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Comets are now known to contain twice as many atoms of deuterium to each atom of ordinary hydrogen found in seawater. Sc

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问题              Comets are now known to contain twice as many atoms of deuterium to
       each atom of ordinary hydrogen found in seawater.  Scientists have also
       discovered that meteorites could not solely have delivered the water in the
Line     ocean, for then the earth’s atmosphere would contain nearly 10 times as much
(5)      xenon as it actually does, given that meteorites carry excess xenon. Hence, the
       best model for the source of the oceans at the moment is a combination of water
       derived from comets and water caught up in the rocky body of the earth as it
       formed. This mixture satisfies both the xenon and deuterium problem, the
       latter especially if the rocky material out near the earth’s present orbit
(10)     collected some regularly composed local water from the solar nebula before they
       accreted to form the earth. New laboratory studies have indicated that the
       water vapor in the solar nebula would have had a low enough proportion of
       deuterium to complement the excess deuterium found in comets.
Which of the following, if true, would cast the MOST doubt on scientists’ most recent explanation for the origin of the ocean’s water?
选项 A、Meteorites contain only twice, and not ten times as much xenon as regular sea water.
B、Local water from the solar nebula is found to contain as much xenon as meteorites.
C、Water from the solar nebula contains less deuterium than was previously thought.
D、Comets containing more than twice the amount of deuterium than was previously thought.
E、More than twice as many meteorites as comets existed in the solar system at the time of the Earth’s formation.
答案B
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