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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）．InAugustofthaty
2、ear,anarticleappearedintheNewYorkSunwiththefollowingheadline:GREATASTRONOMICALDISCOVERIESMADEBYSIRJOHNHER-SCHEL（FROMTHEEDINBURGHJOURNALOFSCIENCE）TheSbnreportedthatHerschelhaddiscoveredlifeonthemoon—histelescopebeingsopowerfulthathecouldobservetheMoon's
3、surface"asifheWerestandingonit"．Morearticlesfollowed,withnewsthatHerschelhadbeenabletoseetheMoon'scraters,rivers,vegetationandanimals—creaturesthatboreastrongresemblancetoantelopes,goatsandpelicansontheEarth．Inthefinalinstallment,itwasrevealedthatHersc
4、helhadactuallyseenaraceoffurry,wingedmenandwomen,human—likecreatureswhocouldfly!TheSun'sillustratorsprovidedgraphicimagesbasedonHerschel's"descriptions"．ThestorycausedasensationinAmerica,andweresoonsyndicated（供许多报纸同时发表）tonewspapersallovertheworld．Scien
5、tistswereskepticalabouttheinformation,butitseemsthatnoonepointedoutthattheEdinburghJournalofSciencedidn'tactuallyexist．Therehadbeenamagazinewiththatnamebutithadcloseddownmorethantenyearsbefore．TheSunarticleswere,ofcourse,anelaboratehoax（骗局）．Herschelhad
6、notreallyobservedlifeontheMoon,norhadhemadeanyoftheotherastronomicaldiscoveriesthatthearticlereported．Infact,HerscheldidnotevenknowaboutthearticlesuntilhereturnedtoEnglandsometimelater．Hehadnothingtodowiththestoriesatall．TheSunneveradmittedthatthestori
7、eswerefake．However,afewweeksafterthepublication,theeditorwrote:"Wecanonlyconcede（承认）thatthestoryisahoaxiftheScottishpaperthatpublisheditadmitsit．"Asthe"Scottishpaper"didn'texist,thiswasnotlikelytohappen．56．Whatisthetextabout?A．AnarticleabouttheMooninan
8、early20thcenturyastrologicalmagazine．B．AseriesofarticlesabouttheMooninaScienceJournalintheearly19th,century．C．AseriesofarticlesabouttheMooninanewspaperintheearly19thcentury．D．AnarticleaboutSouthAfricanskiesinageographical．57．SirJohnHers
