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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
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