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1、2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精选专练系列（14）及答案AIn1835,aBritishastronomercalledSirJohnHerschelbuiltagianttelescopeinaremoteareaofSauthAfrica．Hewantedtotakeadvantageoftheclearairinthatregiontoobservepartsofthesouthernskynotvisibleinthenorthernhemisphere（半球）．InAugustofthatyear,anarticleappearedintheNewYorkSunwiththef
2、ollowingheadline:GREATASTRONOMICALDISCOVERIESMADEBYSIRJOHNHER-SCHEL（FROMTHEEDINBURGHJOURNALOFSCIENCE）TheSbnreportedthatHerschelhaddiscoveredlifeonthemoon—histelescopebeingsopowerfulthathecouldobservetheMoon'ssurface"asifheWerestandingonit"．Morearticlesfollowed,withnewsthatHerschelhadbeenabletose
3、etheMoon'scraters,rivers,vegetationandanimals—creaturesthatboreastrongresemblancetoantelopes,goatsandpelicansontheEarth．Inthefinalinstallment,itwasrevealedthatHerschelhadactuallyseenaraceoffurry,wingedmenandwomen,human—likecreatureswhocouldfly!TheSun'sillustratorsprovidedgraphicimagesbasedonHers
4、chel's"descriptions"．ThestorycausedasensationinAmerica,andweresoonsyndicated（供许多报纸同时发表）tonewspapersallovertheworld．Scientistswereskepticalabouttheinformation,butitseemsthatnoonepointedoutthattheEdinburghJournalofSciencedidn'tactuallyexist．Therehadbeenamagazinewiththatnamebutithadcloseddownmoreth
5、antenyearsbefore．TheSunarticleswere,ofcourse,anelaboratehoax（骗局）．HerschelhadnotreallyobservedlifeontheMoon,norhadhemadeanyoftheotherastronomicaldiscoveriesthatthearticlereported．Infact,HerscheldidnotevenknowaboutthearticlesuntilhereturnedtoEnglandsometimelater．Hehadnothingtodowiththestoriesatall
6、．TheSunneveradmittedthatthestorieswerefake．However,afewweeksafterthepublication,theeditorwrote:"Wecanonlyconcede（承认）thatthestoryisahoaxiftheScottishpaperthatpublisheditadmitsit．"Asthe"Scottishpaper"didn'texist,thiswasnotlikelytohappen．56．Whatisthetextabout?A．AnarticleabouttheMooninanearly20thcen
7、turyastrologicalmagazine．B．AseriesofarticlesabouttheMooninaScienceJournalintheearly19th,century．C．AseriesofarticlesabouttheMooninanewspaperintheearly19thcentury．D．AnarticleaboutSouthAfricanskiesinageographical．57．SirJohnHers
