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1、Aneighteen-year-oldhighschoolstudentfromUtahwonthetop阅读理解答案 Aneighteen-year-oldhighschoolstudentfromUtahwonthetopprizeintheIntelScienceTalentSearchintheUnitedStates.Thewinnerreceivedacomputerandascholarshipforacollegeeducation. Morethan1,500studentsfromacrossthecountryenteredprojectsinthecompetit
2、ionthisyear.Theirresearchincludedchemistry,medicine,physics,mathematics,engineering,andcomputerscience—almosteveryareaofscience. FortystudentswereinvitedtoWashington,.forthefinaljudging.Agroupofscientistsjudgedthemontheirresearchabilities,Criticalthinkingskillsandcreativity.Thejudgesalsoquestioned
3、thestudentsaboutscientificproblemsbeforedecidingonthewinners. Thetopwinnerreceived100,000dollarsforcollege.ShannonBabbofAmericanForkHighSchoolstudiedthewaterqualityoftileSpanishForkRiverinUtahforsixyears.Shefoundthatpeoplehaveaharmfuleffectontheriverthroughhumanactivity,includingagriculture.Andshe
4、suggestedwaystoimprovethewaterqualityinthefuture.Theseincludeeducatingthepublicnottoputhouseholdchemicalsdownthedrains(下水道),whichleadtotherivereventually. Seventeen-year-oldYiSunoftheHankerSchoolinSanJose,California,earnedthesecondplace.Hewona75,000dollarscholarshipfornewdiscoveriesaboutamathemati
5、caltheoryknownasrandomwalks.Hisworkcouldhelpcomputerscientistsandchemists.YiSunwasborninChina. Thethird-placewinnerwasalsoseventeenandborninChina.Yuan“Chelsea”ZhangofMontgomeryBlairHighSchoolinRockville,Maryland,wona50,000dollarscholarship.Sheresearchedthemoleculargenetics(分子遗传学)ofheartdisease.Her
6、findingscouldaidthedevelopmentofnewmedicines. TheIntelScienceTalentSearchistheoldestsciencecompetitionforhighschoolstudentsintheUnitedStates.Itis65yearsoldthisyear.PastwinnershavegoneontoreceivesixNobelprizesandothertophonorsinscienceandmath. 51.Whatdoweknowaboutthetalentsearchproject? A.Mostofi
7、tswinnershavereceivedNobelprizes. B.Theprojectincludesresearchesineveryareaofscience. C.Onlyasmallpartofthestudentscanattendthefinaljudging. D.MostofthewinnerscomefromAsiancountries. 52.Accordingtothete
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