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1、新航道考研名师李传伟考研英语冲刺30天第二十四天考研冲刺第二十四天阅读模拟练习之一Text1 Eachyear,1,400high-schoolstudentsfrommorethan40countriesareinvitedtopeteintheprestigiousIntelInternationalScienceandEngineeringFair(IntelISEF),thetheseveralmillionstudentsillioninscholarshipsandprizes,presentingprojectsin15categorieslikemedicine,bi
2、ochemistry,puterscienceandzoology.Earningtophonorsisn’ttheonlygoalforcontestants.Nieenpercent(or274)ofthefinalistsatthe2005petitionheldlastmonthhavealreadybeguntheprocesstopatenttheirprojects. AmmemAbdulrasool,aseniorattheIllinoisJuniorAcademyofScience,y:PathoneyandafreetriptoOctober’sNobelPriz
3、eceremony.AbdulrasooldevelopedtechnologythatallopairedindividualstonavigatethemselvesfromonelocationtoanotherbyusingtheGlobalPositioningSystem.Individualsan-sizedevice,abraceletoneacharmandapairofearphones.Afterenteringastartingandendinglocationintoapersonaldigitalassistant(PDA),theyareguidedand
4、sthattellthemultaneously,abraceletvibratessignalingthecorrectdirection.Totesthisdevice,Abdulrasoolrecruited36blindadultsandaskedthemtovisitfivelandmarksinhisneighborhood.Thenavigationaltoolsavedpeopleanaverageof26minutesintraveltimeandreducedthenumberoferrors(issedlocations).“Lookingathototravel
5、andhootivatedmetodosomething,”hesaid.Abdulrasoolhopesareapplyingforapatentandthenplantomarkettheproductmercially. Inthefair’s56-yearhistory,anumberofprojectshavebeenimplementedformercialuse.MichaelNyberg,a2001petitor,hopedtoreducethenumberofosquitolarvaeandasoundgenerator,Nybergdiscoveredthata2
6、4kHzfrequencyresonatedosquitoes’internalorgans:larvaethatabsorbedtheacousticenergyittingdevice,Larvasonic,isnoethanegasfoundinsidecoalseamsining’sPosmightprovideanunlimitedsupplyofnaturalgas.ADenver-basedtechnologyfirmisnoedays1234下一页［教育资源网］edu..，。oon,blindpeoplearoundtheaybeands.21.Houstecountr
7、ies.［C］Theymustpatentorbeabouttopatentaninvention.［D］TheyarechosenfromyoungpeopleentionedasanadvantageofAbdulrasool’sdevice?［A］ItenablesblindpeopletogetfromAtoBfaster.［B］Ithelpsthemavoidobstacles.：考试大［C］Itgivesinformationtob
