单选题 Now that man has actually landed on the surface of the moon, he has learned many new things about it. But one thing man knew before he ever reached the moon was that there was no life on it.
There is no atmosphere on the moon. The lack of air means that the moon is not protected from any of the sun's rays. The sun sends out heat and light radiation (辐射). Life on the earth depends on heat and light. But the sun also sends out dangerous kinds of radiation. The earth's atmosphere protects us from most of them. On the moon, however, there is no atmosphere to stop the radiation. All the sun's rays beat down on the surface of the moon.
Because there is no atmosphere, the moon's surface is either extremely hot or extremely cold. As the moon circles around the earth, the side of it that is lighted up by the sun becomes very hot. The temperature there reaches more than 300 degrees Fahrenheit (华氏温度). This is hotter than boiling water. The hot lunar day lasts two weeks. It is followed by a night that is also two weeks long. At night the temperature drops to about 260 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. "This is more than twice as cold as temperatures reached at the earth's South Pole. Under these conditions, no form of life that we know of here on the earth could exist on the moon.

单选题 Which of the following would be the best title for this text?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精解] 主旨题。题干意为“下列哪一项是本篇文章最好的题目?”本文介绍了月球上各种极端的环境,解释月球不适合人类居住的原因,所以本题的正确答案为D。
单选题 The underlined word "lunar" ( Line 4, Para. 3) probably means something about ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精解] 释义题。题干意为“划线单词lunar很可能与什么有关?”在The hot lunar day lasts two weeks. 这句话之前,作者一直在说月球的表层温度,所以这句话是接上文继续讲月球的。本题的正确答案为D。
单选题 How cold can it be on the earth's South Pole?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精解] 推理题。题干意为“在地球上的南极有多冷?”文章的最后一段倒数第二、三句话说“晚上月球的温度能降到华氏零下260度左右。这个温度要比地球南极上的温度低两倍多。”可知,这一温度数值是地球温度数值的三倍。经过简单计算,选项中与此最接近的是华氏零下75度。所以本题的正确答案为A。