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冲刺2023年中考英语必考题型终极预测（广州专用）

（2023·广东广州·统考一模）??

TravelingbetweenEarthandspaceinanelevator(电梯),movingEarthawayfromthesunwithhugeengines...Ifyouhavewatchedthesci-fiblockbuster(大片)TheWanderingEarthII,youmusthavebeenwowedbytheseamazingtechnologies.Howfararetheseimaginativeideasfromreality?Couldwereallyachievethesethingssomeday?Let’stakealook.

●Earthengines

Inthemovie,thesunisbecomingbiggerandwill“eat”Earth.PeopleplantobuildtensofthousandsofenginesonEarthinordertopushitawayfromthesun.Theenergywillcomefromanuclearfusionreaction(核聚变反应).Wouldthisbepossible?

WangTengattheChineseAcademyofSciencestoldXinhuathatintheory(理论上),nuclearfusionispowerfulenoughtomoveEarth.AccordingtoWang,controllablenuclearfusionisoneofthekeyproblemsscientistsallovertheworldareworkingon.Inthereaction,twoatoms(原子)joinintoaheavierone,whichcreatesagreatamountofenergy.It’sthesameenergythatpowersthesunandotherstars.

InDecember2022,USscientistsmadeabigbreakthrough(突破).Forthefirsttimeinhistory,theymadeanuclearfusionreactionthatproducedmoreenergythanitcost.Althoughtheenergygain(获得)wasnotmuch—onlyenoughforboilingabout9.5litersofwater,scientistsarepositivetheycouldusethisreactiontoproducecleanenergyinthefuture.

●Spaceelevators

Thespaceelevatorsinthemovielookreallycool.TheytravelfastbetweencablesthatconnectEarthandthespacestation.AccordingtoWangYuanzhuofromtheChineseAcademyofSciences,thisideafirstcamefromRussianscientistKonstantinTsiolkovskyin1895afterseeingtheEiffelTowerinParis.ThebasicideaforspaceelevatorsistoconnectoneendofthecabletoEarthandtheotherendtoaspacestationthatfliesatthesamespeedEarthrotates(旋转).Butthechallenge,asexpertstoldXinhua,istofindtherightmaterialforthecables.A