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Unit 3 Getting along with others 单元检测
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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Amazing Scientists
Who Happen to Be Teenagers
We've got a list of teen scientists from a variety of fields.
Jack Andraka
Jack Andraka created a biosensor (生物传感器) for cancer that he says is 168 times faster, 26,667 times less expensive and 400 times more sensitive than technology nowadays.
He's the youngest person to have spoken in front of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Taylor Wilson
Taylor Wilson was the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion (核聚变). He was inspired by The Radioactive Boy Scout, a novel in which a kid tries and fails to build a nuclear reactor.
Taylor thought he could do better. Long story short, he wanted to build a small nuclear reactor. And he did it at the age of fourteen. He received a Thiel Fellowship, which gave him ﹩100,000 to work on his own research.
Sara Volz
Sara Volz performed experiments in which she grew algae(藻类) based on their oil output for the purpose of growing them as biofuel (生物燃料). This resear