Kids at the Interlake School Division were the first Canadian students to take part in a program to send experiments to the International Space Station.(ISS).
Jordan Schott and three other sixth grade students came up with the idea to test royal jelly(蜂王漿) in space . Their experiment came very close to be tested on the space station. “We were seeing if we could send it to space, and if it would lose its nutritional value” faster and or slower, ”said Schott. Schott is one of the 18 students in the Space Knights Club at Woodlands Elementary School, part of the Interlake School Division. Over 450 students from the Division took part in the program.
“I thought we were just students and we couldn’t do much in the way of that. It’s a way to communicate with people up there ,” said Braeden Clark, a seventh grade student who is also in the club.
The astronauts shared what they learned with their school with a full day of activities all about science and space.
Teacher Maria Nickel is the organizer of the club. She said the day was great for students to learn what they could do. “Space is one of those great things that get kids excited, but it also gives them the chance to do so much. They can be an astronaut; they can be an engineer, ”She said.
The day was held in honour of Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut now in the Internal Space Station. “It gives kids someone more to look up to. Here’s a real hero to look up to who’s doing it all, doing it through education,” said Nickel.
Jordan Schott thinks it’s really cool. “To me it seems so cool how people can go up to space, and science is something I’ve always liked,” She said. Schott says she wants to follow in the footsteps of Hadfield and be an astronaut when she gets older.
One of the winning experiments in the competition was produced by students from Argyle, Manitoba. It will travel to the space station in the fall of 2013.
小題1:The program at the Interlake School Division________-
A．was carried out by 18 students.
B．was to test royal jelly in space
C．was designed to send experiments to the ISS
D．a(chǎn)llowed the first students to connect with the ISS
小題2:We can infer from the text that Maria Nickel__________- 
A．thinks it’s cool to live in the ISS
B．encourages students to be astronauts
C．helps students develop their interest in space
D．thinks Chris Hadfield sets a good example to the students
小題3:What do we know Jordan Schott?
A．She is seventh grader
B．She dreams of being an engineer
C．She respects Chris Hadfield very much
D．She didn’t like science when she was young
小題4:What’s the main idea of the text?
A．Kids carry out experiments for the ISS.
B．Winners of competitions travel to the ISS.
C．Astronauts do activities together with students
D．Interlake School Division trains students to be astronauts.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A

在the Interlake學(xué)區(qū)的小孩們是第一批參與在國際太空站上做實(shí)驗(yàn)這一項(xiàng)目的加拿大學(xué)生，組織者希望借此項(xiàng)目給孩子們提供機(jī)會認(rèn)識太空。
小題1: 細(xì)節(jié)題 結(jié)合第1段“Kids at the Interlake School Division were the first Canadian students to take part in a program to send experiments to the International Space Station.(ISS).”故C正確。
小題2: 推理判斷題 結(jié)合倒數(shù)第3段“The day was held in honour of Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut now in the Internal Space Station. “It gives kids someone more to look up to. Here’s a real hero to look up to who’s doing it all, doing it through education,” said Nickel.”故D正確。
小題3: 細(xì)節(jié)題 結(jié)合文章倒數(shù)第2段，“Schott says she wants to follow in the footsteps of Hadfield and be an astronaut when she gets older.”故C正確。
小題4:主旨大意題 結(jié)合第1段“Kids at the Interlake School Division were the first Canadian students to take part in a program to send experiments to the International Space Station.(ISS).”故A正確。
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A．About 44%.B．About 63%.C．About 70%.D．About 75%.
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C．They think it’s more fashionable.
D．They think it’s environmental friendly.
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, did the study, which involved a survey answered by almost 700 surgeons in training in the United States.
Almost 60% said they had suffered needle stick injuries when they were in medical school. Many said they were stuck more than once. Yet nearly half of those whose most recent incident happened in school did not report it to a health office. If they had, they would have been tested to see if they needed treatment to prevent an infection like HIV or hepatitis.
Most known cases of HIV or hepatitis are reported, but other possible infections often are not. Martin Makary, the lead author of the study, says medical students who are stuck put themselves and others in danger from infectious diseases.
Doctor Makary said, "A needle that goes through the skin needs to be as sharp as possible.” Doctors in training may have to do hundreds of stitches (縫線) in some cases to close the skin after an operation.
Doctor Makary said, “I support using blunt tip needles which are considered safer. This needle is still sharp enough to go through body tissue, but it does have a blunt tip, so that if it accidentally goes into my finger, it's much less likely to hurt me."
How common are needle sticks among health care workers? An estimated 600,000 to 800,000 of these and similar injuries are reported each year in the United States. But Doctor Makary says the real number may be much higher.
The study advises doctors to protect their hands by wearing two sets of gloves. It also urges hospitals to establish a special telephone number for medical workers and students to call if they are injured. The idea is for hospitals to send a clear message that there is no reason not to report this kind of accident.
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A．they don’t know how to treat themselves.
B．they may meet more needle sticks
C．it may cause some diseases
D．it may make patients sad.
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A．receive treatmentB．be forbidden to use sharp needles
C．spend more time on trainingD．receive tests
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A．not sharpB．not safeC．not longD．not thick
小題4:What do we know from the passage?
A．Doctors who don’t report needle stick injuries will be punished.
B．Needle sticks among health care workers will reduce sharply in the future.
C．Most needle stick injuries happen in the United States.
D．Two suggestions are given to protect medical workers and students.
小題5:Where can this passage most probably be found?
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