2015考研英语阅读集中练：the space race
考研英语阅读水平的提高重在练习，多练才能够增加词汇量，提升对语法语义的把握，才能够更容易的理解和总结文章中心主旨。正所谓熟能生巧，就是这个道理。十一刚过，后续复习任务依然很重，新东方在线小编希望考生能够继续努力，多读多练。下面分享英语阅读集中练篇章，望考生认真阅读。2015考研英语阅读集中练：the space race
Almost every day we see something in the papers about the latest exciting
developments in the space race. Photographs are regularly flashed to the earth
from thousands and even millions of miles away. They are printed in our
newspapers and shown on our television screens as a visible proof of man’s
newest achievements. The photographs neatly sum up the results of these massive
efforts to ‘conquer space’ and at the same time they expose the absurdity of the
undertaking. All we can see is an indistinguishable blob which is supposed to
represent a planet seen from several thousand miles away. We are going to end up
with a little moon-dust and a few stones which will be put behind glass in some
museum. This is hardly value for money when you think that our own earth can
provide countless sights which are infinitely more exciting and spectacular.
The space race is not simply the objective search for knowledge it is often
made out to be. It is just an extension of the race for power on earth. Only the
wealthiest nations can compete and they do so in the name of pure scientific
research. But in reality, all they are interested in is power and prestige. They
want to impress us, their spectators, with a magnificent show of strength. Man
has played the power game ever since he appeared on earth. Now he is playing it
as it has never been played before. The space race is just another aspect of the
age-old argument that ‘might is right’.
We are often told that technological know-how, acquired in attempting to
get us into orbit, will be utilized to make life better on earth. But what has
the space race done to relieve the suffering of the earth’s starving millions?
In what way has it raised the standard of living of any one of us? As far as the
layman is concerned, the practical results of all this expenditure of money and
effort are negligible. Thanks to space research, we can now see television
pictures transmitted live half-way across the globe and the housewife can use
non-stick frying-pans in the kitchen. The whole thing becomes utterly absurd
when you think that no matter what problems man overcomes, it is unlikely that
he will ever be able to travel even to the nearest star.
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