It was with great delight that I read in your February ()the letter to the Editor written by Prof. Johnson.
A.issue
B.printing
C.magazine
D.copy
A.issue
B.printing
C.magazine
D.copy
Maria Mitchell(1818-1889,the first woman astronomer(天文学家)in the United States, was born in Nantucket. Massachusetts. Her parents valued education and insisted on giving her the same quality of education that boys received.
Her father. William Mitchell, was an astronomer and teacher himself. When he built his own school, Maria became a student and also a teaching assistant to him. At home. Marias father taught her to watch the stars and other natural objects in space using his personal telescope(望远镜).
Later she went to work at the library of the Nantucket Atheneum. Over the next tweny years. she further developed her interest in reading as many books as she could.She spent her nights watching the sky closely with her father.
On October 1, 1847,Maria discovered a comet(彗星 )by merely using a two-inch telescope. Some years before, King Frederick VI of Denmark had set up prizes to each discover of a"telescopic comet". The prize was to be given to the"first discoverer"of each such comet because comets were often discovered by more than one person.
There was once a question of who should be the winner. As the story goes, francesco de Vico had discovered the same comet two days later, but had reported it to the European vor. She won the prize in 1848 and became a big name the world over. The comet was named“ Miss mitchell&39;s Comet.”
What ean be learnt about Marias parents according to the text?
A.They came from low-income families.
B.They gave Maria equal chance for education
C.They were both astronomers
D.They were both teachers.
When did Franeeseo de Vico discover the comet?A.In1818
B.In1889
C.In1848
D.In1847
What problem did Maria meet with in winning the prize?A.She named the comet on her own
B.She did not use the required telescope.
C.She did not report her discovery in time
D.She discovered the comet with her father
Whe played the most important role in Maria's great achievement?A.King FrederickⅥ
B.Francesco de Vico
C.Her father
D.Her mother
请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析,谢谢!
The source of the sun' s inconstancy is magnetism. Professor William Livingston has developed new theories about its magnetic nature.
"We don' t yet know what causes sun spots, "he says, "but we now think they ' re areas of high level magnetism that come up from the sun' s interior. So strong is their magnetic pull that the highly ionized gas nearby is not able to transmit energy out. "As a result these areas send out less heat and light and thus appear from Earth to be almost dark irregular surface patches.
Sun spot activity generally fluctuates in steady, 11-year cycled. Scientists have long formed the o pinion that as the size and number of sun spots increased, the overall energy sent out by the sun would de crease. Indeed, recent studies confirmed it, revealing that during peak periods of sun spot activity, the Earth experiences a small drop that can be seen clearly in received solar energy.
Could such a small drop in energy have an effect here on earth? Perhaps some scientists think the world temperature could fall by' as much as 0.2 during periods of high solar magnetism.., enough to cause significant fluctuations in weather patterns.
According to the passage, it is believed that the sun ______ .
A.moves in a quick but steady way year after year
B.sends out less and less heat and light with each passing year
C.radiates the same amount of light every year
D.might have a strong influence on the weather patterns
A.-A+B*C/DE
B.-A+B*CD/E
C.-+*ABC/DE
D.-+A*BC/DE
A.Tā de àihǎo shì dǎ lánqiú
B.Tā de àihào shì dá lánqiú
C.Tā de àihǎo shì dá lánqiú
D.Tā de àihào shì dǎ lánqiú