Unit 13 Were trying to save the earth!课时训练（含答案解析）2024-2025学年人教版九年级英语全册.docxVIP

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2024年8月24日初中英语作业

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、阅读理解

ManypeopleknowthatrubbishisabigproblemonplanetEarth.Whatmanypeopledontknowisthatjunk(垃圾)hasbecomeaprobleminouterspacetoo.

AccordingtoBBCNews,therearemorethan22,000piecesofspacejunkfloatingaroundtheearth.Andthesearejustthethingsthatwecanseefromthesurfaceoftheearthbytelescopes(望远镜).Therearealsomillionsofsmallerpiecesofjunkthatwecantsee.

Objects,likebitsofoldspacerocketsorsatellites,movearoundtheplanetatveryhighspeedsfastthatevenaverysmallpiececanbreakimportantsatellitesorbecomedangeroustoastronauts.Ifthetiniestpieceofjunkcrashedintoaspaceship,itcoulddamagethevehicle.

Tomakethingsworse,whentwoobjectsinspacecrash,theybreakintomanysmallerpieces.Forexample,whenaU.S.satellitehitanoldRussianrocketin2009,itbrokeintomorethan2,000pieces,increasingtheamountofspacejunk.

Toreduceadditionalspacejunk,countrieshaveagreedthatallnewspacetoolscanonlystayinspacefor25yearsatmost.Eachtoolmustbebuilttofallsafelyintotheearthsatmosphereafterthattime.Intheupperpartsoftheatmosphere,itwillburnup.

Manyscientistsalsosuggestingdifferentwaystocleanupspacejunk.InEnglandscientistsaretestingametalnetthatcanbefiredintospacejunk.Thenetcatchesthejunkandthenpullsitintotheearthsatmospheretoburnup.TheGermansarebuildingrobotsthatcancollectpiecesofspacejunkandbringthembacktoEarthtobesafelydestroyed.

Theproblemisbecomingmorechallengingbecauseweresendingmoreobjectsintospacetohelppeopleusetheirmobilephonesandcomputers,”saysMarcoCastronuovo,anItalianspace

Researcher.

“Thetimetoactisnow.Thelongerweleavetheproblem,thebiggeritwillbecome,”hesays.

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