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【題目】 Usually, the Full Moon shines brightly all night long, lighting homes, trees, cities, and fields. Sometimes, though, a strange event happens. The Full Moon turns dark in a lunar eclipse. Lunar means “about the Moon”, and an eclipse is a blocking(遮蔽) of light.

A lunar eclipse often impresses people so much because the Moon is bright and nearby. It is the closest heavenly body(天體) to Earth. When the Moon turns dark, we notice! It’s closer to us than Mars or any other planet, and closer than the Sun or any other star. On average, the Moon is 239,000 miles away from Earth’s center. The Sun is almost 400 times farther.

What causes a lunar eclipse? The first key is that the Sun makes light, but the Moon doesn’t. When you see the Moon shining at night, you’re seeing sunlight bouncing off(反射) the Moon.

The second key is that the Moon, which is smaller than Earth, goes around us about once a month. Once a month, the moon is on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun. Then the Sun fully lights the side of the Moon that we see. We call this event a Full Moon. That’s when the Moon shines brightest.

The third key is that, during a lunar eclipse, Earth gets in the way. When you go outside on a sunny day, your body blocks some of the sunlight and casts a shadow(投射影子) over things that lie on the opposite side of you from the Sun. Earth also casts a shadow, and sometimes it falls on the Moon. Then we have a lunar eclipse.

A lunar eclipse happens only during a Full Moon, since that’s the only time when Earth is between the Sun and the Moon. Usually, though, there’s no eclipse because the Full Moon passes above or below Earth’s shadow.

閱讀以上信息，用恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~完成下面的短文，每空一詞。

The article introduces “l(fā)unar eclipse” to us. First it tells us the 【1】 of “l(fā)unar eclipse”. Then it explains why people love watching a moon eclipse. On one hand, the changing of its 【2】 catches people’s attention. On the other hand, it’s easier for people to enjoy a moon eclipse because among the 【3】, the moon is the closest to the earth.

At last, the article shows three keys cause a lunar eclipse. The first key is that the sunlight is seen bouncing off the Moon at night. The second key is that there should be a full Moon. The third key is that the 【4】 casts a shadow over the moon. In a word, a lunar eclipse happens only during a Full Moon, since that’s the only time when the Sun, the earth and the Moon are in a 【5】.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】meaning

【2】light/color

【3】planets

【4】Earth

【5】line

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，向讀者科普了一種常見的天文現(xiàn)象——月食。

【1】

根據(jù)原文Lunar means “about the Moon”, and an eclipse is a blocking(遮蔽) of light可知，文章首先科普了月食的定義�？崭裉帒�(yīng)填入意為“意思”的名詞meaning，故答案為meaning。

【2】

根據(jù)原文When the Moon turns dark, we notice可知，當(dāng)月亮的光線（或顏色）發(fā)生變化時(shí)，人們都會(huì)察覺到。空格處應(yīng)填入意為“光線（或顏色）”的名詞light/ color，故答案為light/ color。

【3】

根據(jù)原文It is the closest heavenly body(天體) to Earth可知，月球是離地球最近的一個(gè)行星。空格處應(yīng)填入意為“行星”的復(fù)數(shù)名詞planets，故答案為planets。

【4】

根據(jù)原文The third key is that, during a lunar eclipse, Earth gets in the way … Earth also casts a shadow, and sometimes it falls on the Moon. Then we have a lunar eclipse可知，形成月食的關(guān)鍵是之一是地球投射到月球上的陰影�？崭裉帒�(yīng)填入意為“地球”的專有名詞Earth，故答案為Earth。

【5】

根據(jù)原文A lunar eclipse happens only during a Full Moon, since that’s the only time when Earth is between the Sun and the Moon可知，月食只發(fā)生在滿月期間，因?yàn)橹挥写藭r(shí)太陽(yáng)、地球、月亮的位置在一條直線上。空格處應(yīng)填入意為“線條”的名詞line，故答案為line。