Unit6StartingoutandUnderstandingideas能力提升练I.阅读理解(2020山东潍坊一中高二检测)Wehumansareacuriousspecies.asNASAsaysonitswebsite,Humansaredriventoexploretheunknown,discovernewworlds,pushtheboundariesofourscientificandtechnicallimits,andthenpushfurther.Andspaceexplorationiswhere’vewebeen“pushing”ourfurthestcuriosity.2019beganwithtwopiecesofexcitingspaceexplorationnews.OnJan.3.Chinalandedaspacecraft,Chang’e4,onthemoonsfarside-thesidewecan’tseefromearth--forthefirsttimeinhumanhistory.andaccordingtoareportpublishedonJan.9inNature.scientistsfromtheCanadianHydrogenIntensityMappingExperiment(CHIME)detectedrepeatedradiosignalsfromagalaxy1.5billionlightyearsaway,possiblysentbyintelligentaliens.However,what’sevenmoreexcitingthanthenewsisthefactthatwheneverspeakingofspaceexploration,weforgetourpoliticalandculturaldifferences-thethingsthatsoobsessus.“Whenyougointospace,youbecomepartofthisoverallcollectivecalled‘humanity’,”KenLiuaChinese-Americansci-fiwriterandtranslatortoldawebsite.“You’renolongerChinese.AmericanRussian…Yourcultureisleftbehind.’reYounowjust‘humanity’withacapital‘H’.”Thismagichasworkedallthewayalongourjourneyintospace.WhentheUsastronautNeilArmstrong(1930--2012)becamethefirsthumantosetfootonthemoonin1969,forexample,hetoldtheworld:That’sonesmallstepforman,onegiantleapformankind.Now,with’Change4touchingdownonnewmoonterritoryChina’saimistohelpscientistsfromaroundtheworldfindoutmore’saboutEarthonlysatellite.AndwiththediscoveryoftheCHIMEastronomers,wereonestepclosertoansweringacommonquestioninscience:“Arehumansaloneintheuniverse?”It’struethatweareacuriousspecies.Butinsteadofbeingcuriousaboutthe“unknown”,perhapswe’rereallymoreeager“pushtofurther”ourownhuman"1/7“boundaries”and“limits”.1.WhichofthefollowingisthediscoveryoftheCHIMEScientists?A.Agalaxywithintelligentaliens.B.Repeatedradiosignalssentbyintelligentaliens.C.Repeatedradiosignalsfromadistantgalaxy.D.Radiosignalsfromagalaxyseverallightyearsago.2.WhydoestheauthorquoteKen’sLiuwords?A.Tointr