tailieunhanh - IELTS Academic Reading 18

Tài liệu tham khảo IELTS Academic Reading 18 dành cho các bạn chuẩn bị bước vào kì thi quốc tế, tài liệu giúp các bạn nắm vững các kiến thức căn bản và có thêm nhiều kĩ năng khi làm bài để đạt được thành tích cao, đồng thời giúp ích cho bạn trong công việc tương lai. | IELTS Academic Reading 18 You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27 - 40 The Discovery of Uranus Someone once put forward an attractive though unlikely theory. Throughout the Earth s annual revolution around the sun there is one point of space always hidden from our eyes. This point is the opposite part of the Earth s orbit which is always hidden by the sun. Could there be another planet there essentially similar to our own but always invisible If a space probe today sent back evidence that such a world existed it would cause not much more sensation than Sir William Herschel s discovery of a new planet Uranus in 1781. Herschel was an extraordinary man no other astronomer has ever covered so vast a field of work and his career deserves study. He was born in Hanover in Germany in 1738 left the German army in 1757 and arrived in England the same year with no money but quite exceptional music ability. He played the violin and oboe and at one time was organist in the Octagon Chapel in the city of Bath. Herschel s was an active mind and deep inside he was conscious that music was not his destiny he therefore read widely in science and the arts but not until 1772 did he come across a book on astronomy. He was then 34 middle-aged by the standards of the time but without hesitation he embarked on his new career financing it by his professional work as a musician. He spent years mastering the art of telescope construction and even by present-day standards his instruments are comparable with the best. Serious observation began 1774. He set himself the astonishing task of reviewing the heavens in other words pointing his telescope to every accessible part of the sky and recording what he saw. The first review was made in 1775 the second and most momentous in 1780-81. It was during the latter part of this that he discovered Uranus. Afterwards supported by the royal grant in recognition of his work he was able to devote himself entirely to astronomy. His final .