和“太空探索”有关词汇

陈小将

1969年7月20日是人类首次登上月球的日子，此后每年的7月20日被确立为“人类月球日”，以纪念人类在探索浩瀚宇宙的征途中迈出的重要一步。试做本集《英语小测验》的六道题，测试自己对“太空”相关词汇的掌握。
1. What do we use to look at the stars and planets?
a) microscope
b) macroscope
c) telescope
d) stethoscope
2. When we can’t see the Sun because the Moon gets in the way it’s called an ______.
a) elipse
b) eclipse
c) ellision
d) illusion
3. The area of space where we live is called ______.
a) the Solar System
b) the Earth System
c) the Sun System
d) the Mars System
4. Men and women who go into space are called ______.
a) spacenauts
b) aliens
c) astronauts
d) rocketmen           
5. We send these devices into space and use them, for example, for communications.
a) comets
b) meteors
c) asteroids
d) satellites
6. The International Space Station is ______ around the Earth.
a) in circle
b) in place
c) in orbit
d) in situation           
答案
1) c, 2) b, 3) a, 4) c, 5) d, 6) c.