Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars
I. 单项填空
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. If one keeps what he wants in mind and tries to live it, he will succeed ________.
A. on time
B. in time
C. for one time
D. by the time
2. —Excuse me, can I help you sir?
—Yes, can you tell me the direction ________ the thief the police are after ran?
A. where
B. that
C. under which
D. in which
3. —Waiter, why are these eggs so small?
—My duty is ________ the table, and I don’t care about the hen ________ eggs, sir.
A. to lay; lays
B. laying; to lay
C. to lay; laying
D. laying; lays
4. While in freezing weather, you’d better have heat ________ from escaping from your body and do more exercise.
A. taken
B. prevented
C. disabled
D. protected
5. We could do nothing in the darkness ________ to wait for help coming.
A. less than
B. more than
C. rather than
D. other than
6. As far as I’m concerned, ________ everything is ready for the project, the sooner, the better.
A. because
B. now that
C. as
D. for
7. Would you please move a little away? You are ________ the light.
A. breaking out
B. blocking out
C. hanging out
D. giving out
8. You have made the plan of the market, thus you’ll, in your ________, carry it out.
A. opinion
B. eyes
C. duty
D. turn
9. The ________ cause of his success was his ability to work for long hours without tiring.
A. necessary
B. fundamental
C. sensible
D. satisfactory
10. Do you know why sugar ________ much faster in water than in oil?
A. dissolves
B. melts
C. spreads
D. swims
II. 阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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. Apoll o II took three Americans, Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong to the moon. The mission (任务) 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. V erne’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 (发射) sit e in Verne’s story was also in Florida. The spacecraft i n Verne’s story was named the “Columbiad”. The Apol lo II co mmand 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 main idea of this passage is ________.
A. some coincidence of mankind landing onto the moon
B. Verne’s accurate preview of the future
C. the 1969 Apollo II moon mission
D. the 19th century science and technology
