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1、08国际贸易班英语试题20082009学年注意:答案写在答题纸上,否则不得分。一、阅读理解(每题2分,共20分)(1)Ofalltheproblemsfacingmodernastronomers,perhapsthemostfascinatingis:"Canintelligentlifeexistelsewhere?"Sincetheearthisanunimportantplanetmovingroundanunimportantstar,itwouldbeaprideonourparttosupposethatwearetheonlyintellig
2、entbeingsintheuniverse.Buttoobtainproofisdifficult.Themaintroubleisthatourneighborworlds,thebodiesintheSolarSystemappeartobeunsuitableforadvancedlife-forms.TheMoonmayberuledoutatonce;ithashardlyanyatmosphere.Venusislittlebetter;thesurfacetemperatureisextremelyhighandtheatmosphereis
3、mostlycarbondioxide.Marswithaverythinatmosphereandasevereshortageofwater,maywellsupportsimpleplantlifebutthereseemsnohopeoffindinganimals,whiletheattractiveMartiansofthestory-tellershavelongsincebeengivenup.Ofcoursethishasnotstoppedtheflowofbrightideasforcommunicatingwiththesuppose
4、dpeopleonMars.IntheearlynineteenthcenturythegreatmathematicianGausssuggestedplantingtree-patternsinSiberia,sothattheMartianswouldseethemandreplysuitably.Followingupthisidea,theAustrianscientistKarlLittrowproposeddiggingverywideditchesintheSahara,triangularinpattern,andthenfillingth
5、emwithpetrolorsomesuchsubstancesothat,whenlit,theditcheswouldpresentMartianobserverswitha"flamingtrianglenwhichwouldshowtheexistencehereofintelligentminds.EvenbetterweretheplansofCharlesCros,aFrenchwriteroftheeighteen-seventies,whowantedtobuildalargemirrortoreflectthesudsraysandcon
6、centratethemonthesurfaceofMars,therebymakingavastburning-glass.Byswingingthemirroraround,CrosexplaineditwouldbepracticabletowritewordsintheMartiandesertssimplybyburningthesand.FormanyyearshebombardedtheFrenchgovernmentwithliteratureaboutthisplanandwasverydisappointedwhennoofficiali
7、nterestwasshown.1.TheopinionofthewriteristhatA.theremaybeotherintelligentbeingsintheuniverseB.thereareotherintelligentbeingsintheuniverseC.peoplelivingontheeartharealmostcertainlytheonlyintelligentbeingsintheuniverseD.peoplelivingontheeartharedefinitelytheonlyintelligentbeingsinthe
8、universe2.Thereisunlikelya
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