Simple Scientific Experiment(实验)

Below is a description of a single scientific experiment. It shows us how iron(铁) reacts (反应) with air and with water.

Aim: To find out if iron rusts(生锈) (a) in dry air; (b) in water that has no air in it (air-free water) ; (c) in common water.

Materials: Some clean iron nails(铁钉) ; test tubes(试管); test tube holder; cotton wool; oil; Bunsen burner.

Iron in dry air

Method

(1) Put some iron nails at the bottom of a test tube.

(2) Push some cotton wool down the tube.

(3) Leave the tube for one week.

Result

After one week, the nails have not rusted.

Conclusion

Iron does not rust in dry air.

(4) Add some oil to the water. (This will keep air out of the water.)

(5) Leave the tube for one week.

Result

The nails do not rust in the tube with air-free water.

Conclusion

Iron does not rust in air-free water.

Iron in ordinary water

Method

(1) Half –fill a test tube with water and add

two or three clean nails.

(2) Leave the tube for one week.

Result

The nails rust in the tube with common water.

Conclusion

Iron rusts in common water.

Iron in air-free water

Method

(1) Half-fill a test tube with water.

(2) Boil the water for three minutes. (This makes sure there is no air in the water.)

(3) Put two or three clean nails in the water.

1.In the first part of the experiment the cotton wool is most probably used to _______.

A. keep the air dry B. keep the tube wet

C. make the nails rust D. keep the tube clean

2. What are necessary steps to make sure the water in the tube is air-free?

① Leave half a tube of water in it.

② Boil the water for some time.

③ Put some clean iron nails in the tube.

④ Add some oil to the water.

A. ①② B. ①③ C. ②③ D. ②④

3.We can know from the experiment that only _______ makes iron rusty.

A. dry air B. cotton wool C. common water D. air-free water

完形填空 (共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

阅读下面的短文,从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。

Each year, thousands of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and Japan.

“Chinese children hope very much to go to get a wider view (视野) of the world.” said Chen Yi, a Chinese writer who has lived in America for 16 years. In a talk Chen told more than 300 parents and their children that life in foreign countries can be for young people. “They have to meet a culture shock and language problems.”

However, these are not the most difficult things. To most children looking after themselves when studying alone in a foreign country is a big .

Zhang Jia, a 16-year-old student, began to study in a high school in Sydney, Australia last October. To his surprise, his teachers there pushed students to study. And there wasn't homework. “With these education systems (体制), we have more time and more space for thinking.” said Zhang. “But if you don't know how to your time and money, you will not have an easy time.” Some of his friends spent their whole year's money in the first two months of the term, and they didn't pass their exams.

“Studying abroad at a young age can help students learn a foreign language and open up their eyes, but students and parents should know about the challenges,” Chen said. “ you want to study abroad, try to talk to someone with in foreign countries. Make sure that you are ready for it.

1.A. abroad B. foreign C. home D. school

2.A. easy B. happy C. sad D. hard

3.A. challenge B. thought C. difference D. change

4.A. ever B. always C. hardly D. almost

5.A. yet B. usually C. just D. never

6.A. safe B. busy C. boring D. spare

7.A. take B. plan C. use D. have

8.A. carefully B. quickly C. happily D. exactly

9.A. Unless B. Whether C. If D. While

10.A. confidence B. knowledge C. information D. experience

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