六级冲刺练习：阅读（61）
<p> <span word="Suppose">Suppose</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="evening">evening</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="spaceship">spaceship</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="somewhere">somewhere</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="solar">solar</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="landed">landed</span> <span word="unnoticed">unnoticed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="neighborhood">neighborhood</span>. <span word="Suppose">Suppose</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="beings">beings</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="ship">ship</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="road">road</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="dusk">dusk</span>. <span word="Would">Would</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="screaming">screaming</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="telephone">telephone</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="police">police</span>? <span word="No">No</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chances">chances</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="wouldnt">wouldnt</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="look">look</span>.</p><p> <span word="We">We</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="eyes">eyes</span>, <span word="webbed">webbed</span> <span word="feet">feet</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="antennae">antennae</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="foreheads">foreheads</span>. <span word="Instead">Instead</span>, <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="theorize">theorize</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="bear">bear</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="resemblance">resemblance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="door">door</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="assumption">assumption</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="shown">shown</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shape">shape</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="accidental">accidental</span>.</p><p> <span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="rules">rules</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="biological">biological</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="picture">picture</span> <span word="presumed">presumed</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="step">step</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="spaceship">spaceship</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="applying">applying</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rules">rules</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="assumptions">assumptions</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="spacemen">spacemen</span> <span word="consist">consist</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="protoplasm">protoplasm</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="ours">ours</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="intelligent">intelligent</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="inescapable">inescapable</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="accept">accept</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="capable">capable</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="spaceship">spaceship</span>.</p><p> <span word="With">With</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="assumptions">assumptions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="paint">paint</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="portrait">portrait</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Planet">Planet</span> <span word="X">X</span>. :</p><p> <span word="He">He</span> <span word="breathes">breathes</span> <span word="air">air</span>. <span word="Water">Water</span> <span word="breathers">breathers</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="develop">develop</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="intelligence">intelligence</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="smelt">smelt</span> <span word="metals">metals</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="water">water</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="Stone">Stone</span> <span word="Age">Age</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="accomplishment">accomplishment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="breathers">breathers</span>.</p>
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