2018年9月PETS2阅读理解试题

Astronomy is the oldest science known to man. Thousands of years ago man looked at the stars and wondered about the heavens. But man was limited by what he could see with his eyes alone.

The Greeks studied astronomy over 2,000 years ago. They could see the size, color, and brightness of a star. They could see its place in the sky. They watched the stars move as the seasons changed. But the Greeks had no tools to help themselves study the heavens.

Each new tool added to the field of astronomy helped man reach out into space. They did not know that the planet called Saturn(土星) had rings around it. Their sight was so limited that they could not see all the planets. In the early 1700s, people thought there were only six planets. Nepture(海王星), the last of eight planets to be discovered, was not seen until 1846.

Before the spectroscope(分光镜), man did not know what kind of gases was in the sun or other stars. Without the radio telescope, we didn’t know that radio noises came from far out in space.

Today, astronomy is a growing science. We had learned more in the last fifty years than in the whole history of astronomy.

小题1:. Thousands of years ago, people observed the stars with the limitation of their _____.A.eyesightB.land

C.wealthD.knowledge

小题2:. When the Greeks watched the stars, they could ____ .A.know what the stars were made of

B.not see their places in the sky

C.help themselves study the heavens

D.watch the stars move as the seasons changed

小题3:. Until there were ____, man knew very little about the moon.A.telescopesB.spectroscopes

C.radio telescopesD.spaceships

小题4:. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?A.Astronomy is the oldest science that humans have known.

B.Astronomy is developing fast with the help of technology.

C.In the early 1700s, people didn’t know the existence of Neptune.

D.Over 2,000 years ago, the Greeks knew the planet Saturn had rings around it.

小题5:. This passage mainly talks about _____.A.tools used in astronomy

B.the development of astronomy in the last 50 years

C.Greeks’ achievements in astronomy

D.new tools and the development of astronomy

参考答案及解析

小题1:A

小题2:D

小题3:A

小题4:D

小题5:D

试题分析: 本文讲述的是随着高新工具的发明天文学的发展。

小题1:A细节理解题。通过第一段 But man was limited by what he could see with his eyes alone.可知几千 年前，人类仅通过肉眼观察星空，故是受eyesight的限制。故A正确

小题2:D细节理解题。通过第二自然段They watched the stars move as the seasons changed. 可知当希腊看 星空时，他们能够观测到星星随着季节的变化而移动。故D正确

小题3:A细节理解题。通过第三自然段Until there were telescopes, man knew little about the moon. 可知道 直到有望远镜，人们才了解月球。故A正确

小题4:D判断正误题。通过第三自然段They did not know that the planet called Saturn(土星) had rings around it. 可知D项的表述是不对的，当时希腊人根本不知道土星可以绕月球转。故D正确

小题5:D文章主旨题。由首尾两段可得出本文章主要讲的是观测星空的新工具以及天文学的发展。故D 正确