高三英语单元复习调研检测卷39

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

2、客）makecontact.Alienswholandedonearthandasked:“Takemetoyourleader”wouldbedirectedtoMrs.Othman.ShewillsetoutthedetailsofherproposednewroleataRoyalSocietyconferenceinBuckinghamshirenextweek.The58-year-oldisexpectedtotelldelegatesthattheproposalhasbeenprom

3、ptedbytherecentdiscoveryofhundredsofplanetsorbitingotherstars,whichisthoughttomakethediscoveryofextraterrestriallifemoreprobablethaneverbefore.Mrs.OthmaniscurrentlyheadoftheUN’slittleknownOfficeforOuterSpaceAffairs(Unoosa).Inarecenttalktofellowscientis

4、ts,shesaid:“Thecontinuedsearchforextraterrestrialcommunication,byseveralinstitutes,sustainsthehopethatsomedayhuman-kindwillreceivesignalsfromextraterrestrials.”“Whenwedo,weshouldhaveinplaceacoordinatedresponsethattakesintoaccountallthesensitivitiesrela

5、tedtothesubject.TheUNisaready-mademechanismforsuchcoordination.”Opinionisdividedabouthowfutureextraterrestrialvisitorsshouldbegreeted.UndertheOuterSpaceTreatyon1967,whichUnoosaoversees,UNmembersagreedtoprotectEarthagainstcontamination(污染)byalienspecies

6、by“sterilizing”them.Mrs.Othmanisunderstoodtosupportamoretolerantapproach.ButProfessorStephenHawkinghaswarnedthatalieninterlopers（闯入者）shouldbetreatedwithcaution.Hesaid:“Iimaginetheymightexistinmassiveships,havingusedupalltheresourcesfromtheirhomeplanet.

7、TheoutcomeforuswouldbemuchaswhenChristopherColumbusfirstlandedinAmerica,whichdidn’tturnoutverywellfortheNativeAmericans.”1.TheUnitedNationsappointedMazlanOthmanasaspaceambassador_____.A.totalktofellowscientistsreceivingsignalsfromextraterrestrialsB.top

8、rotecttheearthagainstpollutionbyalienspeciesC.tomakecontactwithalienstryingtocommunicatewiththeearthD.tosettleUNmembers’argumentaboutsignalsfromextraterrestrials2.Theleaderwhomaliensasktobetakentowillbe_______.A.StephenHawking,aBritishp