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1、Unit3Tomorrow’sworld(35分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解(2018·湖南十校联考)Timetravelisafamiliarsubjectofsciencefiction(小说)andfantasystories,fromH.G.WellstoRodSerlingtoHotTubTimeMachine.Butcouldtimetraveleverbepossibleinreallife?And,ifso,howwouldhumansevenhandlesoadvancedatechnolog
2、y?Somescientistssaytimetravelistheoreticallypossible,atleastifyouwanttojumpaheadtothefuture,butdon’tstartsavingupforatimemachinejustyet.AsphysicistPaulDaviesexplainedforCNNin2013,“Overacenturyago,AlbertEinsteinshowedthattimeisactuallyflexible.Thatis,it
3、canbeeitherstretchedorshrunkbymotion.”Ingeneral,thecloseryou’regoingtothespeedoflight,theslowertimemoves.“FlytothestarVega,25lightyearsaway,andbackagainat99%ofthespeedoflight,andwhenyoureturntoEarthin2062,youwillhaveexperiencedonlysevenyears’traveltime
4、inthespacecraft(航空飞行器).Infact,youwillhaveleaped42yearsintoEarth’sfuture,”PaulDavieswrote.Soifyouwereto,theoretically,takeatripinasuper-fastspaceship,youmightfeel(andlook)asthoughonlyafewyearshadpassed,butwhenyouarrivedbackonEarth,decadeswouldhavepassed
5、andallyourfriendsandfamilywouldbedeadandgone.Timetravel!Butwhataboutgoingbackwards?Coulditeverbepossibletopopbackintimeandstopbadthingsfromhappeningandgoodpeoplefromdying?Theoretically,ifyouweretotravelfasterthanthespeedoflight,youwouldbemovingbackward
6、sintime.Butmostscientistsbelievethatnothingcanactuallytravelfasterthanlight,and,ifyoucouldgobackintime,messingwiththepastwouldcreateallkindsofunsolvableproblems,likewhatifyouwentbackintimeandkilledyourgrandpa!Althoughsometheorieshaveattemptedtopropose(
7、提议)solutionstotheseinconvenienttime-travelproblems,itremainsaprettywidelyheldbeliefthattravelingbackwardsintimeisn’tpossibleforushumans.Afterall,asphysicistStephenHawkingsaidinhisbookABriefHistoryofTime,“Iftimetravelispossible,wherearethetouristsfromth
8、efuture?”1.WhydoestheauthormentionsH.G.WellsandRodSerling?A.Tostresstheimportanceofreading.B.Tointroducetwogreatwriterstous.C.Toencouragereaderstosharetheirideas.D.Toshowpeople’sconstantinterestinspacetravel.2.Whatwillyouhavetodoifyouwi
