高考英语一轮复习 unit 3 inventors and inventions单元检测卷[新人教版]选修8

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1、Unit3InventorsandinventionsⅠ.阅读理解AspaceambassadorcouldbeappointedbytheUnitedNationstoactasthefirstpointofcontactforalienstryingtocommunicatewithEarth.MazlanOthman,aMalaysianastrophysicist(天体物理学家),issettobetaskedwithcoordinating（协调）humanity’sresponseifandwhenextraterrestrials（天外来客）mak

2、econtact.Alienswholandedonearthandasked:“Takemetoyourleader”wouldbedirectedtoMrs.Othman.ShewillsetoutthedetailsofherproposednewroleataRoyalSocietyconferenceinBuckinghamshirenextweek.The58-year-oldisexpectedtotelldelegatesthattheproposalhasbeenpromptedbytherecentdiscoveryofhundredsofp

3、lanetsorbitingotherstars,whichisthoughttomakethediscoveryofextraterrestriallifemoreprobablethaneverbefore.Mrs.OthmaniscurrentlyheadoftheUN’slittleknownOfficeforOuterSpaceAffairs(Unoosa).Inarecenttalktofellowscientists,shesaid:“Thecontinuedsearchforextraterrestrialcommunication,byseve

4、ralinstitutes,sustainsthehopethatsomedayhuman-kindwillreceivesignalsfromextraterrestrials.”“Whenwedo,weshouldhaveinplaceacoordinatedresponsethattakesintoaccountallthesensitivitiesrelatedtothesubject.TheUNisaready-mademechanismforsuchcoordination.”Opinionisdividedabouthowfutureextrate

5、rrestrialvisitorsshouldbegreeted.UndertheOuterSpaceTreatyon1967,whichUnoosaoversees,UNmembersagreedtoprotectEarthagainstcontamination(污染)byalienspeciesby“sterilizing”them.Mrs.Othmanisunderstoodtosupportamoretolerantapproach.ButProfessorStephenHawkinghaswarnedthatalieninterlopers（闯入者）

6、shouldbetreatedwithcaution.Hesaid:“Iimaginetheymightexistinmassiveships,havingusedupalltheresourcesfromtheirhomeplanet.TheoutcomeforuswouldbemuchaswhenChristopherColumbusfirstlandedinAmerica,whichdidn’tturnoutverywellfortheNativeAmericans.”1.TheUnitedNationsappointedMazlanOthmanasasp

7、aceambassador_____.A.totalktofellowscientistsreceivingsignalsfromextraterrestrialsB.toprotecttheearthagainstpollutionbyalienspeciesC.tomakecontactwithalienstryingtocommunicatewiththeearthD.tosettleUNmembers’argumentaboutsignalsfromextraterrestrials62.Theleaderwhomaliensasktobetakento

8、willbe______