首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some sci
Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some sci
admin
2013-12-13
35
问题
Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.
Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteorites that race(1)______ the night sky. Most(2)______ the sun far from Earth and don’t threaten us. But there are also thousands(3)______ orbits put them on a collision course with the(4)______.
Buy $50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $10 million a year for the next 25 years to (5)______ most of the space rocks. (6)______ we spot a fatal one, we’ll have a way to change its(7)______, the scientists say.
Some scientists(8)______ pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldn’t be cheap. Is it(9)______ it? Two things experts consider when judging any (10)______ are how likely the event is and how bad the(11)______ if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid (12)______ enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years. Sounds pretty(13)______ — but if one did fall, it would be the (14)______ of the world. "(15)______ we don’t take care of these big asteroids, they’ll take care of us. It’s that(16)______," says one scientist.
The(17)______, though, might be worse than the disease. Do we really want(18)______ nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? "The world has(19)______ to fear from doomsday rocks than from a great nuclear fleet (20)______ them," said a New York Times article.
(19)
选项
A、least
B、more
C、less
D、most
答案
C
解析
语义线索题。上文提到,核武器把小行星推离其原有的轨迹的做法比小行星撞击地球的危险更大。因此大量核武器给世界造成的恐惧比毁灭性小行星给世界造成的恐惧要远远大得多。故C正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/8XFK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Thesubstantialmajorityofpeopleare______thegovernmentwithfailingtocurbtheeconomicdecline.
Heseemedtobeannoyedandinthe______toquestioneverything.
Icannotgiveyou______forthetypeoftireyousellbecausethereisnodemandforitinthemarket.
Theplaneissaidtoarrive______becauseofbadweather.
Amotelisusuallyforpeoplewho________.
YogacanbehelpfultoourhealthinmanyaspectsEXCEPT
Allbut______goingtoSpainforinthissummervacation.
TheartteacherwhoaccusedPrinceHarryofcheatinghaswonhercaseagainstEtonCollegeforunfairdismissal.SarahForsy
MillionsofAmericansruntothebankorvisitautomatedtellermachineswhentheyneedcash.Theyusecreditcardswhentheywa
MillionsofAmericansruntothebankorvisitautomatedtellermachineswhentheyneedcash.Theyusecreditcardswhentheywa
随机试题
一个家庭从成立到消失,大约经历五六十年,一般来说,其间要经历各种不同的阶段,依次是()
A、exampleB、exsitC、exerciseD、examineC
下列哪项不是诊断细菌性肝脓肿的依据
以氢氧化镁为乳化剂形成乳剂,其乳化膜是
药品说明书和大包装单包印刷时,专有标识下方必须标示“甲类”或“乙类”字样的药品是红色专有标识用于
背景资料:某施工单位承包了一条21.7km的二级公路,路面面层为沥青混凝土,基层为水泥稳定碎石。其中K22+300~K22+700路段,地面横坡陡于1:5,填方平均高度为12m左右。施工单位填筑前,对地基原状土进行了检测,土的强度符合要求,然后对
建设和发展中国特色社会主义、实现中华民族伟大复兴,是现阶段我国各族人民的共同理想。这个共同理想是强大的精神武器,它保证全体人民()
下面描述中不属于数据库系统特点的是()。
Afterdecadesofexodus,thetideofIrishmigrationtookadefinitiveturninthelate1980s,whentheIrishDiasporastartedt
A、Pleased.B、Surprised.C、Satisfied.D、Worried.B选项表明本题就某人的情绪感受提问。由短文中提到的…butwhensheopeneditup,shewasshocked...可知,Emma打开书
最新回复
(
0
)