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Men have always wondered about the earth they live on and about the ①_____ above them.
When early men looked at the night sky, they asked themselves a lot of questions. They looked at the moon, and wondered what this strange bright object in the sky was. They did not understand why it changed its shape from night to night. They looked at the stars and planets. They also wondered why some of them changed their positions, while others did not.
他们也思考地球的形状。 Most early people believed the earth was flat.
In different parts of the world, there were different ideas about the universe. The ancient Greeks were the first people to study the universe(宇宙) more scientifically. In the sixth century BC Pythagoras put forward the idea that the world was round. However, he could not explain why people at the bottom of the world did not fall off.
It was not until the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that scientists found the answers to some important questions. ④With the help of Galileo’s telescope, people could see the sky more clearly, and find the positions of the stars and planets. Finally in 1665, Isaac Newton explained to the world what gravity (重力) was and people at last understood why they did not fall off the earth.
小题1:在文中①处填写一个单词,使得句意完整、上下文通顺。___________________ ( 1分)
小题2:将文中②句翻译成英语。
______________________________________________________________(shape) (2分)
小题3:将文中③句翻译成汉语。
_________________________________________________________________________ (2分)
小题4:写出文中④句的同义句,每空限填一词。(2分)
Galileo’s telescope made ________ __________ for people to see the sky more clearly, and to find the positions of the stars and planets.

小题1:sky
小题2:They also thought about the shape of the earth(too,as well)
小题3:世界的不同地方存在着对宇宙的不同想法。
小题4:it possible

试题分析:这篇短文主要介绍了人类总是想知道他们赖以生存的地球和头上的天空。对于地球的形状,月球的圆缺等等人们一直有疑惑。直到16,17世纪人们才逐渐找到了答案。
小题1:根据上下文意思,人类总是想知道他们赖以生存的地球和头上的天空,故填sky
小题2:think about ,思考,故填They also thought about the shape of the earth(too,as well)
小题3:there be ,有,存在,故填世界的不同地方存在着对宇宙的不同想法。
小题4:it代替动词不定式做形式宾语,故填it possible
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