《2025年亮点给力提优课时作业本九年级英语下册译林版》

三、阅读表达。
Is Space Tourism a Good Idea?
新素养 批判质疑 “The most profound（深远的）experience I can imagine” is how actor William Shatner described the four minutes he spent in space. He was one of the four passengers on board—billionaire Jeff Bezos’ rocket, called New Shepard.

It was the second time that the rocket had successfully taken tourists into space. Bezos believes that in the future, millions of people will live and work in space. This will reduce the amount of pollution being caused on the Earth.
However, Prince William says people should fix problems on the Earth before going to space. “We need to put the world’s greatest brains together to try to repair this planet, instead of trying to find the next place to go and live,” he says. What do you think? Is space tourism a good idea?
YES—“It is the future and it will save the Earth.”
The developing technology will allow people to live and work in space in the future. People could move polluting businesses away from the Earth and into space, which will protect the planet.
The projects are complicated（复杂的）and require lots of people to work on them. This creates lots of new jobs for scientists and engineers.
Let’s not forget that going into space is also a lot of fun. Besides, humankind likes to explore and to find out what it is capable of achieving.
NO—“It is a fantasy and waste of money.”
Billions of pounds could go towards feeding hungry people, housing those without homes and providing medical treatment for people in need. The time and money spent on space tourism could also be used to develop technologies to protect the environment and the planet from climate change.
What’s more, space travel does more harm than good. This is because rockets create huge amounts of pollution as they burn tons of fuel in order to fly into the sky.
Lastly, space tourism is only for the rich. Few people can afford to buy a ticket to space.
Because of this, it will only end up being the wealthiest who get to go.
1. How much time did William Shatner spend in space on New Shepard?
______________________________
2. What does Jeff Bezos believe in Paragraph 2?
______________________________
3. According to the “YES” side, how can humans protect the planet?
______________________________
4. According to the “NO” side, why does space travel do more harm than good?
______________________________
5. 新考法 开放性设问 Do you support the idea of travelling in space? Please give your own reason（s）.
______________________________

答案： Four minutes. @@He believes that in the future, millions of people will live and work in space. @@By moving polluting businesses away from the Earth and into space. /They can move polluting businesses away from the Earth and into space. @@Because rockets create huge amounts of pollution (as they burn tons of fuel in order to fly into the sky). @@Yes. Because travelling in space can encourage more people to explore the mystery of space, and thus contribute to providing more possibilities for future scientific development.（答案不唯一，言之有理即可）