上海市九年级英语下册阅读理解之地球和太空（12篇）
Passage 1
In 1901，H.G.Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explorers landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed their surprise to the “moon people” they met. In turn, the “moon people” expressed their surprise. “Why,” they asked, “are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”
H.G.Wells could only imagine travel to the moon. In 1969, human beings really did land on the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.
Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities, such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The “Channel”，a tunnel connecting England and France, is now complete.
But what about underground cities？Japan’s Taisei Corporation is designing a net work of underground systems, called “Alice Cities”. The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome would cover the whole city.
Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space. The space, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness. H.G.Wells “moon people” would agree. Would you?
1. The explorers in H. G. Well’s story were surprised to find that the “moon people” ．
A. knew so much about the earth
B. understood their language
C. lived in so many underground cities
D. were ahead of them in space technology
2. What does the underlined word “it”（paragraph 2）refer to? ______.
A. Discovering the moon’s inner space
B. Using the earth’s inner space
C. Meeting the “moon people” again
D. Traveling to outer space
3. What sort of underground system are already here with us? _______.
A. Offices, shopping areas, power stations
B.Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas
C. Gardens, car parks, power stations
D.Tunnels, gardens, offices
4. The word “wilderness” in the last paragraph means ______ ．
A. wildlife
B. poor districts
C. desert
D. an area that is not allowed to build on
5. What would be the best title for the text? _______
A. Alice Cities—Cities of the Future
B. Space Travel with H.G.Wells
C. Enjoy Living Underground
D. Building Down, not Up
参考答案; CBBD
Passage 2
From far out in space, Earth looks like a blue ball. Since water covers three-fourths of the Earth’s surface, blue is the color we see most. The continents look brown, like small islands floating in the huge, blue sea. White clouds cover around the Earth like a light blanket. The Earth is shaped like a sphere, or a ball. It is 25,000 miles around! It would take more than a year to walk around the whole planet. A spaceship can fly around the widest part of the sphere in only 90 minutes.
Even though spaceships have traveled to the Moon, people cannot visit the Moon without special suits. The Moon has no air or water. Plants and animals can’t live there either. Astronauts first landed on the Moon in 1969. After that, there were six more trips to the Moon. They brought back Moon rocks, which scientists are still studying. There are holes, or craters, all over the Moon’s surface. Scientists believe that meteorites（陨石）smashed into the Moon millions of years ago and formed the craters.
The Sun is the closest star to Earth. A star is a hot ball of burning gas. The Sun looks very big because it is so close. But the Sun is just a medium-sized star. Billions of far-away stars
are much bigger than our Sun. The burning gases from the Sun are so hot that they warm the Earth from 93 million miles away! Even though the Sun is always shining, the night here on Earth is dark. That’s because the Earth rotates, or turns around, every 24 hours. During the day, the Earth faces the Sun.
Then we see light. During the night, the Earth turns away from the Sun. Then it faces the darkness of space.
Each day we learn more about the Earth, the Moon and the Sun.
1.When we look at the Earth from outer space, the color we see most is blue because ________ .
A. most of the Earth is covered in land
B. the Sun’s rays make the Earth look blue
C. most of the Earth is covered in water
D. clouds wrap around the Earth
2. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “smashed” in the second paragraph?
A. crashed
B. made
C. broke
D. got
3.What causes daylight on Earth?
A. The full Moon causes daylight.
B. Daylight is caused by the Earth facing away from the Sun.
C. The heat of the Sun’s rays causes daylight.
D. Daylight is caused by the Earth facing toward the Sun.
4.Which of the following sentences BEST describes the Sun?
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