2010-2023历年江苏省无锡市崇安区初三下学期期中考试英语试卷（带解析）.docxVIP

2010-2023历年江苏省无锡市崇安区初三下学期期中考试英语试卷（带解析）

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一.参考题库(共25题)

1.Comets(彗星)arepartsofoursolarsystem.Liketheplanets,theygoaroundthesun.

Butcometsarenotmadeofsolidrockslikeplanets.Acometisaballofdust,stones,andice.Manypeoplecallcometsdirtysnowballs.

The“snowball”maybeonlyafewmilesacross.Butwhenthesunheatsthe“snowball,”muchofitischangedtogases.Thegasesspreadoutandformthecomet’shead,whichmaybethousandsofmilesacross.

Acometmovesfastinitstriparoundthesun.Butwhenweseeit,thecometdoesnotseemtomove.That’sbecauseitissofaraway.Themoonmovesfast,butwhenyoulookatit,youcan’tseeanymotion(运动).That’sbecausethemoonisfaraway.

Eachyearastronomers(天文学家)discovernewcomets.Someofthemareseenonlyonce.Theymakeonetriparoundthesunandthengoawayoutintospace.Thesun’sgravitycannotholdthem.

Othercomets,likeHalley,keepreturning.Theyhavebeencapturedbythesun.Halley’searliestvisitwasprobably3,000yearsago.Itmaykeepreturningforanother3,000years.

Buteverytimeacometgoesaroundthesun,thecometlosespartofitself.Gasesanddustarepulledoutofthecomet.That’swhyHalleyisnowdimmer（暗淡的）thanitusedtobe.Nexttimeitvisitsus,in2062,itmaybeevendimmer.Eachvisititmaygetdimmeranddimmer,untilitfinallydisappears.

【小题1】Whatisthispassagemostlyabout?

A．Cometsandthesun.

B．Whycometsarelikesnowballs.

C．Whodiscoveredthefirstcomet.

D．Factsaboutcomets.

【小题2】Howdoesthewriterhelpthereaderunderstandwhatacometlookslike?

A．Bytellingaboutafamousone.

B．Byexplaininghowfarawayitis.

C．Bydescribinghowfastitmoves.

D．Bydescribingitasadirtysnowball.

【小题3】Whatisthemostlikelyreasonthewriterwrotethispassage?

A．Togiveinformationaboutcomets.

B．Totellreadersaboutfamouscomets.

C．Toexplaintheimportanceofcomets.

D．Toencouragereaderstolookforcomets.

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