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　　11.For light to travel across the solar system, it will take_______.

　　[A] a year [B] nearly a day [C] two months [D] thirty minutes

　　12.The fact that it will never be possible to converse with someone on another planet shows that________

　　[A] radio messages do not travel fast enough

　　[B] no object can ever travel faster than light

　　[C] western culture has a special idea of communication

　　[D] certain universal laws cannot be prevailed against

　　13.Confronted with the new order of cosmic reality, many educated men________.

　　[A] become ignorant savage again [B] find the “time barrier” unbearable

　　[C] will not combine solar and stellar space[D] cannot adapt to the abrupt change of scale

　　14.Conservative scientists who deny that cosmic gulfs can ever be crossed will________

　　[A] laugh at the very idea of flight [B] learn a lesson as they did ten years ago

　　[C] find space travel beyond their reach[D] oppose the fundamental scientific laws

　　15.The author of the passage intends to show__________.

　　[A] the limitations of our technology [B] the vastness of the cosmic reality

　　[C] the prospect of planetary travel [D] the psychological impact of time and space

　　核心词汇

　　enclose vt. *① [常用被动态] to surround sth., especially with a fence or wall, in order to make it separate(尤指用篱笆或围墙)围起来 例：A high wall enclosed the courtyard. 一堵高墙把院子围了起来。 ② 随信附上，随信装入 例：

　　Please enclose a check with your order. 请您随定单附上支票。

　　en- ① “使处于某种状态，使有某种特征，使成为„„”例：danger 使陷入危险中，危

　　害，危及，enlarge 使变大，扩大，enslave 使成为奴隶，奴役 ②“把„„包住;包涵”例：encircle 围绕，环绕，包围，encase把„„放入箱(盒、袋等)内

　　lump n. ① a small piece of something solid, without a particular shape(不定形的)块例：There were lumps in the sauce. 酱汁中有块状的东西。②方糖 例：One lump or two? 要一块还是两块方糖?vt. to accept a situation or decision you do not like because you cannot change it 无奈地接受 例： I m going to that party! Like it or lump it! 我打算去参加那个聚会!不管喜欢还是不喜欢!

　　[短语搭配] *lump sth. together 把„„合在一起考虑;算在一起 例： Pacifists, atheists and journalists were all lumped together as “troublemakers”. 和平主义者、无神论者和记者都被归为“捣乱分子”。

　　超纲词汇

　　enmesh vt. *① 用网捕捉，使陷入网中;文中指“以电话和电视网络将整个世界联系起来” ② 使陷入，使卷入 例：be enmeshed in difficulties陷入困难中

　　stellar a.*① 恒星的，与星有关的 ② 极好的 例：the company s stellar growth公司的良好发展

　　terrestrial a. ① 陆地的 *② 地球上的