(单选题)

What can we know from the last two paragraphs?

A.The author mentions a rocket to prove the theory of a static universe.

B.The force driving the universe to expand is similar to that driving the rockets upward.

C.Einstein used the term “cosmological constant” to challenge Newton’s gravity theory.

D.nstein’s mistake is used to show the author’s doubt whether the universe is expanding.

参考答案：B

参考解析：

细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“This is a bit like what happens when one fires a rocket upward from the surface of the earth.”可知，这有点像一个人从地面点燃了火箭一样，由此可推测，推动宇宙膨胀的力量与推动火箭向上的力量相似。故选B。

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