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Alexis Lewis, a 7-year-old girl, set out with her family on a trip to explore different parts of the country. During the hours on the road, her grandfather, a rocket scientist, would _________ cool ideas with Alexis about science. Eventually, everything her grandfather said _________ Alexis to become an inventor.

Fast forward to the 2019 Kid Inventors’ Day event _________ on January 17th in Brooklyn, New York, Alexis, 14, was one of the seven kid _________ who attended the event. With an audience of 200 people in _________ and more than 500 others watching on Facebook Live, Alexis talked about her award-winning invention, the Bamboo Travois (雪橇). It is a lightweight device made of bamboo, a net rope _________ wheels. A person can use the travois to carry someone else while walking long _________.

Alexis also _________ another one of her inventions: the Emergency Mask (面罩) Pod. It is a football-shaped canister (小罐) that _________ a smoke mask and can be thrown through the window of a burning building. People inside the building can put on the mask to __________ themselves from smoke inhalation (吸入). __________ firefighters helped her test the invention by throwing it hundreds of times into the second storey windows of buildings.

The world __________ new thinkers like Alexis and other young inventors who __________ the event. Kids are the ones who can solve the __________ that the older generation creates. It’s our job as adults to show kids the possibilities of __________ they can make and create.

1.
A.receiveB.shareC.askD.make
2.
A.praisedB.suggestedC.persuadedD.inspired
3.
A.celebratedB.joinedC.heldD.created
4.
A.nursesB.inventorsC.scientistsD.artists
5.
A.silenceB.troubleC.needD.person
6.
A.as well asB.instead ofC.thanks toD.except for
7.
A.highwaysB.distancesC.blocksD.voyages
8.
A.madeB.discoveredC.gaveD.presented
9.
A.containsB.meansC.avoidsD.attaches
10.
A.escapeB.bringC.protectD.help
11.
A.LocalB.ForeignC.BraveD.Famous
12.
A.appearsB.leavesC.needsD.develops
13.
A.knowB.causeC.directD.attend
14.
A.chancesB.positionsC.problemsD.jobs
15.
A.whatB.howC.whyD.when

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