单选题 When the Americans were getting ready to (41) their first men to the moon, an old Irishman was watching them on TV in a restaurant.
There was an Englishman in the restaurant, (42) . And he said to the Irishman, "The Americans are very clever, (43) they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It's a very long way (44) our world."
"Oh, that's (45) . "The Irishman answered very quickly. "The Irish are going to send some men to the sun (46) a few months' time. That's much (47) away than the moon."
The Englishman was very (48) when he heard this. "Oh, yes, it is," he said, "But the sun is (49) hot for people to go to. The Irishman laughed and answered, "Well, we are not stupid, you know. We (50) go to the sun during the day, of course, We'll go there during the night./

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 本题考查固定搭配，send to意为“送到……”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 此题考查副词用法。too用在句末，表示“也”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 此题考查反意疑问句。根据反意疑问句前肯后否、前否后肯的结构可知，此处应为否定形式，故选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 此题考查介词用法。句子意为“月球到我们这里距离很远”，故选A
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[详细解答] 此题考查不定代词。该句意为“那没什么了不起”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 本题考查介词用法，in后接一段时间表将来。故此题选C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 此题考查形容词的比较级，由than the moon可知此空应填入形容词的比较级形式，只有B项符合题意。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 此题考查固定搭配，in surprise意为“吃惊”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[详细解答] 本题考查固定结构，too…to…表示“太……而不能……”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[详细解答] 根据句意，他们白天不去晚上去，从下半句的will便可知此处为won't。