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基础英语选择（词汇题）10个?10分阅读6篇?25题?50分有一篇关于电影的；一篇经济的；还有一篇海盗船只的剩下三篇找到了原文Passage?1（1989年考研真题）A?scientist?once?said:?“I?have?concluded?that?the?earth?is?being?visited?by?intelligently?controlled?vehicles?from?outer?space.”If?we?take?this?as?a?reasonable?explanation?for?UFOs?(unidentified?flying?objects),?questions?immediately?come?up.“Why?don’t?they?get?in?touch?with?us,?then??Why?don’t?they?land?right?on?the?White?House?lawn?and?declare?themselves?”?people?asked.In?reply,?scientists?say?that,?while?this?may?be?what?we?want,?it?may?not?necessarily?be?what?they?want.“The?most?likely?explanation,?it?seems?to?me,”?said?Dr.?Mead,?“is?that?they?are?simply?watching?what?we?are?up?to?--?that?responsible?society?outside?our?solar?system?is?keeping?an?eye?on?us?to?see?that?we?don’t?set?in?motion?a?chain?reaction?that?might?have?unexpected?effects?for?outside?our?solar?system.”Opinions?from?other?scientists?might?go?like?this:?“Why?should?they?want?to?get?in?touch?with?us??We?may?feel?we’re?more?important?than?we?really?are!?They?may?want?to?observe?us?only?and?not?interfere?with?the?development?of?our?civilization.?They?may?not?care?if?we?see?them?but?they?also?may?not?care?to?say?‘hello’.”Some?scientists?have?also?suggested?that?Earth?is?a?kind?of?zoo?or?wildlife?reserve.?Just?as?we?set?aside?wilderness?areas?and?wildlife?reserves?to?allow?animals?and?growing?things?to?develop?naturally?while?we?observe?them,?so?perhaps?Earth?was?set?aside?ages?ago?for?the?same?purpose.Are?we?being?observed?by?intelligent?beings?from?other?civilizations?in?the?universe??Are?they?watching?our?progress?in?space?travel??Do?we?live?in?a?gigantic?“zoo”?observed?by?our?“keepers,”?but?having?no?communication?with?them?Never?before?in?our?history?have?we?had?to?confront?ideas?like?these.?The?simple?fact?is?that?we,?who?have?always?regarded?ourselves?as?supreme?in?the?universe,?may?not?be?so.?Now?we?have?to?recognize?that,?among?the?stars?in?the?heavens,?there?may?very?well?be?worlds?inh