What are the chances that we will encounter some alien form of life, as we explore the galaxy.If the argument about the time scale for the appearance of life on Earth is correct, there ought to be many other stars, whose planets have life on them. Some of these stellar systems could have formed 5 billion years before the Earth. So why is the galaxy not crawling with self designing mechanical or biological life forms Why hasn’t the Earth been visied, and even colonized. I discount suggestions that UFOs contain beings from outer space. I think any visits by aliens would be much more obvious, and probably also, much more unpleasant. What is the explanation of why we have not been visited One possibility is that the argument about the appearance of life on Earth is wrong. Maybe the probability of life spontaneously appearing is so low that Earth is the only planet in the galaxy, or in the observable universe, in which it happened. Another possibility is that there was a reasonable probability of forming self-reproducing system, like cells, but most of these forms of life did not evolve intelligence. A third possibility is that there is a reasonable probability for life to form, and to evolve to intelligent beings, in the external transmission phase. But at that point, the system becomes unstable, and the intelligent life destroys itself. This would be a very pessimistic conclusion. I very much hope it isn’t true. I prefer a fourth possibility: there are other forms of intelligent life out there, but we have been overlooked. There used to be a project called SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. It involved scanning the radio frequencies, to see if we could pick up signals from alien civilizations. I thought this project was worth supporting, though it was cancelled due to a lack of funds. But we should have been wary of answering back, until we have developed a bit further. Meeting a more advanced civilization, at our present stage, might be a bit like the original inhabitants of America meeting Columbus. I don’t think they were better off for it. Which of the following is NOT among the four possibilities of why we haven’t been visited______.
A. Forms of life on the other planets don’t evolve to intelligent beings.
B. Earth is the only planet that contains life in the universe.
C. Life on the other planets destroys itself.
D. Beings from outer space are too far away from us.
阅读下面文段,完成文后问题。吾貌虽瘦,天下必肥“吾貌虽瘦,天下必肥”这句话,通俗易懂,可其所含的意思却十分深邃。说其是警世格言,世世代代为座右铭;说其是做人的哲理,个中的真善美的确意味深长;说其是言简意赅的号召,由其激发的辐射力、凝聚力着实难以量计。“吾貌虽瘦”,从字面上理解,刻画的是主体一方在形体上“衣带渐宽”的实况,而从这句话的实质意义上讲,大都反映的是自我约束、自觉奉献之后在个人既得利益上的某种损失。方志敏的清贫是一种廉洁奉公意义上的“瘦”,张思德的安于烧炭是一种不计名利意义上的“瘦”;白求恩、焦裕禄以身殉职更是一种献身意义上的、被人们引为骄傲的“瘦”,等等。这类安于“吾貌虽瘦”的举止,源于追求“天下必肥”的高尚境界。他们深知没有一个心甘情愿的“吾瘦”,已得的“天下必肥”可能丧失,欲取得的“天下必肥”,很可能是海市蜃楼;没有一批批“吾瘦”榜样的带动,即“从我做起”,便难以形成以“吾瘦”为荣的浩然社会正气,“天下必肥”亦难达到预期的目的。“吾瘦”引发的反馈力巨大,正如陈毅诗云:“民当敬清贤。”这里指的“清贤”乃“吾瘦”,由于“敬”出自民众之肺腑,融会“鱼水情”,“吾瘦”者的感召必能换得硕大动能回报,为“天下必肥”竭尽全力。 “这类安于‘吾貌虽瘦’的举止,源于追求‘天下必肥’的高尚境界”在文章结构上的作用是()。
A. 总结上文,指出事例的性质。
B. 启示下文,对论述“吾貌虽瘦”的思想来源进行论述。
C. “这类”承上总结,“源于”启下论述,有过渡作用。
D. 总结上文,指出“吾貌虽瘦”的思想来源。