Passage Three
Of all the stars the sun is the nearest to the earth. Millions of other stars are even bigger and brighter than the sun. They look small only because they are much father away. You can’t see them in the daytime. But if you go out at night, you’ll be able to see thousands of them.
The earth is one of the sun’s planets, and the moon is the nearest to the earth in space, and men have visited it already. No man has traveled farther than the moon, but spaceships without people have reached other planets.
Many countries have sent up man-made satellites to circle the earth. With their help, people have done much research in many fields of science. Our countries sometimes have sent up manmade satellites to send and receive TV programs. This has helped the people of China and other countries to understand each other better.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What do we learn about the sun?
33. Which planet have some people reached?
34. What can we do because of the manmade satellites?
35. What do we learn from the passage?
32. 【答案】B)
【解析】细节题。见第一段第一句，所有的恒星中太阳是离地球最近的一个。
33. 【答案】A)
【解析】细节题。见第二段第二句，没有人到达过比月球更远的地方，但人造卫星到达了其他的星球。
34. 【答案】C)
【解析】 总结题。见第三段第二句和最后一句，由此可总结人造卫星既可以帮人们展开研究，也可以增进人们之间的了解。
35. 【答案】A)
【解析】 细节题。见第二段第一句，“The earth is one of the sun’s planets”，由此可知，地球是一个行星。
