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Somepeoplethinkthatasmoreandmorepeoplehavetelevisionsintheirhomes,fewerandfewerpeoplewillbuybooksandnewspapers.Whyreadanarticleinthenewspaper,whentheTVnewscanbringyoutheinformationinafewminutesandwithpictures?
Whyreadthelifestoryofafamousman,whenashorttelevisionprogramcantellyouallthatyouwanttoknow?
Televisionhasnotkilledreading,however.Today,newspaperssellinverylargenumbers.Andbooksofeverykindaresoldmorethaneverbefore.Booksarestillacheapwaytogetinformationandenjoyment.Althoughsomebookswithhardcoversareexpensive,manybooksareprintedtodayaspaperbacks(平装本),whicharequitecheap.Apaperbackcollectionofshortstories,forexample,isalwayscheaperthananeveningatthecinemaorthetheater,andyoucankeepabookforeverandreaditmanytimes.
Booksareawonderfulproviderofknowledgeandpleasureandsometypesofbooksshouldbeineveryhome.Everyhomeshouldhaveagooddictionary.Agoodencyclopedia(百科全书),thoughexpensive,isuseful,too,becauseyoucanfindinformationonanysubject.Besides,youcanhavesuchbooksashistorybooks,sciencetextbooks,cookbooks,andcollectionsofstoriesandpoems.Thenfromtimetotimeyoucantakeabookofpoemsoffyourshelvesandreadthethoughtsandfeelingsofyourfavoritepoets.
1.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat___.
A.TVprogramsareachiefproviderofknowledge
B.cinemasarethebestchoiceingettinginformation
C.readingisacheapwayoflearningandhavingfun
D.newspapersareanexpensivewaytoenjoyoneself
2.Whatdoesthesentence“Televisionhasnotkilledreading,however.”underlined
inthesecondparagraphsuggest?
A.Peopleonlyneedreading,though.B.Readingisstillnecessarytoday.
C.Readingismorefunthantelevision.D.Watchingtelevisiondoesn’thelpreading.
3.Whichofthefollowingismainlydiscussedinthelastparagraph?
A.Typesofbooks.B.Kindsofdictionaries.
C.Listsofhistorybooks.D.Collectionsofstoriesandpoems.
4.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?
A.Fewerandfewerpeoplewillbuybooks.
B.Agooddictionaryshouldbekeptineveryhome.
C.Bookswithhardcoverssellbetterthanpaperbacks.
D.MorepeoplelikeTVprogramsaboutfamousmen.
【参考答案】1—4、.CBAB
阅读下列短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Lastweek,weexplainedthattheplanetMarshaspassed“opposition.”ItpassedapointoppositetheSun.Thisweek,wetellabouttheplanet’ssurprisingmotion(运动)amongthestars.
Forthousandsofyears,peoplehaverecognizedthatplanetstravelamongthestars.TheplanetsgenerallyfollowthepathtakenbytheSunthroughthesky.TheSun’spathiscalledtheecliptic.ThegroupsofstarsalongtheeclipticarecalledtheZodiac.
Themotionoftheplanetscanbeconfusingattimes.EveryoneknowstheSunrisesintheeastandsetsinthewest.ButthisiscausedbytheturningmotionoftheEarth.Planetsgenerallymovefromwesttoeast.
However,Marswillappeartomovebackwardforabouttwomonthsthisyear.ThishappensbecausetheEarthisovertakingMarsonitswayaroundtheSun.Marsbeganitsbackward,orwestward,motiononMay11th,ItwillstartmovingeastwardagainonJuly19th.
Mars’apparentmotionhasbeenamysterytoastronomersforhundredsofyears.MostearlytheoriesofthesolarsystemarguedthattheSunandplanetsturnedaroundtheEarth.ButthesuddenwestwardmotionofMarspresentedaproblem.WhywouldMarsmovewestfortwomonthswhenitnears“opposition”?
In1543,aPolishchurchworkernamedNicolasCopernicuspublishedadifferenttheory.HistheorysaidtheEarthandplanetsmovedaroundtheSuninperfectlycircularorbits.Copernicus’theorywassimpler.ButhisSun–centeredsystemstilldidnotexplaintheobservedmotionofMarsverywell.
Finally,aGermanmathematiciannamedJohannesKeplerpublishedacompletetheoryofthemotionoftheplanetsin1619.HehadcarefullystudiedthemotionofMarsformanyyears.
JohannesKeplerdiscoveredthattheplanetsdonotmoveincircularorbitsaroundthesun.Instead,theytravelinflattenedorbitscalledellipses.Mars’ellipticalorbitisthecauseofitsunusualbrighteningthisyearanditsapparentlargesize.
Duringthenextseveralweeks,youcanseeforyourselfwhythemysteriousmotionofMarshascausedsomanypeopletowonder.
63.Fromthepassagewecanlearnthat.
A.thesunandplanetsgenerallytravelwestward
B.Keplerstudiedtheorbitoftheplanetsin1619
C.Copernicus’theorywellexplainedthemotionofMars
D.theEarth’sturningmotioncausesthesuntoriseintheeast
64.OnJuly19thMars.
A.willpassthe“opposition”B.appearstochangeitsdirectionagain
C.willbegintomovewestwardD.appearstochangeitsorbitagain
65.WhydoesMarsappeartobebiggerandbri