A meteor(隕星) that exploded over Russia’s Ural mountains and sent burning to earth has set off a rush to find fragments of the space rock which hunters hope could fetch thousands of dollars a piece.
Friday’s explosion and following shockwave shattered windows, injured almost 1200 people and caused about $33 million worth of damage, said local authorities.
It also started a “meteorite rush” around the industrial city of Chelyabinsk,where groups of people have started combing through the snow and ice.
“The price is hard to say yet… The fewer meteorites that are discovered, the higher their price is.” Said Dmitry Kachkalin, a member of the Russian Society of Amateur Meteorite Lovers.
Meteorites are parts of a meteor that have fallen to earth.
Scientists at the Urals Federal University were the first to announce a significant find-53 small, stony, black objects around Lake Chebarkul, near Chelyabinsk, which tests confirmed were small meteorites.
The fragments were only 0.5 to 1 cm across but the scientists said larger pieces may have crashed into the lake, where a crater in the ice about eight metres wide opened up after Friday’s explosion.
“We just completed tests and confirm that the pieces of matter found by our experts around Lake Chebarkul are really meteorites.” said Viktor Grokhovsky, a scientist with the Urals Federal University and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Many other people were in the area just hoping to find a meteorite after what was described by scientists as a once-in-a-century event.
Residents of a village near Chelyabinsk searched the snowy streets, collecting stones they hoped prove to be the real thing. But not all were ready to sell.
“I will keep it. Why sell it? I didn’t have a rich lifestyle before, so why start now?” a woman in a woollen hat and winter jacket, clutching a small black pebble(小圓石), told state television.
The Internet was filled quickly with advertisements from eager hunters hoping to sell what they said were meteorites - some for as little as 1,000 roubles ($33.18).
One seller of a large, silver-hued rock wrote in an advertisement:” Selling an unusual rock. It may be a piece of meteorite. It may be a bit of a UFO. It may be a piece of a rocket!”
【小題1】According to the passage, lots of people rushed to find meteorites for_____.
| A．fun | B．money |
| C．research | D．fame |
| A．striking hard |
| B．enjoying the happiness of |
| C．searching carefully |
| D．making a place tidy and clean |
| A．The price of meteorites will be very high without doubt. |
| B．A meteor exploded over Russia’s Ural mountains on Friday. |
| C．All meteorites hunters want to sell what they found and become rich. |
| D．People from all across Russia have rushed to Ural mountains to find meteorites. |
| A．How to identity a meteorite |
| B．To sell or to keep your meteorite |
| C．Meteorite rush around Chelyabinsk |
| D．Meteor explosion caused great damage |
【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】C
解析試題分析：這篇文章介紹在俄羅斯的烏拉爾一塊隕石的爆炸引起人們?cè)谲嚴(yán)镅刨e斯克地區(qū)尋找隕石的熱潮
【小題1】推理題：根據(jù)第三段和第四段的內(nèi)容：It also started a “meteorite rush” around the industrial city of Chelyabinsk,… “The price is hard to say yet… The fewer meteorites that are discovered, the higher their price is.可知很多人尋找隕石是為了錢，所以選B。
【小題2】猜詞題；根據(jù)第三段的句子：It also started a “meteorite rush” around the industrial city of Chelyabinsk, “combing through”是“仔細(xì)尋找”的意思，所以選C。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第一段和第二段的內(nèi)容，可知星期五，一塊隕石在俄羅斯的烏拉爾爆炸，所以選B。
【小題4】標(biāo)題確定題：這篇文章介紹在俄羅斯的烏拉爾一塊隕石的爆炸引起人們?cè)谲嚴(yán)镅刨e斯克地區(qū)尋找隕石的熱潮，所以選C。
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| A．You have the ability to earn more money. |
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| C．You are quite content with your life. |
| D．You have the ability to get along with others in various situations. |
| A．The passage mainly tells us something about the friendship. |
| B．Friends plays an more important part in our daily life than anything else. |
| C．Friends are currency. |
| D．Friends give you success. |
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| A．Some birds fly high. |
| B．A rainbow appears in the morning. |
| C．The sunset is mostly red in colour. |
| D．Fogs appear in the morning just above a river. |
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| C．Weather is forecasted only by eyes and brains. |
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| A．To test out different kinds of cues. |
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| C．To work out the best New Year's resolution. |
| D．To motivate yourself with satisfactory rewards. |
| A．The Harry Potter poster. |
| B．Reading 30 pages of an English novel. |
| C．An English newspaper. |
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