People have always been dreaming of going to the moon. As long as the year 1901, H. G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book vividly describing a trip to the moon. On landing there, the explorers discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. Words failed to express their surprise when they spotted so many “moon people”. The “moon people” felt even more surprised. “Why,” they asked, “are you traveling to outer space when you don’t even use your inner space?”
H. G. Wells could only imagine a travel to the moon. In 1969, human beings really left their footsteps on the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.
Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities, such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The “Channel”, a tunnel connecting England and France, is now complete.
But what about underground cities? Japan’s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called “Alice Cities”. The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome (太陽(yáng)能穹頂) would cover the whole city.
Supporters of underground development argue that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space. The space, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness. H. G. Wells’ “moon people” would second it. Would you?
小題1:The explorers in H. G. Well’s story were surprised to find that the “moon people”     .
A．knew so much about the earth
B．understood their language
C．lived in underground cities
D．were advanced in technology
小題2:What does the underlined word “it” (paragraph 2) refer to?
A．Discovering the moon’s inner space
B．Using the earth’s inner space
C．Meeting the “moon people” again
D．Traveling to outer space
小題3:What sort of underground systems are already in place?
A．Offices, shopping areas, power stations.
B．Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas.
C．Gardens, car parks, power stations.
D．Tunnels, gardens, offices.
小題4: We can learn from the text that     .
A．H. G. Wells once went to moon himself.
B．Underground cities are more comfortable.
C．The solar dome is a necessary part of underground cities.
D．More underground systems will be in place in 2013.
小題5:What would be the best title of the text?
A．Alice Cities — cities of the future
B．Space travel with H. G. Wells
C．Enjoy living underground
D．Building down, not up

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：文章大意：本文主要講述人類對(duì)地球地下的開(kāi)發(fā)和利用。
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段On landing there, the explorers discovered that the moon was full of underground cities，可知登上月球，探索者發(fā)現(xiàn)月球滿是地下城市，可知月球人住在地下城市。故C正確。
小題2:B 詞義推測(cè)題。it代指月球人提出的use your inner space “使用地球內(nèi)部空間”的想法，故B正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段可分別提到了“地下停車場(chǎng)”、“地下購(gòu)物區(qū)”和“地下隧道”。故B正確。
小題4:C 推測(cè)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段最后一句A solar dome (太陽(yáng)能穹頂) would cover the whole city可以推測(cè)太陽(yáng)能穹頂是地下城市的一個(gè)必要部分。故C正確。
小題5:D主旨大意題。本文主要講述人類對(duì)地球地下的開(kāi)發(fā)和利用，故文章的標(biāo)題用“Building down, not up”比較確當(dāng)。故D正確。
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