Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This is one of life’s __1__ questions and people have been debating about it for thousands of years. Now scientists believe they have solved this _2__. Researchers from Sheffield and Warwick Universities in England discovered the answer __3__. They used a super computer to observe the shell-making process while a new shell was __4__. Then they found one protein called OC17 that is __5__ for forming eggshell. This is only found inside a chicken’s body, which is proof that the _6__ came first. The team was __7__ looking at how animals and birds make eggshells but suddenly made their surprising __8__. The big question now is where chickens came from. The _9__ is from dinosaurs.
The research team said eggshells are one of nature’s most __10__ creations. Professor John Harding from the team told reporters: “Understanding how chickens make eggshells is fascinating in itself, but it can also be __11__ in designing new materials.” Eggshells are very lightweight but incredibly strong. Even the most up-to-date materials __12__ by the world’s top engineers can not produce anything as __13__ as an eggshell. Professor Harding added that __14__ eggshells could help to cure bone diseases and design materials for the construction industry.“Nature has found wonderful ways that __15__ for all kinds of problems in materials science and technology — we can learn a lot from them.” he said.
小題1:
A．strangestB．bestC．oldestD．longest
小題2:
A．puzzleB．storyC．historyD．idea
小題3:
A．on purposeB．by chanceC．without hesitationD．a(chǎn)t work
小題4:
A．breakingB．changingC．disappearingD．forming
小題5:
A．necessaryB．easyC．kindD．impossible
小題6:
A．eggB．eggshellC．chickenD．dinosaur
小題7:
A．obviouslyB．originallyC．thoughtfullyD．surprisingly
小題8:
A．inventionB．mistakeC．statementD．discovery
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)nswerB．researchC．keyD．egg
小題10:
A．strangeB．ridiculousC．funnyD．a(chǎn)mazing
小題11:
A．hopefulB．helpfulC．respectfulD．colorful
小題12:
A．boughtB．cutC．designedD．carried
小題13:
A．brilliantB．ordinaryC．1ightD．strong
小題14:
A．findingB．watchingC．studyingD．making
小題15:
A．happenB．workC．waitD．look

小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:D
小題1:B
小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:B

小題1:C oldest“古老的”。
小題1:A puzzle“難題，謎團”。
小題1:B by chance“偶然”。符合題意。
小題1:D shell-making process“蛋殼形成的過程”，故選D。
小題1:A necessary，是蛋殼形成必須的。
小題1:C chicken“(小)雞”，蛋白質(zhì)OC17只存在雞的體內(nèi)，故先有雞。
小題1:B originally“最初，起初”，起初在觀察蛋殼如何形成時，
小題1:D discovery“發(fā)現(xiàn)”�！巴蝗话l(fā)現(xiàn)了這個現(xiàn)象”。
小題1:A“答案是雞來自恐龍”。answer與question對應。
小題1:D根據(jù)文意知，選D，蛋殼是自然界最令人驚異的發(fā)明之一。
小題1:B helpful“有幫助的”。蛋殼能幫助組織新物質(zhì)。
小題1:C designed“被......設計”。
小題1:A brilliant“燦爛的，光輝的”。形容蛋殼的優(yōu)點。
小題1:C研究團隊是在“研究”蛋殼。
小題1:B work for…“為......效力”。自然界蘊含解決各種問題的奇妙的的方法。
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