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Online Event: What Happened at the Big Bang(爆炸)?
Over the past few decades, we’ve made unbelievable discoveries about how our universe developed over the past 13.8 billion years. But we still know very little about what happened in the first seconds after the big bang.
In the latest New Scientist online event, the speaker Dan Hooper will examine how physicists are using experiments to re-create the conditions of the big bang, and to deal with mysteries like how our universe came to contain so much matter and so little antimatter.
•Early bird ticket offer £ 12, and your ticket includes:
— Live lecture lasting 40 minutes
— Question & Answer with Dan Hooper
— On-demand access to a recording of the lecture and Q & A, available(可得到的) to watch for 12 months
— An additional 40-minute physics lecture
● About the speaker:
Dan Hooper is a senior scientist and the head of the theoretical astrophysics group at the Fermi National Accelerator Lab, as well as a professor of the University of Chicago. He is especially interested in questions about dark matter and the early universe.
●Event information:
This online event will start at 6 pm on Thursday, July 9 and will last for about one hour. Access to a recording of the event will be available from July 10 to ticket buyers for the 12 months following the live event.
●Booking information:
Tickets are only refundable(可退还的) if New Scientist stops this event. New Scientist Ltd has the right to change the event and its arrangement, or stop the event. Tickets are only available in advance through New Scientist website.
1. What benefit can the ticket buyers enjoy?
A. Interviewing the speaker face to face.
B. Taking someone else to attend the lecture.
C. Getting a video tape of a 40-minute physics lecture.
D. Watching a recording of the event within one year.
2. What can we know about Dan Hooper?
A. He works at a university.
B. He is a world-famous writer.
C. He is the head of New Scientist Ltd.
D. His study focuses on questions about online events.
3. What do you have to do if you want to attend the event?
A. Get in touch with Hooper. B. Buy a ticket ahead of time.
C. Arrive before 6 pm on the day. D. Get permission from the organizer.
【答案】1-3 DAB
【解析】本文是应用文。文章是关于《新科学家》杂志将举办的一次在线活动的安排的介绍。
1.细节理解题。根据Event information部分介绍中“Access to a recording of the event will be available from July 10 to ticket buyers for the 12 months following the live event.”可知从7月10日开始，现场活动之后的12个月即一年内，购票者都可以上网观看该活动的录播。因此选D项。
2.细节理解题。根据About the speaker部分介绍中“Dan Hooper is a senior scientist and the head of the theoretical astrophysics group at the Fermi National Accelerator Lab, as well as a professor of the University of Chicago.”（Dan Hooper是一位资深科学家，是Fermi国家加速器实验室理论天体物理学小组的负责人，也是芝加哥大学的教授。）可知，Dan Hooper应该在芝加哥大学工作。故选A项。
3.细节理解题。根据Booking information部分介绍中“Tickets are only available in advance through New Scientist website.”可知，如果你想参加这个活动，必须通过《新科学家》网站提前购买门票。故选B项。
