MBA英语阅读理解精读精解文档格式.docx

1、To a culture which has come to take instantaneous communication for granted, as part of the very structure of civilized life, this time barrier may have a profound psychological impact. It will be a perpetual reminder of universal laws and limitations against which not all our technology can ever pr

2、evail. For it seems as certain as anything can be that no signal-still less any material object-can ever travel faster than light.The velocity of light is the ultimate speed limit, being part of the very structure of space and time. Within the narrow confines of the solar system, it will not handica

3、p us too severely. At the worst, these will amount to twenty hours-the time it takes a radio signal to span the orbit of Pluto, the outer-most planet.It is when we move out beyond the confines of the solar system that we come face to face with an altogether new order of cosmic reality. Even today, m

4、any otherwise educated men-like those savages who can count to three but lump together all numbers beyond four-cannot grasp the profound distinction between solar and stellar space. The first is the space enclosing our neighbouring worlds, the planets; the second is that which embraces those distant

5、 suns, the stars, and it is literally millions of times greater. There is no such abrupt change of scale in the terrestrial affairs.Many conservative scientists, appalled by these cosmic gulfs, have denied that they can ever be crossed. Some people never learn; those who sixty years ago scoffed at t

6、he possibility of flight, and ten years ago laughed at the idea of travel to the planets, are now quite sure that the stars will always be beyond our reach. And again they are wrong, for they have failed to grasp the great lesson of our age-that if something is possible in theory, and no fundamental

7、 scientific laws oppose its realization, then sooner or later it will be achieved.One day we shall discover a really efficient means of propelling our space vehicles. Every technical device is always developed to its limit and the ultimate speed for spaceships is the velocity of light. They will nev

8、er reach that goal, but they will get very near it. And then the nearest star will be less than five years voyaging from the earth.514 words11.For light to travel across the solar system, it will take_.A a year B nearly a dayC two months D thirty minutes12.The fact that it will never be possible to

9、converse with someone on another planet shows that_A radio messages do not travel fast enoughB no object can ever travel faster than lightC western culture has a special idea of communicationD certain universal laws cannot be prevailed against13.Confronted with the new order of cosmic reality, many

10、educated men_.A become ignorant savage again B find the unbearableC will not combine solar and stellar spaceD cannot adapt to the abrupt change of scale14.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 y

11、ears agoC find space travel beyond their reachD oppose the fundamental scientific laws15.The author of the passage intends to show_.A the limitations of our technology B the vastness of the cosmic realityC the prospect of planetary travel D the psychological impact of time and space核心词汇enclose vt. *

12、 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。 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- 是构成动词的前缀，表示 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 把

13、.包住；包涵encircle围绕，环绕，包围，encase把.放入箱（盒、袋等）内lump n. 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。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