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Professor Stephen Hawking
recently came out with a serious warning for people. While at the Starmus
Festival, a festival in Trondheim, Norway, celebrating science and the arts,
Hawking warned people that the human race is in serious danger.
Hawking criticized
President Donald Trump for denying climate change. Then the physicist warned
the audience, "I am not denying the importance of fighting climate change
and global warming, unlike Donald Trump, who may just have taken the most
serious, and wrong, decision on climate change this world has seen."
Hawking proposed that the
leading countries should send astronauts to the Moon before 2020 to restart a
movement of more exploration in space. BBC reported that Hawking suggested that
we "build a lunar base in 30 years' time and send people to Mars by 2025."
According to BBC, Professor
Hawking said, "Spreading out into space will completely change the future
of humanity." He continued, "I hope it would unite competitive
nations in a single goal, to face the common challenge for us all."
The physicist shared more ideas to motivate the younger generation to continue
exploring space. Hawking stated, "a new and ambitious space program would
excite (young people), and stimulate interest in other areas, such as
astrophysics and cosmology."
Hawking also revealed his
vision for other forms of energy that could move us to a new planet. He warned
the audience, "The Earth is under threat from so many areas that it is
difficult for me to be positive." He continued, "Our natural
resources are being drained, at an alarming rate. We have given our
planet the disastrous gifts of climate change, rising temperatures, reduction
of the polar ice caps, deforestation, and decimation (大量毁灭) of animal species. We can be ignorant, unthinking lot (人)."
The professor warned the
audience that doing nothing would lead nowhere. He said, "If we succeed,
we will send a probe (航天探测器) to Alpha Centauri within
the lifetime of some of you alive today. It is clear we are entering a new
space age. We are standing at the threshold (起点) of a new era. Human
colonization and moving to other planets is no longer science fiction, and it
can be science fact." Hawking advised the audience to move to other worlds
because we are running out of space.
（1）According to Hawking, what is the first step for humans to spread out into space?
A . To build a lunar base.
B . To send people to Mars.
C . To send astronauts to the Moon.
D . To change the future of humanity.
（2）What does the underlined phrase "a single goal" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A . Spreading out into space.
B . Facing the common challenge of humans.
C . Stimulating young people's interest in other areas.
D . Motivating the younger generation to explore space.
（3）The underlined word "drained" in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by " _____ ".
A . speeded up
B . stored
C . used up
D . explored
（4）What is Hawking's attitude towards the Earth's future?
A . Worried.
B . Confused.
C . Positive.
D . Indifferent.
（5）What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A . To warn the audience that humans are in danger.
B . To predict what will happen to the earth in future.
C . To stress that humans are entering a new space age.
D . To encourage the audience to move to other planets.
（6）The reason why humans must leave earth soon is that .
A . the Earth is under threat and the human race is in serious danger
B . a new and ambitious space program would excite young people
C . astronauts have found a better world in the space than the Earth
D . humans have found other forms of energy to move to a new planet
