廣東中考英語閱讀練習原文

　　Thus, if we want to be honest, we can’t say, “The stars are shining tonight.” We have to sayinstead, “The stars look pretty. They were shining four years ago, but their light has only justreached the earth.”

　　廣東中考英語閱讀練習題目

　　1. Light speed is ______ sound speed

　　A. as fast as B. a million times slower than

　　C. about millions of times faster than D. about a million times faster than

　　2. If you stand 200 metres away from a man who is firing a gun to start a race, you will findout that ______.

　　A. you can hear the sound before you see the smoke B. the sound does not travel as fast aslight

　　C. the sound will reach you before the man fires D. sound travels about a million timesfaster than light

　　3. Sunlight obviously (明顯地) ______ than the light of the moon

　　A. has to travel a greater distance B. moves less quickly

　　C. travels much more quickly D. is less powerful(有力的)

　　4. The scientific way of saying "The stars are shining tonight" should be ______.

　　A. the stars have been shining all the time B. the stars seen tonight will shine four yearslater

　　C. the stars were shining long ago but seen tonight D. the starlight seen today could beseen four years ago

　　廣東中考英語閱讀練習答案

　　1. D 事實細節題。由第1段第1句可知。

　　2. B 推理判斷題。由第1段最后一句推出。

　　3. A 推理判斷題。由第2段的第2句(太陽光到達地球需要8分鐘) 和第3句(月光到達地球僅需1.3秒) 可推出(太陽光走過的距離明顯遠于月光)。

　　4. C 推理判斷題。由最后一段的最后一句They were shining four years ago, but their light hasonly just reached the earth可推出。