听力题
Until the very latest moment of his existence, man has been bound to the planet on which he (36)
1and developed. Now he has the (37)
2to leave that planet and move out into the universe to those worlds which he has known (38)
3only indirectly. Men have explored parts of the moon, put spaceships in orbit around another planet and possibly within the (39)
4will land onto another planet and explore it.
Can we be so (40)
5as to suggest that we may be able to (41)
6other planets within the not-too-distant future? Some have (42)
7such a procedure as a solution to the population problem: ship the (43)
8people off to the moon. (44)_
9. To maintain the earth''s population at its present level, we would have to blast off into space 7,500 people every hour of every day of the year.
(45)
10? Considering the great need for improving many aspects of the global environment, one is surely justified in his concern for the money and resources that are poured into the space exploration efforts. (46)
11.
【正确答案】
1、originated, 2、capacity, 3、previously, 4、decade, 5、bold, 6、colonize, 7、advocated, 8、excess, 9、But we must keep in mind the billions of dollars we might spend carrying out the project, 10、Why are we spending so little money on space exploration, 11、But perhaps we should look at both sides of the coin before arriving at hasty conclusions
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