Colonies in space

Richard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,which would be a “life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes,natural or otherwise,might occur on Earth.

“The real space race is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the space programme runs out.”

Spinal injuries

Ellen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Reeve.

She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to profescribe drugs that cause severes(断裂的) spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.

“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuch the same way that we fix an appliance or automobile:by replancing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,in time,the spinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replacement will be routine,”Prof.Heber-Katz adds.

Obesity

Sydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive-and evolition will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been solved.”

Robots

Rodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overcome.As a result,”the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely”

Energy

Bill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says:”The most significant breakthrought would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy source.”

Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.  

Society

  Geoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico,says:”The US will follow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite (前提)for ordinary human decency.

  “This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical,uniwersal and rewarding moral frameworkfor human interaction.”

  He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displays of wealth will become umfashionable while the importance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer.

  These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brighe\ter,wiser,happier and kinder”.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

1.What is john lngham’s report about?
A)A solution to the global energy crisis
B)Extraordinary advances in technology.
C)The latest developments of medical science
D)Scientists’vision of the world in halfa century

2.  According to Harvard professor Steven Pinker,predictions about the future_____.
   A)may invite trouble
   B)may not come true
   C)will fool the public
   D)do more harm than good

3. Professor Bruce Lahn of the University of Chicago predicts that____.
   A)humans won’t have to donate organs for transplantation
   B)more people will donate their organs for transplantation
   C)animal organs could be transplanted into human bodies
   D)organ transplantation won’t be as scary as it is today

4. According to professor Richard Miller of the University of Michigarr, prople will____.
  A)life for as long as they wish
  B)be relieved from all sufferings
  C) life to 100 and more with vitality
  D)be able to live longer than whales

5.Priceton professor Freeman Syson thinks that____.
A)scientists will find alien life similar to ours
B)humans will be able to settle on Mars
C)alien life will likely be discovered
D)life will start to evolve on Mars

6.According to Princeton professor Richard Gott,by setting up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,
Humans_____.
A)Might survie allcatastrophes on earth
B)Might acquire ample natural resources
C)Will be able to travel to Mars freely
D)Will move there to live a better life

7.Ellen Heber-Katz, professor at the Wistar Institue in Philadelpia,predicts that_____.
A)human organs can bu manufactured like appliances
B)people will be as strong and dymamic as supermen
C) human nerves can be replanced by optic fibers

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