2020年职称英语考试理工类模拟1：阅读理解

1、2020 年职称英语考试理工类模拟 1 ：阅读理解第 4 部分：阅读理解。下面有 3 篇短文，每篇短文后有 5 道题。 请根据短文内容，为每题确定 1 个选项。Small But WiseOn December 14,NASA blasted a small but mighty telescope into space.The telescope is called WISE and is about as wide around as a trashcan.Dont let its small size fool you： WISEhas a powerful digital camera

2、,and it will be taking pictures of some the wildest objects in the known universe，includingasteroids,faint stars,blazing galaxies and giant clouds of dust where planets and stars are born.Im very excited because were going to be seeing partsof the universe that we havent seen before， said NedWright,

3、a scientist who directs the WISE project.Since arriving in space,the WISE telescope has been circling the Earth,held by gravity in a polar orbit( thismeans it crosses close to the north and south poles with each lap ) Its camera is pointed outward,away from the Earth,and WISE will snap a picture of

4、a different part of the sky every 11 minutes.After six months it will have taken pictures across the entire sky.The pictures taken by WISE wont be like everyday digital photographs,however.WISE st ands for “Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. ” As its name suggests,the WISE camera takes pictures of

5、 features that give off infrared radiation.Radiation is energy that travels as a wave.Visible light,including the familiar spectrum of light that becomesvisible in a rainbow，is an example of radiation.When anordinary digital camera takes a picture of a tree,for example,it receives the waves of visib

6、le light that are reflected off the tree.When these waves enter the camera through the lens,theyre processed by the camera,which then puts the image together.Waves of infrared radiation are longer than waves of visible light,so ordinary digital cameras dont see them,and neither do the eyes of human

7、beings.Although invisible to the eye,longer infrared radiation can be detected as warmth by the skin.Thats a key idea to why WISE will be able to see things other telescopes can t.Not everything in the universe shows up in visible light.Asteroids,for example,are giant rocks that float through space-

8、but they absorb most of the light that reaches them.They dont reflect light,so theyredifficult to see.But they do give off infrared radiation,so an infrared telescope like WISE will be able to produce images of them.During its mission WISE will take pictures of hundreds of thousands of asteroids.Bro

9、wn dwarfs are another kind of deep-space object that will show up in WISEs pictures.These objects are“failedstars-which means they are not massive enough to jump start the same kind of reactions that power stars such as the sun.Instead ，brown dwarfs simply shrink and cool down.Theyre so dim that the

10、yre almost impossible to see with visible light,but in the infrared spectrum they glow.31 .What is so special about WISE？A. It is small in size but carries a large camera.B. It is as small as a trashcan.C. Its digital camera can help astronomers to see the unknown space.D. Never before has a telesco

11、pe carried a digital camera in space.in the32. Which is NOT the synonym for the word“snap”third paragraph ？A. make.B. shoot.C. takeD. photograph.33. The camera on WISE A. is no different from an ordinary camera.B. does not see infrared radiation while the ordinary camera does.C. catches the infrared radiation while the ordinary camera does not.D. reflects light that human eyes can see.34. Which of th