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1、1989年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试卷阅读SectionIIReadingComprehensionEachofthetwopassagesbelowisfollowedbyfivequestions.Foreachquestiontherearefouranswers.Readthepassagescarefullyandchoosethebestanswertoeachofthequestions.Putyourchoiceinthebracketsontheleft.(10points)Text1Ascientisto

2、ncesaid:“Ihaveconcludedthattheearthisbeingvisitedbyintelligentlycontrolledvehiclesfromouterspace.”IfwetakethisasareasonableexplanationforUFOs(unidentifiedflyingobjects),questionsimmediatelycomeup.“Whydon’ttheygetintouchwithus,then?Whydon’ttheylandrightontheWhiteHousel

3、awnanddeclarethemselves?”peopleasked.Inreply,scientistssaythat,whilethismaybewhatwewant,itmaynotnecessarilybewhattheywant.“Themostlikelyexplanation,itseemstome,”saidDr.Mead,“isthattheyaresimplywatchingwhatweareupto--thatresponsiblesocietyoutsideoursolarsystemiskeeping

4、aneyeonustoseethatwedon’tsetinmotionachainreactionthatmighthaveunexpectedeffectsforoutsideoursolarsystem.”Opinionsfromotherscientistsmightgolikethis:“Whyshouldtheywanttogetintouchwithus?Wemayfeelwe’remoreimportantthanwereallyare!Theymaywanttoobserveusonlyandnotinterfe

5、rewiththedevelopmentofourcivilization.Theymaynotcareifweseethembuttheyalsomaynotcaretosay‘hello’.”①SomescientistshavealsosuggestedthatEarthisakindofzooorwildlifereserve.②Justaswesetasidewildernessareasandwildlifereservestoallowanimalsandgrowingthingstodevelopnaturally

6、whileweobservethem,soperhapsEarthwassetasideagesagoforthesamepurpose.①Arewebeingobservedbyintelligentbeingsfromothercivilizationsintheuniverse?②Aretheywatchingourprogressinspacetravel?③Doweliveinagigantic“zoo”observedbyour“keepers,”buthavingnocommunicationwiththem?①Ne

7、verbeforeinourhistoryhavewehadtoconfrontideaslikethese.②Thesimplefactisthatwe,whohavealwaysregardedourselvesassupremeintheuniverse,maynotbeso.③Nowwehavetorecognizethat,amongthestarsintheheavens,theremayverywellbeworldsinhabitedbybeingswhoaretousaswearetoants.一、词汇1.con

8、cludev.作结论，推断2.vehiclen.交通工具3.beuptosth=bedoingsth正在做4.keepaneyeonsb监视某人5.setinmotion使某物运转6.reserven.贮存，预备舍7.setaside保留11/11