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Roger Federer’s elongated stay at the very pinnacle of tennis has been facilitated by slick organisation worthy of a Presidential visit wherever he goes. Travelling tutors for his school-age daughters, nannies to look after his twin boys – the needs of his large entourage, including tennis support staff, require two rented houses when he comes to Wimbledon. Coupled with cleverly-judged breaks and scheduling, everything has worked so perfectly that his extravagant natural talent has been able to flourish deep into his thirties.
The question these days is, inevitably, not how much he will go on to achieve, but how many more years he is likely to be back as a player. Part of his genius has been based around the accuracy of his shots, notably in pinpointing his targets when serving, but when the legs start to go this is not like, say, football, in which team-mates can help compensate.
The Swiss master is not yet haemorrhaging defeats, but it is hard to envisage him coming to tolerate repeat losses to inferior opponents. This is pointed out by Tim Henman, who has gone on to become close friends with Federer, despite having the distinction of beating him twice in his own backyard. ‘I guess there are two elements: can he stay healthy? That gets harder and harder, even though he has done a great job at that up to now. Then it’s whether he continues to enjoy it. I know he still loves playing but if his form starts to dip and he is losing to people he wouldn’t have dreamt of losing to, that will become tough,’ said the former British No. 1.
The Olympics has been speculated upon as a possible end date, partly due to the huge endorsement contract he has signed with clothing giant Uniqlo, who would surely love to have him at Tokyo 2020 and have doubtless incentivised him to be there.
Source: adapted from www.dailymail.co.uk
The correct answer is True.
Keywords: children/sons/daughters/boys/girls.
The first paragraph mentions his “school-age daughters” – at least two – and “his twin boys”, so he must have at least four children overall.
Roger Federer’s elongated stay at the very pinnacle of tennis has been facilitated by slick organisation worthy of a Presidential visit wherever he goes. Travelling tutors for his school-age daughters, nannies to look after his twin boys – the needs of his large entourage, including tennis support staff, require two rented houses when he comes to Wimbledon. Coupled with cleverly-judged breaks and scheduling, everything has worked so perfectly that his extravagant natural talent has been able to flourish deep into his thirties.
The question these days is, inevitably, not how much he will go on to achieve, but how many more years he is likely to be back as a player. Part of his genius has been based around the accuracy of his shots, notably in pinpointing his targets when serving, but when the legs start to go this is not like, say, football, in which team-mates can help compensate.
The Swiss master is not yet haemorrhaging defeats, but it is hard to envisage him coming to tolerate repeat losses to inferior opponents. This is pointed out by Tim Henman, who has gone on to become close friends with Federer, despite having the distinction of beating him twice in his own backyard. ‘I guess there are two elements: can he stay healthy? That gets harder and harder, even though he has done a great job at that up to now. Then it’s whether he continues to enjoy it. I know he still loves playing but if his form starts to dip and he is losing to people he wouldn’t have dreamt of losing to, that will become tough,’ said the former British No. 1.
The Olympics has been speculated upon as a possible end date, partly due to the huge endorsement contract he has signed with clothing giant Uniqlo, who would surely love to have him at Tokyo 2020 and have doubtless incentivised him to be there.
Source: adapted from www.dailymail.co.uk
The correct answer is Cannot tell.
Keywords: legs/injuries.
Paragraph 2 mentions “legs” but not in reference to specific injuries of Federer’s – that said, the statement is not necessarily false as the passage does not explicitly deny this.
Roger Federer’s elongated stay at the very pinnacle of tennis has been facilitated by slick organisation worthy of a Presidential visit wherever he goes. Travelling tutors for his school-age daughters, nannies to look after his twin boys – the needs of his large entourage, including tennis support staff, require two rented houses when he comes to Wimbledon. Coupled with cleverly-judged breaks and scheduling, everything has worked so perfectly that his extravagant natural talent has been able to flourish deep into his thirties.
The question these days is, inevitably, not how much he will go on to achieve, but how many more years he is likely to be back as a player. Part of his genius has been based around the accuracy of his shots, notably in pinpointing his targets when serving, but when the legs start to go this is not like, say, football, in which team-mates can help compensate.
The Swiss master is not yet haemorrhaging defeats, but it is hard to envisage him coming to tolerate repeat losses to inferior opponents. This is pointed out by Tim Henman, who has gone on to become close friends with Federer, despite having the distinction of beating him twice in his own backyard. ‘I guess there are two elements: can he stay healthy? That gets harder and harder, even though he has done a great job at that up to now. Then it’s whether he continues to enjoy it. I know he still loves playing but if his form starts to dip and he is losing to people he wouldn’t have dreamt of losing to, that will become tough,’ said the former British No. 1.
The Olympics has been speculated upon as a possible end date, partly due to the huge endorsement contract he has signed with clothing giant Uniqlo, who would surely love to have him at Tokyo 2020 and have doubtless incentivised him to be there.
Source: adapted from www.dailymail.co.uk
The correct answer is Cannot tell.
Keywords: Henman/Britain. The reverse is true, based on paragraph 3, but we do not know whether or not Federer has beaten Henman, and if so, where.
Roger Federer’s elongated stay at the very pinnacle of tennis has been facilitated by slick organisation worthy of a Presidential visit wherever he goes. Travelling tutors for his school-age daughters, nannies to look after his twin boys – the needs of his large entourage, including tennis support staff, require two rented houses when he comes to Wimbledon. Coupled with cleverly-judged breaks and scheduling, everything has worked so perfectly that his extravagant natural talent has been able to flourish deep into his thirties.
The question these days is, inevitably, not how much he will go on to achieve, but how many more years he is likely to be back as a player. Part of his genius has been based around the accuracy of his shots, notably in pinpointing his targets when serving, but when the legs start to go this is not like, say, football, in which team-mates can help compensate.
The Swiss master is not yet haemorrhaging defeats, but it is hard to envisage him coming to tolerate repeat losses to inferior opponents. This is pointed out by Tim Henman, who has gone on to become close friends with Federer, despite having the distinction of beating him twice in his own backyard. ‘I guess there are two elements: can he stay healthy? That gets harder and harder, even though he has done a great job at that up to now. Then it’s whether he continues to enjoy it. I know he still loves playing but if his form starts to dip and he is losing to people he wouldn’t have dreamt of losing to, that will become tough,’ said the former British No. 1.
The Olympics has been speculated upon as a possible end date, partly due to the huge endorsement contract he has signed with clothing giant Uniqlo, who would surely love to have him at Tokyo 2020 and have doubtless incentivised him to be there.
Source: adapted from www.dailymail.co.uk
The correct answer is False.
Tim Henman talks about “losing to people he wouldn’t have dreamt of losing to” as a hypothetical, future occurrence, so we can infer that this is not a current problem.
Gambling companies should be treated like tobacco firms and forced to display prominent health warnings about the potential harms of betting, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers concerned about rising levels of addiction.
They call for gambling to be treated as a public health issue, with companies forced to drop suggestions that betting is ‘fun’ rather than harmful. A ban on gambling ads during live sporting events should be imposed, they warn, because it allows bookmakers to reach young viewers who are otherwise protected from such temptations.
The group, which includes former Tory minister John Hayes, states that the current regime in which ‘the onus of social responsibility remains subject to the self-regulation of betting companies is not working’. It says that rules around betting ads are being flouted by the gambling industry, claiming that loopholes in the law mean they are doing so ‘without fear of meaningful sanction’.
They also criticised the practice of ‘affiliate marketing’, which has seen adverts disguised as news articles used to direct people to betting sites, and tipsters allowed to earn commission by recommending long-shot bets unlikely to pay off. Affiliates are agencies paid to drive gamblers to online casinos and bookmakers.
Source: adapted from www.theguardian.com
The correct answer is True.
Keywords: live/during. The group suggests a ban on this practice, so we can infer that it is currently allowed.
Gambling companies should be treated like tobacco firms and forced to display prominent health warnings about the potential harms of betting, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers concerned about rising levels of addiction.
They call for gambling to be treated as a public health issue, with companies forced to drop suggestions that betting is ‘fun’ rather than harmful. A ban on gambling ads during live sporting events should be imposed, they warn, because it allows bookmakers to reach young viewers who are otherwise protected from such temptations.
The group, which includes former Tory minister John Hayes, states that the current regime in which ‘the onus of social responsibility remains subject to the self-regulation of betting companies is not working’. It says that rules around betting ads are being flouted by the gambling industry, claiming that loopholes in the law mean they are doing so ‘without fear of meaningful sanction’.
They also criticised the practice of ‘affiliate marketing’, which has seen adverts disguised as news articles used to direct people to betting sites, and tipsters allowed to earn commission by recommending long-shot bets unlikely to pay off. Affiliates are agencies paid to drive gamblers to online casinos and bookmakers.
Source: adapted from www.theguardian.com
The correct answer is Cannot tell.
Keywords: cross-party/Labour/Tory. Although a cross-party group would almost certainly include members of both parties, only a Tory party member is explicitly mentioned and so we do not know for sure that it contains any Labour MPs or peers, since a number of other political parties exist.
Gambling companies should be treated like tobacco firms and forced to display prominent health warnings about the potential harms of betting, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers concerned about rising levels of addiction.
They call for gambling to be treated as a public health issue, with companies forced to drop suggestions that betting is ‘fun’ rather than harmful. A ban on gambling ads during live sporting events should be imposed, they warn, because it allows bookmakers to reach young viewers who are otherwise protected from such temptations.
The group, which includes former Tory minister John Hayes, states that the current regime in which ‘the onus of social responsibility remains subject to the self-regulation of betting companies is not working’. It says that rules around betting ads are being flouted by the gambling industry, claiming that loopholes in the law mean they are doing so ‘without fear of meaningful sanction’.
They also criticised the practice of ‘affiliate marketing’, which has seen adverts disguised as news articles used to direct people to betting sites, and tipsters allowed to earn commission by recommending long-shot bets unlikely to pay off. Affiliates are agencies paid to drive gamblers to online casinos and bookmakers.
Source: adapted from www.theguardian.com
The correct answer is False.
Keyword: tobacco. This may be a similarity between the two, but it is not discussed outright in the passage – broader comparisons about their ‘potential harms’ and the need to display ‘prominent health warnings’ are drawn more strongly.
Gambling companies should be treated like tobacco firms and forced to display prominent health warnings about the potential harms of betting, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers concerned about rising levels of addiction.
They call for gambling to be treated as a public health issue, with companies forced to drop suggestions that betting is ‘fun’ rather than harmful. A ban on gambling ads during live sporting events should be imposed, they warn, because it allows bookmakers to reach young viewers who are otherwise protected from such temptations.
The group, which includes former Tory minister John Hayes, states that the current regime in which ‘the onus of social responsibility remains subject to the self-regulation of betting companies is not working’. It says that rules around betting ads are being flouted by the gambling industry, claiming that loopholes in the law mean they are doing so ‘without fear of meaningful sanction’.
They also criticised the practice of ‘affiliate marketing’, which has seen adverts disguised as news articles used to direct people to betting sites, and tipsters allowed to earn commission by recommending long-shot bets unlikely to pay off. Affiliates are agencies paid to drive gamblers to online casinos and bookmakers.
Source: adapted from www.theguardian.com
The correct answer is False.
Keywords: news/ads. No such channels are mentioned in the passage – criticism is directed separately at TV betting ads, and written articles that encourage betting whilst masquerading as pieces of news.
Think of ‘cancer research’ and most people’s minds turn to the vital quest for new ways to treat and cure the disease. But equally important is the race to develop more accurate ways to detect cancer – and progress in this area has the potential to transform things for patients. That’s because even some of the most aggressive forms of cancer can be successfully treated with existing therapies, if they’re diagnosed before they’ve spread. Data from cancer registries in England indicate the scale of the global challenge: for cancers where the stage is recorded, nearly half are diagnosed at a late stage.
One increasingly high-profile topic in cancer detection is the prospect of so-called ‘liquid’ biopsies – methods that measure and analyse tiny fragments of DNA released into the bloodstream by growing tumours. In theory, these tests can reveal not just the presence of a cancer, but information about the genetic abnormalities that drive it, which in turn could guide treatment. But there’s a catch: on their own, current techniques for detecting circulating tumour DNA are relatively insensitive and, crucially, don’t tell doctors where in the body a tumour might reside.
Cancer Research UK is one corporation determined to make inroads in this area. Critically, it acknowledges that progress will need expertise from a whole range of different scientific backgrounds – engineers and physicists to build new detectors, biologists to understand what to detect, software developers to build the platforms to analyse the resulting data, and clinical, population and behavioural researchers to design studies to bring these new technologies into routine use.
Source: adapted from www.cancerresearchuk.org
The correct answer is False.
Keywords: treat/cure/new. This is still described as ‘vital’, and developing ways to detect cancer is said to be ‘equally important’ rather than more important.
Think of ‘cancer research’ and most people’s minds turn to the vital quest for new ways to treat and cure the disease. But equally important is the race to develop more accurate ways to detect cancer – and progress in this area has the potential to transform things for patients. That’s because even some of the most aggressive forms of cancer can be successfully treated with existing therapies, if they’re diagnosed before they’ve spread. Data from cancer registries in England indicate the scale of the global challenge: for cancers where the stage is recorded, nearly half are diagnosed at a late stage.
One increasingly high-profile topic in cancer detection is the prospect of so-called ‘liquid’ biopsies – methods that measure and analyse tiny fragments of DNA released into the bloodstream by growing tumours. In theory, these tests can reveal not just the presence of a cancer, but information about the genetic abnormalities that drive it, which in turn could guide treatment. But there’s a catch: on their own, current techniques for detecting circulating tumour DNA are relatively insensitive and, crucially, don’t tell doctors where in the body a tumour might reside.
Cancer Research UK is one corporation determined to make inroads in this area. Critically, it acknowledges that progress will need expertise from a whole range of different scientific backgrounds – engineers and physicists to build new detectors, biologists to understand what to detect, software developers to build the platforms to analyse the resulting data, and clinical, population and behavioural researchers to design studies to bring these new technologies into routine use.
Source: adapted from www.cancerresearchuk.org
The correct answer is True.
Keyword: spread. Whilst not explicitly stated, this can be inferred from the description that ‘even some of the most aggressive forms of cancer can be successfully treated… if they’re diagnosed before they’ve spread’.
Think of ‘cancer research’ and most people’s minds turn to the vital quest for new ways to treat and cure the disease. But equally important is the race to develop more accurate ways to detect cancer – and progress in this area has the potential to transform things for patients. That’s because even some of the most aggressive forms of cancer can be successfully treated with existing therapies, if they’re diagnosed before they’ve spread. Data from cancer registries in England indicate the scale of the global challenge: for cancers where the stage is recorded, nearly half are diagnosed at a late stage.
One increasingly high-profile topic in cancer detection is the prospect of so-called ‘liquid’ biopsies – methods that measure and analyse tiny fragments of DNA released into the bloodstream by growing tumours. In theory, these tests can reveal not just the presence of a cancer, but information about the genetic abnormalities that drive it, which in turn could guide treatment. But there’s a catch: on their own, current techniques for detecting circulating tumour DNA are relatively insensitive and, crucially, don’t tell doctors where in the body a tumour might reside.
Cancer Research UK is one corporation determined to make inroads in this area. Critically, it acknowledges that progress will need expertise from a whole range of different scientific backgrounds – engineers and physicists to build new detectors, biologists to understand what to detect, software developers to build the platforms to analyse the resulting data, and clinical, population and behavioural researchers to design studies to bring these new technologies into routine use.
Source: adapted from www.cancerresearchuk.org
The correct answer is Cannot tell.
Keywords: liquid/biopsies. No controversy is outlined, beyond the limitations of current techniques for detecting circulating tumour DNA – no safety concerns are mentioned, so we cannot tell.
Think of ‘cancer research’ and most people’s minds turn to the vital quest for new ways to treat and cure the disease. But equally important is the race to develop more accurate ways to detect cancer – and progress in this area has the potential to transform things for patients. That’s because even some of the most aggressive forms of cancer can be successfully treated with existing therapies, if they’re diagnosed before they’ve spread. Data from cancer registries in England indicate the scale of the global challenge: for cancers where the stage is recorded, nearly half are diagnosed at a late stage.
One increasingly high-profile topic in cancer detection is the prospect of so-called ‘liquid’ biopsies – methods that measure and analyse tiny fragments of DNA released into the bloodstream by growing tumours. In theory, these tests can reveal not just the presence of a cancer, but information about the genetic abnormalities that drive it, which in turn could guide treatment. But there’s a catch: on their own, current techniques for detecting circulating tumour DNA are relatively insensitive and, crucially, don’t tell doctors where in the body a tumour might reside.
Cancer Research UK is one corporation determined to make inroads in this area. Critically, it acknowledges that progress will need expertise from a whole range of different scientific backgrounds – engineers and physicists to build new detectors, biologists to understand what to detect, software developers to build the platforms to analyse the resulting data, and clinical, population and behavioural researchers to design studies to bring these new technologies into routine use.
Source: adapted from www.cancerresearchuk.org
The correct answer is False.
Keywords: retraining/variety. On the contrary, the organization believes that experts from different scientific backgrounds will need to work together rather than acquire each other’s skillsets.
Last year Deepmind, the British artificial intelligence company, created a program called Alphazero that taught itself to play chess. By using deep learning and reinforcement techniques it went from playing randomly to superhuman skill in a few hours, easily surpassing all human and computer rivals. Now the company has published full details of 210 of its matches, revealing a playing style unlike any seen before.
Two main differences stand out. First, far more often than any human would do, it is prepared to sacrifice pieces in exchange for small improvements in its position. Second, it chooses not to begin games by moving the king’s pawn two spaces forward to the e4 square. This is a move taught to all beginners of the game, but it is also regularly chosen by some of the best players – Bobby Fischer, the US world champion who died in 2008, described it as the ‘best by test’.
In a paper in the journal Science, the researchers at Deepmind described how they developed a program that was able to learn by playing thousands of games against itself. Natasha Regan, a women’s international master, said that this was why it had the power to surprise. ‘Because it taught itself you don’t quite know what it will come up with. It could come up with similar patterns to humans, and it does recreate some of the human openings that we have taken hundreds of years to develop. But it also does something completely different. Some of its best games are really quite exquisite.’
Source: adapted from www.thetimes.co.uk
The correct answer is Cannot tell.
Keyword: 210. Full details of 210 of its matches have been released, but despite the information in the last paragraph, we are not told how many games it played in the ‘few hours’ that it took to attain superhuman skill.
Last year Deepmind, the British artificial intelligence company, created a program called Alphazero that taught itself to play chess. By using deep learning and reinforcement techniques it went from playing randomly to superhuman skill in a few hours, easily surpassing all human and computer rivals. Now the company has published full details of 210 of its matches, revealing a playing style unlike any seen before.
Two main differences stand out. First, far more often than any human would do, it is prepared to sacrifice pieces in exchange for small improvements in its position. Second, it generally chooses not to begin games by moving the king’s pawn two spaces forward to the e4 square. This is a move taught to all beginners of the game, but it is also regularly chosen by some of the best players – Bobby Fischer, the US world champion who died in 2008, described it as the ‘best by test’.
In a paper in the journal Science, the researchers at Deepmind described how they developed a program that was able to learn by playing thousands of games against itself. Natasha Regan, a women’s international master, said that this was why it had the power to surprise. ‘Because it taught itself you don’t quite know what it will come up with. It could come up with similar patterns to humans, and it does recreate some of the human openings that we have taken hundreds of years to develop. But it also does something completely different. Some of its best games are really quite exquisite.’
Source: adapted from www.thetimes.co.uk
The correct answer is Cannot tell.
Keywords: e4/king’s pawn. Alphazero began by ‘playing randomly’, and it likely chose the move at least once during its learning period, even if it came not to prefer it. Either way, the statement is neither confirmed nor denied.
Fri, 14 Aug 2020 04:10:45
"it chooses not to begin games by moving the king’s pawn two spaces forward to the e4 square". Is this quote not directly agreeing with the claim?
Sun, 16 Aug 2020 05:40:08
Second, it chooses not to begin games by moving the king’s pawn two spaces forward to the e4 square. ??
Sun, 07 Mar 2021 13:42:58
Second, it chooses not to begin games by moving the king’s pawn two spaces forward to the e4 square. Isn't this directly agreeing with the statement?
Last year Deepmind, the British artificial intelligence company, created a program called Alphazero that taught itself to play chess. By using deep learning and reinforcement techniques it went from playing randomly to superhuman skill in a few hours, easily surpassing all human and computer rivals. Now the company has published full details of 210 of its matches, revealing a playing style unlike any seen before.
Two main differences stand out. First, far more often than any human would do, it is prepared to sacrifice pieces in exchange for small improvements in its position. Second, it chooses not to begin games by moving the king’s pawn two spaces forward to the e4 square. This is a move taught to all beginners of the game, but it is also regularly chosen by some of the best players – Bobby Fischer, the US world champion who died in 2008, described it as the ‘best by test’.
In a paper in the journal Science, the researchers at Deepmind described how they developed a program that was able to learn by playing thousands of games against itself. Natasha Regan, a women’s international master, said that this was why it had the power to surprise. ‘Because it taught itself you don’t quite know what it will come up with. It could come up with similar patterns to humans, and it does recreate some of the human openings that we have taken hundreds of years to develop. But it also does something completely different. Some of its best games are really quite exquisite.’
Source: adapted from www.thetimes.co.uk
The correct answer is False.
Keywords: Bobby Fischer/best/test. Bobby Fischer described beginning the game by moving the king’s pawn to the e4 square as the ‘best by test’, not the program Alphazero.
Last year Deepmind, the British artificial intelligence company, created a program called Alphazero that taught itself to play chess. By using deep learning and reinforcement techniques it went from playing randomly to superhuman skill in a few hours, easily surpassing all human and computer rivals. Now the company has published full details of 210 of its matches, revealing a playing style unlike any seen before.
Two main differences stand out. First, far more often than any human would do, it is prepared to sacrifice pieces in exchange for small improvements in its position. Second, it chooses not to begin games by moving the king’s pawn two spaces forward to the e4 square. This is a move taught to all beginners of the game, but it is also regularly chosen by some of the best players – Bobby Fischer, the US world champion who died in 2008, described it as the ‘best by test’.
In a paper in the journal Science, the researchers at Deepmind described how they developed a program that was able to learn by playing thousands of games against itself. Natasha Regan, a women’s international master, said that this was why it had the power to surprise. ‘Because it taught itself you don’t quite know what it will come up with. It could come up with similar patterns to humans, and it does recreate some of the human openings that we have taken hundreds of years to develop. But it also does something completely different. Some of its best games are really quite exquisite.’
Source: adapted from www.thetimes.co.uk
The correct answer is True.
Keywords: similarities/human. In the third paragraph, Natasha Regan notes that Alphazero ‘does recreate some of the human openings that we have taken hundreds of years to develop’.
A spacecraft that touched down on Mars ten days ago to conduct experiments and measure ‘marsquakes’ has recorded the first ever sounds of Martian winds. NASA’s InSight Lander captured a low rumble caused by vibrations from the wind on the red planet. ‘Capturing this audio was an unplanned treat,’ said Bruce Banerdt, a NASA investigator of the mission. ‘But one of the things our mission is dedicated to is measuring motion on Mars, and naturally that includes motion caused by sound waves.’
The winds blowing across the spacecraft mark the first sound recorded from Mars, NASA said. But InSight is not equipped with a microphone; rather, the sound was detected by sensors and a seismometer. ‘The InSight lander acts like a giant ear,’ said Tom Pike, InSight science team member and sensor designer at Imperial College London. ’The solar panels on the lander’s sides respond to pressure fluctuations of the wind. It’s like InSight is cupping its ears and hearing the Mars wind beating on it. When we looked at the direction of the lander vibrations coming from the solar panels, it matches the expected wind direction at our landing site. The sensors behave like the cochlea, a part of the ear that converts vibrations to nerve signals.’
NASA released the raw audio sample and a second version that was raised by two octaves. This can be heard better by the human ear, especially through laptops or mobile speakers. ’To me, the sounds are really unworldly,’ Banerdt said. ‘They do sound like the wind or maybe the ocean kind of roaring in the background. But it also has an unworldly feel to it.’
Source: adapted from www.euronews.com
The correct answer is False.
This is potentially confusing as paragraph 1 references ‘the first ever sounds of Martian winds’, but paragraph 2 clarifies that this is ‘the first sound recorded from Mars’.
A spacecraft that touched down on Mars ten days ago to conduct experiments and measure ‘marsquakes’ has recorded the first ever sounds of Martian winds. NASA’s InSight Lander captured a low rumble caused by vibrations from the wind on the red planet. ‘Capturing this audio was an unplanned treat,’ said Bruce Banerdt, a NASA investigator of the mission. ‘But one of the things our mission is dedicated to is measuring motion on Mars, and naturally that includes motion caused by sound waves.’
The winds blowing across the spacecraft mark the first sound recorded from Mars, NASA said. But InSight is not equipped with a microphone; rather, the sound was detected by sensors and a seismometer. ‘The InSight lander acts like a giant ear,’ said Tom Pike, InSight science team member and sensor designer at Imperial College London. ’The solar panels on the lander’s sides respond to pressure fluctuations of the wind. It’s like InSight is cupping its ears and hearing the Mars wind beating on it. When we looked at the direction of the lander vibrations coming from the solar panels, it matches the expected wind direction at our landing site. The sensors behave like the cochlea, a part of the ear that converts vibrations to nerve signals.’
NASA released the raw audio sample and a second version that was raised by two octaves. This can be heard better by the human ear, especially through laptops or mobile speakers. ’To me, the sounds are really unworldly,’ Banerdt said. ‘They do sound like the wind or maybe the ocean kind of roaring in the background. But it also has an unworldly feel to it.’
Source: adapted from www.euronews.com
The correct answer is Cannot tell.
Keywords: UK/fund. No information on the subject is discussed – although the statement happens to be true.
A spacecraft that touched down on Mars ten days ago to conduct experiments and measure ‘marsquakes’ has recorded the first ever sounds of Martian winds. NASA’s InSight Lander captured a low rumble caused by vibrations from the wind on the red planet. ‘Capturing this audio was an unplanned treat,’ said Bruce Banerdt, a NASA investigator of the mission. ‘But one of the things our mission is dedicated to is measuring motion on Mars, and naturally that includes motion caused by sound waves.’
The winds blowing across the spacecraft mark the first sound recorded from Mars, NASA said. But InSight is not equipped with a microphone; rather, the sound was detected by sensors and a seismometer. ‘The InSight lander acts like a giant ear,’ said Tom Pike, InSight science team member and sensor designer at Imperial College London. ’The solar panels on the lander’s sides respond to pressure fluctuations of the wind. It’s like InSight is cupping its ears and hearing the Mars wind beating on it. When we looked at the direction of the lander vibrations coming from the solar panels, it matches the expected wind direction at our landing site. The sensors behave like the cochlea, a part of the ear that converts vibrations to nerve signals.’
NASA released the raw audio sample and a second version that was raised by two octaves. This can be heard better by the human ear, especially through laptops or mobile speakers. ’To me, the sounds are really unworldly,’ Banerdt said. ‘They do sound like the wind or maybe the ocean kind of roaring in the background. But it also has an unworldly feel to it.’
Source: adapted from www.euronews.com
The correct answer is True.
Keyword: octaves. Paragraph 3 notes that ‘a second version’ of the raw audio sample was ‘raised by two octaves’, meaning that it ‘can be heard better by the human ear’.
A spacecraft that touched down on Mars ten days ago to conduct experiments and measure ‘marsquakes’ has recorded the first ever sounds of Martian winds. NASA’s InSight Lander captured a low rumble caused by vibrations from the wind on the red planet. ‘Capturing this audio was an unplanned treat,’ said Bruce Banerdt, a NASA investigator of the mission. ‘But one of the things our mission is dedicated to is measuring motion on Mars, and naturally that includes motion caused by sound waves.’
The winds blowing across the spacecraft mark the first sound recorded from Mars, NASA said. But InSight is not equipped with a microphone; rather, the sound was detected by sensors and a seismometer. ‘The InSight lander acts like a giant ear,’ said Tom Pike, InSight science team member and sensor designer at Imperial College London. ’The solar panels on the lander’s sides respond to pressure fluctuations of the wind. It’s like InSight is cupping its ears and hearing the Mars wind beating on it. When we looked at the direction of the lander vibrations coming from the solar panels, it matches the expected wind direction at our landing site. The sensors behave like the cochlea, a part of the ear that converts vibrations to nerve signals.’
NASA released the raw audio sample and a second version that was raised by two octaves. This can be heard better by the human ear, especially through laptops or mobile speakers. ’To me, the sounds are really unworldly,’ Banerdt said. ‘They do sound like the wind or maybe the ocean kind of roaring in the background. But it also has an unworldly feel to it.’
Source: adapted from www.euronews.com
The correct answer is Cannot tell.
Keywords: NASA/vehicle/surface. The lander is not described in such terms in the passage, and no detail about previous missions to Mars (beyond the discussion of sound and motion) is included.
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Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:02:25
I misread the question as him definitely having 4 children, so I put 'cannot tell'.