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Trying to capture an image of a black hole is like trying to take a picture of an orange sitting on the surface of the moon from Earth—with your smartphone. That is what Dr. Katie Bouman said two years ago during her TED talk called How to take a picture of a black hole.

Bouman is 29 years old now. She received her doctoral degree in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She later became a postdoctoral researcher with the international Event Horizon Telescope, or EHT, project. The project's scientists produced a black hole image from data collected from a series of telescopes around the world. Together, they formed an Earth-sized "virtual" telescope—one powerful enough to do what had once seemed impossible.

This week, the team of scientists, led by Sheperd S. Doeleman of Harvard University, released to the public the first-ever image of a black hole. Soon after, another image was spreading over social media and the news. It showed a smiling Bouman with the black hole image on her computer screen. She wrote on Facebook: “Watching in disbelief as the first image I ever made of a black hole was in the process of being reconstructed.”

Bouman led a team that helped create an algorithm, or a set of computer processes that turned the huge amount of telescopic data into one image. After the press event on Wednesday, Bouman spoke with members of the media. She said she is looking forward to developing more algorithms and methods that will help lead to an even better, sharper image of a black hole. Bouman will begin her teaching career at the California Institute of Technology later this year.

1.What does the underlined word “capture” mean in Chinese?

A 盗取.

B 贩卖.

C 拍摄.

D 欣赏.

解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据第一段第一句后半句like trying to take a picture of an orange sitting on the surface of the moon from Earth—with your smartphone.可以猜测capture与take同义，意为“拍摄”，故选C。

2.How can the scientists produce the black hole image?

A With a smart phone.

B From data collected from many universities.

C From data collected from computers.

D From data collected from a series of telescopes around the world.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段The project's scientists produced a black hole image from data collected from a series of telescopes around the world.可知，该项目的科学家通过数据生成了黑洞的图像，这些数据是从世界各地的多个望远镜收集来的，故选D。

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A Katie Bouman is a teacher at the California Institute of Technology now.

B Sheperd S. Doeleman works for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

C Katie Bouman has finished her postdoctoral research.

D Algorithms could help turn the huge amount of telescopic data into one image.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据最后一段Bouman led a team that helped create an algorithm, or a set of computer processes that turned the huge amount of telescopic data into one image.可知，这套算法可以将望远镜提供的海量数据变为一张图像，故选D。

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A The story of Katie Bouman.

B The life of Katie Bouman.

C The research of Katie Bouman.

D The childhood of Katie Bouman.

解析：选C。C主旨大意题。纵观全文，短文主要讲述了Bouman博士及她的团队通过算法合成图像的研究，故选C。