Question 26
EasyOriginal questionJupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system by a long way. It is more than twice as as all the other planets put together, and it is so bright in the night sky that people have known about it since ancient times, without any telescope at all.
Yet for all its size, you could never stand on it. Jupiter is a gas giant, made mostly of hydrogen and helium, with a very thick atmosphere and no surface. Scientists are still not sure what lies deep inside: perhaps a solid core, or perhaps a thick, extremely hot soup.
The planet is wrapped in stripes of cloud, and it is a stormy place. Its most famous feature, the Great Red Spot, is a storm bigger than the Earth that has been for more than three hundred years.
Jupiter also spins fast. A day there lasts only about ten hours, although a year, one trip round the Sun, takes almost twelve Earth years. It has rings that are very hard to see, and dozens of moons, far more than our single Moon.
What is the passage mainly about?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Every paragraph describes Jupiter: its size, what it is made of, its storms, its day, year, rings and moons.
Worth noting
The Earth's single Moon is mentioned only as a comparison in the last sentence.
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