The year is 2094,It has been announced that a comet is heading towards the Earth.Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.
On 17 July, a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth’s atmosphere with a massive explosion.About half of the piece is destoryed but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200times the speed of sound.The sea boils and a huge gole is made in the sea bed.Huge waves are created and spread outwards form the hole.The eall of water,a kilometer high,rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour.Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.
Before the waves reach South America.the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina.Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Moutains.The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles,San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes,Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead,but the north won’t eacape for long.Because of the explosions the sun is hidden by clouds of dust,and temperatures around the world fall to almost zero.Crops are ruined.The sun won’t be seen again for many years.Wars break out as countries fight for food.A year later,no more than 10 million remain laive.
Could it really happen?In fact,it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth.The dinesaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years,Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared.Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out .Will we meet the same end ?
小題1:What is mainly described in the passage ?
A．A historic discoveryB．A research on space
C．A scientific adventureD．An imaginary event
小題2:When the first piece hits the South Atlantic,it causes_______.
A．a(chǎn)n earthquakeB．huge waves
C．damages to citiesD．a(chǎn)n Earth explosion
小題3:Why can’t the northern half of the earth escape ofr long?
A．Because the land is covered with water.
B．because people there can not live at the temperature of zero.
C．Because wars break out among countries.
D．Because the light and heat from the sun can not reach the earth.
小題4:By giving the example if dinosaurs,the author tries to prove________.
A．a(chǎn)nimals could not live in the cold climate.
B．what happened 65 mollion years ago was an invented story.
C．the human beings will die out in 2094
D．the Earth could be hit by other objects in space
小題5:We may guess that the writer is_________.
A．worriedB．full of imaginationC．practicalD．a(chǎn) scientist

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題解析：本文記敘的是想象的未來發(fā)生的一件事情：彗星碎片撞擊地球，引起海嘯和地震而導(dǎo)致人類遭受毀滅性的打擊。
小題1:總結(jié)歸納題。第一段是點(diǎn)題段;開篇點(diǎn)題The year is 2094,It has been announced that a comet is heading towards the Earth.Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth，可以知道本文主要描述的一件想象的事情，所以D 正確。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200times the speed of sound.The sea boils and a huge gole is made in the sea bed.Huge waves are created and spread outwards form the hole.，可以知道B正確。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段but the north won’t escape for long. Because of the explosions the sun is hidden by clouds of dust,and temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined,可以判斷出D正確
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段he dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out .Will we meet the same end ?可以判斷出D正確。
小題5:推理判斷題。本文寫的是時(shí)間是2094 年想象中所發(fā)生的事情，最后又從恐龍的滅絕想到了地球的末日，可以看出作者充滿了想象力，所以B正確。
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