1 . Winners of the Broadcom MASTERS

Girls took the top prizes at the Broadcom MASTERS, a science competition for middle school students.

Alaina Gassler

Alaina won the $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize for the project of reducing blind spots in cars. She was inspired to solve this issue by her mother who didn’t like driving her vehicle because its large A-pillar (A柱) design made her feel in danger. “I started to think about how blind spots were a huge problem in all cars,” said Alaina. So she worked on and solved it.

Sidor Clare

Sidor won the $10,000 Marconi/Samueli Award for Innovation, an honor made by Samueli’s generous donation of his 2012 Marconi Society Prize Award. She developed bricks that could one day be made on Mars, so that humans wouldn’t be required to carry building materials with them in order to build there.

Alexis MacAvoy

Alexis won the $10,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Advancement, which recognized the student whose work and performance showed the most promise in health-related fields and demonstrated an understanding of the many social factors that affect health. She designed a water filter (过滤器) by using carbon to remove heavy metals from water.

Rachel Bergey

Rachel won the $10,000 Lemelson Award for Invention, awarded by The Lemelson Foundation to a young inventor creating promising solutions to real-world problems. She developed a trap made of tinfoil (锡纸) and netting for the spotted lanternfly, an invasive species causing damage to trees.

1. What is the purpose of Alaina Gassler’s invention?

A．To beautify vehicles.	B．To improve the safety of driving.
C．To decorate the sidewalk for the blind.	D．To reduce the carbon released from cars.

2. Whose invention is related to human health?

A．Alaina Gassler’s.	B．Sidor Clare’s.
C．Rachel Bergey’s.	D．Alexis MacAvoy’s.

3. What is the Broadcom MASTERS about?

A．Art.

B．Sport.

C．Technology.

D．Education.

2 . ________ we deal with our problems, we can easily become unhappy.

A．Unless

B．Until

C．Though

D．Whether

3 . In his sense, Lu Xun made himself a leading figure in the wartime Chinese novelists.

A．人物

B．体态

C．图表

D．数字

4 . She didn’t fancy the idea of going home in the dark.

A．花哨的

B．自认为是

C．想要

D．精致的

5 . The silver band from his wristwatch (手表) left a green ring over his wrist.

A．带子

B．乐队

C．范围

D．波段

6 . On a wild mountain, two goats met on a road just over a high cliff(悬崖). The road was so narrow that there was neither room for them to pass each other nor to turn round and go back. What do you think the two goats did?

One of them with great care laid himself down on the narrow road, pressing as close to the rock as he could. Then the other goat softly walked on his friend, till, safely past him,he could lightly jump away.

The goat that had lain down then stood up slowly from his place, safe and sound, free to jump again from rock to rock, and enjoyed the sweet grass on the hills happily.

However,two other goats met on the banks of a rushing river. A tree had fallen across the river, and became a bridge from the one side to the other.

The two goats looked at each other, and each wished to pass over first.

They stood for a while one foot on the tree, each thinking that the other would turn back. But neither of them would give way, and they met at last on the middle of the narrow bridge!

They then began to push and fight with their horns, till at last their feet missed, and both the goats fell into the running river, and were lost in the water!

Both might have been saved, if either of them had known how to give way at the right time.

1. Where did the first two goats meet?

A．On the hills.	B．On a bridge.
C．On a narrow road.	D．At the bank of a river.

2. How did they pass the narrow road safely?

A．By lying down.	B．By working together.
C．By jumping away.	D．By pressing to the rock.

3. What was the bridge made of?

A．A tree.	B．A stone.
C．Some stones.	D．Some trees.

4. What happened when they met on the middle of the bridge?

A．They pushed and fought.	B．They lay on the bridge.
C．They looked at each other	D．They stood on the-bridge.

5. The passage tells us that ________.

A．we should face the challenge in life

B．we should be careful to cross the bridge

C．we should give way to others at right time

D．we should be brave to climb the mountains

7 . My brother and I like football. ________ play it together once a week.

A．I

B．They

C．We

D．You

8 . 阅读对话，从对话后所给五个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A: Hi, Zhang Hua. Will you go to the cinema with me this evening?
B:     1    . It's Mid-Autumn Festival today.
A: Mid-Autumn Festival?
B: Yes.     2     Families see it as a time to get together and usually celebrate it with a big family meal.     3    .
A: We don't have this festival in England.     4    .
B: They're round, in the shape of a full moon. You can come over to my home and try them this evening.
A: Really?     5    .
A. I'm sorry, I can't.
B. Thank you for your invitation.
C. What do moon-cakes look like?
D. We have some moon-cakes that day.
E. It's a traditional festival in China.
F.They're round

9 .

NEED A SUMMER JOB?

When: From June to August Who: Campers aged from four to thirteen(Campers are grouped by age: four and five, six to eight, and nine to thirteen) Where: Addison, Dallas and Richardson What: Camp Counselors (辅导员) for our Summer Science Day camp Requirements: A SMU student that has a love for children and really wants to work with them. Patient, friendly, easy to work with and punctual . What you can get: A lot of fun & valuable experience & great money! We need you!   Apply (申请) online and get more information at www. Club Scientific Dallas. com.

1. The camp is from ________.

A．May to June	B．June to August
C．July to September	D．August to October

2. In the summer camp, Camp Counselors will ________.

A．enjoy themselves	B．get valuable gifts
C．make little money	D．go abroad

3. Where can we most probably read this material?

A．In a cooking program	B．In a student’s diary
C．On a shopping website	D．In a school notice

4. What is not the requirements？

A．A SMU student that has a love for children

B．A SMU student should be patient and friendly

C．A SMU student should be   easy to work with and punctual

D．A SMU student should be good at English.

5. What is the meaning of the underlined word “punctual “?

A．守时的	B．惩罚
C．超时的	D．逃避

10 . The workers will build a new road ________ the two villages.

A．from

B．among

C．at

D．between