China's FAST

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“中國天眼”位于貴州省黔南市，具有我國自主知識產權。專家稱“中國天眼”足足領先世界10到20年。通過500米口徑球面射電望遠鏡，我國對暗物質以及暗物質的變化規律、脈沖星以及來自其他星體的生命信號進行勘探，甚至能夠研討生命的來源和宇宙的演變，這對我國航空航天的技術發展有著重要意義。

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The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical（口徑球面）radio Telescope（FAST），nicknamed Tianyan，“Heavenly Eye” or “The Eye of Heaven”， is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang Depression （大窩凼洼地）.

1.______Itconsistsof a fixed 500m diameter dish constructed in a natural depression in the landscape.It is the world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope.

Construction on the FAST project began in 2011 and was completed in September 2016.2.________Astronomersare able to useFAST to survey hydrogen in the Milky Way（銀河系） and other galaxies and study the origin and evolution of the universe.

Over 2，700 pulsars（脈沖星）have been identified since the first one was discovered by British astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish on Nov.28，1967.3_______._Many scientists expect FAST to be the first telescope to capture a pulsar outside the galaxy.Technical preparations have been made for FAST tosearch forpulsars outside the Milky Way.

4._______Engineers have said it issosensitivethatit could capture the signal of a cell phone being used on the moon.After one year of trial operation，FAST has discovered 11 new pulsars so far.

FAST is expected to discover twice the number of pulsars currently known and itishighlylikely to makebreakthroughs in the study of gravitational waves and general relativity theory.5.__________.

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根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

A.Its receiving area covers an area to about 30 football fields.

B.FAST will remain the global leader for the next 10 to 20 years.

C.But almost all of them are within the scope of the Milky Way.

D.FAST is believed to be the world's most sensitive radio telescope.

E.It is truly encouraging to have achieved such results within just one year.

F.It is a natural basin in Pingtang County，Guizhou Province，southwest China.

G.It was the first time a radio telescope independently developed by Chinese scientists has found pulsars.

語言提取

1.consist of 由……組成

新西蘭位于南太平洋，由兩個大島和許多較小的島嶼組成。

New Zealand lies in the south Pacific，________________two big islands and many smaller ones.

2.be able to do 能夠做……

他能否快速地適應那里的天氣是一個大問題。

Whether he will__________________________

quickly to the weather there is a big question.

3.search for 尋找

狗有非常好的嗅覺，經常被用來尋找地震中的幸存者。

Dogs have a very good sense of smell and are often used___________________survivors in an earthquake.

4.so...that... 如此……，以至于……

總有一段時間人們是如此的累，以至于他們幾乎在任何地方都可以睡覺。

There are times when people are__________________they fall asleep almost anywhere.

5.be likely to do 很可能……

為什么工程專業的學生更有可能找到工作?

Why are engineering graduates more________________a job?