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Toaculturewhichhascometotakeinstantaneouscommunicationforgranted,aspartoftheverystructureofcivilizedlife,this"

timebarrier"

mayhaveaprofoundpsychologicalimpact.Itwillbeaperpetualreminderofuniversallawsandlimitationsagainstwhichnotallourtechnologycaneverprevail.Foritseemsascertainasanythingcanbethatnosignal-stilllessanymaterialobject-canevertravelfasterthanlight.

Thevelocityoflightistheultimatespeedlimit,beingpartoftheverystructureofspaceandtime.Withinthenarrowconfinesofthesolarsystem,itwillnothandicapustooseverely.Attheworst,thesewillamounttotwentyhours-thetimeittakesaradiosignaltospantheorbitofPluto,theouter-mostplanet.

Itiswhenwemoveoutbeyondtheconfinesofthesolarsystemthatwecomefacetofacewithanaltogetherneworderofcosmicreality.Eventoday,manyotherwiseeducatedmen-likethosesavageswhocancounttothreebutlumptogetherallnumbersbeyondfour-cannotgrasptheprofounddistinctionbetweensolarandstellarspace.Thefirstisthespaceenclosingourneighbouringworlds,theplanets;

thesecondisthatwhichembracesthosedistantsuns,thestars,anditisliterallymillionsoftimesgreater.Thereisnosuchabruptchangeofscaleintheterrestrialaffairs.

Manyconservativescientists,appalledbythesecosmicgulfs,havedeniedthattheycaneverbecrossed.Somepeopleneverlearn;

thosewhosixtyyearsagoscoffedatthepossibilityofflight,andtenyearsagolaughedattheideaoftraveltotheplanets,arenowquitesurethatthestarswillalwaysbebeyondourreach.Andagaintheyarewrong,fortheyhavefailedtograspthegreatlessonofourage-thatifsomethingispossibleintheory,andnofundamentalscientificlawsopposeitsrealization,thensoonerorlateritwillbeachieved.

Onedayweshalldiscoverareallyefficientmeansofpropellingourspacevehicles.Everytechnicaldeviceisalwaysdevelopedtoitslimitandtheultimatespeedforspaceshipsisthevelocityoflight.Theywillneverreachthatgoal,buttheywillgetverynearit.Andthentheneareststarwillbelessthanfiveyearsvoyagingfromtheearth.［514words］

11.Forlighttotravelacrossthesolarsystem,itwilltake_______.

［A］ayear［B］nearlyaday

［C］twomonths［D］thirtyminutes

12.Thefactthatitwillneverbepossibletoconversewithsomeoneonanotherplanetshowsthat________

［A］radiomessagesdonottravelfastenough

［B］noobjectcanevertravelfasterthanlight

［C］westernculturehasaspecialideaofcommunication

［D］certainuniversallawscannotbeprevailedagainst

13.Confrontedwiththeneworderofcosmicreality,manyeducatedmen________.

［A］becomeignorantsavageagain［B］findthe"

unbearable

［C］willnotcombinesolarandstellarspace［D］cannotadapttotheabruptchangeofscale

14.Conservativescientistswhodenythatcosmicgulfscaneverbecrossedwill________

［A］laughattheveryideaofflight［B］learnalessonastheydidtenyearsago

［C］findspacetravelbeyondtheirreach［D］opposethefundamentalscientificlaws

15.Theauthorofthepassageintendstoshow__________.

［A］thelimitationsofourtechnology［B］thevastnessofthecosmicreality

［C］theprospectofplanetarytravel［D］thepsychologicalimpactoftimeandspace

核心词汇

enclosevt.*①［常用被动态］tosurroundsth.,especiallywithafenceorwall,inordertomakeitseparate（尤指用篱笆或围墙）围起来例：

Ahighwallenclosedthecourtyard.一堵高墙把院子围了起来。

②随信附上，随信装入例：

Pleaseencloseacheckwithyourorder.请您随定单附上支票。

En-是构成动词的前缀，表示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"

encircle围绕，环绕，包围，encase把......放入箱（盒、袋等）内

lumpn.①asmallpieceofsomethingsolid,withoutaparticularshape（不定形的）块例：

Therewerelumpsinthesauce.酱汁中有块状的东西。

②方糖例：

Onelumportwo?

要一块还是两块方糖？

vt.toacceptasituationordecisionyoudonotlikebecauseyoucannotchangeit无奈地接受例：

Imgoingtothatparty!

Likeitorlumpit!

我打算去参加那个聚会！

不管喜欢还是不喜欢！

［短语搭配］*lumpsth.together把......合在一起考虑；

算在一起例：

Pacifists,atheistsandjournalistswerealllumpedtogetheras"

troublemakers"

.和