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    Deep in a research lab in New Jersey,16-year-old Alon Millet carefully presses out tiny drops of a special solution(溶液) onto rows of bean(綠豆) he has raised from seed. It's a task he,s patiently performed for nearly three years. He is trying to help in the fight against world hunger.

    The US Agency for Inteb iational Development (USAID) — an organization that works to end poverty (貧窮) 一thinks Alon may be onto something very big. The teenager was one of four students to get a US $10,000 award from the agency last year — chosen from among 1,700 secondary schools in more than 70 countries.

    Courtney Mason,the program manager for the US Global Development Lab,called Alon’s work the“most promising” among hundreds of projects the agency has reviewed at science competitions across America. “Alon’s seed breeding(培植) will probably change the way plants are grovel in the developing world,making them survive drought and natural disasters,” Mason said.

    Alon has some of the usual interests of a teenager,like playing video games,but he also loves to read scientific research papers. One day more than three years ago,Alon was reading about research with his father by an Israeli company that had used a certain solution to make trees grow larger. And that,in turn,helped to produce more paper with fewer trees.

    “So I started thinking, ‘What else could this be used  for?’ ”Alon said.

    He chose the mung bean,which is a main food in the developing world,and got in touch with the company,FuturaGene,who agreed to share some of the solution. He started experimenting. Could he make the beans grow larger and survive bad weather conditions? After two years of measuring,testing and examining,he proved that he could. Now He’s on his 26th experiment with his mung beans.

9. What's the purpose of Alon’s experiments?

   A. To write a scientific paper.

   B. To help solve the problem of world hunger.

    C. To enter a science competition.

   D. To win an award from USAID.   

10. What is Courtney Mason's attitude toward Alon’ s work?

   A. He thinks it useless.

   B. He thinks highly of it. 

    C. He is curious about it.

   D. He is strongly against it.

11. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

   A. Alon’s unusual hobbies.

   B. The influence of Alon’s father on him. 

    C. How Alon’s research was performed.

   D. What inspired Alon to do his research.

12. What would be the best title for the text?

   A. Hungry for answers

   B. Mung beans in the lab

    C. Alon’ s 26th experiment   

    D. The seriousness of poverty 

9.B 10.B 11.D 12. A

C篇美國(guó)男孩Alon Millet三年來一直在進(jìn)行一系列實(shí)驗(yàn)培育綠豆，希望可以幫助解決世界饑餓問題。

9.B. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段中的He is trying to help in the fight against world hunger 可知，Alon 進(jìn)行研究的E的i為了幫助解決世界饑餓問題。

10.B. 觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。由第三段中的“most promising” 和 Alon’ s seed breeding will probably change the way plants are grown in the developing world,making them survive drought and natural disasters 可推斷，Mason 高度評(píng)價(jià)了 Alon的研究。

11.D。段落大意題。本段主要講述了 Alon是如何 萌發(fā)研究綠豆這一想法的。

12. A. 標(biāo)題歸納題。通讀文章可知，本文主要講 述了美國(guó)男孩Alon Millet三年來一直進(jìn)行一系 列實(shí)驗(yàn)培育綠宜，希望可以幫助解決i界饑餓 問題。且由最后一句Now he's on his 26th experiment with his mung beans 可知，他的研宄 還在進(jìn)行。故A項(xiàng)作本文標(biāo)題最佳,hungry是 一語(yǔ)雙關(guān)。

題目來源：2016年英語(yǔ)周報(bào)高一新課程 > 第31期 2015-2016學(xué)年高一新課程

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