練習(xí):
1. The Sun’s gravity is too weak to keep its plasma from flowing to the Earth.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
2. The Earth is quite safe with a magnetic field surrounding it to protect it from the attack by the solar wind.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
3. Some scientists are worrying about the possible disappearance of the Earth’s protective magnetic field in the future.
A.Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
4. The auroras are formed when the electrons falling into the Earth’s atmosphere at the poles and colliding with gas molecules in the atmosphere.
A.Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
5. You cannot see the Northern Lights unless you are in Alaska or Canada.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
6. Tens of thousands of tourists take special trips to Norway and Sweden every year to watch the Northern Lights.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
7. An aurora is generally close to the ground and is very long and thick.
A.Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
答案與題解:
1. B 題句的意思是:太陽的重力太弱,等離子逃離太陽,流向地球。這一說法與短文第一段第一、二句表達(dá)的內(nèi)容不符。句子表達(dá)的重點(diǎn)不是太陽的重力太弱,而是太陽太熱,其活動(dòng)又太劇烈,造成等離子逃離太陽,流向地球。所以,答案是選項(xiàng)B。
2. A 題句說地球相當(dāng)安全,因?yàn)橛写艌?chǎng)在高空包圍著地球,將太陽風(fēng)擋在地球大氣層外面。題句表達(dá)的意思與短文第二段第一句傳遞的信息相符。雖然短文中沒有用safe這個(gè)詞,但是“don’t worry because a protective magnetic field surrounds our planet”包含了safe這層意思,所以選項(xiàng)A是答案。
3. C 題句說,有些科學(xué)家擔(dān)心包圍地球起防護(hù)作用的磁場(chǎng)有一天會(huì)消失。短文中找不到這一信息,所以答案是C。
4. A 短文第二、三段解釋極光的成因。當(dāng)強(qiáng)大的太陽風(fēng)侵入地球磁場(chǎng),磁場(chǎng)的磁力線會(huì)斷開和閉合,等離子流的電子進(jìn)入大氣層,流向極地上空,與大氣層的氣體分子發(fā)生碰撞,發(fā)出極光。題句表達(dá)的意思與短文介紹的極光成因相符,所以答案是A。
5. B 題句的說法明顯與短文第三段的敘述不符。第四段介紹說,當(dāng)在太陽風(fēng)暴達(dá)到峰的期間,明亮的北極光甚至在位于極南面的佛羅里達(dá)州乃至墨西哥都能看到。所以答案是B。
6. C 題句說,每年有幾萬游客專程前往挪威和瑞典觀看北極光。短文中找不到這一內(nèi)容所以答案是C。
7. B 題句說極光通常很接近地面,又長又厚。這一說法有兩點(diǎn)與短文第五段的介紹不符。第一點(diǎn),極光不是接近地面,而是“似乎很接近地面(Auroras often seem to be very close to the ground)”,事實(shí)上,最靠近地面的極光離地面也有100公里。第二點(diǎn),極光不厚,“only a few hundred meters thick”。所以答案是B。
1. The Sun’s gravity is too weak to keep its plasma from flowing to the Earth.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
2. The Earth is quite safe with a magnetic field surrounding it to protect it from the attack by the solar wind.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
3. Some scientists are worrying about the possible disappearance of the Earth’s protective magnetic field in the future.
A.Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
4. The auroras are formed when the electrons falling into the Earth’s atmosphere at the poles and colliding with gas molecules in the atmosphere.
A.Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
5. You cannot see the Northern Lights unless you are in Alaska or Canada.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
6. Tens of thousands of tourists take special trips to Norway and Sweden every year to watch the Northern Lights.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
7. An aurora is generally close to the ground and is very long and thick.
A.Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
答案與題解:
1. B 題句的意思是:太陽的重力太弱,等離子逃離太陽,流向地球。這一說法與短文第一段第一、二句表達(dá)的內(nèi)容不符。句子表達(dá)的重點(diǎn)不是太陽的重力太弱,而是太陽太熱,其活動(dòng)又太劇烈,造成等離子逃離太陽,流向地球。所以,答案是選項(xiàng)B。
2. A 題句說地球相當(dāng)安全,因?yàn)橛写艌?chǎng)在高空包圍著地球,將太陽風(fēng)擋在地球大氣層外面。題句表達(dá)的意思與短文第二段第一句傳遞的信息相符。雖然短文中沒有用safe這個(gè)詞,但是“don’t worry because a protective magnetic field surrounds our planet”包含了safe這層意思,所以選項(xiàng)A是答案。
3. C 題句說,有些科學(xué)家擔(dān)心包圍地球起防護(hù)作用的磁場(chǎng)有一天會(huì)消失。短文中找不到這一信息,所以答案是C。
4. A 短文第二、三段解釋極光的成因。當(dāng)強(qiáng)大的太陽風(fēng)侵入地球磁場(chǎng),磁場(chǎng)的磁力線會(huì)斷開和閉合,等離子流的電子進(jìn)入大氣層,流向極地上空,與大氣層的氣體分子發(fā)生碰撞,發(fā)出極光。題句表達(dá)的意思與短文介紹的極光成因相符,所以答案是A。
5. B 題句的說法明顯與短文第三段的敘述不符。第四段介紹說,當(dāng)在太陽風(fēng)暴達(dá)到峰的期間,明亮的北極光甚至在位于極南面的佛羅里達(dá)州乃至墨西哥都能看到。所以答案是B。
6. C 題句說,每年有幾萬游客專程前往挪威和瑞典觀看北極光。短文中找不到這一內(nèi)容所以答案是C。
7. B 題句說極光通常很接近地面,又長又厚。這一說法有兩點(diǎn)與短文第五段的介紹不符。第一點(diǎn),極光不是接近地面,而是“似乎很接近地面(Auroras often seem to be very close to the ground)”,事實(shí)上,最靠近地面的極光離地面也有100公里。第二點(diǎn),極光不厚,“only a few hundred meters thick”。所以答案是B。