Imagine having an ear made out of an apple. It seems like a crazy idea. But it could happen in the near future.

Canadian biophysicist Andrew Pelling used an apple to grow a human ear. He thinks fruit and vegetables can be used to cheaply repair human body parts in the future.

Scientists have been trying to grow organs in labs to replace our old ones. But it‘s a hard job. In the past, scientists have used man-made materials, animal parts and even dead people as scaffolds(支架). But that has proved to be difficult and expensive.

Pelling and his team, however, found the apple to be a cheap and easy-to-use scaffolds.They first cut an apple into the shape of an ear. Then they used a special way to take out the apple‘s cells(细胞)and make it a scaffold. The team then added human cells to the apple, and watched it grow. “You can implant(移植)these scaffold into the body, and the body will send in cells and a blood supply and actually keep these things alive, ” Pelling said during a Ted Talk speech.

The team put the apple scaffold inside a living mouse and the mouse’s cells slowly take over the pieces of the apple.

Now Pelling is thinking of the other fruit, plants or vegetables to use.

1.Andrew Pelling is a scientist who studies

A.body and organs B.biology and organ

C.physic and body D.biology and physics

2.What did Pelling and his team use as scaffolds?

A.Fruits. B.Animals. C.dead people D.man-made

3.According to Paragraph 4, the right order is________.

①Make the apple a scaffold.

②Cut an apple into the shape of an ear.

③Implant this scaffold into the human body.

④Add human cells to the apple scaffold.

A.①④②③ B.②①④③ C.②①③④ D.④①③②

4.How will the body keep the implanted scaffolds alive?

A.By repairing the scaffolds. B.By replacing the scaffolds.

C.By taking over the scaffolds. D.By sending in cells and a blood supply

5.What‘s the best title of the passage?

A.Scaffolds and cells B.Organs and cells

C.Organs Made of Apples D.Scientists and apples

Many of you must have watched the grand celebration in Tian’ anmen Square on TV on Oct 1. But some __________ Beijing students got to take part in the event themselves!

Chen Zehao, 14, is a student from Beijing’s Chenjinglun High School. He performed in one of the 36 formations( 方 阵 ) in the mass

parade( 群 众 游 行 ). Wearing a yellow T-shirt and white trousers,___ flowers and flags in his hands, Chen told TEENS he shouted loudly “Long live our motherland!” “I’ll________ forget when groups of aircraft( 飞 机 ) flew above my head and made a “70” in the air,” Chen said. “My chest was full of joy and____.”

Twin brothers Ma Congyuan and Ma Conglin performed in a choir(合唱团) during the evening gala. The 15-year-olds are from Beijing No 4 High School. The choir was ________ 1,400 students from universities, high schools and primary schools in Beijing. They performed 16 songs during the gala, ___________ My Motherland and Me and On the Hopeful Field. “The beautiful bloom of fireworks, the___ sound of thousands of people singing together, and the bright symphonic( 交 响 乐 的 ) music … All these are still in my____, amazing me more than ever before,” Ma Congyuan said.

The twin brothers practiced hard over the summer. __________ practicing, they sometimes had to sing and stand for a whole day. “But all of our hard work_____ when we started performing,” Ma Conglin said. “It has been a great honor to be part of such a great event!”

1.A.lucky B.noisy C.naughty

2.A.picking B.holding C.throwing

3.A.seldom B.always C.never

4.A.fear B.doubt C.pride

5.A.made up of B.come up with C.run out of

6.A.except B.without C.including

7.A.strong B.heavy C.deep

8.A.eyes B.ears C.hands

9.A.While B.Since C.After

10.A.put off B.took off C.paid off

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