Have you ever wondered?

   1. Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?

   It can take five hours to go west-east from New York (NY) to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY. The reason for the difference iwS an atmospheric phenomenon (現(xiàn)象) known as the jet (噴射) stream. The jet stream is a very high altitude (髙度) wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic. The planes moving at a constant air speed thus go faster in the west-east direction when they are moving with the wind than in the opposite direction.

    2. What would happen if the gravity (地心引力) on Earth was suddenly turned off?

    Suppose we could magically turn off gravity. Would buildings and other structures (建筑物) float away? What happened would depend on how strongly the things were attached to the Earth. The Earth is moving at quite a speed,moving at over a thousand miles per hour. If you turn something around your head on a string (細(xì)繩) ,it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies off in a straight line. “Switching off” gravity would be like letting go of the string. Things not attached to the Earth would fly off in a straight line. People in buildings would suddenly shoot upwards at a great speed until they hit the ceiling. Most things outside would fly off into space.

() 1. What information can we get from the first passage?

   A. It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly.

   B. Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.

   C. It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY.

   D. The jet stream always blows from the east to the west across the Atlantic.

() 2. The word “shoot” underlined in the 2nd passage probably means “ ”.

   A. send for   B. move quickly   C. come out   D. grow quickly

() 3. It can be inferred that without gravity .

   A. buildings and other structures would float away

   B. trees and buildings would not so easily fly off

   C. something around your head would not float away

   D. everything outside buildings would fly off into space

() 4. Which of the following statements is not mentioned in the passage?

   A. It takes seven hours to travel from London to New York.

   B. The earth is moving at a high speed.

   C. Everything on the earth will float away if there's no gravity.

   D. Everything not attached to the earth would fly off in a straight line.

() 5. Where can we most probably read this text?

   A. In a research paper. B. In a short story. 

    C. In a travel magazine. D. In a student's book.

1. A 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. A

[解析]這篇短文主要通過兩個問題——為什么飛機向西飛行比向東飛行用時間長,如果地球引力突

然消失,會發(fā)生什么事,來告訴我們地球引力對于我們生活的重要作用。

1. A 根據(jù)第一段 The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon known as the jet (噴射) stream.及下文描述,可知選A.

2. B 聯(lián)系下文 at a great speed until they hit the ceiling.可知此處指的是快速移動的意思,故選B.

3. B根據(jù)短文最后一段描述,可知樹木和建筑物由 于與地球相連,故不是能夠很容易的飄走,故選B.

4. C 根據(jù)短文最后一段 Things not attached to the Earth would fly off in a straight line.描述,可知沒 有與地球聯(lián)系的事物會飄走,故選C.

5. A這篇短文主要探討了地球引力的問題,故最 有可能來自一篇研究論文,故選A.

題目來源:201年閱讀空間英語閱讀理解與完形填空九年級 > PASSAGE C閱讀理解

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