2014高考英语阅读理解基础全程训练（十八）及答案.docVIP

2014高考英语阅读理解基础全程训练（18）及答案 较难题目特训：科普知识类 In the long discussion of water on the Moon, a new study contradicts (与……相矛盾) some recent reports that say the Moon had water at the time of its formation. A group of researchers reports in the journal Science that when the Moon was created, some 4. 5 billion years ago, there was not much hydrogen (氢气) on it, and therefore no water. The researchers surveyed and evaluated this by analyzing chlorine isotopes found in lunar rock samples from Apollo missions. The range of chlorine (氯) isotopes in lunar samples was 25 times that found in samples from Earth. “If the Moon had significant levels of hydrogen, as Earth did, this range would have been far less,” said Zachary D. Sharp, a scientist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the study’s lead author. “The chlorine would have stuck together with hydrogen, forming compounds like hydrogen chloride, and escaped from the Moon’s surface,”he said. The abundance of chlorine indicates a lack of hydrogen and water. “The amount of water on the Moon was way too low for life to have ever have possibly have existed there,” he said. Most scientists believe the Moon was formed when a large object struck Earth, breaking off a chunk (a vast piece) that has since orbited Earth. On Earth, goes one theory, water was released as steam from molten basalts (玄武岩) over time, eventually forming bodies of water. “An understanding of whether the Moon was dry or wet will help us understand how water appeared on Earth,” Dr. Sharp said. 1. A new study indicates that　　　on the moon. A. there is plenty of water B. water is unlikely to exist C. water existed in the past D. there is a little water now 2. The author would like to tell us　　　through the sixth paragraph. A. why there is no water on the Moon B. how the Moon was formed C. when the Earth struck the Moon D. where the Moon orbited 3. What does the underlined word “this” stand for in the second paragraph? A. Neither hydrogen nor w