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13-14学年外研八年级下学期Module3试题 Class: 　　 Name: 　　 Marks：　　 （满分100分） 二. 完形填空 (10分) 先通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 阅读理解 (20分) 阅读下列材料，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 　　　B Venus (金星) is only a little smaller than the earth, about 95% of the earth’s diameter (直径) and 80% of the earth’s mass (质量). The word Venus means the goddess of love and beauty in Greek. We name the planet so probably because it is one of the brightest planets we have known by now. We human beings have known Venus for a long time. It is the brightest thing in the sky except the sun and the moon. Venus reaches its maximum (最大的) brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, and is often thought of as the Morning Star or as the Evening Star. A lot of observation of Venus was important to Copernicus’s heliocentric theory (日心说) of the solar system. In 1962 scientists sent the first spacecraft (宇宙飞船) to explore Venus. So far there have been more than 20 and we will know more about Venus in the future. ( )31. What’s Venus like? A. It’s bigger and heavier than the earth. B. It’s smaller and brighter than the moon. C. It’s bigger and lighter than the sun. D. It’s smaller and lighter than the earth. ( )32. What does the word “Venus” mean in Greek? A. The goddess of love and beauty. B. The morning star. C. The evening star. D. The center of the solar system. ( )33. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Venus is not a planet. B. Venus is the brightest in the sky. C. Venus is in the solar system. D. People have never sent a spacecraft to Venus. ( )34. What does the underlined word “obser-vation” mean in Chinese? A. 理论 B. 观察 C. 学说 D. 作品 ( )35. Scientists sent the first spacecraft to Venus in 　　　. A. 2012 B. 1942 C. 1962 D. 1982 四. 词汇运用 (10分) A. 根据句意及首字母提示补全单词。 36. Columbus d　　　　 America. 37. Armstrong (阿姆斯特朗) was the first astronaut to walk on the m　　　　. 38. We all know that it is i　　　　 for people to get to the sun. 39. I can’t go out to play because I haven’t