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年3月高级口译听力真题NTGF（含解析）  

Note Taking and Gap Filling

Why should mankind explore space? Why should money
time and effort be spent in exploring
investigating and researching something with so few benefits? Why should resources be spent on space rather than on conditions and people on earth or in our own country? Perhaps the best answer lies in our geic make-up. What drove our distant ancestors to move from the trees onto the plains? Was it the lack of skills to pete in one ecological niche? If so the adaptation selected for after the move have resulted in the species expanding into all possible areas and environment，the drive to spread geic material and ensure the success of not just the species but of one type of geic material. The wider the distribution of a species
the better the chance of survival. Perhaps the best reason for exploring space is the built-in geic predisposition to expand into all possible niches. Culturally nearly every successful civilization has been willing to explore. In exploring
dangers of surrounding areas may be learned and prepared for. Dangers may be political enemies in neighboring cultures
physical features of the area
a change in the area which might affect food supplies or any other number of factors. All pose a real danger and all may be made less dangerous if certain preparations are made. Without knowledge
the danger may strike and pletely destroy
with knowledge
the effects or consequences may be lessened. Exploration also allows resources to be located. Resources translate into power and success at survival. Whether the success be financial
political or geic additional resources are always a boon when used wisely. In any of the three manners
use of resources allows a heightened percentage for survival. If the resources have no immediate need
then perhaps later the resources will be used. Resources may be more than physical assets. Knowledge or techniques acquired in exploring or preparing to explore always filter from the developers to the general populace. Techniques may be medical applications
uses for drugs or ways of living to increase the quantity of time lived or the quality of that time. Techniques may be social
allowing the people in a society to better understand those within or outside the culture. Better understanding may lead to better use of resources or a lessening of outright petition for the resources.
While many resources are spent on what seems a small return
the exploration of space allows the creative
the brave
the intelligence of our species to focus on that may serve to save us. While space may hold many wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works
it also holds dangers. The chance of a large asteroid or et hitting he earth is small. But given time
it will happen. Several current models of evolution propose many changes in a very short time period. Some explanations for the drastic speed of extinction and evolution include strikes by asteroids or ets. Human technology is reaching the point where it might be able to detect such a threat and allow us to do something about it. The danger exists
but knowledge can allow us as a species to survive. Without the ability to reach out across space
the chance to save ourselves might not exist. While earth is the only pla known to sustain life
surely the adaptive ability of humans would allow other plas and moons to bee inhabited. True the life style would be different
but human life and cultures have adapted in the past and surely could in the future. Our geic make-up will allow humans to move into unoccupied niches and flourish. The culture group holding the high ground has attained a great advantage over outer groups. It can see farther
act sooner and be safer from attack. In space all of these things are true. The culture which expands is like and anism which adapts. It may be found everywhere. If one group is eliminated
the species as a whole survives. The old adage
do not put all your eggs in one basket holds true for humans and cultures. The more a culture expands
the less chance of it being extinct. Space allows us to expand and succeed.
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文章大意：
人类为什么要探索外太空，在这项获益甚少的项目上花费大量的财力物力？这可能和人类的天性有关。人来的远古祖先从树上来到地上，其实也是一种对领域的开拓。物种扩散的越光，存活的机率就越大。人类探索外太空也基于同样的理由。但是探索也会有危险，所以需要有一定的准备。而探索的过程中还会涉及到资源的使用：这种资源包括有形和无形的。只有充分了解才能更好的使用资源。只有通过合理利用技术和资源，才能在灾难毁灭人类前找到适合人类继续繁衍的地方。
本篇文章主要在谈论人类为何要向外太空进发，属于科学类文章。其中的有一些词汇可能会对考生造成困难。例如： niche: 原意表示壁龛，在文中可以表示某个地域或空间；general populace：普通大众；asteroid or et：小行星或流星；inhabited：适宜居住的；adage：谚语、格言。
除此之外，本篇文章的有些句式结构也比较复杂，可能会对考生的理解上造成压力。总体来说，对本篇文章的理解、记录以及最后的填空有一定难度。