题文
Since the beginning of time, man has been interested in the moon. The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon. They called it “Moonday”, or “Monday”, as we know it today. Later, the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon. Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born. Four and a half centuries later, Leonardo’s idea was realized. Apollo II took three Americans, Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong to the moon. The mission (任务) did fill the whole world with great surprise, as Leonardo had said it would. Numerous essays, articles, and books were written about man’s first moon mission. But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event over 100 years before. In 1865, French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon. His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo II mission. Verne’s spacecraft also contained three men—two Americans and a Frenchman. The spacecraft was described as being almost the same size as Apollo II. The launch (发射) site in Verne’s story was also in Florida. The spacecraft in Verne’s story was named the “Columbiad”. The Apollo II command ship was called “Columbia”. His account of sending the spacecraft into the space could easily have been written about how Apollo II was sent into the space.小题1:Leonardo da Vinci said that a great machine bird would ________. A．bring great honor to the moonB．fly toward the sunC．explore the heavensD．take people to the moon小题2:Jules Verne wrote his story of a man’s visit to the moon about ________. A．100 years before the Apollo II missionB．10 years before the Apollo II missionC．four and one a half centuries agoD．100 years ago小题3:Verne’s story is very similar to _____. A．the first U.S. space missionB．the Apollo II missionC．Leonardo da Vinci’s storyD．numerous other books on the same subject小题4:The underlined word “spacecraft” probably means ________.A．a kind of rocketB．a kind of planeC．a kind of trainD．a kind of bus 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:B
解析
本文介绍了人类对于月亮的研究，介绍了登月活动以及达芬奇以及凡尔纳的作品对于月亮的描述。
小题1:D 细节题。根据文章4,5行Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.说明D项正确。
小题2:A 细节题。根据文章8,9行But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event over 100 years before. French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.说明Jules Verne的写作是在登月之前100年左右。故A正确。
小题3:B 细节题。根据文章倒数5,6行His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo II mission.说明B正确。
小题4:B 推理题。根据本句. Verne’s spacecraft also contained three men—two Americans and a Frenchman.说明这样的机器也能携带人，那么应该是一种和飞机类似的机器。故B正确。
点评：本文介绍了人类对于月亮的研究。本文细节题居多，答题时在文章找到对应的地方，用笔进行标记，这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思，再结合选项，通过排除法和自己对全文的把握，选出正确答案。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Since the beginning .....”主要考查你对 [历史文化类阅读 ]考点的理解。历史文化类阅读
什么是历史文化类阅读：
本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议，所以要把握其议才是主要方面。阅读这类文章，先弄清其引入的话题，再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法，然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。
历史文化类阅读技巧：
【题型说明】历史文化类阅读理解文章属高考常选材料之一。这类文章常涉及历史、文化、法制、宗教等方面的文学艺术、发明创造、文化遗产保护、宗教与文化、风俗与习惯、道德与法制、中外文学名著节选、等等。这类材料的命题点往往落在主旨大意题、事实细节题上。
【答题方法】在做这类阅读理解题时，我们应注意以下几个方面：
1、采用先题后文：先读题目，再带着问题读文章。这类阅读理解文章相对来说事实细节题稍多一点，如果带着问题读文章，有利于我们抓细节。
2、先做细节题。因为做完了局部性的事实细节题后，自然会加深我们对文章的理解，这样更有利于做主旨大意题。
3、重点敲定主旨题。主旨大意题提问的形式主要有两大类：一类是Main idea型；一类是Topic或Title型。
在解答这类试题时应注意以下几点：
a．读首句抓大意。
文化教育类阅读理解文章多采用说明文、议论文体裁，而这类文章大都采用文章段落的中心，即主题句在文章开头。因此，要寻找这类文章的主旨大意就需要研究文章的首句。
b．读尾句抓大意。
有时这类文章的主题句安排在文章的结尾，作为对全篇的总结。
c．读首段抓大意。
有些文章或段落的开头和结尾部分都有主题句。这种结构是为了突出主题思想而使用两次点题的写作方法。这两个主题句在句子结构和用词上有所不同，而且在内容上前句和后句也不重复。
d．从段落中抓大意。
有些文章或段落的主题句在文章中，这种文章或段落往往以一句话或几句话引出要表达的主题，在主题句出现后，再举例子陈述细节或继续论证。
e．归纳要点抓大意。
有些文章或段落无明显的主题句，只是暗示性地体现主题。这就要求同学们在阅读过程中根据文中所叙述的事实或线索来概括总结主旨大意。
