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Black holes were first put forward by
Albert Einstein in 1916. However, scientists had not proved their directly.
That changed on April 10, 2019, with the release of the first photo of a black
hole in the center of the galaxy (星系)M87, located 55 million light
years from Earth.
The photo
does not show the black hole itself. That's because they are black and so they
can't be seen in space.the scientists used radio signals to capture (拍摄)the
black hole's "shadow" —the bright ring that
forms around its edge, when light bends because of the extreme gravity around
the hole.
The M87
black hole, believed to have a mass 6.5 billion times that of our sun, was captured
using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)—a network of eight powerful
telescopes(望远镜.)The telescopes, located in Hawaii,
Arizona , Chile, Mexico, Spain and Antarctica, separately captured the black
holl's radio signals over four nights in April 2017, when the weather was fine
in all six places. The data was transpcried to a centre where it was dealt with
by a supercomputer to form the photo of the black hole's shadow. The
researchers say while the photo is slightly blurry, future photos will be clearer
as more telescopes are added to the EHT. Black ' holes are not easy to capture
on camera because they are surrounded by
thick dusty and hot gases.
Black
holes are areas in space where the pulling strength of gravity is so powerful
that even light is unable to escape. They can be different widely in size and
mass. The smallest, called
"primordial" black holes are as small as a single atom but with a
mass of a big mountain. " Stellar'' black holes, which are the most
common, have a diameter (直径)of about 10 miles and a mass 20
times that of our sun. The largest or "supermassive'' black holes, similar
to that of M87's, can have a mass . greater than millions, or even billions of
suns combined.
(1)
What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A . Einstein's predicticn about black holes is right.
B . Einstein captured the black hole a century ago.
C . Scientists haven't proved black holes' presence.
D . The black hole has been known for centuries.
(2)
What did the scientists use to capture the black hole's "shadow"?
A . Moon light.
B . Natural light.
C . Radio signals.
D . Sound waves.
(3)
What does the underlined word "blurry" in the third paragraph probably mean?
A . Not big.
B . Not clear.
C . Not new.
D . Not attractive.
(4)
What can we know about the M87 black hole?
A . It is almost empty.
B . It is the smallest one.
C . It is very bright.
D . It is very large.
答案: A
C
B
D