IELTSالاستماعالتدريب33

(A) is incorrect. She says it is not the brightest comet ever recorded.

(B) is correct. Hannah says Halley's Comet matters because it provides an exceptionally long unbroken record of astronomical observation.

(C) is incorrect. She says prediction alone is not what makes it unique.

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Few astronomical objects can be followed through observations made over more than two thousand years. That lets us compare very different observing traditions over an unusually long period.

(A) is correct. Lucas says the level of detail in the surviving eyewitness sketches stood out to him.

(B) is incorrect. He says the number of records is only interesting, not the main point.

(C) is incorrect. Hannah says confusion with stars or planets was not usually the issue.

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The spread of records is useful, but the drawings themselves are what caught my attention. Some show the tail shape, the brightness

(A) is incorrect. She says it was not simply the first correct year prediction.

(B) is incorrect. Newton had already done the work on elliptical orbits.

(C) is correct. Hannah says Halley's 1705 calculation was important as a prediction that future observers could test directly.

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He made a claim that people in the future could check for themselves. If the comet came back near the calculated time, the calculation would stand or fall

(A) is correct. Lucas and Hannah differ in how positive the overall judgement of the 1986 visit should be: Lucas stresses scientific success, while Hannah stresses the poor public viewing experience.

(B) is incorrect. They do not claim brightness has steadily decreased.

(C) is incorrect. They do not disagree about the value of spacecraft data.

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ordinary observers had a rather flat experience because the comet was badly placed in the sky.