36.The word "there"in line 17refers to

(A)the colonies

(B)the print shop

(C)Baltimore

(D)Providence

37.It can be inferred from the passage that Mary Goddard was

(A)an accomplished businesswoman

(B)extremely wealthy

(C)a member of the Continental Congress

(D)a famous writer

38.The word "position"in line 24is closest in meaning to

(A)job

(B)election

(C)document

(D)location

Question 39-50

Measurement in space is quite different from measurement on Earth.Some terrestrial distances can be expressed as intervals of time,the time to fly from one continent to another or the time it takes to drive to work,for example.By comparison with these familiar yardsticks,the distances to the galaxies are incomprehensibly large,but they too are made more manageable by using a time calibration,in this case the distance that light travels in one year.On such a scale the nearest giant spiral galaxy,the Andromeda galaxy,is two million light years away.The most distant luminous objects seen by telescopes are probably ten thousand million light years away.Their light was already halfway here before the Earth even formed.The light from the nearby Virgo galaxy set out when reptiles still dominated the animal world.

39.The word "major"in line 1is closest in meaning to

(A)intense

(B)principal

(C)huge

(D)unique