单选题 Beijing's sky watchers will see with their own eyes a bright com- et (彗星) all night long. Comet e/1996 b2(Hyakutake) was first observed by Hyakutake, a Japanese amateur (业余的) astronomer (天文学家)
, on January 30, 1996. It can be seen with the naked eyes (肉眼) over China, Europe and other northern areas at night through the last week of March and first ten days of April. On march 25, it was closed to the earth and the sun.
What is more exciting is that there will be two more rare events in the sky, it is predicted (预言) that another comet, HaleBopp, found on July 23, 1995, by Americans Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, is expected to pass over the northern part of Heilongjiang province in March 1997. The comet, estimated to be 10×15 kilometres in size, will not return for 3 000 years.
What is even more rare is that a total solar eclipse (日蚀) is expected to occur on March 9, 1997, over Mongolia, Siberia and northern Heilongjiang province. When the sky turns dark, people should be able to see the eclipse and the bright comet HaleBopp at the same time.
An observation (观察,评论) trip to Mohe, Heilongjiang Province, is being organized for the March 1997 sky events, as well as a nationwide astrophoto competition (竞赛).

单选题 Beijing sky watchers will be excited because ______.

A、 they expect to see with their naked eyes the comet found by Hyakutake
B、 they will see a comet through a telescope for the first time
C、 they have observed a comet by themselves
D、 they expect to see the comet found by a Japanese amateur astronomer through a telescope

单选题 The two more exciting and rare sky events will occur in March, 1997 are______.

单选题 Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A、 March 25 was supposed to be the best time to observe comet Hyakutake.
B、 Comet Hale-Bopp and comet Hyakutake will pass over the northern part of Heilongjiang province in 1997.
C、 A nationwide astro-photo competition will be organized in March, 1997.
D、 The comet will not return for 3 000 years.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】根据文章，An observation trip to Mohe，Heilongjiang Province， is being organized for the March 1997 skyevents，as well as a nation- wide astro-photocompetition．表明nationwide astro-photo competition是和An observation trip to Mohe同时发生的，即现在正在进行之中。