【2017年整理】GMAT与阅读解析5by申友Alice老师.docVIP

Passage 5 After evidence was obtained in the 1920s that the universe is expanding, it became reasonable to ask: Will the universe continue to expand indefinitely, or is there enough mass in it for the mutual attraction of its constituents to bring this expansion to a halt? // 提出问题宇宙是否会一直持续扩大下去还是会停止。 It can be calculated that the critical density（临界密度）of matter needed to brake the expansion and “close” the universe is equivalent to three hydrogen atoms per cubic meter. //回答问题，当临界密度为一立方米中三个氢原子重量时，则可以停止。 But the density of the observable universe（对应后文看不见的宇宙部分）—luminous matter in the form of galax