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                                     Pineapple Awards Celebrate Fruits of Science
     We live in a world of wonder but not in a world of magic. And understanding that world does not
mean learning a few tricks at Hogwarts. Instead, it means understanding how important science is in our
daily lives.
     Just take a moment and look around your home. The electric lamp on your desk, the silicon microchip
in your mobile phone, your mother's laundry detergent; they are all the results of science.
     To get people more aware of these wonders that surround us, guokr.com, a science website, and
Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Museum have established the "Pineapple Science Awards."
The awards are to be given annually and recognize recent achievements in chemistry, physics, medicine
and biology, mathematics and psychology. There are also two special awards for discoveries that are
imaginative, fun and thought-provoking.
     Zhou Xinyue's research certainly met those criteria. The Sun Yat-Sen University professor was among
the first group of Pineapple winners. She conducted an experiment that showed that counting money can
ease pain. Professor Zhou had people count money and then dipped their hands into hot water. It turns
out that after flipping through a brick of RMB, people can keep their hands in hot water for a longer time.
I suppose this proves that although money can't buy you happiness, it can certainly make your life less
painful.
     If that sounds a bit frivolous, it's all in keeping with the spirit of the awards. They are intended to be
light-hearted. That is why the pineapple was chosen as the awards' symbol. Ji Shisan, the founder of
guokr.com, said, "This nutritive fruit has a bright color and pleasing taste while shaped in a strange way,
which indicates the awards are pleasing, interesting, nourishing, and a bit strange."
     Pineapple winner Zhou Xinyue added, "Some research topics seem to be weird but actually have
deep meaning, which inspires us in a different way. The topics might be funny, but the research method
should be serious and scientific."
     Are you interested in science? Then reach for the sky. You might end up with a pineapple in your
hands.
1. The awards recognize achievements in following fields EXCEPT________.
A. chemistry      
B. biology      
C. psychology    
D. art
2. The examples in Para. 2 are to ______.
A. show how important science is in our daily lives
B. prove learning a few tricks at Hogwarts is necessary in our daily lives
C. get people more aware of these wonders that surround us
D. indicate that some research topics seem to be weird and have little meaning
3. From Para. 5 we can know ______.
A. whether the pineapple was chosen as the awards' symbol
B. how the pineapple was chosen as the awards' symbol
C. why the pineapple was chosen as the awards' symbol
D. why the pineapple looks so strange
4. According to Zhou Xinyue, _______.
A. if you reach for the sky you might end up with a pineapple in your hands
B. the topics sounding funny doesn't mean the research method isn't serious or scientific
C. although the pineapple looks strange, it has a bright color and pleasing taste
D. counting money can ease pain and money can buy you happiness
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Signal that may prove E．T．is phoning home

By David Harding

　　It is the sort of out-of-this-world phenomenon that might have got E．T．himself jumping for ioy (if only his legs had been long enough)．

　　Astronomers bare received three mysterious radio signals from outer space．

　　They picked them up while using a radio telascopc stationed in Puerto Rico to probe deep into the universe．

　　Each signal lasted about one minute and was recorded on the frequency which scientists believe aliens would be most likely to use, namely SHGb02＋I(xiàn)4a (since you ask, this is the frequency at wbich hydrogen readily takes in and gives out energy．) According to New．Scientist magazine, the signal originates from a point her ween the Pi-es and Aries constellations (雙魚座和白羊座) where there is no obvious star or planetary system within 1,000 light years．

　　What is sending tbe signals is unknown, hut scientists working on the Search for Exlraterrestrial Intelligence project believe it could finally prove there is life “out there”．

　　”We are looking for something that screams out ‘a(chǎn)rtificial'“ said Eric Korpela, a researcher from the University of California, Berkeley．

　　”This just doesn't do that bot it could be because it is distant．”

　　Other scientists are not so sure it will point the way to alien life but they have ruled out a scientific joke．They believe it may be an unknown astronomical phenomenon or even a strange thing of the telescope itself．

　　”If they can see the signal four, five or six times it really begins to get exciting,” said Jocelyn Bell Burnell, from the University of Bath．

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In the pessage E．T．refers to ________．

[　　]

A．

an astronomer

B．

an unknown person

C．

an alien

D．

an extraterrestrial intelligence project．

(2)

In the 8th paragraph, “ruled out” means ________．

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A．

included

B．

excluded

C．

considered

D．

controlled

(3)

By writing this article the author means to

[　　]

A．

make people know popular science

B．

tell us E．T．is phoning home

C．

tell us something about people from outer space

D．

tell us astronomers have received signals from outer space

(4)

Jocelyn Bell Burnell tends to believe

[　　]

A．

in the existence of aliens

B．

in the nonexistence of aliens

C．

David Harding

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other scientists．

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閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Do you want to have a mobile phone? Have you had a mobile phone already? Nowadays more and more students have their own mobile phones, and mobile phone use has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in China have banned students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.

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Wang Pi, an official, said, “Mobile phone use is a distraction (分散注意力的東西) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms.” Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

Wang Pi, also said some schools has tried to ban mobile phones, but some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.

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       C．when they are at school   D．when they are free

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       C．use their mobile phones   D．get in touch with their children

58．The three underlined words “they” in Para. 5 refer to       .

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       C．students; teachers; mobile phones   D．students; mobile phones; teachers

59．The passage tells us that         .

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       B．some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their phones at school

       C．students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons

       D．parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours

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