首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Dozens of students at the University of Maryland have toiled in the physics lab, some soldering(焊接)metal parts, some checking so
Dozens of students at the University of Maryland have toiled in the physics lab, some soldering(焊接)metal parts, some checking so
admin
2016-08-09
16
问题
Dozens of students at the University of Maryland have toiled in the physics lab, some soldering(焊接)metal parts, some checking software and some simply slicing black pieces of paper into perfectly sized triangles. To physics professor Eun-Suk Seo, all of their work is critical. Students are helping her build an equipment that is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station next year, the climax of more than 10 years of her painstaking work on cosmic rays in a collaboration with NASA. Seo is one of many faculty members at the University of Maryland at College Park who work with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, a partnership that allows professors and students to pioneer on a larger scale than would otherwise be possible—and sometimes to get close to history.
U-Md. ranked fifth in the nation in NASA’s research and development budget for colleges in 2012, with the space agency pouring $47 million into the school’s research endeavours that year, according to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. Seo’s project—called ISS-CREAM(pronounced "ice cream")for International Space Station Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass—aims to answer the century-old space mystery of what gives cosmic rays such incredible energy, and how that affects the universe.
Seo is doing her work using graduate and undergraduate students, some of whom are highly trained in engineering or physics, and others who have a more passing interest and go on to study, say, philosophy or music. Those are the ones she has cutting paper. By nature, being a graduate student often means working on cutting-edge research. U-Md., though, is positioned to foster that through its coordination with NASA.
The College Park campus is about five miles from Goddard’s 1,270-acre Greenbelt complex, which opened as NASA’s first space flight center in 1959. Named for the father of rocketry, Goddard was involved in the first manned space flights in the 1960s, managing communication networks during the Apollo missions and others. Goddard now employs about 10, 000 people, making it one of the largest organizations of scientists and engineers in the world that use space observation to study Earth, the solar system and the universe. For more than a half-century, U-Md. professors and students have been involved in developing and executing Goddard missions, as well as gathering and analyzing data once the missions are launched. Initially, in the 1960s, university researchers took advantage of the quick drive to Goddard and a relationship that was more organic than formal. Now there are contracts and grants, and some professors and students spend more time at Goddard than on campus.
The collaboration has led to countless advancements, such as those made by professor L. Drake Deming and two graduate students who used NASA telescopes recently to discover traces of water vapor on a planet almost 729 trillion miles from Earth. The partnership also has resulted in new asteroids(小行星)being named for U-Md. researchers and an alumnus in honor of their work in solar system studies. Protopapa and Kelleymichael were named for researchers Silvia Protopapa and Mike Kelley, respectively, and Matthewknight was named for alumnus Matthew Knight.
Which of the following is CORRECT about the students working for Seo?
选项
A、They derive great pleasure from the work.
B、Not all of them have profound physical knowledge.
C、Their work is highly recognized by NASA.
D、They are fascinated by the mysterious space.
答案
B
解析
细节题。由题干中的the students和Seo定位至第三段。根据该段第一句可知,在帮助Seo完成项目的学生中,有些在工程与物理学方面受过专门训练,而有些则是研究哲学或音乐的学生,因此[B]为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/RjPK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
WhichofthefollowingisNOTasuffix?
Honestyisavirtue,andtellingalieismorallywrong.Buthowcanyou【C1】______ifsomeone’slying?Theansweris,they’repr
Whatistheproblemofthelecturerooms?
DuringmyfirstsevensemestersasamedicalstudentatGadjahMadaUniversityinYogyakarta,Indonesia,Ispentmostofmytime
Inundatedbymoreinformationthanwecanpossiblyholdinourheads,we’reincreasinglyhandingoffthejobofrememberingtos
Inundatedbymoreinformationthanwecanpossiblyholdinourheads,we’reincreasinglyhandingoffthejobofrememberingtos
CultureShockCultureshockisn’taclinicaltermormedicalcondition./It’ssimplyacommonwaytodescribetheconfusing
Alreadyoverwhelmedchildren’sservicesarefacingrisingdemandasbenefitreformshitstrugglingparents,allwhilecouncilcu
Alreadyoverwhelmedchildren’sservicesarefacingrisingdemandasbenefitreformshitstrugglingparents,allwhilecouncilcu
Thestatistics______thatlivingstandardsintheareahaveimproveddrasticallyinrecenttimes.
随机试题
(2011年10月)1935年,日本帝国主义制造了侵略中国的________。
InEngland,peopleoftentalkabouttheweatherbecausetheycanexperiencefourseasonsinoneday.Inthemorningtheweather
关于基地高程的确定,下列哪种说法是不妥的?[2001-50]
建设工程定额是工程建设中各类定额的总称,按照投资的费用性质,可将建设工程定额分为建筑工程定额、设备安装工程定额、建筑安装工程费用定额、工器具定额以及工程建设其他费用定额等。工程建设定额中,分项最细、定额子目最多的定额是()。
国务院部门规章与地方性法规之间对同一事项的规定不一致,不能确定如何适用时,由()提出意见。
2009年6月,某电视剧制作中心编剧张先生从该中心取得工资3000元、第二季度的奖金1500元及剧本使用费10000元。张先生6月份应缴纳个人所得税()元。
市场定位方式有()。
以下关于项目收尾的概念,理解不正确的一项是________。
“诗不可译”的说法广为流传。但是,诗歌的创作与研究,需要仰仗不同语种诗歌的交流与碰撞。所以,总有一些人“_______”,默默地从事着诗歌翻译的探索工作。填入画横线部分最恰当的一项是:
绿茶:音乐
最新回复
(
0
)