【英语翻译AlthoughtheprevailingsuppositionhasbeenthatitistoohotformicroorganismstosurvivedeepbelowtheEarth'ssurface,somescientistsarguethattherearelivingcommunitiesofmicroorganismstherethathavebeencutofffromsurfa】
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AlthoughtheprevailingsuppositionhasbeenthatitistoohotformicroorganismstosurvivedeepbelowtheEarth'ssurface,somescientistsarguethattherearelivingcommunitiesofmicroorganismstherethathavebeencutofffromsurfacelifeformillionsofyears.Thesescientistsbasetheirargumentonthediscoveryoflivingmicroorganismsinsamplesofmaterialthatweretakenfromholesdrilledasdeepas1.74miles.Thescientists'argumentdependsonwhichofthefol-lowingassumptions?
(A)Themicroorganismsbroughtupwereofaspeciesthatisrelatedtothosepreviouslyknowntoscience.
(B)NoholeshavebeendrilledintotheEarth'ssurfacetoadistancedeeperthan1.74miles
(C)Themicroorganismsdidnotcomefromsurfacesoilthatcameintocontactwiththedrillingequipment.
(D)ThestratumfromwhichthesamplescamehasbeenbelowthesurfaceoftheEartheversincetheEarthcameintoexistence.
(E)ThetemperatureatthebottomoftheholesdrilledwasnotsignificantlyhotterthanthatofthehottestspotsontheEarth'ssurface.