Craft and StructureEasy–MediumTwo views on night satellite streaks
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Each new batch of internet satellites adds bright moving points to the night sky, and long-exposure telescope images now arrive scarred with their streaks — some surveys lose a meaningful share of frames.
Text 2
The streak problem is real but not static: operators have begun flying satellites with darkened coatings and visors, and observatories now use pass-prediction software to time exposures around the brightest crossings.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?
- A. Text 1 describes a problem for astronomers that Text 2 argues is being addressed.Correct
- B. Text 2 denies that satellites appear in telescope images.
- C. Both texts call for canceling future satellite launches.
- D. Text 1 praises an innovation that Text 2 criticizes.
Answer: A. Text 1 describes a problem for astronomers that Text 2 argues is being addressed.
Text 1 lays out the streaking problem; Text 2 accepts it and describes mitigation — darker coatings and scheduling software — already underway.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Text 2 denies that satellites appear in telescope images.
- Text 2 concedes the streaks are real; its point is that remedies exist.
- C. Both texts call for canceling future satellite launches.
- Neither text proposes canceling launches.
- D. Text 1 praises an innovation that Text 2 criticizes.
- Text 1 describes a problem, not an innovation, and Text 2 is the more positive of the two.
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