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Atthepresentmomentwearehopingtofindoutmoreaboutthenatureofplanetsaroundstarswhicharepotentialhabitats.Wearelookingathabitableplanets，notinhabitedplanets.Wearenotgoingtofindanylittlegreenmen，"

ProfessorIanRoxburgh，anESAscientistwhohasbeeninvolvedwithCorotsinceitsinception，toldtheBBCRadio4Todayprogramme.

　　6.ProfRoxburghsaiditwashopedCorotwouldfind"

rockyplanetsthatcoulddevelopanatmosphereand，iftheyaretherightdistancefromtheirparentstar，theycouldhavewater"

　　7.Tosearchforplanets，thetelescopewilllookforthedimmingofstarlightcausedwhenanobjectpassesinfrontofastar，knownasa"

transit"

.Althoughitwilltakemoresophisticatedspacetelescopesplannedinthenext10yearstoconfirmthepresenceofanEarth-likeplanetwithoxygenandliquidwater，Corotwillletscientistsknowwheretopointtheirlenses.

　　8.MeasurementsofminutechangesinbrightnesswillenablescientiststodetectgiantJupiter-likegasplanetsaswellassmallrockyones.Itistherockyplanets-thatcouldbenobiggerthanabouttwicethesizeoftheEarth-whichwillcausethemostexcitement.Scientistsexpecttofindbetween10and40ofthesesmallerplanets.

　　9.Corotwillalsoprobeintostellarinteriorsbystudyingtheacousticwavesthatrippleacrossthesurfaceofstars，atechniquecalled"

asteroseismology"

　　10.Thenatureoftheripplesallowsastronomerstocalculateastar’sprecisemass，ageandchemicalcomposition.

　　11."

Aplanetpassinginfrontofastarcanbedetectedbythefallinlightfromthatstar.Smalloscillationsofthestaralsoproducechangesinthelightemitted，whichrevealwhatthestarismadeofandhowtheyarestructuredinternally.Thisdatawillprovideamajorboosttoourunderstandingofhowstarsformandevolve，"

ProfRoxburghsaid.

　　12.Sincethediscoveryin1995ofthefirst"

exoplanet"

-aplanetorbitingastarotherthantheSun-morethan200othershavebeenfoundbyground-basedobservatories.

　　13.Untilnowtheusualmethodoffindingexoplanetshasbeentodetectthe"

wobble"

theirgravityimpartsonparentstars.ButonlygiantgaseousplanetsbiggerthanJupitercanbefoundthisway，andtheyareunlikelytoharbourlife.

　　14.Inthe2010s，ESAplanstolaunchDarwin，afleetoffourorfiveinterlinkedspacetelescopesthatwillnotonlyspotsmallrockyplanets，butanalysetheiratmospheresforsignsofbiologicalactivity.

　　15.Ataroundthesametime，theUSspaceagency，Nasa，willlaunchTerrestrialPlanetFinder，anotherspacetelescopedesignedtolocateEarth-likeplanets.　ChoosetheappropriateletterfromA-Dforquestion1.

　　1.Corotisaninstrumentwhich

　　（A）canhelptosearchforcertainplanets

　　（B）isusedtofindplanetsintheorbit

　　（C）canlocateplanetswithhumanbeings

　　（D）canspotanyplanetswithwater.

　　Dothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninthereadingpassage？

Forquestions2-5write

　　TRUEifthestatementagreeswiththeinformation

　　FALSEifthestatementcontraictstheinformation

　　NOTGIVENifthereisnoinformationonthisinthepassage

　　2.Scientistsaretryingtofindoutabouttheplanetsthatcanbeinhabited.

　　3.BBCRadio4recentlyfocusesonthebroadcastingofCorot.

　　4.Passingobjectsmightcauseafallinlight.

　　5.CorotcantellwhetherthereisanotherEarth-likeplanet.

　　Basedonyourreadingofthepassage，completethesentencesbelowwithwordstakenfromthepassage.UseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.

　　Withmeasurements，scientistswillbeabletosearchforsomegaseousandrockyplanets.Theywillbeextremelyexcitediftheycandiscoversomesmall6.__________，theexpectednumberofwhichcouldbeupto7.__________.

　　Corotwillenablescientiststostudythe8.__________ofstars.Inthisway，astar’smass，ageandchemicalcompositioncanbecalculated.

　　AccordingtoProfRoxburgh，changesinlightcanbecausedbypassingplanetsorstar9.__________.Therelatedstatisticscangainusabetter10.__________ofthestarformationandevolvement.

　　Observatorieshavefoundmanyexoplanets，whichare11.__________otherstarsthantheSun.Thecommonwayusedinfindingexoplanetscanonlydetecthugegasplanets，whichdonot12.___________.

　　WiththelaunchingofDarwin，astronomerswillbeabletoanalysewhetherthoserockyplanetshave13.__________forlife.

　　Answerkeys：

　　1.答案：

A（第3段第1句：

Corot，shortforconvectionrotationandplanetarytransits，isthefirstinstrumentcapableoffindingsmallrockyplanetsbeyondthesolarsystem.A项中的certainplanets指smallrockyplanetsbeyondthesolarsystem.）

　　2.答案：

TRUE（第5段第1、2句：

Atthepresentmomentwearehopingtofindoutmoreaboutthenatureofplanetsaroundstarswhicharepotentialhabitats.Wearelookingathabitableplanets，notinhabitedplanets.问题中的“thatcanbeinhabited”意思就是inhabitable.）

　　3.答案：

NOTGIVEN（文中没有提及该信息。

）

　　4.答案：

TRUE（第7段第1句：

Tosearchforplanets，thetelescopewilllookforthedimmingofstarlightcausedwhenanobjectpassesinfrontofastar，knownasa"

.）

　　5.答案：

FASLE（第7段第2、3句：

Althoughitwilltakemoresophisticatedspacetelescopesplannedinthenext10yearstoconfirmthepresenceofanEarth-likeplanetwithoxygenandliquidwater，Corotwillletscientistsknowwheretopointtheirlenses.）

　　6.答案：

rockyplanets（第8段第2句：

Itistherockyplanets-thatcouldbenobiggerthanabouttwicethesizeoftheEarth-whichwillcausethemostexcitement.）

　　7.答案：

40（第8段第3句：

Scientistsexpecttofindbetween10and40ofthesesmallerplanets.问题中短语“upto”的意思是“达到，高达”，所以应该选择最高的数字40。

　　8.答案：

interiors（第9段第1句：

Corotwillalsoprobeintostellarinteriorsbystudyingtheacousticwavesthatrippleacrossthesurfaceofstars，atechniquecalled"

.单词"

probe”的词义是“探查，探索”。

　　9.答案：

oscillations（第11段第2句：

Smalloscillationsofthestaralsoproducechangesinthelightemitted，whichrevealwhatthestarismadeofandhowtheyarestructuredinternally.）

　　10.答案：

understanding（第11段第3句：

Thisdatawillprovideamajorboosttoourunderstandingofhowstarsformandevolve.）

　　11.答案：

orbiting（第12段第1句：

Sincethediscoveryin1995ofthefirst"

-aplanetorbitingastarotherthantheSun-morethan200othershavebeenfoundbyground-basedobservatories.）

　　12.答案：

harbourlife（第13段：

Untilnowtheusualmethodoffindingexoplanetshasbeentodetectthe"

theirgravityimpartsonparentstars.ButonlygiantgaseousplanetsbiggerthanJupitercanbefoundthisway，andtheyareunlikelytoharbourlife.）

　　13.答案：

atmospheres（第14段：

Inthe2010s，ESAplanstolaunchDarwin，afleetoffourorfiveinterlinkedspacetelescopesthatwillnotonlyspotsmallrockyplanets，butanalysetheiratmospheresforsignsofbiologicalactivity.）