1. D。根据原文,“Rafael excelled at math and science but initially found himself struggling to keep up with the workload.”Rafael的数学和科学成绩很好,但是Raisbeck的工作量繁重,他感到不适应,可得本题选D。
2. B。根据原文,“But he got the next best thing: riding in his school’s drive-thru graduation”受疫情影响,Rafael的父母无法为他举行毕业聚会,但他可以乘车参加毕业典礼,可得本题选B。
3. D。根据原文,“One of his other dreams, aside from becoming a pilot for a commercial airline, is to open a school like Raisbeck but with an open admission policy rather than a lottery, so all interested students could enroll, he said.”除了做飞行员,他还想开办一所Raisbeck这样的学校,让想上学的学生都可以入学,可得本题选D。
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1. D。根据原文,“This collision produced enough heat to create magma oceans and push debris into orbit around the Earth, which then combined and formed the moon.”可得地球与忒伊亚撞击后,出现岩浆海,一些碎片也因此进入地球轨道,这些碎片结合起来形成月球,故本题选D。
2. D。根据原文,“There’s a huge difference between the modern elemental makeup of the Earth and moon and we wanted to know why,”可得科学家已经知道地球和月球的元素构成不同,想探求这种不同背后的原因,故本题选D。
3. B。根据原文,“They chose chlorine because it is a volatile element, meaning it vaporizes at a relatively low temperature, and studying it is helpful for understanding planetary formation.”可得科学家选择氯气是因为氯气容易挥发,研究氯气可以帮助了解星球的形成过程,故本题选B。
4. B。根据原文,“… Earth’s gravity pulled on the newly forming moon. Earth drew the easily vaporized light chlorine to itself, leaving the heavy chlorine on the moon.”地球引力对月球产生作用,将月球上容易挥发的氯气吸引到了地球上,故本题选B。
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