外研版八年级下册Module 3Journey to space 任务型阅读练习 （含答案）

Module 3　Journey to space
任务型练习
一、阅读短文，回答所提出的问题。
Earth is our home.It has air that we can breathe.It has water for us to drink.It has plants and animals that we can eat.Earth is neither too hot nor too cold for us.It has everything we need to live.
We are on earth，but we can see things that are not on earth.Early in the morning，we can see the sun come up.All day，the sun seems to move across the sky.Late in the day，we can see the sun go down.But the sun is not really moving around us.We are the ones who are moving.Every morning，we turn toward the sun.Every night，we turn away from it.Every year，we go around it.Earth is our spaceship.All of us in the ship are riding around the sun.
At night，we can often see the moon and stars.From earth stars look like little points of light.But stars are really big.A star is a great mass of burning gas.It gives off（发出）light and heat.Our sun is a star.
There are eight planets moving around our sun.Earth is the third planet from the sun.Some of the planets have moons.A moon goes around a planet just as a planet goes around a star.Earth has only one moon.Some planets have more.
1．Why is the earth our home
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2． Is the sun really moving around us
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3．Why do stars look small
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4．How many planets move around our sun
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5．Some planets have more moons，don't they
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二、根据材料内容简要回答下列问题。
Last December my mother and I flew to London. The first thing we did was to go on a bus tour. This is the best way to tour London and learn all about the history of this city. By the time the tour was over, it was dark and we experienced London by night. The Christmas lights were just fantastic. And I was very surprised to find that so many people made their way home through the heavy traffic on bicycles! I was looking forward to spending the next day in Oxford Street with all its wonderful shops. And what a fantastic experience that was! We bought a London underground ticket and could go everywhere very quickly.
We spent all morning shopping and enjoying the Christmas activities inside the shops and out in the street. Then it was back to the hotel with all our shopping bags and out again to visit the city. First we went to a wax (蜡像) museum called Madame Tussauds, which was full of wax figures of famous people. My mother and I took a lot of photos there. Then we took the underground to Buckingham Palace to watch the Changing of the Guard (卫兵交接). Unluckily, we could not see well because there were so many visitors waiting to take photos.
1. What did the writer and her mother do first after they arrived in London
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2. How did the writer and her mother go to Oxford Street
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3. Did the writer and her mother shop a lot in Oxford Street
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4. Where did the writer and her mother take a lot of photos
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5. Why couldn't the writer and her mother see the Changing of the Guard very well
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三、阅读短文，根据短文完成任务。
What is the sky ①This question is very difficult to answer.The sky is a space where there is nothing except the sun,the earth,the moon and all the stars.
Scientists can look at them through telescopes(望远镜) and,in this way,they can find out a great deal (许多,大量).They know many facts about the moon.For example,they know how big and how far away it is.②The moon is about 384,000 kilometers away from the earth.A plane cannot fly to the moon because there is no air.But a rocket can.
“How can a rocket fly ” If you want to know,get a balloon and then blow it up,until it is quite big.Do not tie up the neck of the balloon.Let it go!The balloon will fly off through the air very quickly.The air inside the balloon tries to get out through the neck of it,which pushes(推动)the balloon through the air.It does not need wings(翅膀)like a plane.③　　　.Of course,the rocket is made of(由……制成) metal(金属).The metal must not be heavy but it must be very strong.There is a gas(气体) inside the rocket which is made very hot.When it rushes out of the rocket,the rocket is pushed up into the air.
1.将画线部分①改为同义句:
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2.将画线部分②译成汉语:
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3.从下面三个句子中选出一个,将其放回到画线部分③,使其上下文通顺合理。 　 　
A.This is what a rocket looks like
B.This is how a rocket works
C.This is why a rocket looks like a plane
请根据短文,判断正(T)误(F)。
4.In space there is only the sun,the earth and the moon.　 　
5.The rocket can fly to the moon because it carries a gas inside it to push itself.　 　
四、阅读短文，完成任务。
We sometimes can see the moon clearly.But when it is a cloudy night we cannot always see it clearly.We don’t always see the whole moon because(A)月球围着地球转.The moon seems to change its shape because as the moon moves,we see different parts of the moon lit(照亮)by the sun.(B)Usually we see a full moon once a month.When there is a big,round,full moon,the night sky is sometimes brighter.At other time we only see half of the moon or a quarter of the moon.Sometimes the moon is completely dark because the moon is halfway(中间的)between the sun and the earth.The dark side of the moon is facing the earth and the sun is shining on the other side.When this happens,it is called a new moon and like a full moon.This only happens about once a month.
1.将文中(A)处画线句子翻译成英语。
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2.将文中(B)处画线句子翻译成汉语。
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3.在文中找出下列句子的同义句。
Sometimes we have brighter night sky when the moon is full.
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根据短文内容回答下列问题。
4.When can’t we see the moon clearly
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5.How often does a new moon happen
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五、阅读短文，完成题后任务。
When we talked about the space,we know the universe means the earth,the sun,the moon,the stars and so on in space.Many of the stars are so far away that we can’t see them.
Through our geography lessons,we know the earth (1)goes around the sun,and the moon goes around the earth.
We have day and night because the earth keeps moving all the time.Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun,it looks much bigger than the sun.(2)The sun is bright enough to give out very strong light. The moon can’t give any light at all,but it looks quite bright,too.Why In fact,the light from the moon comes from the sun.(3)But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon.
(4)在宇宙中仍然有许多其他的行星。But of all these planets,only on the earth there are living things.People on the earth have studied the space all the time.They’ve sent many spaceships into the space many times.On November 3 and 14,2011,Chinese scientists let Shenzhou Ⅷ successfully dock with(对接)the Tiangong Ⅰtwice.This is one of the greatest events in the history of China’s space.
1.画线(1)处的汉语意思是 　 　 。
2.Why do we have day and night
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3.写出画线(2)处的同义句。
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4.把画线(3)处的句子译成汉语。
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5.把画线(4)处的句子译成英语。
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参考答案
一、1.Because it has everything we need to live.
2．No，it isn't.
3．Because they are far away from the earth.
4．Eight.
5．Yes，they do.
二、1. They went on a bus tour.
2. By underground.
3. Yes, they did.
4. In Madame Tussauds.
5. Because there were so many visitors (waiting to take photos).
三、1. It is very difficult to answer this question.
2.月球离地球大约384,000千米远。
3.B
4.F
5.T
四、1.The moon moves around the earth
2.我们通常一个月看到一次满月。
3.When there is a big, round, full moon, the night sky is sometimes brighter.
4.When it is a cloudy night.
5.About once a month.
五、1.绕着……转
2.We have day and night because the earth keeps moving all the time.
3.The sun is so bright that it can give out very strong light.
4.但是实际上恒星要比月亮大得多,明亮得多。
5.There are still many other planets in the universe.