2019 广州市初中毕业生学业考试一、语法选择The first astronautSince the earliest times, people have looked up at the stars, the moon and the planets.Today people use modern machines 1 at the sky. This is very different from thesituation 2 years ago when people could only use their eyes. Perhaps they dreamedof 3 the universe.When did humans first go into space? The story began not so very long ago, 4 thefirst astronaut were not people – they were animals.Scientists wanted to make travelling to space as 5 as possible for humans. Sothey decided to experiment with animals and test 6 in spaceflights. Insects, mice,frogs, dogs and monkeys were some of the animals 7 first went into space. Many ofthem 8 , but they helped to make space travel safer for humans. For their great service,we 9 forget these animals.Albert II was the first monkey to go into space in 1949. Sadly he died 10 hisspaceship landed back on Earth. 11 the result was different for Ham the Monkey. His story ended happily whenhe returned to Earth 12 very good health.Scientists wanted to know the answer to the important question: could 13 animallike Ham do the same things in space as he could do on Earth? The answer came whenHam 14 into space in 1961. Yes, he did everything well and lived for 15 16years.1. A. look B. to look C. looking D. looked2. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of3. A. explore B. to explore C. explored D. exploring4. A. as B. or C. but D. so5. A. safe B. safer C. safest D. the safest6. A. they B. them C. their D. theirs7. A. whom B. what C. that D. whose8. A. die B. died C. have died D. will die9. A. shouldn't B. may not C. don't have to D. needn't10. A. if B. because C. ...
