高三英语主题阅读材料3---地球与宇宙Word格式文档下载.doc

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30a.m.,correspondingtoits4.5billion-yearage.By5a.m.,the1billion-yearreignofanimalslandplantswillcometoanend.At8a.m.theoceanswillvaporize.Atnoon-after12billionyear-theever-expandingsun,transformedintoaredgain,willengulftheplanet,meltingawayanyevidenceiteverexistedandsendingmoleculesandatomsthatoncewereEarthfloatingoffintospace.

“Thedisappearanceofourplaneisstill7.5billionyearsaway,butpeoplereallyshouldconsiderthefateofourworldandhavearealisticunderstandingofwherewearegoing.”SaidUWastrophysicistDonaldBrownlee.“Weliveinafabulousplaceatafabuloustime.It’sahealthythingforpeopletorealizewhatatreasurethisisinspaceandtime,andfullyappreciateandprotecttheirenvironmentasmuchaspossible.”

Theprospectsofhumanssurvivingbymovingtosomeotherhabitableplanetormoonaren’tgood,BrownleeandWardcontend,becauseeventifsuchaplacewerefound,gettingtherewouldbeahugeobstacle.VariousprobessentintospacecouldsurviveEarth’sdemise,andjustafewgramsofmaterialcouldarguablycarryaDNAsamplefromeveryhuman,theysay,butit’snotlikelythehumanspeciesitselfwillsurvive.Longbeforetheplanet’sfinalend,lifewillbecomequitechallenging,andfinallyimpossible,forhumans.

Asthesungetshotterandgrowsinsize,itwillenvelopMercuryandVenus.ItispossibleitwillstopjustshortofEarth,theauthorssay,buttheconditionsstillwouldmakethisamostinhospitableplanet.Morelikely,though,thesunwillconsumeearthaswell,severingallthechemicalbondsbetweenmoleculesandsendingitsindividualatomsoutintospace,perhapseventuallytoformnewplanes.ThatwouldleaveMarsasthenearestplanettothesun,andonMarsthefadingsun’sglowwouldbelikethatofEarth’smoon.

Thatendisstillsome7.5billionyearsdistant,butbythenEarthwillhavefacedavarietyof“ends”alongtheway,theauthorssay.Thedinosaurperishedlongago.Stilltocomearethelastelephant,thelasttree,thelastflower,thelastglacier,thelastsnowflake,thelastocean,thelastlife.

“it’sahealthythinggothinkoftheplaceofEarthamongtheotherplanets,anditsplaceinthesun.Thesungavelifeandultimatelyitwillbringdeath.”

WordBank

1.evolvev. 

进展, 

进化, 

形成

e.g.Hehasevolvedanewtheoryaftermanyyearsofresearch.

ManyVictorianswereshockedbythenotionthatManhadevolvedfromlowerformsoflife.

*evolutionn.进化, 

发展, 

演变theoryofevolution进化论

2.reckonv. 

计算, 

认为, 

估计

e.g.Wedidn'

treckonforsuchbadweather.

Didyoureckoninthecostofthetaxi?

3.contendv. 

竞争, 

争斗, 

争辩, 

坚决主张

e.g.Ahundredschoolsofthoughtcontend.

Threearmedgroupswerecontendingforpower.

4.perishv. 

毁灭, 

消失, 

腐烂

e.g.Wemustplanourcivilizationorwemustperish.

Eventhebestqualityrubberwillperishwithage.

5.ultimatelyadv. 

最后, 

最终

e.g.Allwealthcomesultimatelyfromhumanlabor

1.accordingtothenewbook,thelifeexpectancyoftheEarthis___.

A.1billionyearsB.4.5billionyearsC.7.5billionyearsD.12billionyears

2.Itcanbeinferredfromthispassagethat____.

A.lifeisnothing B.theworldisprecious

C.mancanneverconquernature D.thefutureofhumanspeciesisgloomy

3.Theauthorsifthenewbookbelievethatthehumanspecieswill___.

A.disappearlongbeforethedisappearanceoftheEarth

B.SurviveintheuniverseeveniftheEarthdisappears

C.FindaplacetoliveafterthedisappearanceoftheEarth

D.Besentintospacebyvariousspacecrafts

4.Allofthefollowingthingswouldcometoanendbeforethefinalendoftheearth,except___.

A.MarsB.animalsC.plantsD.oceans

5.Theauthorsofthenewbookintendtotellreadersprimarilythat___.

A.theEarthisnothingbutoneplanetinthesolarsystem

B.nothingcansurviveforever

C.weshouldcherishourlifeandenvironmentofEarth

D.thesungavelifeandultimatelyitwillbringdeath.

key:

D,B,A,A,C

B

A.launchedB.generousC.potentialD.accurateE.detectedF.predictedG.analysis

H.watchingI.crossingJ.demonstrated

TheKeplerorbitingobservatorywaslaunchedwithasimplemission-tofindotherEarths.NASAdescribesitas'

asearchforhabitableplanets.'

And____1____ofitsfirst136daysofdatahasalreadybegun-withscientistscombingthrou