Question

                            (B)

    Is there intelligent (有智力的) life on other planets? For years,scientists said “no”，or “we don't know”. But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers (天文學(xué)家). They believe intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe.They also think we will soon contact these beings (人;生物) .

   Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? "Fhe first reason is time.Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old.uThis is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life,say Shostak and Barnett.The second reason is size—the universe is huge. “ Tools like the Hubble Telescope (哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡) have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies,says Shostak.wAnd our galaxy,the Milky Way,has at least 100 billion stars.Some planets going a-round these stars might be similar to Earth.?，

   In the past,it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe.But now,powerful telescopes (高倍望遠(yuǎn)鏡) allow scientists to discover smaller planets—the size of Mars or Earth—in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life.

   Have beings from space already visited Earth? Probably not” says Shostak. “ It's a long way away. However,intelligent beings may contact us in other ways,such as radio signals (信號(hào)) .In fact,they may be trying to communicate with us now,but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages. However,this is changing. By 2025,we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other."

6. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are  .

   A. astronomers   B. farmers

   C. singers   D. drivers

7. What is the best title for Paragraph 2 ?

   A. The Age and Size of Earth

   B. Our Galaxy：The Milky Way

   C. Why Intelligent Life Might Exist

   D. Earth;The Only Planet with Intelligent Life

8. Why was it hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe in the past?

   A. There were not any smaller planets.

   B. There were not any powerful telescopes.

   C. The astronomers were not interested in them.

   D. The Milky Way didn't exist at that time.

9. Why haven’t beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak?

   A. They’re afraid of us.

   B. It's a long way away.

   C. They don't want to see us.

   D. They don't know how to use radio signals.

10. What does the underlined phrase “l(fā)ife forms” in the last paragraph mean?

   A. Messages.           B. Tools.

   C. Intelligent beings.    D. Radio signals.

Answer 1

6. A 7. C 8. B 9. B 10. C

(B)

[語(yǔ)篇解讀]這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章告訴我們按照兩名天文學(xué)家的推斷，在其他行星上可能存在著有智力的生命，并且將來(lái)可能和宇宙中的其他生命取得聯(lián)系并互相幫助。

6. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段第四句可知，他們都是天文學(xué)家。

7. C推理判斷題。第二段主要回答了“為什么科學(xué)家認(rèn)為在 其他行星上存在有智力的生命”這個(gè)問(wèn)題，故選C.

8. B推理判斷題。由第三段第二句可知，現(xiàn)在有高倍望遠(yuǎn)鏡 的幫助，使得科學(xué)家們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)其他較小的行星。而過(guò)去，是因?yàn)闆](méi)有高倍望遠(yuǎn)鏡，所以無(wú)法發(fā)規(guī)。

9. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章最后一段中It's a long way away.可知選1

10. C詞義猜測(cè)題。由句意“到2025年，我們可能和我們宇宙 中的其他生命形式取得聯(lián)系并且互相幫助”，可知選C.