Question

Since the beginning of time, man has been interested in the moon. The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon. They called it “Moonday”, or “Monday”, as we know it today. Later, the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon. Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born. Four and a half centuries later, Leonardo’s idea was realized. Apollo II took three Americans, Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong to the moon. The mission (任務) did fill the whole world with great surprise, as Leonardo had said it would. Numerous essays, articles, and books were written about man’s first moon mission. But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event over 100 years before. In 1865, French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon. His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo II mission. Verne’s spacecraft also contained three men—two Americans and a Frenchman. The spacecraft was described as being almost the same size as Apollo II. The launch (發射) site in Verne’s story was also in Florida. The spacecraft in Verne’s story was named the “Columbiad”. The Apollo II command ship was called “Columbia”. His account of sending the spacecraft into the space could easily have been written about how Apollo II was sent into the space.

1.Leonardo da Vinci said that a great machine bird would ________.

A．bring great honor to the moon

B．fly toward the sun

C．explore the heavens

D．take people to the moon

2.Jules Verne wrote his story of a man’s visit to the moon about ________.

A．100 years before the Apollo II mission

B．10 years before the Apollo II mission

C．four and one a half centuries ago

D．100 years ago

3.Verne’s story is very similar to _____.

A．the first U.S. space mission

B．the Apollo II mission

C．Leonardo da Vinci’s story

D．numerous other books on the same subject

4.The underlined word “spacecraft” probably means ________.

A．a kind of rocket                         B．a kind of plane

C．a kind of train                          D．a kind of bus

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了人類對于月亮的研究，介紹了登月活動以及達芬奇以及凡爾納的作品對于月亮的描述。

1.D 細節題。根據文章4,5行Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.說明D項正確。

2.A 細節題。根據文章8,9行But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event over 100 years before. French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.說明Jules Verne的寫作是在登月之前100年左右。故A正確。

3.B 細節題。根據文章倒數5,6行His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo II mission.說明B正確。

4.B 推理題。根據本句. Verne’s spacecraft also contained three men—two Americans and a Frenchman.說明這樣的機器也能攜帶人，那么應該是一種和飛機類似的機器。故B正確。

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點評：本文介紹了人類對于月亮的研究。本文細節題居多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。