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"The ancient Hawaiians are astronomers", wrote Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii’s last reigning monarch, in 1897. Star watchers were a
"The ancient Hawaiians are astronomers", wrote Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii’s last reigning monarch, in 1897. Star watchers were a
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问题
"The ancient Hawaiians are astronomers", wrote Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii’s last reigning monarch, in 1897. Star watchers were among the most esteemed members of Hawaiian society. Sadly, all is not well with astronomy in Hawaii today. Protesters have erupted of over construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope(TMT), a giant observatory that promises to revolutionize humanity’s view of cosmos.
At issue is the TMT’s planned location on Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano worshiped by some Hawaiians as the piko, that connects the Hawaiian Islands to the heavens. But Mauna Kea is also home to some of the world’s most powerful telescopes. Rested in the Pacific Ocean, Mauna Kea’s peak rises above the bulk of our planet’s dense atmosphere, where conditions allow telescopes to obtain images of unsurpassed clarity.
Oppositions to telescopes on Mauna Kea is nothing new. A small but vocal group of Hawaiians and environmentalists have long viewed their presence as disrespect for sacred land and a painful reminder of oc cupation of what was once a sovereign nation.
Some blame for the current controversy belongs to astronomers. In their eagerness to build bigger telescopes, they forgot that science is not the only way of understanding the world. They did not always prioritize the protection of Mauna Kea’ s fragile ecosystems or its holiness to the islands’ inhabitants. Hawaiian culture is not a relic of the past; it is a living culture undergoing a renaissance today.
Yet science has a cultural history, too, with roots going back to the dawn of civilization. The same curiosity to find what lies beyond the horizon that first brought early Polynesians to Hawaii’s shores inspires astronomers today to explore the heavens. Calls to disassemble all telescopes on Mauna Kea or to ban future development there ignore the reality that astronomy and Hawaiin culture both seek to answer big questions about who we are, where we come from and where we are going. Perhaps that is why we explore the starry skies, as if answering a primal calling to know ourselves and our true ancestral homes.
The astronomy community is making compromises to change its use of Mauna Kea. The TMT site was chosen to minimize the telescope’s visibility around the island and to avoid archaeological and environmental impact. To limit the number of telescopes on Mauna Kea, old ones will be removed at the end of their lifetimes and their sites retuned to a natural state. There is no reason why everyone cannot be welcomed on Mauna Kea to embrace their cultural heritage and to study the stars.
Queen Liliuokalani’ s remark in Paragraph 1 indicates
选项
A、her conservative view on the historical role of astronomy.
B、the importance of astronomy in ancient Hawaiian society.
C、the regrettable decline of astronomy in ancient times.
D、her appreciation of star watcher’ s feats in her time.
答案
B
解析
细节题。根据题干关键词Queen Liliuokalani定位在第一段第一句话The ancient Hawaiians were astronomers.意为“古夏威夷人都是天文学家”。这句话暗示的内容就是选项B“天文学在 古夏威夷社会的重要性”。A、D原文未提及。C项错在时间状语in ancient times,应该为to day。原文说的是Sadly,all is not well with astronomy in Hawaii today.(遗憾的是,如今的天文学 在夏威夷的状况却不尽如人意。)所以C项错误。
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