标题: one LAST [打印本页] 作者: tobe 时间: 2002-8-7 09:39 标题: one LAST
5. To the editor:
In 1960, an astronomer proposed a mathematical model for determining whether extraterrestrial life exists. It was based on the assumptions that life as we know it could exist only on a planet and that many stars are, like our Sun, orbited by planets, On the basis that there are nine planets in our solar system and one of them has life as we know it, the astronomer predicted that there are as many as one million extraterrestrial civilizations across all solar systems. Yet astronomers to date have not detected even one planet outside our solar system. This indicates that the astronomer's model is wrong, and life as we know it exists only on the plant Earth. Clay Moltz
Which one of the following, if accepted by Clay Moltz would require him to reconsider his conclusion?
(A) Forms of life other than life as we know it exist on other planets.
(B) There are many stars that are not orbited by planets.
(C) Detecting planets outside our solar system requires more sophisticated instruments than are currently available.
(D) The soundness of the conclusion reached by applying a mathematical model depends on the soundness of the assumptions on which the model is based.
(E) Due to sheer distances and expanses of space involved, any extraterrestrial civilization would have great difficulty communicating with ours.
The answer is (C).
Could someone explain why not (B)?
I think (B) indicates the second assumption is wrong thus Clay Moltz needs to reconcider his conclusion.
Many thanks!作者: tongxun 时间: 2002-8-7 12:07
B绝对是无关选项。问题的焦点不在于B的内容，而在于CK认为have not detected even one planet outside our solar system，可以推翻某雪茄的东西。作者: tobe 时间: 2002-8-7 15:19
Thanks!
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