单选题
Long, long ago people thought the sun went around the earth. In some countries, people said that sun was a god (神). They thought that he drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. But now we know the earth goes around the sun. Today men know how far it is for the earth to go around the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over 1,000 miles a minute on its way around the sun. The sun is really a star. It is much bigger than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon, but we know that no one can ever get to the sun. It is too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is 300,000 times heavier than the earth and more than a million (百万) times larger.
单选题
In some countries, people _______ the sun to be a god, riding a golden horse.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 文中第一段提到，过去在有些国家，人们认为太阳是一个神，骑着一匹金马。 thought the sun to be a god：认为太阳是个神。
单选题
From the text, we know that the sun is a star, isn't it?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 文中提到：The sun is really a star. 太阳的确是一颗恒星。
单选题
The sun is bigger than _______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 文中提到：It is much bigger than the earth...，可以推断出太阳比月球大，但不能说比其他恒星都大，其他恒星有的比太阳大有得比太阳小。
单选题
Why can't people live in the sun? Because _______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 人类不能居住在太阳上是因为太阳的温度太高：It is too hot for people to live any where near it.