【高二下期末】广东省广州市天河区2021-2022学年高二下学期期末英语试题（解析版）.docxVIP

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2021学年第二学期天河区期末考试

高二英语

本试卷共8页，满分为150分，考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：

1.答卷前，考生必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号填写在答题卡相应的位置上.

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第Ⅰ卷

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分45分）

第一节（共10小题；每小题3分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Orbitalstructuresarebecomingincreasinglyimportantforworldwidecommunicationsandanewgenerationoftechnologies.Butscientistsarewarningthatthedangerofspacedebris(碎片)israpidlyincreasing.Spacedebriscanincludepiecesofoldrockets,non-operationalsatellites,losttoolsandotheritems.Theyarethreateningspaceships,satellitesandspacestations.

InanefforttoreducetheamountofdebrisorbitingtheEarth,agroupofeconomistsattheUniversityofColoradoatBoulderproposedayearlyfee,ortax,onsatelliteoperatorsfortheiruseofanorbitalpath.Thegroup’sstudyonthesubjectappearedrecentlyinthepublicationProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.

MatthewSmithhelpedwritethestudy.Hesaidinastatement:“Spaceisacommonresource,butcompaniesaren’tresponsibleforthecosttheirsatellitesimpose(迫使)onotheroperatorswhentheydecidewhetherornottolaunch.Soweneedapolicythatletssatelliteoperatorsdirectlycoverthecoststheirlaunchesimposeonotheroperators.”

AkhilLiottawastheleadwriterofthestudy.Hesaidmostoftheproposedsolutionstotheproblemhavebeenbasedonusingtechnologytoclearawaythedebris.But,Smithsaid,removingdebrisonlymeansthatoperatorswilllaunchmoresatellites,andaninternationalagreementcallingforayearlyfeeortaxwouldpushcompaniestobemoremindfulaboutlaunchingfurtherobjectsintospace.

ChristopherBurgess,aprofessorofspacelawatNorthumbriaUniversityinBritain,saidthatimposingaspacetaxcould