Unit 2 Life in the future单元话题阅读理解练习-2023-2024学年九年级英语下册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津上海版）

Unit 2 Life in the future 单元话题阅读理解练习 （2023·上海闵行·期中） Do you have bright ideas？ideas for inventions that change society or，at least，make life easier for somebody？Perhaps we all do sometimes，but we don't often make the idea a reality. Recently, in Britain, there was a competition called British Designers for Tomorrow. The competition encourages young people to carry out their bright ideas. There were two groups in the contest: Group One was for schoolchildren under 16; Group Two was for schoolchildren over 16, and there were eleven prize-winners altogether. Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was called "Sunshine Superman". It's important when people study the weather to be able to record sunshine accurately. We need to know how many hours of sunshine we have and how strong it is. Most sunshine recorders only record direct sunlight. Neil's is more accurate and this is very important for research into the way of using solar power. You can do so much with animated cartoon. Look at Simon West's idea for animated road signs. He uses pictures which appear to move as you go nearer to or farther from them. This isn't a new idea. But itis new to use these pictures on road signs. "We found that people were more likely to see moving signs," said Simon. So now, you can really see rocks falling, trains moving, horses running or a car falling over the edge of a cliff. Quite a caution! The ideas in the competition were so inventive that we are surprised that British industry doesn't ask more schoolchildren for suggestions. Perhaps this will be the start of "pupil power!" 1．The writer seems to. be encouraging the British industry to__________. A．help schoolchildren in their studies B．take better care of schoolchildren. C．stop asking schoolchildren for suggestions. D．pay more attention to schoolchildren's inventive power 2．Neil Hunt's design would finally lead to the improvement of the way of__________. A．recording direct sunshine B．knowing how strong sunlight is C．using the ener