Welcome unit 课时作业3-【红对勾讲与练】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语必修第一册(人教版2019)

WELCOME UNIT　　　　　　　 课时作业 3 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　Ⅰ. 阅读理解 Outside of school, Laurent Simons is a common 9-year-old child. He plays video games with others, spends time online, and loves to travel. But when it comes to studying, he is a lot better than those ten years older than him. The most surprising thing is that he got a degree from university at age nine. Laurent Simons completed his final project at Eindhoven University of Technology and got a degree in electrical engineering (电气工程) . Most people take three years to complete the same program, but Laurent completed the program in just 10 months. Peter Baltus, one of his teachers, said, “Laurent has the ability to learn and take in lots of information in very little time. He learned more in short period of time, so I went through the courses much faster. ” Laurent􀆳s grandparents would tell him that he was special from a very young age. He started primary school when he was four, and at six years old he was already in high school. Then he started university and professors there couldn􀆳t stop talking about how excellent Laurent Simons was. Laurent says he wants to study medicine later, and works on artificial organs (人造器 官) . His reasons are personal. The grandparents he grew up with suffer from heart disease, which influences his choice. Laurent has appeared in many interviews. However, some people think Laurent􀆳s parents shouldn􀆳t allow him to go to so many interviews. They say that his parents have taken away his childhood. However, the boy􀆳s father sa