2018年4月8日 每周一测——《每日一题》2017-2018学年高一英语人教必修3.doc

2018年月日 I. 阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项 Scientists now believe there are some things in the sky that we will never see. We won’t see them with the biggest telescope in the world, on the clearest night of the year. That’s because they are unseen. They are the mysterious dead stars called black holes. You might find it hard to imagine that stars die. After all, our sun is a star. Year after year we see it up in the sky, burning brightly, giving us heat and light. The sun certainly doesn’t seem to be getting old or weak. But stars do burn out and die after billions of years. As the star’s gases burn, they give off light and heat. But when the gases run out, the star stops burning and begins to die. As the star cools, the outer layers of the star pull in toward the center. The star pushes into a smaller and smaller ball. Imagine if the earth were crushed (挤压) until it was the size of a tiny marble (玻璃弹子). That’s how tightly this dead star, a black hole, is packed. What pulls the star in toward its center with such power? It’s gravity. A black hole is so tightly packed that its gravity sucks in (吸进) everything — even light. The light from a black hole can never come back to your eyes. That’s why you see nothing but blackness. 1. Which of the following can explain how the star dies? A. As the gases run out, it cools down. B. As it hits other stars, it crashes. C. As it sucks in too much light, it explodes. D. As it gets hotter and hotter, it explodes. 2. The underlined word ＂mysterious＂ in Paragraph 1 probably means ________. A. ordinary B. bright C. strange D. common 3. Which of the following is NOT a fact? A. Black holes are dead stars. B. Black holes have gravity. C. The dead stars are tightly packed. D. The sun won’t die even after billions of years. 4. What happens after a star dies? A. It becomes invisible. B. It falls to the earth. C. It burns up all of its gases. D. It becomes brighter and easier to see. B A walk in a farmers’ market often brin