题目内容：

The Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon, an old Irishman (爱尔兰人) was____them on TV in a hotel room. There was an Englishman in the room____And he said to the Irishman, “The Americans are very____, aren’t they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It’s a very____way from our world.” “Oh, that’s____,”the Irishman answered quickly.” “The Irishman are going to send some men to the sun in months’____That’s much____away than the moon, you know. “The Englishman was very____when he heard this. “Oh, yes it is,” he said, “But the sun is too____for people to visit.”

The Irishman laughed and answered, “Well, the Irish are clever, too, you know. We____go to the sun during the day, of course. We’ll go there during the night.”

1.A. reading    B. watching    C. making    D. mending

2.A. too    B. also    C. of course    D. only

3.A. kind    B. bad    C. clever    D. good

4.A. short    B. long    C. far    D. near

5.A. nothing    B. all    C. wrong    D. great

6.A. later    B. ago    C. long ago    D. time

7.A. far    B. never    C. farther    D. longer

8.A. angry    B. surprised    C. glad    D. sorry

9.A. warm    B. big    C. cold    D. hot

10.A. don’t    B. won’t    C. want to    D. must