Answer the questions based on the text: As earth whirls along its endless journey
through space, it has a companion that is always
beside it--the moon. The moon is a small planet.
It is only about one-fourth as big as the earth.
The moon is our nearest neighbor in space.
The stars are billions of miles away. The sun is
millions of miles away. But the moon is only
about 239,000 miles away. That makes the moon
truly a next-door neighbor.
In a way, the moon "belongs" to the earth.
Just as earth moves around the sun, the moon
moves around the earth. It is held in place by
the tug of earth's stronger gravity. A planet that
is held by another planet this way is called a
1. The author states that the moon "belongs to
earth because
(A) It is earth's nearest neighbor.
(B) It is a satellite of the earth.
(C) One can see the man in the moon from earth..
(D) Ancient Romans considered it a goddess.
(E) The moon could not exist without the earth.
2. Which of the following can be found on the moon?
(A) Air
(B) Water
(C) Mountains
(D) Plants
(E) Animals
3. According to the author, which of the following
most accounts for the "man in the moon?"
(A) A myth
(B) A goddess
(C) Lowlands
(D) The Romans
(E) Highlands
satellite. The moon is earth's satellite.
The moon is a ball of gray rock, some of
which is covered with dust. It has no air or
water-and, of course, no plants or animals. Its
whole surface is nothing but mountains and plains
of rock. When we look up at a full moon, we of-
ten see dark patches. These dark patches are the
lowlands. They seem to form a shadowy face that
people have named "the man in the moon." The
brighter parts of the moon are the highlands.
In ancient times, many people worshipped
the moon. The Romans, who thought the moon
was a goddess, named it Luna. Our word Lunar
means "of the moon."
4. The author's main purpose for writing the
passage is
(A) To compare the moon and the earth.
(B) To dispel myths about the man in the moon.
(C) To describe the origin of the word
"lunar."
(D) To inform the reader about the moon.
(E) To explain why the ancient Romans
worshipped the moon.
5. According to the passage, which of the
following is NOT true?
(A) The moon is a planet.
(B) The moon is a satellite.
(C) The moon's lowlands appear dark from
the earth.
(D) The moon is four times larger than earth.
(E) The moon is closer than anything else in
space to the earth.
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