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2024届高二第二学期期末英语试卷
学校:___________姓名:___________班级:___________考号:___________
时间:100分钟 分值:120
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There are many famous scientists in the world, some of whom are very young. Here are
four hot young scientists working right now to change the world.
Rizia Bardhan
Rizia Bardhan is 29 and a post doctor at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Her research
mainly deals with amazing possibilities of micro robots that can be used to cure diseases
which are now untreatable. In an interview, she said that when she thought of science, she
would think of major problems that she could help to solve.
Heather Knight
Heather Knight, the 28-year-old Chief Executive of the Marilyn Monrobot company, is
performing new applications for robotics by casting her shows with robots. She considers
humor to be one of the most important human features. Therefore, if she can teach humor to
robots, they will be able to better connect with humans.
Imre Bartos
Imre Bartos is a 29-year-old Columbia University graduate student. As one of the young
minds, he is remarkable enough to drive others crazy with envy. He studies everything from
the formation of black holes to the physics of how mosquito eyes see the world. In the paper
Hunting Black Holes with a Gas Cloud, he explains that a gas cloud meeting a black hole in
its path will be partially eaten by the black hole. His task is to check the X-rays that are given
off during the process.
Jeremy England
Jeremy England is a 36-year-old professor at MIT, a school that is known for its young
genius. He is working right now on new ideas about the physics behind basic biology. He
says that he wants to make sense of life at the molecular(分子) level.
1.What might be used to cure the untreatable disease?
A.Atoms. B.X-rays. C.Basic biology. D.Micro robots.
2.What’s Heather Knight’s aim?
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A.To make new inventions. B.To teach humor to robots.
C.To make it easier to communicate. D.To make robots learn to show.
3.Whose study shows