Test 1
[2020·陕西省重点中学4月模拟]Bend, a small town in Oregon, is called “moon country”. Before the astronauts ever __1__ it to the moon, they trained in Bend. When Jim Irwin came to Bend for __2__, he made friends with Floyd Watson, a(n) __3__ resident, who was the building inspector for the city. Five years later, Irwin was __4__ for the Apollo 15 moon landing — the first of three lunar missions that __5__ putting a car on the moon and driving it around the rough __6__.
When the news that his old friend would go to the moon came to Watson's __7__, he chose a piece of lava rock (火山岩) near Devil's Lake, __8__ it in paper. Then he posted it to Irwin with a letter where he __9__ him and made a request. “I am sending you a __10__ piece of Central Oregon lava, which I hope you will be able to __11__ to the moon for me,” at the end of his letter he __12__. Off went the letter, and Watson thought __13__ of it. A few months later, on July 26, 1971, Irwin __14__ to the moon with David Scott and Alfred Worden. After landing, Irwin spent three days __15__ the surface of the moon together with Scott while Worden orbited __16__ them.
And a few weeks after their __17__, Watson got an unexpected letter from Irwin. “I did carry your piece of lava to the moon and left it there,” Irwin wrote — and enclosed (附上) a __18__ of it, with the small piece of Oregon lava __19__ with an arrow and the words “Oregon lava on the moon!” For Watson the letter and the picture were __20__. And, of course, he never looked at the moon the same way again.
1.A.did B.made
C.took D.grasped
2.A.adventure B.research
C.amusement D.practice
3.A.local B.aggressive
C.gifted D.academic
4.A.carried out B.picked out
C.ruled out D.checked out
5.A.involved B.admitted
C.risked D.advocated
6.A.street B.rock
C.road D.surface
7.A.sense B.rescue
C.knowledge D.assistance
8.A.enveloped B.measured
C.designed D.transformed
9.A.thanked B.welcomed
C.congratulated D.followed
10.A.huge B.valuable
C.unique D.tiny
11.A.fly B.deliver
C.orbit D.float
12.A.added B.advised
C.reminded D.concluded
13.A.much B.highly
C.little D.low
14.A.escaped B.rushed
C.wandered D.journeyed
15.A.spotting B.discovering
C.exploring D.touching
16.A.above B.below
C.beyond D.under
17.A.arrival B.return
C.application D.campaign
18.A.postcard B.drawing
C.photo D.note
19.A.equipped B.decorated
C.covered D.marked
20.A.reliable B.precious
C.permanent D.realistic