Astronomer: Most stars are born in groups of thousands, each star in a group forming from the same parent cloud of gas. Each cloud has a unique, homogeneous chemical composition. Therefore, whenever two stars have the same chemical composition as each other, they must have originated from the same cloud of gas.
天文學家:大多的星星是來自于數(shù)千個星星所在的星團中,星團中每一顆星星都由同樣的氣體云組成。每一個星云都有一種獨特的、均勻的化學物質構成。因此,只要當兩顆星星有著同樣的化學物質構成,那么它們就一定是起源于同樣的星云。
解析:找出可以支持上述推論的選項,即化學物質構成一致=起源于同一個氣體云
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the astronomer’s argument?
A. In some groups of stars, not every star originated from the same parent cloud of gas. 在一些星團中并不是所有的星星都起源于同樣的星云。這里只能說明部分星團的起源不同,不能支持上述推論的內容,因此排除該選項。
B. Clouds of gas of similar or identical chemical composition may be remote from each other.
相似或者是同樣構成的星云會距離非常遠,上述信息表明每一個星云都有一種獨特的、均勻的化學物質構成,因此該選項中的“identical”是存在問題的,故排除。
C. Whenever a star forms, it inherits the chemical composition of its parent cloud of gas.
只要當一顆星星形成了,那么它就會繼承其所在氣體云的化學構成;不同的氣體云化學構成不一致,因此如果兩顆星星的化學構成不一致,那么可以說明它們起源于不同的氣體云,該選項為正確答案。
D. Many stars in vastly different parts of the universe are quite similar in their chemical compositions.
很多星星在宇宙中不同區(qū)域,但是卻有著相似的化學物質構成,屬于無關信息可排除。
E. Astronomers can at least sometimes precisely determine whether a star has the same chemical composition as its parent cloud of gas.
天文學家至少在有的時候是可以確定一顆星星是否與它母氣體云有相同的化學構成,該內容與上述推斷的內容無關,因此可以排除該選項的內容。 |