”____________times a year．

4．将画线的英语句子译成汉语。

5．Which of the pictures a，b，c，d，e is of a“new moon”?

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To make sure that there was enough   78   for his sister’s wedding meal（婚宴）， Ma missed four school days. He   79   the time carrying water from a lake, 30 miles away from his home. “How I wish I could live   80   a river,” said Ma.

This is the dream of many in northern China.   81   it has the world’s third largest quantity（数量）of water, China is    82   of the 13 thirstiest(最干旱的) countries.

The areas that are in most need of water are western and northern China, where there is   83  rain. These areas have just six percent of the country’s total water, but that water has to feed one third of Chinese people. Much of the water comes from underground. But using much underground water has made the ground sink（下沉）in some places.

Things are getting   84   worse because people are wasting water. Half of the water that farmers use for crops goes to waste. Factories use more water   85   they need and they put dirty water into rivers and lakes. The less water there is, the more worried people will be. How can we use water in a smart way? It’s a question for you to think about on World Water Day, Mar 22.