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    Deep in a research lab in New Jersey,16-year-old Alon Millet carefully presses out tiny drops of a special solution(溶液) onto rows of bean(绿豆) he has raised from seed. It's a task he,s patiently performed for nearly three years. He is trying to help in the fight against world hunger.

    The US Agency for Inteb iational Development (USAID) — an organization that works to end poverty (贫穷) 一thinks Alon may be onto something very big. The teenager was one of four students to get a US $10,000 award from the agency last year — chosen from among 1,700 secondary schools in more than 70 countries.

    Courtney Mason,the program manager for the US Global Development Lab,called Alon’s work the“most promising” among hundreds of projects the agency has reviewed at science competitions across America. “Alon’s seed breeding(培植) will probably change the way plants are grovel in the developing world,making them survive drought and natural disasters,” Mason said.

    Alon has some of the usual interests of a teenager,like playing video games,but he also loves to read scientific research papers. One day more than three years ago,Alon was reading about research with his father by an Israeli company that had used a certain solution to make trees grow larger. And that,in turn,helped to produce more paper with fewer trees.

    “So I started thinking, ‘What else could this be used  for?’ ”Alon said.

    He chose the mung bean,which is a main food in the developing world,and got in touch with the company,FuturaGene,who agreed to share some of the solution. He started experimenting. Could he make the beans grow larger and survive bad weather conditions? After two years of measuring,testing and examining,he proved that he could. Now He’s on his 26th experiment with his mung beans.

9. What's the purpose of Alon’s experiments?

   A. To write a scientific paper.

   B. To help solve the problem of world hunger.

    C. To enter a science competition.

   D. To win an award from USAID.   

10. What is Courtney Mason's attitude toward Alon’ s work?

   A. He thinks it useless.

   B. He thinks highly of it. 

    C. He is curious about it.

   D. He is strongly against it.

11. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

   A. Alon’s unusual hobbies.

   B. The influence of Alon’s father on him. 

    C. How Alon’s research was performed.

   D. What inspired Alon to do his research.

12. What would be the best title for the text?

   A. Hungry for answers

   B. Mung beans in the lab

    C. Alon’ s 26th experiment   

    D. The seriousness of poverty 

Answer 1

9.B 10.B 11.D 12. A

C篇美国男孩Alon Millet三年来一直在进行一系列实验培育绿豆，希望可以帮助解决世界饥饿问题。

9.B. 细节理解题。由第一段中的He is trying to help in the fight against world hunger 可知，Alon 进行研究的E的i为了帮助解决世界饥饿问题。

10.B. 观点态度题。由第三段中的“most promising” 和 Alon’ s seed breeding will probably change the way plants are grown in the developing world,making them survive drought and natural disasters 可推断，Mason 高度评价了 Alon的研究。

11.D。段落大意题。本段主要讲述了 Alon是如何 萌发研究绿豆这一想法的。

12. A. 标题归纳题。通读文章可知，本文主要讲 述了美国男孩Alon Millet三年来一直进行一系 列实验培育绿宜，希望可以帮助解决i界饥饿 问题。且由最后一句Now he's on his 26th experiment with his mung beans 可知，他的研宄 还在进行。故A项作本文标题最佳,hungry是 一语双关。