Question

【题目】请阅读下面短文, 在短文后表格中的空白处填上适当的单词 (注意:每空1个单词)。

We all know that recycling rubbish is very important. But sometimes it is not so convenient (方便的) when we can’t find a recycling bin anywhere.

Now a team of middle school students from North Dakota, US has solved that problem by designing(设计）the Recycling Bin app (应用程序).

This app encourages people to recycle. It provides users with a map of local recycling centres, and it allows them to save locations as favourites. Besides, this app also reminds users to recycle.

The group of nine sixth-graders is from STEM Centre Middle School. They came up with the idea as part of a school project for the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. Their school provided professional app training. It held a contest and gave Samsung tablets (三星平板电脑) as prizes.

The contest aims to develop interest in science, technology, engineering and Maths. In this contest, students present an app design that could solve a problem in their school or community. The nine students came up with the idea for the Recycling Bin when they saw a need for more recycling.

“We thought that this would really help a lot of people,” Jaden Hilkemann, 12, told Time For Kids.

They kept their design simple so that anyone could use it. Now the free Recycling Bin app has been put into use in the Google Play app store for Android phones or tablets.

“I was so excited when it showed up at the app store,” Seralyn Blake, 12, said. “A lot of people downloaded the app. It was pretty cool.”

App helps to recycle 【1】
The app	It is 【2】 by a team of middle school students.
	It encourages and【3】 people to recycle.
	It is【4】, so anyone can use it.
The aim of the contest	To make students become【5】 in science, technology, engineering and Maths.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】rubbish

【2】designed

【3】reminds

【4】simple

【5】interested

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介绍的是美国的一个中学生团队设计出了一种帮助资源回收利用的应用程序。

【1】句意：帮助回收垃圾的应用程序。

细节理解题。根据文章第一段“We all know …… anywhere”“我们都知道回收垃圾是非常重要的。但有时，当我们在任何地方都找不到回收站时，就不那么方便了”和第二段第一、二行“US has solved that problem by designing(设计）the Recycling Bin app (应用程序)”“美国通过设计回收箱应用程序解决了这个问题”可知，应该是回收垃圾的应用程序，rubbish意为“垃圾”，故填rubbish。

【2】句意：它是由一队中学生设计的。

细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一、二行“US has solved that problem by designing(设计）the Recycling Bin app (应用程序)”“美国通过设计回收箱应用程序解决了这个问题”可知，应该是被设计，由所给空前面的is可知，应该填的是动词的过去分词，构成被动语态，design意为“设计”过去分词是designed，故填designed。

【3】句意：它鼓励并提醒人们循环利用。

细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一行“This app encourages people to recycle”“这个应用程序鼓励人们循环利用”和第三段第二行“this app also reminds users to recycle”“这个应用程序也提醒使用者循环利用”可知，应该填的是提醒，it是第三人称单数，所以remind“提醒”用第三人称单数形式reminds，故填reminds。

【4】句意：它很简单，所以任何人都可以使用。

细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段第一行“They kept their design simple so that anyone could use it”“他们使设计简单，以便任何人都能使用”可知，应该填的是简单的，simple意为“简单的”，故填simple。

【5】句意：为了让学生对科学、技术、工程和数学产生兴趣。

细节理解题。根据文章第五段第一行“The contest aims to develop interest in science, technology, engineering and Maths”“这次竞赛旨在培养人们对科学、技术、工程和数学的兴趣”可知，应该是对……感兴趣，become interested in意为“对……感兴趣”，故填interested。