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单元测评(四)　Unit 4　Astronomy: the science of the stars (时间：90分钟　满分：110分) 第一部分　阅读理解(共两节；满分30分) 第一节　(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A What science fiction (story) once told about other worlds far away is now a fact. Astronomers (experts at the science of the universe) prove another solar(of the sun)system like ours with some planets in the constellation Andromeda(仙女座)． Geoffrey Marcy is a professor of astronomy and physics at San Francisco State University and says, “What we have found now，for the first time ever, is indeed a fully－grown system－of planets around the star Upsilon Andromeda. It appears to have three planets，one close in，one at a middle distance，and one farther out. The star is slightly larger than our sun. The planets are huge，like our Jupiter(木星)．” Marcys partner in this research，Debra Fischer, describes the solar system，“Here are the inner planet that goes around every 46 days, the middle planet that goes around every 242 days, and then the outer planet that goes around every three and a half to four years.” Astronomically, its not far away, 44 light years. The sun of that solar system，Upsilon Andromeda，is so near and bright that it can be seen by using no equipment during summer and fall. For twelve years astronomers searched the skies in the belief that if our sun has planets around it, surely others do, too. Geoffrey Marcy says, “And then starting three and a half years ago, we began finding for the first time planets singly, one planet here around one star...” “When I look up at the stars now at night, I can imagine easily that every one of them has planets around them，” says Debra Fischer. It was a tremble (shaking)in the star that led Marcy to the planets. “The star rocks around due to the gravity of the planet as a dog owner gets pulled around by a little dog.” Can they support life? We dont know, because present technology is not advanced enough to determine what the planets are made of. That, Marcy says，is astronomys next