Question

When you look at the sky at night, the moon looks bigger than the stars. Actually, the moon is much smaller than the stars and the sun. It’s much smaller than the earth. But the moon is much closer to us than any star. That is why it looks so big. If you hold a coin close to your eye, it looks big. If you look at it across the moon, it looks small.
The moon moves around the earth. It makes one trip in about four weeks. The moon looks flat to us. But it is a round ball, like the earth.
People once thought the moon had fire on it. They thought the fire made it bright. Now we know the moon is like a mirror. It gets its light from the sun.
Our sunlight comes from the sun, too. What is the sun? The sun is a star. The stars we can see have their own light. There are many big stars we cannot see. Their light had burned out. Others are still bright, but they are so far away that we cannot see them. The sun looks bigger and much brighter than other stars because it is the nearest of all stars. The sun and the other stars we see are very hot, but the air around us saves us from the heat of the sun.
The sun gives us light and warmth. It makes plants grow and turns leaves green. It makes life possible on our earth. It is a life giving star.
小題1: It takes _______ for the moon to go around the earth.

A．more than a week

B．nearly a month

C．half a year

D．more than a year

小題2: The moon is bright because _______.

A．there is some fire on it	B．it is near the sun, too
C．there is a big mirror on it	D．it can get light from the sun

小題3: The passage tells us _______.

A．the sun is not the biggest star	B．the sun is bigger than any other star
C．only the sun can shine	D．the sun is one of the farthest stars to us

小題4: Why do we call the sun "a life giving star"?

A．Because it gives us warmth.

B．Because there are some living things on it.

C．Because plants and animals can’t live without it.

D．Because people have to live in the dark without it.

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C

小題1:本文第二段前兩句為The moon moves around the earth. It makes one trip in about four weeks.意思為月球繞地球要花費四周的時間，也就是幾乎1個月的時間，故本題選B。
小題2:本文第三段最后一句為It gets its light from the sun，意思為月亮從太陽那里得到光，所以月亮是明亮的，故本題選D。
小題3:本文第四段有一句The sun looks bigger and much brighter than other stars because it is the nearest of all stars.所表示的含義為太陽不是最大的，故本題選A。
小題4:本文最后一段的含義為太陽給我們提供了光和溫度，沒有它，動植物都無法生存，故本題選C。