The Siemens Foundation holds a Mathematics，Science and Technology Competition for high school students every year．The Foundation created the competition to improve student. Performance in mathematics and science．The contest is open to any student who is an American citizen or permitted to live in the United States The Siemens Foundation joined the College Board and six universities to create the competition．More than 1，600 students took part in the contest last year．

    Experts from the universities judge competitions in six parts of the country．Individual and team winners from those events then compete nationally．They demonstrate their projects to university professors and scientists．A winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics，Joseph Taylor,led the judging group for the latest contest．

    The results from that judging group produced a first in the history of the competition It was the first time in which girls won both the individual and the team prizes．Forty-eight percent of those who entered the latest contest were young women.

    The individual winner was Isha Jain of Bethlehem，Pennsylvania．She received 100，000 dollars toward her college education for her studies of bone growth in zebra fish．The Siemens judges said she was the first to discover that bone grows in many short periods of time．They also said her work was equal to that of a student who had completed four years of college．

    The top team winners were two seventeen year olds from Plainview，New York．Janelle Schloss berger and Amanda Harin off shared a prize of 100，000 dollars for their college educations．The young women studied bacteria(細(xì)菌)responsible for the disease tuberculosis(肺結(jié)核，略作TB)．They created substances that kill tuberculosis by attacking a protein．The Siemens

 Foundation says their discovery could lead to a new treatment for drug resistant TB．

 

41．The Siemens Foundation holds the science competitions for American hi．gh school students in  order to           ．

    A．encourage them to complete their schoolwork

    B．improve their knowledge of science

    C．earn enough money for college

    D．show them the importance of science

42．Isha Jain of Bethlehem won her prize because         ．

    A．she had finished her college study

    B．she had studied the disease tuberculosis

    C．she had worked equally with boys

    D．she had obtained a result about bone growth

43．The competitors show their talent by           ．

    A．presenting their projects to the judging group

    B．taking part in an examination

    C．handing in the whole of their projects

    D．designing a project on the spot

44．From this passage we learn that           ．

    A．only American citizens take part in the competition

    B．fewer girls used to take part in the competition

    C．more than half girls took part in the recent competition

    D．a(chǎn)ll winners’ prizes are for their college educations

45．What is a good title for the passage?

    A．Preparations for High School Students Before College

    B．A Chance to Demonstrate Their Knowledge of Science

    C．Distinguished Meeting of American High School Students

    D．Young Women’s Great Contributions to Science

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　　Sixteen-year-old Michael Viscardi of San Diego won first prize in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Science and Technology(西門子西屋數(shù)學(xué)和科技競賽)．He showed solutions to a nineteenth century math problem．

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　　The National Center for Education Statistics did its latest research on home-schooling in 2003．Researchers found that more than one million American students learned at home．That was more than two percent of the school-age population．

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Home-scholars are excellent and talented students．

B．

Only a small part of students are home-schooled in the US．

C．

Home-scholars are taught at home only．

D．

Most of the home-scholars are college and university students．

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More than half of the parents chose to home-school their children because of _______．

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A．

the environment of local schools and lack of religious instruction at school

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the quality of the instruction in the local schools

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racial problems in the local schools

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the teaching of African-American history and culture

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The biggest problem facing the home-schooled children might be _______．

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how to follow their parents’ instruction

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A．

no more racial problems exist in American schools

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home-schooling is not permitted in Washington D．C．

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Next to the Castle lies The Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and one of the most talked about spots in town. Our cafe is open every day for mouth-watering lunches, snacks and fine dining. Come in and enjoy the atmosphere of The Hub or watch the world go by from our beautiful terrace.
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Tel:0131173 2067 www.thehub-edinburgh.com
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Open:May—Oct Wednesdays to Saturdays and daily during school holidays 11 a.m.—5 p.m.
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Enter the Europe-wide student competition!
Are you curious, creative and energetic? Are you interested in the new media? Are you between 12 and 9 years of age? Then Join Multimedia 2010 is for you!
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For further information and registration forms go to:www.siemens.com/ join. multimedia.
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You’ll have to register first if you want_________.

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B．to try Tractor Ride through 600 acres
C．to enter the Europe-wide student competition
D．to watch the world go by from the beautiful terrace
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You can visit Farm Wrold_________.
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.From the advertisements above,we can learn that_________.
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B．families can enjoy Horse Rides on New Adventure Playground
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Cafe Hub

Next to the Castle lies The Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and one of the most talked about spots in town. Our cafe is open every day for mouth-watering lunches, snacks and fine dining. Come in and enjoy the atmosphere of The Hub or watch the world go by from our beautiful terrace.

The Hub, Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh.

Open every day from 9:30 a.m.till late.

Tel:0131173 2067 www.thehub-edinburgh.com

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Enjoy being“A Farmer for a Day”.Join in delivering and feeding our spring babies—bottle feeding sessions twice daily. Fun for all family. Horse Rides, BMX Bikes Cross Country Course. Tractor Ride through 600 acres, New Adventure Playground, Nature Trails. Full details on website.

Open:May—Oct Wednesdays to Saturdays and daily during school holidays 11 a.m.—5 p.m.

Tel:01797 260256/260321 www.farmworldrye.co.uk

Enter the Europe-wide student competition!

Are you curious, creative and energetic? Are you interested in the new media? Are you between 12 and 9 years of age? Then Join Multimedia 2010 is for you!

Your challenge will be to build a team and develop a multimedia presentation in English--based on one of three different topics. You can register between May 1 and June 15,2010 and will have to turn in your entry before September 15,2010.

The rewards are wonderful:￡150,000 in prize for schools and teams and the chance to attend a European student camp—plus new experiences, an opportunity to make friends throughout Europe!

For further information and registration forms go to:www.siemens.com/ join. multimedia.

1.

You’ll have to register first if you want_________.

  A.to enjoy delicious food

  B.to try Tractor Ride through 600 acres

  C.to enter the Europe-wide student competition

  D.to watch the world go by from the beautiful terrace

2.

You can visit Farm Wrold_________.

  A.on Monday in May                    B.any day in October

C.at 2 p.m.at Christmas                  D.at 10:30 a.m. during school holidays

3.

.From the advertisements above,we can learn that_________.

  A.Cafe Hub is a popular place in the local area

  B.families can enjoy Horse Rides on New Adventure Playground

  C.Farm World provides lunches,snacks and fine dining

  D.the Europe-wide student competition will be held on June 15,2010

 

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