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　　　Can you imagine（想象）what life would be 　1　 if there were no telephone? You could not call 　2　　 　your friends on the phone and talk to them, If fire 　3　 out in your house, you could not call the fire department（救火队）. If somebody were 　4　　 　, you couldn't call a doctor.

　　　In our daily（日常）life we need to talk with each other. We do this 　5　　 　by speaking to others and listening to 　6　 they have to say to us, and when we are 　7　　 　to them we can do this very 　8　　 　. But, our 　9　　 　will not travel very far even when we 　10　　 　, and it is thanks to the 　11　　 　of the telephone that we 　12　　 　able to talk with one another 　13　　 　ask some-thing when we are in different places. We can 　14　　 　each other as clearly 　15　　 　we were in the same room.

　Alexander Graham Bell 　16　 this possible. He 　17　　 　all his spare time experimenting（实验）. He worked 　18　　 　hard in his 　19　　 　that he had 　20　　 　time to make money（挣钱）and was very poor at one time.

Island University has a competition for middle school students.

Read about the competition on their website.

School Competition

Students ! Here is your chance to help the physically disabled. Think out a robot or a machine to help them live better. There'll be three prizes. The winning schools each will get $ 15,000. Read the information below:

　 What do you have to do?

　 ● Try to know problems faced by the physically disabled in Hong Kong. Write a 200-word article on the difficulties these people have to suffer each day.

　 ● Try to know modern inventions that help the physically disabled. Then think out a robot or a machine that will improve the lives of the physically disabled. Draw your invention. You can make as many drawings as you like to show your invention. You can even make a small model of your invention

　 ● Write a short description of your invention

　 Who-can join? All middle school students in Hong Kong. So, come on! Join the competition, and get the chance!

(　 )6. Who can take part in the competition?

　　 A. The disabled.　　　　　 B. Middle school teachers.

　　 C. Middle school students.　 D. All the readers.

(　 ) 7. A participant (参与者) should _______to take part in the competition.

　 　 A. draw a picture　　　　　 B. invent a robot or a machine

　　 C. make a model　　　　　 D. make a description

(　 )8. What will be the award for the winners?

　　 A. Money.　 　　　B. Inventions. 　　　 C. Pictures. 　　　 D. Souvenirs.

(　 )9. A participant is asked to write a 200-word article about _______.

　　 A. his invention　　　　　 　　　　　　 B. his suffering

　　 C. the difficulties the disabled face　　　 D. his wishes for the disabled

(　 )10. The aim of the activity is to_______.

　　 A. encourage teenagers to use modern technology to help the disabled

　　 B. remind people of the importance of caring for the disabled

　　 C. make the disabled know more about modern technology

　　 D. help people learn how to help the disabled

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