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1、话题11科普知识与现代技术一、阅读理解（共19小题；共38分）AInspiredbya9-year-oldcyclistwhousesonlypartofonehand,agroupofUniversityofGuelphstudentshaswonaninternationalawardfortheirinvention—abikebrakelever(刹车手柄).Itpullsboththefrontbrakeandthebackbrakeatthesametime.LaurenTurnerwasabletoride
2、herbike,butnotasconfidentlyandquicklyasherfriends."Shecouldn'tusethefrontbrake.Shewasonlyusingthebackbrake,butthefrontbrakemakesyoustoptwiceasfast,"saysMichaWallace,whowithKatieBell,AninaSakaguchiandAndrewMorriswonsecondprizeintheJamesDysonAwardsfortheirsingle-ha
3、ndedbikebrakinglever."Sheuseditalllastsummerandshehadnoproblems.Shesaidithelpedhergofasterbecauseshefeltmoreconfidentinherbrakingabilities.Shefeltsafer."saysWallace.Theinventionwasthefourth-yeardesignprojectforthefourstudents.Theydesigned,testedandcreatedaprototy
4、pe(模型)withinafour-monthperiod.WhenWallaceheardabouttheJamesDysonAwardsonthenews,sheandherco-inventorsenteredtheirprojectintheUK-basedcontest.Thecontestmainlyrewardsstudentdesignerswhocreateproductsthatimprovethewaywelive.TheGuelphstudentscollectedthesecondprize-￡
5、2,000forthem,plus￡500fortheirschool.Aswell,theyhadachancetomeetJamesDyson,aUKinventor.Whilepraisingthestudentsfortheircreativity,Dysonsaidthesingle-handedlevercouldimprovesafetyforallcyclists."Byusingbothbrakesatonce,"heexplains,"youcouldpreventthepossibilityoffl
6、yingoverthehandlebarsandendingupwithaninjury."Thestudentsarehopingtosellthepatenttoamajorcompany.Itmaybeusedinotherdevicesthatrequiretwohandsforoperation.1.Thebikebrakeleverwasdesignedforthepurposeof .A.winningJamesDysonAwardsB.helpingpeoplebecomeconfidentC.apply
7、ingforapatentfortheinventionD.helpingthedisabledridetheirbikesafely2.Whatcanweknowabouttheinventorsofthebrakelever?A.Theycreatedtheinventioninfouryears.B.Theywontheirschool￡500fortheirinvention.C.TheywontheJamesDysonAwardsforfourtimes.D.Theysoldtheirpatenttoamajo
8、rcompany.3.Fromthepassage,wecouldinferthatthebrakelever .A.hasalreadybeenwidelyusedB.alsoimprovesthebike'sspeedC.isonlyusefulfordisabledcyclistsD.willhaveawide
