MarkandhisbrotherJasonbothwerelookingattheshiningnewcomputerenviouslyJasonwasdeterminednottogoagainsttheirfather’swishesbutMarkwasmoreadventurousthanhisbrother.Helovedexperimentingandhisaimwastobecomeascientistlikehisfather.
“Dadwillbereallymadifhefindsoutyou’vebeenplayingwithhisnewcomputer.”Jasonsaid“Hetoldusnottotouchit.”
“Hewon’tfindout”Marksaid.“I’lljusthaveaquicklookandshutitdown.”
Markhadbeenscoldedbeforefortouchinghisfather’sequipment.Buthiscuriositywasdifficulttocontrolandthisnewcomputerreallypuzzledhim.
Itwasastrange-lookingmachine—onehisdadhadbroughthomefromthelaboratorywhereheworked.“It’sanexperimentalmodel”hisfatherhadexplained“sodon’ttouchitunderanycircumstances.”Buthisfather’swarningonlyservedtomakeMarkmorecurious.WithoutanyfurtherthoughtMarkturnedonthepowerswitch.Thecomputerburstintolifeandsecondslaterthescreenturnedintocolorsshiftingandchangingandthentwobigwhitewordsappearedinthecentreofthescreen:“SPACETRANSPORTER.”
“Yes!”Markcriedexcitedly“It’sacomputergame.Iknewit!Dad’sonlybeenpretendingtowork.He’sreallybeenplayinggamesinstead.”Anewmessageappearedonthescreen:“ENTERNAMES
VOYAGER1:…
VOYAGER2:…”
Mark’sfingersflewacrossthekeyboardashetypedinbothoftheirnames.
“INPUTACCEPTED.STARTTRANSPORTPROGRAM.AUTO-RETRIEVEINITIATED(自动回收程序已启动).”
Thescreenturnedevenbrighterandanoisesuddenlyroseinvolume.
“Ithinkwe’dbettershutitoffMark”Jasonyelledreachingforthepowerswitch.Hewasreallyfrightened.
Buthishandneverreachedtheswitch.Asinglebeamofdazzlingwhitelightburstoutofthecomputerscreenwrappingtheboysinitsglow(光芒)untiltheythemselvesseemedtobeglowing.Thenitdieddownjustassuddenlyasithadburstintolife.Andtheboyswerenolongerthere.Onthescreentheletterschanged.
“TRANSPORTSUCCESSFUL.DESTINATION(目的地)：MARS.RETRIEVEDATE:2025.”
60.WhydidMarktouchthecomputeragainsthisfather’swarning?
A.Hewantedtotakeavoyage. B.Hewantedtopracticehisskill.