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1、One[2016届上海市虹口区高三英语二模试题】SectionBDirections:Readthefollowingthreepassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD・Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.Scien
2、tistsDetectGravitationalWavesUGOPressConferenceQMV201S>WashingtonOCWhatisgravitationalwaves(引力波)?Scientistshaveforthefirsttimeobservedripplesinthefabricofspacetime(吋空涟漪)calledgravitationalwaves,arrivingattheearthfromaseverelydestructiveeventinthedistantuniverse.Itconfir
3、msamajorpredictionofAlbertEinstein,s1915generaltheoryofrelativityandopensauniquenewwindowontotheuniverse,accordingtoagroupofscientistsatapressconferenceinWashingtononThursday.“Thisistrulyscientificmoonshot.Wedidi匚Welandedonthemoon「declaredDavidReitz,executivedirectoroft
4、heLIGOLaboratoryatCaltech,attheconferenceintheNationalPressClub.AccordingtotheNationalScienceFoundation(NSF)experts,gravitationalwavescarryinformationabouttheirdramaticoriginsandaboutthenatureofgravitythatcannotbeobtainedfromelsewhere・Physicistshaveconcludedthatthedetec
5、tedgravitationalwaveswereproducedduringthefinnlfractionofcisecond(千分之一秒)ofthecombinationoftwoblackholestoproduceasingle,muchbiggerturningblackhole.ThisfierceshockoftwoblackholeshadbeenpredictedbutneverobservedbyNSF.ThegravitationalwavesweredetectedonSept14,2015at5:51amE
6、DTbybothofthetwinLaserInterferometerGravitational-waveObservatory(LIGO)detectors,locatedinLivingston,Louisiana,andHanford,Washington.Basedontheobservedsignals,LIGOscientistsestimatethattheblackholesforthiseventwereabout29and36timestheweightofthesun,andtheeventtookplace1
7、.3billionyearsago.Aboutthreetimestheweightofthesunwaschangedintogravitationalwavesinafractionofasecond~withapeakpoweroutputabout50timesthatofthewholevisibleuniverse.Bylookingatthetimeofarrivalofthesignals一thedetectorinLivingstonrecordedtheevent7milliseconds(毫秒)beforethe
8、detectorinHanford一scientistscansaythatthesourcewaslocatedintheSouthernHemisphere,accordingtoapressreleasefromN