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Edwin Powell Hubble was born in 1889 in Marshfield , Missouri . He spent his early years in the state of Kentucky . Then he moved with his family to Chicago , Illinois . He attended the University of Chicago . He studied mathematics and astronomy .
He was a member of the University of Chicago championship basketball team in 1909 . He was also an excellent boxer . Several people urged him to train for the world heavyweight boxing championship after college . Instead , he decided to continue his studies . He went to Queen’s College at Oxford , England . At Oxford , Hubble studied law . He was interested in British Common Law , because his family had come to America from England many years before . He spent 7 years at Oxford .
In 1913 , Hubble returned to the United States . He opened a law office in Louisville , Kentucky . After a short time , however , he decided he did not want to be a lawyer . He returned to the University of Chicago . There , once again , he studied astronomy .
Hubble watched the night sky with instruments at the university’s Yerkes Observatory . His research involved a major question astronomers could not answer : What are nebulae（星云）?
In his research paper , Hubble said the issue could be decided only by more powerful instruments . And those instruments had not yet been developed .
Soon after , Hubble bagan working with a larger and more powerful telescope at Mount Wilson . Its mirror was 250 centimeters across . It was the most powerful telescope in the world for 25 years .It had the power Hubble needed to make his major discoveries .
From 1922 on , Edwin Hubble began examining more and more distant objects . His first great discovery was made when he recognized a Cepheid variable star . It was in the outer area of the great nebula called Andromeda . Cepheid variable stars are stars whose brightness changes at regular periods .
Hubble’s discovery ended a long dispute . He proved wrong those who believed nebulae lay inside the Millky Way . And he proved that nebulae were galaxies themselves . Astronomers now agree that far distant galaxies do exist .
72. Why did Hubble close his law office ?
A. Because it could not bring him fortune .
B. Because he was tired of office work .
C. Because he wanted to be devoted to astronomy .
D. Because he couldn’t control himself sometimes .
73. The larger and more powerful telescope at Mount Wilson_______.
A. belonged to the state of Kentucky
B. was once the most powerful
C. cost Hubble all his money
D. was of little help to Hubble’s research
74. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Edwin Powell Hubble ?
A. He studied law for three years at Oxford , England .
B. He corrected people’s wrong idea about nebulae .
C. He made some important discoveries at Mount Wilson .
D. He showed little interest in sports while studying astronomy at college .
75. Cepheid variable stars’ brightness can be described as__________.
A. changeable B. fixed C. weak D. colorful
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China’s 110m hurdles（欄）world record holder Liu Xiang and Jamaica’s（牙買加）100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell made the most impressive marks on the opening day of the IAAF World Grand Prix finals.
Powell ran yet another sub 10 second race though he didn’t threaten his record of 9.77 sec and Liu made a stunning return to the international circuit after taking time off since breaking the world mark in July in Lausanne.
Liu timed 12.93 sec in the event and admitted to not feeling too surprised at his excellent run.
“I felt really well before the race and I knew I was in really good shape,” said the 23-year-old Olympic champion.
“After my world record (12.88 sec breaking Colin Jackson’s 13 year old mark of 12.91) I returned to Beijing and got a lot of rest,” added Liu.
However Liu promised more of the same at the World Cup in Athens this weekend.
“The World Cup has been my end of season objective and that is why I didn’t give it my all,” said Liu.
Unlike Liu, Powell was undecided about the World Cup.
“I feel a little tired, the season has been long but a rich one,” said Powell, who started way back in March at the Commonwealth Games where he won the 100 m title.
“I will see whether I run in Athens next week.”
Powell admitted that he had not threatened his world record because he was nervous of false starting（搶跑）.
“There had already been one so I didn’t want to be disqualified for doing the second one. I am not disappointed in my time at all.”
(1)Which of the following is NOT right?
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A．Liu Xiang is 110m hurdles world record holder.
B．Asafa Powell is 100 meters world record holder.
C．Liu Xiang and Asafa made the most impressive marks on the opening day of the IAAF World Grand Prix finals.
D．Asafa Powel broke his record of 9.77 sec.
(2)How old was Liu Xiang last year?
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(3)Which of the following did Powell’s say?
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A．“I feel a little tired, the season has been long but a rich one.”
B．“I will see that I must run in Athens next week.”
C．“I felt really well before the race and I knew I was in really good shape.”
D．“I am a little disappointed in my time.”
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According to Miss Powel, a sales representative of skin care products, careful consideration needs to be taken when looking after ________ facial skin and preserving its youthful qualities．
A．decent
B．delicate
C．vacant
D．desperate
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Charles Willson Peale’s George Washington at Princeton is on show at the Museum which was lent from a private collection . This visually （視覺上） striking and finely made life-size portrait records Washington’s 6-foot-2-inch figure in a pose highlighting strength , calmness , and elegance .It is put up in a room neighboring to the Powel House parlor , a period room from one of Philadelphia’s greatest eighteenth-century private homes , where Washington was frequently entertained by his friends , Samuel and Elizabeth Powel . Both spaces contain important examples of furniture by Philadelphia’s finest craftsmen（工匠） , such as Thomas Afflect and John Aitken . Among these is a side chair specially ordered by the Washington when living in Philadelphia .
Painted in Philadelphia in 1779, Peale’s painting was immediately sent to Europe to raise Washington’s reputation as a leader and the cause of the American Revolution , then in progress . Later ,during Europe’s Napoleonic Wars , a Spanish with strong sympathies with American Revolution owned the picture . At that time he added the complicated carved explanation to it , which describes Washington as “a liberator of his country who gave up absolute power.”
Curators（博物館館長）
American Art Department Staff , website commentary by Carol Soltis
Location
Galleries 286 and 287 , second floor
56．This passage is mainly about .
A．the cause of the American Revolution
B．the information of a portrait on show
C．the description of the life of George Washington
D．the friendship between Washington and his friends
57．What is the name of the portrait?
A．Room for Revolution B．Charles Wilson Peale
C．George Washington at Princeton
D．George Washington and His Philadelphia Friends
58．What happened in the Powel House parlor?
A．Washington entertained his friends. B．Washington made a chair on his own.
C．Charles Wilson Peale finished the portrait.
D．Samuel and Elizabeth Powel met Washington a lot.
59．According to the passage, Washington .
A．lived between 1741 and 1827 B．ordered the portrait painted in 1779
C．was sympathized by a Spanish D．was a great man not greedy for power
60．The passage tells us that .
A．when the portrait was finished, America was at war
B．the portrait was originally hanging in Samuel’s room
C．the portrait was sent to Europe to gain support from Napoleon
D．the explanation of the portrait was carved by Philadelphia’s finest craftsmen
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