Huygens was named after the Dutch scientist who discovered Titan in 1655, NASA officials said.

　　Some science team members monitoring the flight at the European Space Agency’s atmosphere. This is the moment scientists have been waiting for. This data will then be sent back to Cassini, which will relay it to scientists have been waiting for. This data will then be sent back to Cassini, which will relay it to NASA’s Deep Space Network in California and on to ESA controllers in Darmstadt, Germany. Scientists believe the organic chem- ical reactions taking place on Titan are similar to the process that gave rise to life on the Earth.

　　Its atmosphere is mostly nitrogen, like the Earth, but its surface temperature of about minus 180~C makes it im- proper to life.

　　Titan, believed to be the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere, is larger than the planets Mercury and Pluto.

　　1

　　Huygens was named after

　　A. an ESA mission manager

　　B. a Dutch scientist who discovered Saturn in 1655

　　C. an astronomer who first discovered Titan

　　D. scientists from NASA and the European and Italian

　　space agencies

　　答案:C

　　解析:文中第三段。

　　2

　　What does “the yellow—skied moon”refer to?

　　A. Saturn.

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