1世界上最后一只“天眼”：中国天眼到底有多重要？

China to open giant telescope to international scientists
中国将向国际科学家开放巨型望远镜设备
Nestled among the mountains in southwest China, the world's 1_____(large) radio telescope signals Beijing's ambitions as a global centre for scientific research.
The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) — the only significant instrument of its kind after the collapse of another telescope in Puerto Rico this month — is about 2_____(open) its doors for foreign astronomers to use, 3_____(hope) to attract the world's top scientific talent.
The Chinese installation in Pingtang, Guizhou province, is up to three times more sensitive than the US-owned one, and 4_____( surround) by a five-kilometre "radio silence" zone.
Work on the FAST began in 2011 and it started full operations in January this year, working 5_____(main) to capture the radio signals emitted by celestial bodies, in particular pulsars.
China has been rapidly boosting its scientific credentials (实力)to become less reliant on foreign technology. In the past two decades, China 6_____( build) the largest high-speed train network in the world, finalised its Beidou geolocation system and is now in the process of bringing lunar samples back to Earth.
The data 7_____(collect) by FAST should allow for a 8_____(good) understanding of the origins of the universe — and aid in the search for alien life.
Improvements in scientific innovation have been rapid, said Denis Simon, 9_____ expert on Chinese science policy, adding that "China was viewed as an innovation laggard" only a few years ago.
"More and more discretion has been given to the scientific and engineering community to explore new ideas and take bigger risks in the research environment," he said. "The risk-averse culture that was once predominant has given way 10____ a more entrepreneurial culture."
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