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外研(新标准)版2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下册Module 3 Unit 2 We have not found life on any other planets yet同步习题

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    In the universe, as we all know, there is the sun, the moon, the earth and a good many stars. Through our geography lessons, we know the earth goes around the sun, and the moon goes around the earth. We have day and night because the earth keeps turning all the time. When our part of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night.

Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun. Big things will look smaller when they are further, and small things also look bigger when they are nearer.

    The sun is big 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. The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But actually (事实上) the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon also because they are further away from the earth.

    There are many other planets in the universe. But of all the planets, only on the earth there are living things and people can only live on the earth, too. But at 9:00 a.m. on October 15th,2003, Chinese pilot Yang Liwei was sent up to space. He stayed there for 21 hours. It was the first time for Chinese to get into space.

(1)、We find the sun is              than the moon because it is       to us.
A、bigger; farther B、smaller; closer C、bigger; closer D、smaller; farther
(2)、When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, the other part of the earth is _______ .
A、night B、day C、evening D、Sunday
(3)、People and living things can live on the                  .
A、earth B、Mars C、moon D、sun
(4)、When did the pilot from our country return to the earth?
A、On November 15th, 2002. B、On October 16th, 2003. C、On May 15th, 2004. D、On October 15th, 2003.
(5)、Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A、The moon goes around the earth and it can't give out any light at all. B、The moon goes around the sun and its light is from the sun. C、The earth moves around the moon and people can live only on the earth. D、Of all the planets, only the earth moves around the sun.
举一反三
 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

What does wishing mean to you?

Do you like to make wishes? In the west, an old tradition is to make wishes with 1 . Because water is so important to life. People felt it was a 2 from the gods. So, they started throwing coins into wishing wells or fountains(喷泉). They must say their wishes out loud. This way, they believe the spirits(精灵) of the water will 3 the wishes and make them come true.

Disney's film Wish(《星愿》) 4 in November, 2023. It's about a girl and the wishing star. In the film,17-year-old Asha makes a wish to the sky.

In Australia, where I'm from, we like to make wishes in 5 ways. Playing outside, you see a dandelion(蒲公英). Pick one up and 6 its seeds away, then make a wish! Or you could throw a coin into a wishing well or fountain to make a wish. And of course, no one 7 making a wish on their birthday.

I would sometimes make wishes at Christmas. One year, I left cookies and milk for Santa Claus and wrote a note to him: "Dear Santa, please tell my dad to stop smoking. It is 8 for his health." On Christmas Day, I saw the reply from "Santa". He wrote: "Dear Maddy, thank you for the cookies and milk. As for your dad stopping smoking, that is something he has to do for himself." Can you guess who wrote it?

I felt a bit 9 that Santa couldn't help my dad. But it 10 me something important: only the person himself or herself can really make the wish come true.

 阅读短文,根据短文判断下列句子正、误。

With a history of more than 1,000 years in China,the oil﹣paper umbrella used to be a tool to keep out the rain for the Chinese. It's so named because the umbrella's surface is made of paper brushed with tung oil(桐油). 

Although the oil﹣paper umbrella is now no longer commonly used for rainy days,it has never disappeared from people's lives. For example,it is still a symbol of romance in many places. For the Yao people living in the southwest China,an oil﹣paper umbrella plays an important role during a marriage proposal(求婚). When a Yao man's relative visits a Yao woman's family to propose marriage,the relative will bring a red oil﹣paper umbrella. If the woman accepts the proposal,she will take the umbrella and hang 12 small cloth bags on the umbrella's ribs(伞架). Then the relative will return the umbrella to the man to tell the good news. 

The oil﹣paper umbrella made in Fenshui,a town in Luzhou,Sichuan Province is world﹣famous. To make the umbrella,a craftsperson must complete more than 70 steps. It takes about half a month to make an oil﹣paper. The umbrella is both beautiful and durable(耐用的). It can be opened and closed at least 3,000 times. Its surface won't divide from ribs even if the umbrella is put in water for 24 hour. 

Bi Liufu,a native of Fenshuiling,another town in Luzhou,has been creating oil﹣paper umbrellas for more than 40 years. He has won many prizes in national and international craft competitions. For Bi,making umbrellas is a lifelong goal rather than a way to make a living. 

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