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Invisibility Ring Scientists can’t yet make an invisibility cloak like the one that Harry Potter uses. But, for the first time,
Invisibility Ring Scientists can’t yet make an invisibility cloak like the one that Harry Potter uses. But, for the first time,
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2009-06-15
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Invisibility Ring
Scientists can’t yet make an invisibility cloak like the one that Harry Potter uses. But, for the first time, they’ve constructed a simple cloaking device that makes itself and something placed inside it invisible to microwaves.
When a person "sees" an object, his or her eye senses many different waves of visible light as they bounce off the object. The eye and brain then work together to organize these sensations and reconstruct the object’s original shape. So, to make an object invisible, scientists have to keep waves from bouncing off it. And they have to make sure the object casts no shadow. Otherwise, the absence of reflected light on one side would give the object away.
Invisibility isn’t possible yet with waves of light that the human eye can see. But it is now possible with microwaves. Like visible light, microwaves are a form of radiant energy. They are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, which also includes radio waves, infrared light, ultraviolet rays, X rays, and gamma rays. The wavelengths of microwaves are shorter than those of radio waves but longer than those of visible light.
The scientists’ new "invisibility device" is the size of a drink coaster and shaped like a ring. The ring is made of a special material with unusual ability. When microwaves strike the ring, very few bounce off it. Instead, they pass through the ring, which bends the waves all the way around until they reach the opposite side. The waves then return to their original paths.
To a detector set up to receive microwaves on the other side of the ring, it looks as if the waves never changed their paths -- as if there were no object in the way ! So, the ring is effectively invisible.
When the researchers put a small copper loop inside the ring, it, too, is nearly invisible. However, the cloaking device and anything inside it do cast a pale shadow. And the device works only for microwaves, not for visible light or any kind of electromagnetic radiation. So, Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak doesn’t have any real competition yet.
选项
A、can now make an invisible cloak of the same kind as he uses.
B、try to make an invisible cloak of the same kind as he uses.
C、try to invent a device similar in idea to the invisible cloak he uses.
D、know that it is possible to make an invisible cloak of the same kind.
答案
C
解析
文章的第一段告诉我们,科学家还没有发明哈里·波特使用的那种隐身衣,所以不能选 A;该段还告诉我们,科学家已制造了一种装置,这种装置能使自身或置于其中的物体不被微波发现,所以C是正确选择,也就是说,科学家发明的隐形装置和哈里波特的隐身衣仅仅在概念上相同,这同时说明B和D是错误的选择。
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