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浙江省绍兴2017年英语中考模拟试卷
Researchers have discovered the first Earth-sized planet. It was first marked by NASA's Kepler telescope(望远镜) so it's called Kepler-186f. It lies about 500 light years from Earth and goes around its star. The planet is the right distance from its star for water: not too close or not too far. Water is one important condition that scientists guess is necessary for life. So it could have water and possible life. It's called a true Earth cousin.
"This planet is an Earth cousin, not an Earth twin," said Barclay, who is among a team of scientists reporting on the discovery in the magazine Science this week.
"It's very exciting to find a planet similar to the Earth," Barclay said, "It's not easy work because things change as we get more measurements."
Scientists don't know anything about the air of Kepler-186f, but it will be a task for future telescopes which can study for chemicals that have something to do with life.
"It's possible for life to live in this planet, but that doesn't mean there is life in it," Barclay said.
So far, scientists have found nearly 1,800 planets in the universe.
"The past year has seen a lot of progress in the search for Earth-like planets. Kepler-186f is very important because it is the first planet that is the same temperature and is almost the same size as Earth," scientist David Charbonneau wrote in an email.
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A zero- waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}So the zero- waste store is about providing a kind of everyday and good- looking zero- waste products to help people start on a zero- waste life journey.
Zero- waste was first suggested by a French woman called Bea Johnson. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} For example, stop the use of one- off objects; give unwanted things to others and so on.
Yu Yuan, 27, is attracted by this idea. She and her boyfriend used to buy something unwanted until she saw a video about "zero- waste". {#blank#}3{#/blank#} She had a deep impression.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} They tried to follow the six rules. She started making her own toothpaste and taking reusable bags shopping. Step by step, she made small changes. From August to October, she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both produced only two cans of rubbish.
Now the couple have opened a small shop in Beijing. People can buy the reused products there. "It is not something that can happen overnight. " said Yu. "I hope more people will change their lifestyle after visiting our shop because zero- waste life is just around us at our fingertips. "{#blank#}5{#/blank#}
A. She hopes more friends will join her on the road to zero- waste. B. It follows the 6R rule: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair. Recycle and Rot. C. Later, Yu wanted to experience this zero- waste lifestyle with her boyfriend. D. In the video, a family of four placed the rubbish they produced every year in a jar. E. Her idea is to try not to create any rubbish and to save the environment. |
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