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Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
There are some each phenomena you can count on, but the magnetic field, someday is not of them. It fluctuates in strength, drifts from its axis, and every few 100,000 years undergo, dramatic polarity reversal-a period when North Pole becomes South Pole and South Pole becomes North Pole. But how is the field generated, and why is it so unstable?
Groundbreaking research by two French geophysicists promises to shed some light on the mystery. Using 80 metres of deep sea sediment (沉淀物) core, they have obtained measurements lots of magnetic-field intensity that span 11 polarity reversals and four million years. The analysis reveals that intensity appears to fluctuate with a clear, well-defined rhythm. Although the strength of the magnetic field varies irregularly during the short term, there seems to be an inevitable long-term decline preceding each polarity reversal. When the poles flip—a process that takes several hundred thousand years-the magnetic field rapidly regains its strength and the cycle is repeated.
The results have caused a stir among geophysicists. The magnetic field is thought to originate from molten (熔化的) iron in the outer core, 3,000 kilometers beneath the earth’s surface. By studying mineral grains found in material ranging from rocks to clay articles, previous researchers have already been able to identify reversals dating back 170 million years, including the most recent switch 730,000 years ago. How and why they occur, however, has been widely debated. Several theories link polarity flips to external disasters such as meteor (隕星) impacts. But Peter Olson, a geophysicist at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, says this is unlikely if the French researchers are right. In fact, Olson says intensity that predictably declines from one reversal to the next contradicts 90 percent of the models currently under study. If the results prove to be valid geophysicists will have a new theory to guide them in their quest to understand the earth’s inner physics. It certainly points the direction for future research.
26. Which of the following titles is most appropriate to the passage?
A) Polarity Reversal: A Fantastic Phenomenon of Nature.
B) Measurement of the Earth’s Magnetic-Field Intensity.
C) Formation of the Two Poles of the Earth.
D) A New Approach to the Study or Geophysics.
27. The word “flip” (Line 6, Para. 2) most probably means “________”.
A) decline
B) intensify
C) fluctuate
D) reverse
28. What have the two French geophysicists discovered in their research?
A) Some regularity in the changes of the earth’s magnetic field.
B) Some causes of the fluctuation of the earth’s magnetic field.
C) The origin of the earth’s magnetic field.
D) The frequency of polarity reversals.
29. The French geophysicists’ study is different from currently prevailing theories in ________.
A) its identification of the origin of the earth’s magnetic field
B) the way the earth’s magnetic intensity is measured
C) its explanation of the shift in the earth’s polarity
D) the way the earth’s fluctuation rhythm is defined
30. In Peter Oslo’s opinion the French experiment ________.
A) is likely to direct further research in the inner physics of the earth
B) has successfully solved the mystery of polarity reversals
C) is certain to help predict external disasters
D) has caused great confusion among the world’s geophysicists
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| beneficial | [.beni'fiʃəl] |
想一想再看 |
聯想記憶 | |
| dissolve | [di'zɔlv] |
想一想再看 vt. 消除，解散，使溶解，解決(問題), 使沮喪 |
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| predictably |
想一想再看 adv. 可預言地 |
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| variety | [və'raiəti] |
想一想再看 n. 多樣，種類，雜耍 |
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| certain | ['sə:tn] |
想一想再看 adj. 確定的，必然的，特定的 |
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| polarity | [pəu'læriti] |
想一想再看 n. 有兩極，磁性引力，極性 n. 兩極分化，極端性 |
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| adaptation | [.ædæp'teiʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 改編，改編成的作品，適應 |
聯想記憶 | |
| approach | [ə'prəutʃ] |
想一想再看 n. 接近; 途徑，方法 |
聯想記憶 | |
| flip | [flip] |
想一想再看 vt. 擲，彈，輕擊 |
聯想記憶 | |
| dependent | [di'pendənt] |
想一想再看 adj. 依靠的，依賴的，從屬的 |
聯想記憶 |
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