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Unit 2 Looking Into The Future
单元话题完形填空练习
(2023春·云南玉溪·高二云南省玉溪第一中学校考期中)In many ways, Gitanjali Rao is an ordinary 11-year-old, lively and chatty, yet her scientific spirit makes a huge difference. Last month, she ____1____ the top prize at the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her invention.
What ____2____ Gitanjali’s work was that her city faced a water emergency with too much lead (铅) in its water. “The idea didn’t ____3____ to me until I saw my parents try to do water tests. The test strips may show inaccurate results, which weren’t very ____4____. ” she recalled.
She then searched for suitable materials with continued efforts and ____5____ found that carbon nanotube (纳米管) sensors can be used to sense chemicals. Gitanjali ____6____ to build a small blue housing using the 3-D printer at her school with computer chips and a battery inside. A free app, which Gitanjali designed under ____7____ from her computer science teacher, sends the data to a linked phone through a(n)____8____ device.
The process of designing her project wasn’t always ____9____ , though. Kathleen Shafer, a scientist paired with Gitanjali as her teacher in summer, _____10_____ along the way. In the award ceremony, Gitanjali also _____11_____ her success to her parents’ constant support and _____12_____ to try “crazy ideas”. Gitanjali received $25, 000 to further develop her program along with the great _____13_____ of winning the contest. According to Shafer, who _____14_____ Gitanjali, “she shows a lot of motivation to solve _____15_____ issues through science”.
1.A.designed B.earned C.offered D.made
2.A.exposed B.improved C.defined D.inspired
3.A.occur B.belong C.stick D.apply
4.A.simple B.predictable C.reliable D.creative
5.A.initially B.immediately C.temporarily D.eventually
6.A.managed B.promised C.pretended D.happened
7.A.observation B.command C.instruction D.control
8.A.sustainable B.permanent C.blank D.attached
9.A.optional B.smooth C.continuous D.complete
10.A.seiz