Astronomy is the oldest science known to man. Thousands of years ago man looked at the stars and wondered about the heavens. But man was limited by what he could see with his eyes alone.
The Greeks studied astronomy over 2,000 years ago. They could see the size, color, and brightness of a star. They could see its place in the sky. They watched the stars move as the seasons changed. But the Greeks had no tools to help themselves study the heavens.
Each new tool added to the field of astronomy helped man reach out into space. They did not know that the planet called Saturn(土星) had rings around it. Their sight was so limited that they could not see all the planets. In the early 1700s, people thought there were only six planets. Nepture(海王星), the last of eight planets to be discovered, was not seen until 1846.
Before the spectroscope(分光鏡), man did not know what kind of gases was in the sun or other stars. Without the radio telescope, we didn’t know that radio noises came from far out in space.
Today, astronomy is a growing science. We had learned more in the last fifty years than in the whole history of astronomy.
【小題1】. Thousands of years ago, people observed the stars with the limitation of their _____.

A．eyesight B．land
C．wealth D．knowledge
【小題2】. When the Greeks watched the stars, they could ____ .
A．know what the stars were made of
B．not see their places in the sky
C．help themselves study the heavens
D．watch the stars move as the seasons changed
【小題3】. Until there were ____, man knew very little about the moon.
A．telescopes B．spectroscopes
C．radio telescopes D．spaceships
【小題4】. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A．Astronomy is the oldest science that humans have known.
B．Astronomy is developing fast with the help of technology.
C．In the early 1700s, people didn’t know the existence of Neptune.
D．Over 2,000 years ago, the Greeks knew the planet Saturn had rings around it.
【小題5】. This passage mainly talks about _____.
A．tools used in astronomy
B．the development of astronomy in the last 50 years
C．Greeks’ achievements in astronomy
D．new tools and the development of astronomy


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】D
【小題5】D

解析試題分析: 本文講述的是隨著高新工具的發(fā)明天文學(xué)的發(fā)展。
【小題1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通過第一段 But man was limited by what he could see with his eyes alone.可知幾千 年前，人類僅通過肉眼觀察星空，故是受eyesight的限制。故A正確
【小題2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通過第二自然段They watched the stars move as the seasons changed. 可知當(dāng)希臘看 星空時(shí)，他們能夠觀測到星星隨著季節(jié)的變化而移動。故D正確
【小題3】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通過第三自然段Until there were telescopes, man knew little about the moon. 可知道 直到有望遠(yuǎn)鏡，人們才了解月球。故A正確
【小題4】D判斷正誤題。通過第三自然段They did not know that the planet called Saturn(土星) had rings around  it. 可知D項(xiàng)的表述是不對的，當(dāng)時(shí)希臘人根本不知道土星可以繞月球轉(zhuǎn)。故D正確
【小題5】D文章主旨題。由首尾兩段可得出本文章主要講的是觀測星空的新工具以及天文學(xué)的發(fā)展。故D 正確
考點(diǎn)：科技說明文閱讀。

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