11.For light to travel across the solar system, it will take_______.

　　[A] a year [B] nearly a day [C] two months [D] thirty minutes

　　12.The fact that it will never be possible to converse with someone on another planet shows that________

　　[A] radio messages do not travel fast enough

　　[B] no object can ever travel faster than light

　　[C] western culture has a special idea of communication

　　[D] certain universal laws cannot be prevailed against

　　13.Confronted with the new order of cosmic reality, many educated men________.

　　[A] become ignorant savage again [B] find the “time barrier” unbearable

　　[C] will not combine solar and stellar space[D] cannot adapt to the abrupt change of scale

　　14.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 years ago

　　[C] find space travel beyond their reach[D] oppose the fundamental scientific laws

　　15.The author of the passage intends to show__________.

　　[A] the limitations of our technology [B] the vastness of the cosmic reality

　　[C] the prospect of planetary travel [D] the psychological impact of time and space

　　核心詞匯

　　enclose vt. *① [常用被動態(tài)] to surround sth., especially with a fence or wall, in order to make it separate(尤指用籬笆或圍墻)圍起來 例：A high wall enclosed the courtyard. 一堵高墻把院子圍了起來。 ② 隨信附上，隨信裝入 例：

　　Please enclose a check with your order. 請您隨定單附上支票。

　　en- ① “使處于某種狀態(tài)，使有某種特征，使成為„„”例：danger 使陷入危險中，危

　　害，危及，enlarge 使變大，擴大，enslave 使成為奴隸，奴役 ②“把„„包住;包涵”例：encircle 圍繞，環(huán)繞，包圍，encase把„„放入箱(盒、袋等)內(nèi)

　　lump n. ① a small piece of something solid, without a particular shape(不定形的)塊例：There were lumps in the sauce. 醬汁中有塊狀的東西。②方糖 例：One lump or two? 要一塊還是兩塊方糖?vt. to accept a situation or decision you do not like because you cannot change it 無奈地接受 例： I m going to that party! Like it or lump it! 我打算去參加那個聚會!不管喜歡還是不喜歡!

　　[短語搭配] *lump sth. together 把„„合在一起考慮;算在一起 例： Pacifists, atheists and journalists were all lumped together as “troublemakers”. 和平主義者、無神論者和記者都被歸為“搗亂分子”。

　　超綱詞匯

　　enmesh vt. *① 用網(wǎng)捕捉，使陷入網(wǎng)中;文中指“以電話和電視網(wǎng)絡將整個世界聯(lián)系起來” ② 使陷入，使卷入 例：be enmeshed in difficulties陷入困難中

　　stellar a.*① 恒星的，與星有關的 ② 極好的 例：the company s stellar growth公司的良好發(fā)展

　　terrestrial a. ① 陸地的 *② 地球上的