阅读下面材料,根据其内容完成后面各项任务。     Thousands of years

阅读下面材料,根据其内容完成后面各项任务。

    Thousands of years agopeople didn’t know why sometimes the moon is full and sometimes it is crescent(弯曲)shapedand even sometimes it can’t be seen at allThe moon was a great mystery(谜)to themThey made up stories about the great light in the night skyThey thought there was a god up there who was in charge of(掌管)the moonThey called the god,“Moon God”.

      In fact the moon is the Earth’s satellite(卫星).Many planets have a satelliteand some have manyOur moon travels around the Earth once a monthIt’s much smaller than the Earth and gravity(引力)pulls it

    In most nights the moon is the brightest thing in the skyThis is because it reflects(反射)light from the sunIt doesn’t shine itself

    What we see of the moon changes from night to nightIts 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 Earthwe can’t see the moon at allThis is called anew moon”.

    When the moon is behind the Earth and the sun shines on itthere is afull moon”.

    Thanks to space travelpeople now know more about the moonHumans have even visited itThey know that there is no airno water or life thereBut there is much sunlight and natural resources(资源).These can be very useful to usSome scientists saywith the help of modem technologymore and more people will be able to go to the mooneven live on itMaybe 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

1In the third sentence of Paragraph IThey made up stories about the great light in the night sky”,“the great lightrefers to _____________

2Why is the moon very bright in most nights?

3We can see thefull moon____________times a year

4.将画线的英语句子译成汉语。

5Which of the pictures abcde is of anew moon?

答案

1thebrightmoon

2Because the moonit reflects light{tom the sun

312twelve

4.有些科学家说,借助于现代技术将会有越来越多的人能登上月球,甚至在月球上生活。

5a

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