Module 3　Journey to space 短文填空练习（含答案）

Module 3　Journey to space
短文填空练习
一、根据短文内容和首字母提示, 在空白处写出词汇的正确形式。
The earth moves around the 1.s______.When our part of the earth turns to the sun，it is 2.d______.When our part of the earth turns 3.a______ from the sun，it is night.
The sun is much bigger than the moon.But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun，because it is much 4.n______ to the earth.
The sun is very bright.It gives very strong 5.l______.The moon looks quite bright，but it 6.d______ give any light at all.The light from the moon 7.c______from the sun.The moon looks much bigger and brighter 8.t______the stars.But in fact，the stars are a lot bigger and brighter than the 9.m______.They look smaller just because they are 10.f______ away from the earth than the moon.
二、根据短文内容和首字母提示, 在空白处写出词汇的正确形式。
It is very difficult to understand 1. h________ large the universe is. But we know the earth is our home. It is a 2. p________ and it goes around the sun. The moon goes 3. a________ the earth.
Some astronauts have 4. b________ to the moon and scientists have sent many spaceships to some other planets. But so far, we haven't 5. d________ life on other planets. Because none of them has an 6. e________ like that of the earth.
Scientists have also found many other galaxies and they are very 7. f________ away. No spaceship has 8. r________ near them.
Is there any life outside the 9. s________ system in the universe I think there is still a long way to go to know that. When I grow up, I want to become an 10. a________ and work on China's Space Station.
三、根据材料内容从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，使材料意思完整、通顺，有的需要变换形式，每词限用一次。
grow, different, another, remember, only, tell, real, to, language, newspaper
How many words do the Eskimos have for snow In 1911, one book said there were four words. Some years later, 1.________ book said there were seven. In the 1930s or 1940s, a(n) 2.________ said, “The Eskimos have more than ten words for snow.”
Over the years the story went on, and the numbers 3.________. Some books said that the Eskimos had 100 words for snow, others said 1,000. So, how many are there 4.________ The fact is there isn't an easy answer 5.________ the question.
In fact, there isn't 6.________ one Eskimo language, there are many. Also, having words for 7.________ kinds of snow is usual: there are many words for snow in other 8.________ too. In English, for example, we have sleet (a mix of snow and rain), slush (part snow, part water) and others.
So just 9.________ that the Eskimos don't have more words for snow than we English speakers do. The next time someone 10.________ you that Eskimos have 1,000 words for snow, tell them it isn't true!
四、阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺，意思完整。每词限用一次，其中有两个词是多余的。
how, what, open, life, special, birthday, die, gift, spend, feel, trouble, send
Ali's tenth birthday was two weeks away. Mrs Morgan, her mother, asked her how she would like to 1.________ it. The little girl said she just wanted a card.
Ali was born with a serious illness. However, she lived a normal (正常的)2.________ until the age of eight. During the following year she became unable to walk and even had3.________ speaking. The little girl had to leave school and stay home. The doctor said she would probably4.________ before 18.
For her birthday Ali got more than one card. In fact, she got over 850!5.________ could it happen With the help of the Letters Project website, lots of people knew her story and 6.________ wish on the Internet. They 7.________ letters and packages (包裹) to cheer her up. These letters and packages came from Canada, the UK, France, Australia and many other countries. Ali received a number of 8.________ like books, pictures and candy, but cards were always her favourite.
“As we 9.________ and read the cards, Ali kept a smile on her face,” said Mrs Morgan. “Every card is 10.________ to her. I know after her birthday, Ali will go on to get the cards out just to read them again and again.”
五、根据材料内容从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，使材料意思完整、通顺，有的需要变换形式，每词限用一次。
environment, news, communicate, spaceship, just, none, astronaut, dream, earth, read
Hey, I'm Mike from the UK. Not long ago I 1.________ two pieces of news on the Internet. One is about a robot called Polly. Polly was great. It could 2.________ with people and help people do many things. It helped people plant trees to protect the 3.________. It went into space by 4.________. There, it helped 5.________ work on a space station. Is the 6.________ true I don't believe it.
The other is about a girl called Alyssa Carson. The girl was interested in space travel when she was small. A reporter (记者) from BBC has 7.________ interviewed (采访) her. Alyssa said, “I hope to go to Mars because 8.________ of us has been there before. I want to take the first step.” Alyssa has attended (参加) America's three world space camps so far. Plenty of people think Alyssa's 9.________ could come true. If Alyssa goes to Mars, maybe it is very hard for her to go back to our 10.________. However, this girl's father Bert Carson says, “If that's the only choice she has, she still wants to go.”
参考答案
一、1.sun　2.day　3.away　4.nearer 5．light　6.doesn't　7.comes　8.than　9.moon　10.farther
二、1. how　2. planet　3. around　4. been　5. discovered　6. environment　7. far　8. reached　9. solar　10. astronaut
三、1. another 2. newspaper 3. grew 4. really 5. to 6. only 7. different 8. languages 9. remember 10. tells
四、1. spend 2. life 3. trouble 4. die 5. How 6. birthday 7. sent 8. gifts 9. opened 10. special
五、1. read 2. communicate 3. environment 4. spaceship 5. astronauts 6. news 7. just 8. none 9. dream 10. earth