Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当
的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)
It is true that a 1 a day's work, in the evening everybody likes to watch TV. So I should say that TV becomes very popular b 2 in the cities and in the country. H 3 , many TV programmes do not run on time. Sometimes the programme may be delayed half an hour or
m 4 . Just take last Sunday for example, the English on Sunday programme was twenty minutes I 5 .
At the present time people l 6 to talk about reform and efficiency. I hope in the near future I can turn on TV according to the programme listed in China Daily and find my favourite programme on s 7 .
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7.
答案：
1.after
2. both
3. However
4. more
5. late
6. like
7. screen
首字母填空（32）
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当
的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)
Light travels very fast. It moves at 300,000 kilometres a second. Light reaches us from the moon in less than a second and a half. The moon is about 382, 000 kilometres a 1 .
Light from the sun reaches us in 8.5 minutes. The sun is about 149, 640,000 kilometres from the earth.
The other stars are f 2 away than the sun. Light from the nearest star reaches us in about for years. When you look at a star, you do not see its present condition. You see it as it is used to be. Light from some stars t 3 hundreds of years to reach us. We never see a star as it is
n 4 . We see it as it was long ago: perhaps hundreds of or thousands of years ago. Astronomers(天文学家) watch the stars t 5 big telescopes. The w 6 biggest telescope is Russia. Then next biggest is in the United States. With these great telescopes a 7 can see stars and other things very far away. Some of these things are not only stars. They are great groups of stars.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7.
答案：
1.away
2. farther
3. travels
4. now
5. through
6. world’s
7. astronomers
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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当
的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)
Mr. Shute works in an office. His memory(记忆) is poor and often f 1 things. One day his son had got a bad headache and he had to s 2 him to hospital. When they got there, he remembered he had l 3 his money at home. He ran to a kiosk (电话亭) quickly and was going to tell his wife to take the money to him. But there was a young woman in it. She was looking something up in the telephone book. He had to stand outside to w 4 . About ten minutes passed and she was still in it. His son began to cough on a chair in the waiting-room. A 5 ten minute passed, the woman didn't come out. He was w 6 . He thought for a while and began to knock at the door. The door open and he went in.
“May I help you to look for the telephone number?” asked Mr. Shute.
“Thank you ,sir” said the woman, “I don’t give anybody a call. I h 7 a baby last month and I am only looking for a good name for her in the telephone book!”
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7.
答案：
1.forgets
2. sent
3. left
4. wait
5. Another
6. worried
7. had
首字母填空（34）
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当
的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)
Children and adults enjoy p 1 with kites. There are a lot of kite festivals and competitions in China, Japan and also other c 2 . But kites are not just play things. They can be u 3 in many other ways.
Kite flying has been p 4 in China for more than two thousand years. Scientists have been interested in kites for a long time. They have used them for studying weather and for testing new k 5 of flying machines. Recently scientists have d 6 many new kinds of kites. Some of them can p 7 boats, or lift a man. Some can fly like a plane.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7.
答案：
1. playing
2. countries
3. Used/useful
4. popular
5. kinds
6. developed
7. pull
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当
的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)
An encyclopedia is a book or a set of books that contains general information about many topics or subjects. The word "encyclopedia" c 1 from Greek. One earliest encyclopedia is the Naturalist Historia(自然史) of Pliny the Elder(老普林尼),a Roman politician living in the first century AD. The work consisted of 37 volumes(卷) and covered everything including art, architecture, medicine, geography, and n 2 all aspects(方面) of the world around him.
An encyclopedia is often confused with a dictionary, t 3 they are quite different. You can look up a word in the dictionary, w 4 an encyclopedia explores topics more in depth(深奥) and often includes maps and photographs.
Encyclopedias have d 5 a lot through the years. Now, many encyclopedias are available
o 6 . One of the most i 7 advantages优点) of online encyclopedias is that they can be edited frequently( 频繁地) so they remain up to date.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7.
答案：
1. comes
2. nearly
3. though
4. while
5. developed
6. online
7. important
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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)
On October 7th, 36 students from Linyi, Shandong wore beautiful clothes in a show. Their clothes were made of all kinds of things. The show gave the students a c 1 to make things with their own hands. It also helped them l 2 to make good use of w 3 and not to throw Everything away.
Students had lots of good ideas. Some found used things like old clothes to make dresses.“We hope to save energy. Our world is short of e 4 . So I don't want to just t 5 old things away. "said Xie Jing, 13, at Linyi Art School. She had more than 20 discs on her nice blue dress. She got them from her family and friends.
Song dandan, a Junior 2 student from the same school, looked like a f 6 in her straw(稻草) coat and hat. She picked the straw from the fields and put it all together, "I want to show what people wore in the past, "she said。
Du Yue, 14, even made clothes for astronauts! When she walked, she t 7 to be slow. It looked like she was walking on the moon. "I wish to be the first woman from China to walk on the moon! "she said
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7.
答案：
1. chance
2. learn
3. wastes
4. energy
5. throw
6. farmer
7. tried
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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)
I still remembered the first day when I a 1 in London 2 years ago. It was cold and it was
s 2 that day. My friend was waiting for me when my plane l 3 at Heathrow Airport at 4
o'clock in the afternoon. My friend and I took a taxi to my hotel. When we got there, he left me alone at the hotel, because he had to go back to work.
After my friend left, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn't s 4 English, I couldn't tell the waiter w 5 I wanted. I thought for a while and then I ordered the same things as the man at the next table was eating. And the waiter u 6 me. After dinner, I started to walk around the city. I was so e 7 that I wanted to see everything on my first day.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7.
答案：
1. arrived
2. snowing
3. landed
4. speak
5. what
6. understood
7. excited
首字母填空（38）
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)
“People who talk and sing to plants are not strange, " says an agriculture s 1 .”In fact, singing and talking to plants m 2 them grow better.” The r 3 is quite simple. When we sing or talk to plants, we exhale carbon dioxide (CO2) which plants need very much to live I 4 . Plants take in the carbon dioxide d 5 the sunlight hours and send out oxygen (O2)which people need very much to live longer. Singing and talking is useful, h 6 , only during daytime. Singing and talking during the bedtime or without sunlight will not help plants to sleep b 7 or grow better and faster.
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7.
答案：
1. scientist
2. make
3. reason
4. longer
5. during
6. however
7. better
首字母填空 （1） What will happen if a family is without the Internet for a month? One American family decides to find out. They have sent an invitation to a leading US television station, expecting(期望) that it will send a film group to record their day-to-day life w 1 the Internet for a month. When the film group meet with the Smiths, they find that Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith and their two c 2 are so crazy about the Internet that t 3 hardly(几乎不) do things together. At mealtimes, no one s 4 at the dining table for their food. “Everyone just runs into the kitchen, takes their food and then goes back to their screen,” Mrs. Smith explains. “I 5 we don’t make a change, our family will become strangers to each other!” Getting back to the normal life without the Internet is not e 6 , especially when the Smiths lose themselves in it. They have to make many c 7 . For example, the two kids have to go to the school l 8 to borrow books for their study about science, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith need to go out shopping because they cannot buy things on the I 9 . As the family have picked up the new lifestyle, they find that they can spend more time talking over meals, playing sports and doing all k 10 of activities together. Would they be able to go for long without using the Internet after the challenge(挑战)? 1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________ 6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ____________
八年级上英语U2综合练习 I. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) 1. My father usually reads morning papers before going to work. A. the B. a C. an D. / 2. When the three astronauts came back from space, many reporters interviewed and got some first-hand information. A. they B. them C. their D. themselves 3. I knocked on the door several times but answered, so I left. A. nobody B. anybody C. somebody D. everybody 4. W ould you please turn the fan ? I feel a little cold A. on B. off C. down D. up 5. Don’t drop rubbish the ground, you should drop it the litter bin. A. down…into B. on…to C. on…into D. to…in 6. Climbing mountains was , so we all felt . A. tiring; tired B. tired; tiring C. tiring; tiring D. tired; tired 7. The boy is to go to school. He is seven years old. A. enough old B. young enough C. old enough D. enough young 8. There are people in the People’s Square. A. thousands of B. two thousand C. thousands D. two thousands 9. I enjoy the popular dance “hi p-hop”. Bu t my father my mother likes it. A. b oth…and B. not only …but also C. eit her…or D. n either…nor 10. Susan’s parents have bought a large house with a swimming pool. It be very expensive. A. must B. can C. mustn’t D. can’t II. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子） 1. He lay on the bed and fell asleep. ( comfortable ) 2. I prefer the fresh beans to the ones. ( freeze ) 3. If you have to wait for an hour for a bus, you? ll become . ( patient ) 4. is the most serious problem in the city. ( pollute ) 5. Next, add some to the water. ( chemistry ) III. Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限 填一词）
八年级英语下册首字母填空练习 1.Have you ever h_______ of e-books ? E-books are eletronic books. They are no larger than an ordinary book., with a screen which you can r______. How does e-books work ? First, you call up websites on your computer and select books that you want. There are t________ of books provided by different websites on the Internet. Then d_______ the books you like to your e-book. You can download 10 books at a time. Now you can sit back and enjoy y_______ reading. Compared with ordinary books, e-books have many advantages. First of all, e-books save space. You can put as many as 10 books into a thing not b______ than a pocket radio. Second, e-books are usually small and light, so it’s easy for you to carry e-books e_________. You can renew books in your e-book any time you like. With the development, probably an e-library will appear. If this idea comes t______, you just take your e-book there and download what you want to read. You no l_______ need to worry about whether your books are over-due (过期的) or not. I think this new way of reading may make people who don’t want to bookshops to read happy. In fact, our lifestyles often c________ with the development. 2 What are you going to do if you are in a burning house ? Do you know how to s______ yourself ? Please read the following passage. K_____ what to do during a fire can save your life. It’s important to know the right way to escape(逃跑) , such as exits and stairways, but not lifts. From the lower floors of buildings, escaping from the windows is p________. Leaving from windows may get the least chance of being hurt.When you are on the second floor, it’s usually not high from the ground. It’s about the h______ of an adult. (成人). Of course, it’s s______ to jump out of the house than to stay in it. It’s important to p_______ yourself when you’re waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door c_______. If you don’t do that, smoke may come into the room where you are. It’s harmful to you. In that condition, you had b______ keep your head low to make sure that you can breathe(呼吸) fresh air rather than smoke. If you on high floors, you can go up till the roof. You can try your b_____ to attract (吸引) people’s attention. Don’t shout all the time because you need to save e______ and wait for rescue(救援). 3 Once a little boy was sad all day. His mother told him to go out to look for love. He knew it may cost him much time to find w_______ love was. So he prepared many things w______ with pizzas and drinks and started off. When he walked p_____ a park, he found an old woman sitting there and watching birds. She looked hungry. The boy gave her a pizza.She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again. He gave her a coke. The woman smiled again.The boy was happy because he felt love. They sat there all the afternoon, eating and s________. But they said nothing.When it grew dark, he decided to leave. Before l______, he turned around and hug(拥抱) the
牛津译林版8A 英语期中复习专题练习—首字母填空学校_________ 班级__________ 姓名__________ 学号__________ 一、单词填空 1. What will happen if a family is without the Internet for a month? One American family decides to find out. They have sent an invitation to a leading US television station, expecting(期望) that it will send a film group to record their day-to-day life w【小题1】 the Internet for a month. When the film group meet with the Smiths, they find that Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith and their two c【小题2】are so crazy about the Internet that t【小题3】hardly(几乎不) do things together. At mealtimes, no one s【小题4】at the dining table for their food. “Everyone just runs into the kitchen, takes their food and then goes back to their screen,” Mrs. Smith explains. “I【小题5】we don’t make a change, our family will become strangers to each other!” Getting back to the normal life without the Internet is not e【小题6】, especially when the Smiths lose themselves in it. They have to make many c【小题7】. For example, the two kids have to go to the school l【小题8】to borrow books for their study about science, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith need to go out shopping because they cannot buy things on the I【小题9】. As the family have picked up the new lifestyle, they find that they can spend more time talking over meals, playing sports and doing all k【小题10】of activities together. Would they be able to go for long without using the Internet after the challenge(挑战)? 2. As we all know it’s important for us students to learn all the subjects well. Will students do better in their lessons if they spend m【小题1】time on them? Many people think it’s true. So students have to spend the whole day d【小题2】 school work except three meals. Students have many h【小题3】. They love sports, after-school a【小 题4】and art. Two days’ holiday can get them away f【小题5】 too much school work, and they can do what they like. But sadly, many teachers do not think so. They h【小题6】 their students do much homework even at the weekend. Some senior students even have to have lessons on Saturdays. It’s usually difficult for students to find time to enjoy t【小题7】. Students are really tired of too much
牛津上海版英语八上各单元知识梳理 Unit 1 Penfriends ⅠWords: 1. penfriend 笔友pen pal 2. magazine 杂志 a literary magazine 文学杂志women’s magazine 妇女杂志→n. magazinist 期刊编辑 3. hobby 业余爱好 4. chess 国际象棋chessman 棋子(pl. chessmen) chessboard 棋盘 5. own 拥有own up 承认错误owner 所有者物主业主 6. good/well—better---best 7. architect 建筑师architecture 建筑学 8. nearby adv. 在附近不远adj. 附近的邻近的 9. keen adj. 热心的渴望的敏锐的灵敏的Keenly adv.敏锐地keenness n. 敏锐 10. ambition 雄心抱负be full of ambition 野心勃勃ambitious adj. 有雄心的11. enclose 附上 ⅡPhrases 1. at the end 在………的末端 2. be keen on 热心于做热衷于……… 3. play chess 下象棋 4. twelve years old 5. a boy called Tom 一个名叫Tom 的男孩a boy named Tom a boy with the name Tom 6. best wishes 最好的祝愿 7. by +交通工具= take +a/an +交通工具 8. tell sb. about sth. 告诉某人关于某事tell sb. to do sth. 告诉某人做某事tell sb. not to do sth. 告诉某人别做某事 9. enjoy doing sth. 喜欢做某事like doing sth. mind /practice/finish/ 10. speak /tell /say/talk say 说述说speak 说话发言电话来时用speaking talk 说谈话of/about tell 告诉讲述 ⅢSentence 1. make it +adj. for sb. to do sth. it 形式宾语 2. sth. +be+ to do 动词不定式做表语 3. I hope you will write to me soon . 我希望你尽快给我回信hope 有可能实现的愿望wish 不大可能实现的愿望hope to do 希望做某事wish sb. to do 希望某人做…….. ⅣGrammar Ⅰquestion words (疑问词) what、who(whom) / whose/which/when/where/how/why how many/much/long/far/soon/fast/often/ how many times Ⅱ冠词 1.不定冠词a/an的用法“不见“原因”（发元音）别施“恩”（an）特殊案例：前需要加a 的：university a usual book Europe 欧洲European 欧洲人one-day trip 需要加an 的：unhappy + n. uncle unusual + n. 2. 定冠词the的用法特指双方熟悉，上文已经提起。世上独一无二，方位名词乐器。某些专有名词，还有复数姓氏。序数词最高级，习惯用语牢记。 特殊案例：a bright moon 4. 零冠词的用法“以下情况冠词免，学科球类三顿饭,名词复数表泛指，季节星期月份前”特殊案例：a good breakfast Unit 2 ⅠWords 1. whizz-kid 神童优等生n. 顶部顶端盖顶盖2. several adj.＆pron. 几个少许 3. successful adj. 成功的adj. unsuccessful 不成功的succeed v.成功success n. 成功be successful in 在……..上成功4．Business n. 买卖生意商业businessman 商人生意人（男pl. businessmen）businesswoman (女)商人(pl. businesswomen )
八年级英语首字母填空 Passage 1 New Bug Hits Mexico Mexican people have a tradition of greeting each other with handshakes and kisses on the cheek. But recently, government officals asked people to stop doing this. They have also closed school and museums, and advised people to s (1)at home. This is to prevent people from catching an infectious(传染性的)disease, swine flu(猪流感). The disease has spread over the country in the past month. It has killed 159 people and caused 4,000 to become s (2). What is swine flu? Swine flu is a disease that causes respiratory(呼吸的) illness in pigs. It spreads to people in two ways. They catch the virus(病毒) after being with infected pigs,or they get it from an infected person. The d (3)spreads in the same way as human flu, through coughs and sneezes, or by touching a contaminated surface(被污染的表面) and then touching the nose or monuth. However , it cannot be spread by eating pork. People who have c (4) swine flu will have fever, a cough, a sore throat and body aches. In most casses, the infection makes people unwell but their lives will not be in danger. Health experts advise people to w (5)their hands frequently,to cover coughs and sneezes and to stay at home if they feel ill. Passage2 Global Handwashing Day(全球洗手日) Wednesday, October 15th,2008 is the first Global Handwashing Day.Many people w (1)their hands with soap (肥皂) on the day. They are f (2) twenly countries. Experts(专家) say it is important for people to wash their hands with soap at some critical moments,such as before e (3) and after using the toilet. B (4)they can get germs(细菌)on their hands when they do those things. Then their hands can make their eyes and noses d (5) and make people ill. They say that soap is helpful in washing hands. It can help remove( 祛除)germs and leave a pleasant s (6). The experts also give the right way to wash hands. First put your hands into the water and make them w (7). Then cover them with soap and rub( 摹) in into all a (8). Rub for at l (9)twenty senconds. Next put your hands under running water and make them clean. At last,dry them with a c (10)colth. Global Handwashing Day can help people keep healthy. Passage3 A Beautiful Smile When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a s (1). It was the early autumn of my first year at a j (2)high sclool,and my old school was far away. As a result, no one k (3)who I was. I was very lonely,and afraid to make friends with a (4) Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing,I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk to anyone about me. Then one day,my classmates talked happily with their friends,but I sat at my desk. I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn’t want my parents to worry about me. Then one day,my classmates talked happily with their friends,but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At
Unit 1 Penfriends text 1. know the name of 2. rugby 3. top-right corner 4. signature 5. above -- below 6. the whole day = all day 7. postcode 8. a group of letters and numbers 9. be part of 10. A postcode makes it easier for the post office to deliver letters. 11. tell you something about myself 12. You can call me Jon. 13. about one and a half meters tall 14. Playing chess is my hobby. 15. own a Chinese restaurant 16. be at university 17. during the holidays 18. be keen on = be fond of
19. My ambition is to be a/an ... 20. an ambitious man 21. It is beautiful, isn't it ? 22. a photo of myself a photo of mine 23. the meaning of 24. live a meaningful life 25. for example 26. play squash 27. even if 28. other/others/the other/the others/another 29. a kind of sport 30. idle = lazy 31. train sb to do sth 32. trainer 33. junior high school 34. senior high school 35. do well in = be good at 36. tick the boxes of the things he writes about 37. He often feels unhappy, _______ _______ ? 38. Find facts in the letter that tell you they are probably true.
任务型阅读 (一) March 25 is the 17th National Day of Education on the Safety of Elementary and Middle School Students. The theme (主题)of the day this year is to give students more knowledge about how to keep safe. How can you keep yourselves safe? Here are some suggestions. When there is a fire: Shout out “Fire”! Call 119! Try to find a safe exit and get away quickly. Don’t use a lift. Use a piece of cloth to cover your mouth and nose. When there is an earthquake at school: Stay calm. Follow the teachers’ instr uctions. Quickly move under the desk. Don’t jump out of windows or run out. When you are on the street: Wait for the green traffic light. Look left and right before crossing the street. Don’t run across the street. When you are eating: Wash fruits and vegetables carefully before eating them. Check the expiration dates(保质期) of the food. Don’t eat the food if it looks or smells bad. When you are at school: Take care not to fall down or hurt yourself. Don’t run, jump or push while going upstairs or downstairs. Take care of yourself all the time. 五、66．Safety 67．fire68．call69．quickly70．through 71．crossing 72. eating 73. carefully 74．bad75．after (二) Good morning, boys and girls. Today I’ll give you a talk about going online. We know that there are too many Net bars(网吧) around us. The Internet makes our lives interesting. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer. We can learn English and read some newspapers and magazines to know more information around us. It can make us clever in playing computer games. Also when we send e-mails to our friends,
八年级上英语期末综合练习 Part Two Vocabulary and Grammar （第二部分词汇和语法） I. Choose the best answer．（选择最恰当的答案） 22.The man with golden hair is from Greece, _________European country. A) a B) an C) the D) / 23.The architect was born_______the morning of May 2nd , 1978. A) in B) on C) at D) of 24. Will you please do _________ a favour to pass the homework to the teacher? A) he B) his C) himself D) him 25.Tom is strong enough to climb the high mountain _______ he is an elderly man. A) but B) so C) although D) however 26. --- What do you think of the biscuit? --- I like it very much. It tastes ______. A) good B) terrible C) well D) terribly 27. Having sports every day ________us to keep healthy. A) makes B) lets C) enables D) keeps 28. Would you mind _________forward a bit ? It is too crowded here. A) close B) to close C) closed D) closing 29. The foreigners _____________Shanghai for two weeks and they visited the bund last Saturday. A) have been to B) have come to C) have arrived in D) have been in 30. Almost everyone agrees that driving a private car is ________than taking the underground. A) much expensive B) much more expensive C) expensive D) far expensive 31.No. MU5111 flight is put off (推迟)because of the heavy fog and haze(雾霾). We have to wait for __________ two hours. A) the other B) other C) another D) others 32. ________ good time the children are having in the Century Park! A) How B) What C) What an D) What a 33. During the lessons we saw Jim was_______ learner among the children. A) quick B) the quickest C）quicker D) the most quickly 34. ----Sorry, I don’t know the way, either. I’m new here. ----_____. A) Not at all B) Thank you all the same C) That’s all right D) Yes, please. 35. --- Jane, would you like to join the reading club?
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当 的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给) It is true that a 1 a day's work, in the evening everybody likes to watch TV. So I should say that TV becomes very popular b 2 in the cities and in the country. H 3 , many TV programmes do not run on time. Sometimes the programme may be delayed half an hour or m 4 . Just take last Sunday for example, the English on Sunday programme was twenty minutes I 5 . At the present time people l 6 to talk about reform and efficiency. I hope in the near future I can turn on TV according to the programme listed in China Daily and find my favourite programme on s 7 . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 答案： 1.after 2. both 3. However 4. more 5. late 6. like 7. screen 首字母填空（32） Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当 的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给) Light travels very fast. It moves at 300,000 kilometres a second. Light reaches us from the moon in less than a second and a half. The moon is about 382, 000 kilometres a 1 . Light from the sun reaches us in 8.5 minutes. The sun is about 149, 640,000 kilometres from the earth. The other stars are f 2 away than the sun. Light from the nearest star reaches us in about for years. When you look at a star, you do not see its present condition. You see it as it is used to be. Light from some stars t 3 hundreds of years to reach us. We never see a star as it is n 4 . We see it as it was long ago: perhaps hundreds of or thousands of years ago. Astronomers(天文学家) watch the stars t 5 big telescopes. The w 6 biggest telescope is Russia. Then next biggest is in the United States. With these great telescopes a 7 can see stars and other things very far away. Some of these things are not only stars. They are great groups of stars. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 答案： 1.away 2. farther 3. travels 4. now 5. through 6. world’s 7. astronomers