题目内容
LAYTON-Some Utah high school students have a science project that is generating more than praises and good grades.
They’re generating enough electricity through wind power to sustain(维持)a portable classroom,and that commitment to alternative energy has earned them an international honor.
The students at the Northern Utah Academy of Math,Engineering and Science installed a 400 watt turbine(涡轮机)they bought from Target on top of a portable classroom.Their goal:create an action plan to make classrooms energy—efficient.
“If it keeps spinning at l5 miles an hour wind,if we connected to the grid(输电网)and sold it to California at 12 cents per kilowatt,it would pay us about$50 an hour, ”said student Jace Shuldberg.
They met their goal,and say they gained a new vision for the impact they could have on alternative energy.
“As science and engineering students,we are on the forefront of alternative energy solutions for how to deal with climate change," said student Delaney Burks.
Their plan and ability to communicate it has won them, an all expense-paid trip to the United Nations in New York for a summit on youth leadership. They’ll represent, not only Utah, but the nation, and share ideas.
"Maybe a school in India is near a coast and is looking toward tidal power. Here in Utah, we’re looking toward wind turbine and solar and possibly nuclear power," Shuldberg said.
"I’m so excited for them to meet students from Bulgaria and South Korea and Mongolia," said teacher Gayle Stucki. "I think it’s going to change their lives."
"We really go into it, and I think every person here has been affected by the research that we’ve done," Burks said. "We are talking about an idea that will happen, and that this is the further," Stucki said.
The students leave Wednesday for the Big Apple.
1. The students mentioned in the text are from______
A. Bulgaria B. South Korea C. Mongolia D. America
2. What did these Utah high school students do?
A. They built a portable classroom which is energy-efficient.
B. They made use of wind power to produce electricity.
C. They went to New York for a meeting on energy-saving.
D. They invented a 400 watt turbine.
3. The following words can be used to describe the students except ________
A. confident B. proud C. creative D. conservative
4. A school in India is mentioned to show that______
A. their researches are quite different from each other
B. location of a country matters little to their research
C. local resources should be taken advantage of
D. Utah was superior to India in using wind power
5. From the text, we know that Utah high school students ________
A. have won worldwide praise
B. have found solutions to climate change
C. aim to make a big profit from their research
D. haven’t benefited from their project
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