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"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.
The author’ s attitude toward choosing Mauna Kea as the TMT site is one of
选项 A、severe criticism.
B、passive acceptance.
C、slight hesitancy.
D、full approval.
答案D
解析 态度题。根据题干关键词attitude可知需要纵览全文。文章第一段第二句提到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。)最后一段最后一句又提到There is no reason why everyone cannot be welcomed on Mauna Kea to embrace their cultural heritage and to study the stars．(每个人都应该有权到莫纳克 亚山拥抱当地的文化遗产，研究天上的星星。)因此作者对待这件事情的态度应该是支持的， D项“完全赞成”符合题意。
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