2013年职称英语考试精选模拟试题：概括大意AStarIsBorn1TheVLT(VeryLargeTelescope)istheworld’slargesttelescope(望远镜)andistakingastronomers(72文学家)furtherbacktotheBigBangthantheyeverthoughtpossible.Located2,600metresupiotheChileanAndes，ithasfourhugemirrors，eachaboutthesizeofaLondonbus.TheVLTisSOpowerfulitCanspotaburningmatch10.000kilometresaway.2Thisastonishingpowerwillallowastronomerstoseeeventsinspacefromthebirthofstarstothecollision(碰撞)ofgalaxies(星系)ontheedgeofthecosmos(宇宙).TheVLTisgivingastronomerstheirbest-everviewofthecosmos.ThepoweroftheVLTtoseethesmallestdetailatthefurthestdistancesmakesitsdesignersamazed.3TakethecaseofEtaCarinae，oneofthemostexplosivestarsintheuniverse.Thisstarproducesultravioletlaserrays(紫外线)anditwilldestroyitselfinafewmillionyears’time.Itisfivetimesbrighterthanthesunandwhenitexplodesitisgoingtobeasightworthwaitingfor14Butitisatdistancesofmillions，evenbillions，oflightyearsthattheVLTreallyshowsitspower.TheVLTcandetectlightthatsetoutonitsjourneybeforetheearthevenexisted.Thisgivesastronomerstheirfirst—everdetailedviewsofeventsthattookplaceintheearliestdaysofthecosmos.5Inotherwords.theVLTisakindofatimemachine.Ittakesastronomersbacktoatimewhencompletegalaxiescrashedintoeachother.TheeffectsofthesepastcollisionsCannowbeseenbyscientists，andastronomersbelievethetelescopewillrevealmoreabouttheseexcitingeventsintheyearstocome.Oneday,wemightbeabletosaywehavetraveledbacktothebeginningoftime，andwewillhaveamuchclearerpictureofhowourplanetwasborn.23Paragraph1____________24Paragraph2____________25Paragraph3____________26Paragraph4____________AEnentsThatTookplaceBeforetheEarthExistdBPoweroftheTelescopeCDetailsofEtaCarinaeDInventionofaTimeMachineEBiggestTelescope27TheVLTwillallowscientiststoseeevents____________28ThedesignersoftheVlTaresurprisedat____________29EtaCarinaeistaken____________30ScientistsbelievetheVLTwilltellusmoreabout____________AitsdetectingpowerBmillionsoflightyearsawayinspaceCthelocationoftheVLTDasanexampleEthebirthoftheearthFtherotationofth