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Anasteroid（小行星）ismovingveryfasttoward

Earth,threateningeveryhumanbeingonthe

planet.Humanityhasoneshottosaveitselfwithbrave,selfless

heroespilotingaspacecraftintotheuniversetodestroythe

asteroid.

Butthat7sthemovies.OnMondayevening,NASA

showedwhattherealitywaslike.Therewasanasteroid,butit

wasn'tthreateningtheEarth.Andtherewasaspacecraft,relying

onadvancedtechnologyfromtheEarth.Thehumanheroesof

themissionwereactuallyataphysicsandengineeringlab

betweenBaltimoreandWashington,D.C.Andtherewasa

collision（碰撞）.InthiscaseitwasthefinalactoftheDouble

AsteroidRedirectionTest（DART）,aspacecraftthatwaslaunched

inNovember,2021andthenracedaroundthesunfor10

monthsasitpursueditstarget—asmallspacerock,Dimorphos,

sevenmillionmilesfromEarth.

"Forthefirsttime,humanityhasdemonstratedtheabilityto

changetheorbitofanasteroid,"saidRalphSemmel,directorof

thelab.Initslastmoments,thespacecraftsentbackaseriesof

photographs.DARThadspottedDimorphosonlyanhourearlier,

asadotoflight.Then,Dimorphosgrewbiggerandbigger,until

itssurfacefilledthescreen.Theengineerswereontheir

feet,cheering."Normally,losingsignalfromthespacecraftis

verybad,HSemmelsaid."Butthistime,itwastheidealoutcome.

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Withmovieslike"DeepImpact",Hollywoodhaslong

beenenthusiasticabouttheprospectofdisasterrainingdown

fromtheuniverse.Inreality,bigasteroidsthatwouldcause

planet-widedestructionoccurveryrarely,onceevery10million

yearsorso.Hence,plannersatNASAandelsewheredevotetheir

attentiontosmalleronesinspace,whichwouldnotsetoff

massextinctions,butcanreleasemoreenergythananuclear

bomb.Ifanyofthoseasteroidsturnsouttobeonacollision

coursewithEarth,theDARTmissionshowsthatchangingits

orbitisarealisticpossibility.

12.What'sparagraph1describing?

A.Amovieplot.

B.Anaturaldisaster.

C.Awitnessaccount.

D.Avirtualexperiment.

13.What'sthemissionofDART?

A.Racingaroundthesun.

B.Trackingasteroidsinspace.

CChangingtheorbitofDimorphos.

D.Establishingapermanentspacelab.

14.Whyweretheengineerscheering?

A.Theyobtainedcleardesiredphotos.

B.Theymadeasafelandingfromspace.

C.DARTcrashedDimorphosintopieces.

D.DARTcompleteditsmissionsuccessfully.

15.What'sthesignificanceoftheDARTmission?

A.Preventingtheearthfrombeingdestroyed.

B.Providingasolutiontoanasteroidimpact.

C.Fuelingpeople*sinterestinHollywoodmovies.

D.Increasingchancesofhumansgoingintospace.

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spurposefulpractice.Topperformersspendmorehours

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Theprimaryqualityouryoungwriterpossessesisnotsome

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researchtakessomeofthemagicoutofgreatachievement.But

itunderlinesafactthatisoftenneglected.Publicdiscussionis

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it'struethatgenesplayaroleinourcapabilities.Butthebrainis

alsoveryplastic.Weconstructourselvesthroughbehaviour.

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A.thefunctionofLQ.incultivatingawriter

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77.Byreadingnovelsandwriters'stories,thegirlcould.

A.cometounderstandtheinnerstructureofwriting

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