《2025年全优方案夯实与提高九年级英语全一册外研版A版》

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【英语奥林匹克竞赛】阅读下面的短文,从方框中所给的7个句子中选出5个填入短文中。
Right this minute, the earth is spinning(旋转) like a top(陀螺). 1. ______ The earth isn't only spinning, but it's also moving in a very big circle around the sun. The earth is travelling at a speed of 104,960 kilometres an hour. 2. ______
Think about when you sit in a car. 3. ______ You hear the car running. Through the car window, you see houses and trees move past you. Air comes into the window and blows on your face. You feel the car go over a rocky road. When the car speeds up(加速), you have a feeling of pushing into your seat.
A car gives you many signs to tell you it is moving, but the earth doesn't. 4. ______ The earth moves in space, so it has nothing to hit against. The air that surrounds our earth moves along with it, so the earth's movement doesn't blow wind in our faces. The earth always moves at the same speed, so we never feel any slowing down or speeding up.
5. ______ Otherwise, we would feel dizzy(晕眩的) and sick all the time from the earth's motion(运动).
A. Then why can't we feel the earth move?
B. The earth moves quickly in the morning.
C. Luckily we can't feel the earth move!
D. It's moving over 1,600 kilometres an hour.
E. How do you know the car is moving?
F. The earth doesn't move itself.
G. The earth doesn't make any noise when it moves.
1. D 2. A 3. E 4. G 5. C

答案： 1. D 2. A 3. E 4. G 5. C