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北京市2020年中考英语试卷
This 12-year-old Girl Built a Robot to Find Plastics in the Ocean
Anna Du was walking along the beach when she noticed plastics there. She reached down to pick them up, and quickly realized there were many more tiny pieces than she could deal with. It seemed impossible to clean them all up.
Du, 12 years old at the time, tried to solve the problem like any good scientist-first, by doing a little research. That's how she learned that 8 million tons of plastics end up in the oceans every year.
Then she got to work building something that could help solve the problem; a remote-operated vehicle(遥控潜水器), or ROV. Her ROV can move through water and find plastics on the ocean floor.
The actually cool part of Du's ROV is the detection(探测) system. She uses a camera along with three different kinds of light to find the plastics. She also uses visible(可见的) light to find unnatural colors that might make the plastics stand out.
"She has a very good engineering sense to break down a problem like this and then go after it," says engineer Casey Machado. "It sounds simple, but it's a level of thinking that's really amazing."
Du started attending public events and workshops at a university when she was five years old, and so she picked up the engineering skills necessary to build her ROV. She says actually getting her ROV to move through water well was not easy. She failed many times, but she never gave up trying and testing.
When asked about future plans, she mentions wanting to address the effects of climate(气候) change. "I think there are a lot of problems that could be solved with new inventions," says Du.
Du thanks her parents, who for years have taken her to student outreach activities, for supporting her interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). She says she has been able to meet students and scientists there.
"I know I want to be an engineer because I like building things to help solve world problems," says Du. "But I'm not sure what kind of engineer I want to be yet."
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}My name is Alice Smith. I come from the USA. I'm now a student in Grade Seven. I can play chess. I want to join a chess club. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} My little brother is a student in Grade Eight. He is not good at English. He thinks it's too boring. He wants to improve(提高)it on summer holidays. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Cherry is a good girl at school. She is very good at drawing pictures. She often draws on Saturday morning. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}I can sing and I can dance, too. But I can't swim. I want to learn it. But I don't know who can teach me. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}My son likes to play the piano, but he doesn't have a piano. It is his birthday next Monday. I want to buy one for him. But I don't know where to buy it. |
A. I am a college(大学)student. I want to find a job in the summer holidays. I can help some students with their study. Please call Bob at 516-0321. B. Please take your children to the Sports Center this summer. Children can learn to swim and have fun here. Many good P. E. teachers will teach them. C. Good news for you. The chess club opens on Sunday afternoon. It is open from 2: 30 to 4: 30. Welcome to the club. D. Can you sing or dance?Here is a music club for you. You can sing a lot of songs here and you can dance with others. And you can learn something about music. Welcome to join the club. E. Miss Wang is a geography teacher. She is not busy on Saturdays because she doesn't have any classes. Maybe she can help you with your geography. F. Can you draw pictures? Here is a good art club for you. Its name is Happy Art Club. You can make lots of good friends here and you can draw pictures with them. It's open on Saturday morning. G. Welcome to my new music shop. There are many things on sale here, like violins, guitars, drums and pianos. They are all at good prices. |
Emergency Fire Procedures, ① ② ③ ④ At last, be careful! Don't go back into the school buildings until a teacher has told you that it's safe. |
A. Don't run! Walk quickly to the parking area. Follow the lines on the fire escape map. B. Stay in the area! Wait for your teacher to call your name and be sure that you're safe. C. If you see a fire or smell smoke, don't wait. Each classroom has got a fire alarm switch. Start it! D. If you hear the fire alarm, move quickly but don't run. Cover your mouth with a cloth and leave your school things in the classroom. |
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