江苏省镇江市2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编：阅读填空

江苏省镇江市 2021-2023年中考英语一模试题分类汇编 阅读填空 2023年江苏省镇江市中考一模英语试卷 六、阅读填空（共5小题：每小题1分，满分5分） Space exploration is getting more and more popular and more money is spent on it.So what do you think-is space exploration a waste of money or is it worth it? Yes-exploring space brings many advantages It might sound very expensive but space exploration only takes up a tiny part of government spending in the case of US space agency NASA.about 0.4%.Space exploration has helped us to learn more about the universe and brought different countries together.Space programmes actually help create jobs and drive the inventions of new technologies.Above all,space encourages special feelings of awe(敬畏)and satisfies human curiosity.Climate change(气候 )makes it necessary for people to find another planet to live on instead of depending only on the Earth No-it wastes much-needed resources The cost of space exploration can only be described as huge.The cost of NASA may have gone down since the 1960s,when humans landed on the Moon,but it's still not exactly small-$ 24 billion for 2022.It's not wise to spend billions on space when there are still many people without enough money to live on.Moreover,new inventions of technologies surely would have been invented no matter what happens.The best way to deal with climate change is spending as much as possible in protecting the Earth.Moreover,with 95%of the world's oceans yet to be developed,there's more than enough to satisfy human curiosity 阅读以上信息，用恰当的单词完成下面的短文，每空一词。 Space exploration is a hot topic.Many people discuss56 we should spend so much money exploring space or not.Some people believe that space exploration is worth the money. First,space exploration isn't actually as 57 as it sounds -it takes up only a small part of government spending.It helps us learn more and brings countries together.Second,it helps create jobs and leads to new inventions.Third,humans can not depend on the Earth forever because of climate change.They n_58 to find another planet t