上海市九年级英语下册阅读理解之地球与太空12篇.docx

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上海市九年级英语下册阅读理解之地球与太空12篇

Passage1

In1901，H.G.Wells,anEnglishwriter,wroteabookdescribingatriptothemoon.Whentheexplorerslandedonthemoon,theydiscoveredthatthemoonwasfullofundergroundcities.Theyexpressedtheirsurprisetothe“moonpeople”theymet.Inturn,the“moonpeople”expressedtheirsurprise.“Why,”theyasked,“areyoutravelingtoouterspacewhenyoudon’tevenuseyourinnerspace?

”

H.G.Wellscouldonlyimaginetraveltothemoon.In1969,humanbeingsreallydidlandonthemoon.Peopletodayknowthattherearenoundergroundcitiesonthemoon.However,thequestionthatthe“moonpeople”askedisstillaninterestingone.Agrowingnumberofscientistsareseriouslythinkingaboutit.

Undergroundsystemsarealreadyinplace.Manycitieshaveundergroundcarparks.Insomecities,suchasTokyo,SeoulandMontreal,therearelargeundergroundshoppingareas.The“Channel”，atunnelconnectingEnglandandFrance,isnowcomplete.

Butwhataboutundergroundcities？

Japan’sTaiseiCorporationisdesigninganet

workofundergroundsystems,called“AliceCities”.Thedesignersimagineusingsurfacespaceforpublicparksandusingundergroundspaceforflats,offices,shopping,andsoon.Asolardomewouldcoverthewholecity.

Supportersofundergrounddevelopmentsaythatbuildingdownratherthanbuildingupisagoodwaytousetheearth’sspace.Thespace,theysay,canbeusedforfarms,parks,gardens,andwilderness.H.G.Wells“moonpeople”wouldagree.Wouldyou?

1.TheexplorersinH.G.Well’sstoryweresurprisedtofindthatthe“moonpeople”．

A.knewsomuchabouttheearthB.understoodtheirlanguage

C.livedinsomanyundergroundcitiesD.wereaheadoftheminspacetechnology

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it”（paragraph2）referto?

______.

A.Discoveringthemoon’sinnerspaceB.Usingtheearth’sinnerspace

C.Meetingthe“moonpeople”againD.Travelingtoouterspace

3.Whatsortofundergroundsystemarealreadyherewithus?

_______.

A.Offices,shoppingareas,powerstationsB.Tunnels,carparks,shoppingareas

C.Gardens,carparks,powerstationsD.Tunnels,gardens,offices

4.Theword“wilderness”inthelastparagraphmeans______．

A.wildlifeB.poordistricts

C.desertD.anareathatisnotallowedtobuildon

5.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?

_______

A.AliceCities—CitiesoftheFutureB.SpaceTravelwithH.G.Wells

C.EnjoyLivingUndergroundD.BuildingDown,notUp

参考答案;CBBD

Passage2

Fromfaroutinspace,Earthlookslikeablueball.Sincewatercoversthree-fourthsoftheEarth’ssurface,blueisthecolorweseemost.Thecontinentslookbrown,likesmallislandsfloatinginthehuge,bluesea.WhitecloudscoveraroundtheEarthlikealightblanket.TheEarthisshapedlikeasphere,oraball.Itis25,000milesaround!

Itwouldtakemorethanayeartowalkaroundthewholeplanet.Aspaceshipcanflyaroundthewidestpartofthesphereinonly90minutes.

EventhoughspaceshipshavetraveledtotheMoon,peoplecannotvisittheMoonwithoutspecialsuits.TheMoonhasnoairorwater.Plantsandanimalscan’tlivethereeither.AstronautsfirstlandedontheMoonin1969.Afterthat,thereweresixmoretripstotheMoon.TheybroughtbackMoonrocks,whichscientistsarestillstudying.Thereareholes,orcraters,allovertheMoon’ssurface.Scientistsbelievethatmeteorites（陨石）smashedintotheMoonmillionsofyearsagoandformedthecraters.

TheSunisthecloseststartoEarth.Astarisahotballofburninggas.TheSunlooksverybigbecauseitissoclose.ButtheSunisjustamedium-sizedstar.Billionsoffar-awaystarsaremuchbiggerthanourSun.TheburninggasesfromtheSunaresohotthattheywarmtheEarthfrom93millionmilesaway!

EventhoughtheSunisalwaysshining,thenighthereonEarthisdark.That’sbecausetheEarthrotates,orturnsaround,every24hours.Duringtheday,theEarthfacestheSun.Thenweseelight.Duringthenight,theEarthturnsawayfromtheSun.Thenitfacesthedarknessofspace.

EachdaywelearnmoreabouttheEarth,theMoonandtheSun.

1.WhenwelookattheEarthfromouterspace,thecolorweseemostisbluebecause________.

A.mostoftheEarthiscoveredinland

B.theSun’sraysmaketheEarthlookblue

C.mostoftheEarthiscoveredinwater

D.cloudswraparoundtheEarth

2.What’sthemeaningoftheunderlinedword“smashed”inthesecondparagraph?

A.crashedB.madeC.brokeD.got

3.WhatcausesdaylightonEarth?

A.ThefullMooncausesdaylight.

B.DaylightiscausedbytheEarthfacingawayfromtheSun.

C.TheheatoftheSun’srayscausesdaylight.

D.DaylightiscausedbytheEarthfacingtowardtheSun.

4.WhichofthefollowingsentencesBESTdescribestheSun?

A.TheSunlookssmallbecauseitissofarfromEarth.

B.TheSunisaballofburninggasesthatgivestheEarthheatandlight.

C.TheSunisasmallstar.

D.TheSunisnotashotasitlooks.

5.Whatisthemainideaofthetext?

A.Plantsandanimalscan’tliveontheMoon.

B.WithouttheSunwewouldhavenoheatorlight.

C.WeknowalotabouttheEarth,Moon,andSun,butthereisstillmoretolearn.

D.Fromouterspace,theEarthlookstiny,eventhoughitisthousandsofmilesaround.

参考答案：

CADBC

Passage3

Spacetravelisdefinitelybadforastronauts’bones,reducingtheirbonedensity（密度）afteronlyamonthofweightlessness,accordingtoFrenchresearchpublishedonFriday.

LaurenceVicoandhisfellowworkersatStEtienneUniversitycalledformoreresearchintotheeffectsofmicrogravity,aftertheirstudyof15astronautsfromtheRussianMIRstationshowedbonelosscontinuedthroughoutspaceflights.

“Bonelosswasespeciallystrikinginfourastronauts,”thescientistsreportedintheLancetMedicalJournal.

Theymeasuredthebonemineraldensity（BMD）ofbonesintheforearm（前臂）andlowerlegoftheastronautswhohadspentonetosixmonthsinspace.

TheBMDlosswassignificantinthetibia（胫骨）ofthelowerleg,aweight-bearingbone,butbarelychangedintheradius（桡骨）oftheforearm.“Ourresultsindicatetheneedtoinvestigatenotonlydifferentbones,butalsodifferentareasofthesamebonesincenotallsitesoftheskeleton（骨架）aresimilarlyaffectedbyspaceconditions,”theyadded.

Withoutgravitythebodyisn’tbearinganyweightsothereisnoneedforcalcium（钙）whichmakesbonesstrong,anditbecomesemptyintothebloodstream.

Theresearchteamsuggestedinfuturescientistsshouldtrytodetermineifthelossofbonedensitywasonlyonweight-bearingbonesonlongerflights,alsothepossiblerecoveryafterreturningtoEarth.

1.FrenchscientistsdidtheirresearchonRussianastronauts,because_______.

A.theyonlycaredfortheRussianastronauts

B.theywerenotinterestedintheirownastronauts

C.theRussiangovernmentinvitedthemtodotheirresearch

D.theRussianastronautsworkedinspaceforalongtime

2.Scientistshavefoundthat_______.

A.theBMDlossmaycauseseriousillnesstoastronauts

B.theBMDlossmaycausesomechangeinastronauts’bodies

C.astronautsshouldn’tcareabouttheBMDloss

D.astronautsshouldtakesomecalciumbeforespacetravel

3.WhatcausetheBMDlosstoastronauts,accordingtothispassage?

A.Thefoodtheyeatinspace.B.Thedrinkstheytakeinspace.

C.Thetemperatureinspace.D.Thegravityinspace.

4.Inthethirdparagraph,theword“striking”means______.

A.unusualB.simpleC.weakD.slow

参考答案（1—4DBDA）

Passage4

　　WatergoesaroundandaroundEarthinaneverendingjourneycalledthewatercycle（循环）。

Thesunheatsuplakes,oceans,andotherwetplacesonEarth.Whenthewatergetswarmenough,itchangesintovapour.Plantsalsogiveofflotsofwatervapour.Someofthiswatervapourcoolsoffhighintheskyandbecomesclouds.ThenitfallsbacktoEarthinanewplaceasrainorsnow.Thiscyclehappensoverandoveragain.

　　Thegroundcanabsorbwaterlikeasponge（海绵）。

Ifyoucouldseethisgroundwater,itwouldn’tlooklikealakeorriver.Thegroundwaterismixedinwiththerocksandsandthatlieinlayers（层）belowEarth’ssurface.

　　Groundwatermovesalongslowly.Howslowly?

Maybe1.5kilometresinonecentury.Someofthiswaterhasbeenundergroundforthousandsofyears.Andoncegroundwaterispumpedoutofthegroundfromadeepwell（井）bypeople,itmaytakehundredsofyearsforanotherwatertotakeitsplace.

　　1.InwhichorderdoeswatergoaroundEarth?

　　a.Falldownasrainorsnow.

　　b.Heatedupbythesunonlakes,oceansandotherwetplaces.

　　c.Cooloffhighinthesky.

　　d.Formclouds.

　　e.Changeintovapour.

　　A.dacbeB.becdaC.caebdD.bceda

　　2.Thegroundwaterseemsto________.

　　A.bejustonthegroundB.bepurewaterlikethatinalakeorriver

　　C.existinrocksandsandD.flowalonglikeriversorstreams

　3.Theunderlinedword“pumped”inthepassagecanbereplacedby________.

　　A.runB.pushed

　　C.drawnD.picked

　　4.Whatconclusion（结论）canwedrawfromthepassage?

　　A.Groundwatercanbequicklyreplacedbyotherwateroncepumpedout.

　　B.Groundwaterisveryvaluable.

　　C.Groundwaterhasnothingtodowithhumanbeings.

　　D.Groundwatertravelinanunknownway.

　　1-4BCCB

Passage5

　　Satellitesareanimportantpartofourordinarylives.Forexample,theinformationforweatherforecastsissentbysatellite.SomesatelliteshavecameraswhichtakephotographsoftheEarthtoshowhowcloudsaremoving.Satellitesarealsousedtoconnectourinternationalphonecalls.

　　ComputerconnectionsoftheWorldWideWebandInternetalsousesatellites.ManyofourTVprogramscometoUSthroughsatellites.Airplanepilotsalsosometimesuseasatell