Ⅰ.阅读理解
(·郸城一高月考)
When the Apollo astronauts (宇航员) landed on the Moon in 1969, millions of people were rather sad. The person to blame for this was an artist named Chesley Bonestell. For many years, Bonestell had been creating beautifully detailed paintings of the Moon and planets. Viewers of his artwork were unhappy because the real Moon did not look like Bonestell's pictures of it.
As a space artist, Bonestell tried to make his drawings look exciting and as true as the Moon is. He worked closely with astronomers and scientists to get the most uptodate scientific information available. But in the 1940s and 1950s, no one had ever seen another planet up close. Yet Bonestell's paintings looked so real that some people thought they were photographs.
Even though Bonestell was interested in astronomy, he did not start out as a space artist. As a young man he studied architecture — the art and science of designing and making buildings. In 1938 Bonestell became a special effects artist in Hollywood. It was here that he learned he could improve his paintings by following the methods used in the movies.
In 1944, a popular magazine published a series of Bonestell's paintings of the planet Saturn. He drew Saturn as if it were seen by someone standing on each of the planet's moons. The results were dazzling. Within a few years, Bonestell's artwork was appearing regularly in magazines and books on astronomy and space flight.
Many of Bonestell's artworks had been right all along. But the biggest surprise was the Moon. Someone asked Bonestell what he was thinking when he saw the first pictures from the Moon. “I thought how wrong I was！” he said. “My mountains were sharp (陡峭的), and they aren't on the Moon.”
But he shouldn't have felt bad. No space artist had ever before taken so many people to so many faraway worlds. In the years just before the first manned space flights, Bonestell's artwork prepared people for the amazing space adventure to come.
1．Bonestell made his space drawings ________.
A．from a very early age
B．by copying photographs
C．with the help of scientists
D．in order to make a living
2．The underlined word “dazzling” in Paragraph 4 can best be replaced by “________”．
A．doubtful B．wonderful
C．terrible D．worrying
3．Bonestell's success lay in the fact that ________.
A．he created a new drawing skill
B．he helped finish the first space flight
C．he made space travel more popular
D．he helped bring space closer to people
4. What would be the best title for the text?
A．The space art of Chesley Bonestell
B．The first men on the Moon
C．The journeys of the Apollo astronauts
D．Spacewalking: through an astronaut's eyes
答案与解析
本文介绍了一个太空艺术家Chesley Bonestell的作品。
1．C 细节理解题。根据第二段As a space artist, Bonestell tried to make his drawings look exciting and as true as the Moon is. He worked closely with astronomers and scientists to get the most uptodate scientific information available.可知Bonestell在科学家和宇航员的帮助下作画，故C正确。
2．B 词义猜测题。根据画线单词下一句Within a few years, Bonestell's artwork was appearing regularly in magazines and books on astronomy and space flight.在几年之内，Bonestell的作品定期地出现在关于天文学和航空飞行的书和杂志上。可知结果是非常好的，故这里dazzling可被wonderful取代，答案为B。
3．D 推理判断题。根据文章第最后一段内容In the years just before the first manned space flights, Bonestell's artwork prepared people for the amazing space adventure to come.可看出Bonestell的成功在于他使人们为未来的太空之旅做准备，即让人们离太空更近。答案为D。
4．A 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章介绍了Chesley Bonestell关于太空的作品。故选A。
(·郸城一高月考)
When the Apollo astronauts (宇航员) landed on the Moon in 1969, millions of people were rather sad. The person to blame for this was an artist named Chesley Bonestell. For many years, Bonestell had been creating beautifully detailed paintings of the Moon and planets. Viewers of his artwork were unhappy because the real Moon did not look like Bonestell's pictures of it.
As a space artist, Bonestell tried to make his drawings look exciting and as true as the Moon is. He worked closely with astronomers and scientists to get the most uptodate scientific information available. But in the 1940s and 1950s, no one had ever seen another planet up close. Yet Bonestell's paintings looked so real that some people thought they were photographs.
Even though Bonestell was interested in astronomy, he did not start out as a space artist. As a young man he studied architecture — the art and science of designing and making buildings. In 1938 Bonestell became a special effects artist in Hollywood. It was here that he learned he could improve his paintings by following the methods used in the movies.
In 1944, a popular magazine published a series of Bonestell's paintings of the planet Saturn. He drew Saturn as if it were seen by someone standing on each of the planet's moons. The results were dazzling. Within a few years, Bonestell's artwork was appearing regularly in magazines and books on astronomy and space flight.
Many of Bonestell's artworks had been right all along. But the biggest surprise was the Moon. Someone asked Bonestell what he was thinking when he saw the first pictures from the Moon. “I thought how wrong I was！” he said. “My mountains were sharp (陡峭的), and they aren't on the Moon.”
But he shouldn't have felt bad. No space artist had ever before taken so many people to so many faraway worlds. In the years just before the first manned space flights, Bonestell's artwork prepared people for the amazing space adventure to come.
1．Bonestell made his space drawings ________.
A．from a very early age
B．by copying photographs
C．with the help of scientists
D．in order to make a living
2．The underlined word “dazzling” in Paragraph 4 can best be replaced by “________”．
A．doubtful B．wonderful
C．terrible D．worrying
3．Bonestell's success lay in the fact that ________.
A．he created a new drawing skill
B．he helped finish the first space flight
C．he made space travel more popular
D．he helped bring space closer to people
4. What would be the best title for the text?
A．The space art of Chesley Bonestell
B．The first men on the Moon
C．The journeys of the Apollo astronauts
D．Spacewalking: through an astronaut's eyes
答案与解析
本文介绍了一个太空艺术家Chesley Bonestell的作品。
1．C 细节理解题。根据第二段As a space artist, Bonestell tried to make his drawings look exciting and as true as the Moon is. He worked closely with astronomers and scientists to get the most uptodate scientific information available.可知Bonestell在科学家和宇航员的帮助下作画，故C正确。
2．B 词义猜测题。根据画线单词下一句Within a few years, Bonestell's artwork was appearing regularly in magazines and books on astronomy and space flight.在几年之内，Bonestell的作品定期地出现在关于天文学和航空飞行的书和杂志上。可知结果是非常好的，故这里dazzling可被wonderful取代，答案为B。
3．D 推理判断题。根据文章第最后一段内容In the years just before the first manned space flights, Bonestell's artwork prepared people for the amazing space adventure to come.可看出Bonestell的成功在于他使人们为未来的太空之旅做准备，即让人们离太空更近。答案为D。
4．A 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章介绍了Chesley Bonestell关于太空的作品。故选A。
