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1、2019高考英语二轮专题强化典题精析—阅读理解21Whichissillier:denyingweeverwenttothemoonortryingtoconvincethetruenonbelievers?Onceuponatime–July20,1969,tobespecific–twomengotoutoftheirlittlespaceshipandwanderedaroundonthemoonforawhile.Tenmoremenwalkedonthemoonoverthenextthreeandahalfyears.Theend.Unfortunately
2、,notquite.AfairnumberofAmericansthinkthatthiswholebusinessofmoonlandingsreallyisafairytale.Theybelievethatthelandingswereabighoax(骗局)stagedintheMojaveDesert,toconvinceeveryonethatU.S.technologywasthe“bestest”inthewholewideworld.Whichistheharderthingtodo:Sendmentothemoonormakebelievewedid
3、?Thefactisthephysicsbehindsendingpeopletothemoonissimple.Youcandoitwithcomputerswhoseentirememorycapacitiescannowfitonchipsthesizeofpostagestampsandthatcostaboutasmuchas,well,apostagestamp.Iknowyoucanbecausewedid.However,lastfallNASAconsideredspending$15,000onapublic-relationscampaigntoc
4、onvincetheunimpressedthatAmericanshadinfactgonetothemoon.ThatideawasmostlyareactiontoaFoxtelevisionprogram,firstairedinFebruary2001,thatclaimedtoexposethehoax.Theshow’screatorisapublicityhound(猎狗)whohasliveduptothenameinmorewaysthanonebyhoundingBuzzAldrin,thesecondmanonthemoon.Mr.X(asIwi
5、llcallhim,therebydenyinghimthejoyoussightofhisnameinprint)recentlyfollowedBuzzAldrinaroundandcalledhim“athief,liarandcoward”untilthe72-year-oldastronautfinallylostitandhitthe37-year-oldMr.Xintheface.Anyway,NASA’spublicitycampaignbegantoslowdown.ThenonbelieverstookthecampaignasNASA’seffor
6、ttohidesomethingwhilethebelieverssaidthat$15,000toconvincepeoplethattheworldwasround—Imean,thatwehadgonetothemoon—wassimplyawasteofmoney.(Actually,the$15,000wassupposedtopayforanarticlebyJamesE.Oberg,anastronomywriterwho,withAldrin,hascontributedtoScientificAmerican.)IfNASA’snotpayingObe
7、rg,perhapsitcouldputthemoneytogoodusebyhiringtwobigguystodragNeilArmstrongoutofthehouse.Armstrongisanextremelyprivateman,butheisalsothefirstmanonthemoon,somaybehehasadutytobeabitmoreoutspokenabouttheexperience.OrNASAcouldjustbuyAldrinacommemorateplaque(纪念匾)forhisrecenttou
