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A Star Is Born
1．The VLT (Very Large Telescope) is the wodd's largest telescope (望远镜) and is taking astronomers (天文学家) further back to the Big Bang than they ever thought possiblE.Located 2,600 metres up in the Chilean Andes, it has four huge mirrors, each about the size of a London bus. The VLT is so powerful it can spot a burning match 10,000 kilometres away.
2．This astonishing power will allow astronomers to see events in space from the birth of stars to the collision (碰撞) of galaxies (星系) on the edge of the cosmos (宇宙).The VLT is giving astronomers their best-ever view of the cosmos. The power of the VLT to see the smallest detail at the furthest distances makes its designers amazeD.
3．Take the case of Eta Carinae, one of the most explosive stars in the universE.This star produces ultraviolet laser rays (紫外线) and it will destroy itself in a few million years' timE.It is five times brighter than the sun and when it explodes it is going to be a sight worth waiting for!
4．But it is at distances of millions, even billions, of light years that the VLT really shows its power. The VLT can detect light that set out on its journey before the earth even existeD.This gives astronomers their first-ever detailed views of events that took place in the earliest days of the cosmos.
5．In other words the VLT is a kind of a time machinE.It takes astronomers back to a time when complete galaxies crashed into each other. The effects of these past collisions can now be seen by scientists, and astronomers believe the telescope will reveal more about these exciting events in the years to comE.One day, we might be able to say we have traveled back to the beginning of time, and we will have a much clearer picture of how our planet was born.
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根据下列文章,请回答 36～40 题。 Technology Transfer in GermanyWhen it comes to translating basic research into industrial success, few nations can match Germany. Since the 1940s, the nation's vast industrial base has been fed with a constant stream of new ideas and expertise from sciencE.And though German prosperity(繁荣) has faltered (衰退) over the past decade because of the huge cost of unifying east and west as well as the global economic decline, it still has an enviable (今人羡慕的) record for turning ideas into profit.Much of the reason for that success is the Fraunhofer Society, a network of research institutes that exists solely to solve industrial problems and create sought-after technologies. But today the Fraunhofer institutes have competition. Universities are taking an ever larger role in technology transfer, and technology parks are springing up all over. These efforts are being complemented by the federal programmes for pumping money into start-up companies.Such a strategy may sound like a recipe for economic success, but it is not without its critics. These people worry that favouring applied research will mean neglecting basic science, eventually starving industry of fresh ideas. If every scientist starts thinkin~ like an entrepreneur (企业家), the argument goes, then the traditional principles of university research being curiosity-driven, free and widely available will suffer. Others claim that many of the programmes to promote technology transfer are a waste of money because half the small businesses that are promoted are bound to go bankrupt within a few years.While this debate continues, new ideas flow at a steady rate from Germany's research networks, which bear famous names such as Helmholtz, Max Planck and Leibniz. Yet it is the fourth network, the Fraunhofer Society, that plays the greatest role in technology transfer.Founded in 1949, the Fraunhofer Society is now Europe's largest organisation for applied technology, and has 59 institutes employing 12, 000 peoplE.It continues to grow. Last year, it swallowed up the Heinrich Hertz Institute for Communication Technology in Berlin. Today, there are even Fraunhofers in the US and AsiA.第36题：What factor can be attributed to German prosperity?A.Technology transfer.B.Good management.C.Hard work.D.Fierce competition.

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Female BullfightingIt was a unique, eye-catching sight: an attractive woman in a shiny bullfighter's suit, sword in hand, facing the sharp horns oF.a black, 500-kilogram beast.Most people thought the days of female bullfighting were over in Spain.＿＿＿＿＿＿＿(46)The first woman fighter, Cristina Sanchez, quit in 1999 because of malediscrimination (歧视). But Vega is determined to break into what could be Spain's most resistant male fielD.＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿(47)Spanish women have conquered almost all male professions＿＿＿＿(48) 'Thebull does not ask for your identity card,' she said in an interview a few years ago. She insisted that she be judged for her skills rather than her femaleness.Vega became a matador (斗牛士) in 1997 in the southwestern city of Caceres.＿＿＿＿＿(49) She entered a bullfighting school in Malaga at age nine and performed her first major bullfight at age 14. She has faced as much opposition as Sanchez diD.And the 'difficulties have made her grow into a very strong bullfighter,' her brother Jorge says.The 1.68-metre tall and somewhat shy Vega says her love of bullfighting does not make her any less of a woman．＿＿＿＿＿(50)A.She intends to become even better than Sanchez was.B.Her father was an aspiring (有雄心壮志的) bullfighter.C.But many bullfighting professionals continue to insist that women do not have what it takes to perform. the country's 'national show'.D.'I'm a woman from head to toe and proud of it,' she once saiD.E.She looks like a male bullfighter.F.But recently, 29-year-old Mad Paz Vega became the second woman in Spanish history to fight against those heavy animals.第 46 题请选择（46）处的最佳答案．

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