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Edwin Hubble made his most important discoveries in the 1920s.Today，other astronomers continue the work he began.Many of them are using the Hubble Space Telescope that is named after him.
Edwin Powell Hubble was born in 1889 in Marshfield，Missouri.He spent his early years in the state of Kentucky.Then he moved with his family to Chicago，in Louisville.He attended the University of Chicago.He studied mathematics and astronomy (天文学)．Hubble was a good student.He was a good athlete，too.He was a member of the University of Chicago championship basketball team in 1909.He also was an excellent boxer.Several people urged him to train for the world heavyweight boxing championship after college.Instead，he decided to continue his studies.He went to Queen's College at Oxford，England.
At Oxford，Hubble studied law.He was interested in British Common Law，because his family had come to America from England many years before.He spent three years at Oxford.In 1913，Hubble returned to the United States.He opened a law office in Louisville，Kentucky.After a short time，however，he decided he did not want to be a lawyer.He returned to the University of Chicago.There，once again，he studied astronomy.Edwin Hubble was the first person to use the Hale Telescope.He died in 1953 while preparing to spend four nights looking through the telescope at the sky.
Hubble's work led to a new research on the birth of the universe.One astronomer said scientists have been filling in the details ever since.And，he said，there was a long way to go.
【语篇解读】 本文介绍了天文学家哈勃从出生到去世的学习和成长经历。
1．What would be the best title for this passage?
A．Edwin Hubble's Life
B．Edwin Hubble's Discoveries
C．The Hubble Space Telescope
D．Edwin Hubble—A Famous Lawyer
解析：选A 标题归纳题。全文介绍了哈勃这位科学家从出生到去世的学习和成长经历，故A项为正确答案。
2．According to this passage，Edwin Hubble was most interested in________．
A．sports B．law
C．astronomy D．mathematics
解析：选C 推理判断题。第二段和第三段描述了哈勃的学习经历，其中提到了他所涉猎的学科。根据哈勃最后的选择能够看出他对天文学最感兴趣。故选C项。
3．Which of the following shows the right order according to this passage?
a．He joined the University of Chicago championship basketball team.
b．He studied astronomy at the University of Chicago once again.
c．He moved to Louisville with his family.
d．He used the Hale Telescope to look at the sky.
e．He became a lawyer in Louisville for a short period of time.
A．c，a，b，d，e B．a，c，b，e，d
C．c，a，e，b，d D．a，b，d，e，c
解析：选C 细节理节题。根据全文的介绍可知，哈勃先是随家人搬到路易斯维尔(c)；然后在芝加哥大学加入了篮球队(a)；之后他从英国回来做了一段时间的律师(e)；然后又回到芝加哥大学学习天文学(b)；最后他第一个使用了哈雷望远镜(d)。故选C项。
4．From this passage，we know that ________．
A．the Hubble Space Telescope was made by Hubble himself
B．Edwin Powell Hubble went to Oxford，England in 1910
C．Edwin Powell Hubble grew up in Marshfield，Missouri
D．Hubble died while he was looking at the sky
解析：选B 推理判断题。联系第三段第三、四句可知，哈勃在英国待了三年，于1913年回到美国，也就是说，他是1910年去的英国。故选B项。
