2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解基础选练（3）

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1、2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解基础选练（3）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Lastweek,weexplainedthattheplanetMarshaspassed“opposition.”ItpassedapointoppositetheSun.Thisweek,wetellabouttheplanet’ssurprisingmotion(运动)amongthestars.Forthousandsofyears,peoplehaverecognizedth

2、atplanetstravelamongthestars.TheplanetsgenerallyfollowthepathtakenbytheSunthroughthesky.TheSun’spathiscalledtheecliptic.ThegroupsofstarsalongtheeclipticarecalledtheZodiac.Themotionoftheplanetscanbeconfusingattimes.EveryoneknowstheSunrisesintheeastandsetsinthe

3、west.ButthisiscausedbytheturningmotionoftheEarth.Planetsgenerallymovefromwesttoeast.However,Marswillappeartomovebackwardforabouttwomonthsthisyear.ThishappensbecausetheEarthisovertakingMarsonitswayaroundtheSun.Marsbeganitsbackward,orwestward,motiononMay11th,It

4、willstartmovingeastwardagainonJuly19th.Mars’apparentmotionhasbeenamysterytoastronomersforhundredsofyears.MostearlytheoriesofthesolarsystemarguedthattheSunandplanetsturnedaroundtheEarth.ButthesuddenwestwardmotionofMarspresentedaproblem.WhywouldMarsmovewestfort

5、womonthswhenitnears“opposition”?In1543,aPolishchurchworkernamedNicolasCopernicuspublishedadifferenttheory.HistheorysaidtheEarthandplanetsmovedaroundtheSuninperfectlycircularorbits.Copernicus’theorywassimpler.ButhisSun–centeredsystemstilldidnotexplaintheobserv

6、edmotionofMarsverywell.Finally,aGermanmathematiciannamedJohannesKeplerpublishedapletetheoryofthemotionoftheplanetsin1619.HehadcarefullystudiedthemotionofMarsformanyyears.JohannesKeplerdiscoveredthattheplanetsdonotmoveincircularorbitsaroundthesun.Instead,theyt

7、ravelinflattenedorbitscalledellipses.Mars’ellipticalorbitisthecauseofitsunusualbrighteningthisyearanditsapparentlargesize.Duringthenextseveralweeks,youcanseeforyourselfwhythemysteriousmotionofMarshascausedsomanypeopletowonder.63.Fromthepassagewecanlearnthat.A

8、.thesunandplanetsgenerallytravelwestwardB.Keplerstudiedtheorbitoftheplanetsin1619C.Copernicus’theorywellexplainedthemotionofMarsD.theEarth’sturningmotioncausesthesuntoriseintheeast64.OnJu