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Ⅰ.阅读理解

Itspossiblethatinterstellar(星际的)spaceexplorerscouldcomeacrossproblemscommunicatingwithpreviousandsubsequentarrivals,astheirspokenlanguagehaschangedinisolationalongtheway.

Regardingtheissue,twoAmericanscholars,AndrewMcKenzieandJeffreyPunske,co-authoredthearticle“LanguageDevelopmentDuringInterstellarTravel”．Whathasbeendiscussedinthearticleistheconceptoflanguagechangingovertime.Theywrotethatgivenmoretime,newgrammaticalformscancompletelyreplacecurrentones.

Inarecentinterview,McKenziegamedit