2013中考英语复习精品资料超值阅读练习25

第-1-页共2页2013中考英语复习精品资料超值阅读练习25Itseemstousthattheearthstandsquitestill(静止的).Butitisreallymovingallthetime.Itturnsaroundamake-believelinethroughitscenter.Wecallthismake-believelinetheearth’saxis(地轴).Thetwoendsoftheearth’saxisarecalleditspoles(极).Theearthtravelstwenty-fourhoursarounditsaxisonce.Welookatthesunandsayit“travels”acrossthesky,butthesundoesn’treallydoso.Theturningoftheearthmakesusfeelasifthesunweremovingacrossthesky.Wecan’tseethattheearthismovingbecauseeverythingelseontheearthisturningwithus.Astheearthturnsaroundeverytwenty-fourhours,firstonehalffacesthesunandthentheotherhalf.Whenourhalfoftheearthisfacingthesun,wesayitis“day”.Whenourhalfisawayfromthesun,wesayitis“night”.Itistheturningoftheearththattellsuswhentogotobedandwhentogetup.1.Themeaningof“amake-believeline”is“alinethat______”.A.iscalledpoleB.wecan’tseeC.anyonecanseeD.wecanmakeandbelieve2.Ittakestheearth______toturnarounditsaxisonce.A.aweekB.amonthC.12hoursD.24hours3.Usuallywesay,“Thesunrisesintheeastandsetsinthewest.”Infact,thesun_______.A.doesnotmoveB.ismovingallthetimeC.movessometimesD.istooheavytomove4.Wecan’tseetheearthmovingbecause_________.A.theearthstandsstillB.everythingontheearthismovingwithusC.theearthissmallerthanthesunD.theearthgoesonlyatnight5.Whenourpartoftheearthturnsawayfromthesunwehave“______”,andwhenourpartfacesthesunwehave“_____”.A.day;nightB.day;dayC.night;dayD.night;night第-2-页共2页【答案与解析】这是一篇介绍地球的自转、公转以及昼夜的交替等自然现象的成因的短文。借助地理学知识，是不难理解的。1.B。根据句子的意思及地理课上学到的知识，可知地球绕其中心旋转的那条线叫做地轴。这是一条假想的、看不见的东西。故答案是B。2.D。根据“Theearthtravelstwenty-fourhoursarounditsaxisonce.”这个句子可直接选出正确答案。事实上，确切地说，地球自转一周所用的时间是23时48分46秒。3.A。答案就在“…butthesundoesn’treallydoso.Theturningoftheearthmakesusfeelasifthesunweremovingacrossthesky.”这两句话中。选项D迷惑性较大，但是这利用由地理知识来排除。4.B。这是表层理解题，很明显答案在“…becauseeverythingelseontheearthisturningwithus”一句中。5.C。只要理解了“Whenourhalfoftheearthisfacingthesun,wesayitis‘day’.Whenourhalfisawayfromthesun,wesayitis‘night’.”这句话中face的意思，即它在此处用作动词(意思是“对着；面向”)，答案即可迎刃而解。