Passage10
InSwitzerland,sixmileswestofGeneva,liesacollectionoflaboratoriesandbuildings,andmostcuriousofall,acircularmound1ofearthmorethan650feetindiameter.Thisclusterhasuniqueimportance.ItisEuropesoneandonlyatomiccitydedicated2toinvestigatingtheatomforpeacefulpurposes.ThestrangebuildingsbelongtotheEuropeanCouncilforNuclearResearch,morepopularlyknown,fromitsFrenchinitials,asCERN.ThecouncilwasbornwhenahandfulofstatesmanandscientificexpertsmetinParisin1950.Theiraimwastoestablishanorganizationprovidingforcollaboration3amongEuropeanstatesinnuclearresearchofapurescientificandfundamentalcharacter.TheCERNagreementwassignedin1953,andworkontheatomiccitybeganin1954.TodayCERNsfacilitiesareamongthemostmodernandthemostpersified4onesintheworld.Impressiveasthescientificaspectmaybe,therealsignificanceofCERNmayliewiththethousandpeople---thescientists,labworkers,andadministrative5crewdrawn6fromthefourteenmembernations---whopopulateit.BritishengineersworksidebysidewithSwisselectricians,Yugoslavnuclearphysicists7,andDutchmathematicians8.TheofficiallanguagesareFrenchandEnglish,withGermananunofficialthird.ButCERNisnotowerofBabel---thelanguageofscienceisuniversalandallembracing.
Thelaboratoriesandbuildingsdiscussedinthepassagebelongto_____.[ANSWER]
A)aprivateresearchorganization
B)Switzerland
C)theEuropeanCouncilforNuclearResearch
D)theUnitedNationa
Theclusterhasuniquesignificancebecauseitis_____.[ANSWER]
A)Europesonlyatomiccity
B)acitydevoted9tonuclearresearch
C)acitydedicatedtoinvestigatingtheatomforpeacefulpurposes
D)aclearinghousefortheworldsnuclearresearch
CERNsfacilitiesforresearchare_____.[ANSWER]
A)limitedbuteffective
B)amongthebestintheworld
C)rapidlyexpanding
D)bothaandc
ThepassagesaysthatCERNisnotatowerofBabelbecause_____.[ANSWER]
A)workisthecommondenominatorofallthestaff
B)thelanguageofscienceisuniversal
C)CERNhadadoptedonlytwoofficiallanguages
D)alltheworkersaredrawnfromonecountry
TherealsignificanceofCERNmaylieinitsstaffbecausethey_____.[ANSWER]
A)workininternationalharmony
B)comefromallovertheworld
C)areinvestigatingallphasesofhumanconduct
D)areeliminatingtheproblemsofinpidualrationalism
