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         What is the color of the universe? Astronomers had not answered this question until two months ago.
    That is when two American astronomers reported on their study of all the light in the universe. They said
    that the universe would appear to the human eyes to be a light greenish color.
         Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, reported their
    finding in January. They presented the research at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society. They
    said that finding the color of the universe was not part of their more serious scientific research. They did it
    for fun.
          However, earlier this month, the scientists admitted making a mistake. They said their finding was
    much more colorful than it should have been. They now say the light from our universe is closer to white.
    It is more like a milky or creamy white color.
          Their study attempted to show what people might see if they could observe the universe from far
    away.  The scientists found the average color by combining light from about two-hundred-thousand star
    systems. Their information came from an observatory in New South Wales, Australia.
         The scientists gave a number value to the colors of the different star systems. Then they added the
    numbers together and found the average measurement. The scientists used this average to identify the
    color of the universe. They said it was a very pretty light green. Many newspapers and television stations
    reported their finding.
          Other scientists and color engineers attempted to reproduce the result. Mark Fairchild of the
    Rochester Institute discovered a mistake in the computer software program used by the Johns Hopkins
    scientists.
    When the mistake was corrected, the results changed. The new color of the universe is much less
    colorful. It is very close to white.

    1.The color of the universe is _______.

    A. close to white
    B. black
    C. blue
    D. light greenish

    2.The two scientists found the color of the universe by _____.

    A. combining light from about 200,000 star systems
    B. observing at an observatory in India
    C. making long-term scientific research
    D. using computer software programs

    3.Who found the true color of the universe?

    A. Karl Glazebrook.
    B. Ivan Baldry.
    C. Mark Fairchild
    D. Johns Hopkins.

    4.This passage mainly tells us _______.

    A. what the color of the universe is
    B. the light from our universe is a light greenish color
    C. the new color of the universe is much more colorful
    D. the finding of the color of the universe is difficult
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