Every year, many inventions are introduced to the world. Some help us solve problems. Others make life easier, or more fun. Here are four of last year's best inventions.
LUMI was designed for music lovers. “We hope that LUMI can help people who have just started learning how to play music,” says the inventor Will MacNamara. The small Eumi keyboard lights up, allowing users to know which keys to press. And with the LUMI app, users can learn their favorite songs.
Millions of people around the world have to face the problem of unsafe food. Marc Oshima says his indoor farming technology can help. Instead of growing in dirt, crops grow in reusable cloth. The plants are watered with mist. This requires 95% less water than field farming.
For people who are blind, the ORCAM MYEYE 2 could be a game changer. It might also prove useful for people with reading difficulties. Described as “talking glasses”, it can read text aloud. Amnon Shashua invented the technology.
Christine Schindler is an engineer. She wanted to help stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, so she created PATHSPOT. It uses light to scan（扫描）a person's hands for harmful germs. Restaurant workers hold their hands under the scanner. Then the scanner decides whether they should be rewashed.
1.LUMI was designed for________.
A.indoor farmers B.music lovers
C.blind people D.restaurant workers
2.Who is the inventor of the ORCAM MYEYE 2?
A.Will MacNamara. B.Marc Oshima.
C.Amnon Shashua. D.Christine Schindler.
3.Where can we probably read this passage?
A.A medical website. B.A travel guide.
C.A school notice. D.A science magazine.
A Michigan high school football team came together to surprise their beloved water boy, Robby Heil, who has Down syndrome （唐氏症）. He's a senior school student and has worked as an assistant supplying team drinking water for the school's football team for four years. They decided to do something special for Robby, so they designed a _____________ just for him.
Last Friday, the team put Robby in the game and gave him the ball. As the crowd repeated his name loudly, Robby ran down the field and scored a touchdown. Robby’s father _____________ the moment on his video camera, while his mother fell to her knees with joy as she watched from the sidelines.
The family was really happy and also surprised by all of the _________ they have received. When the head coach, Burnside, who planned the whole event, telephoned the coach of the other team, everyone was _________ all for it. When Robby was scoring, everyone was shouting out his name. All the players cheered him, including the opposing team—they even gave Robby a sports shirt that they all had ___________. “I think the sportsmanship is the great part," said Burnside. "The sportsmanship from both sides was just ___________. Their coaches were in tears, our coaches were in tears. When they watched the game, their ___________ also had signs with Robby’s numbers up."
"Robby is just a great kid. He _________ a lot to the kids," Burnside added. "I am hoping that everybody can learn from him. I’ve learned more from him than he has from me in the past four years. ”
1.A.course B.game C.school D.team
2.A.enjoyed B.imagined C.recorded D.chose
3.A.support B.advice C.expectations D.complaints
4.A.probably B.secretly C.nervously D.immediately
5.A.needed B.worn C.washed D.signed
6.A.popular B.limited C.amazing D.different
7.A.stands B.computers C.rooms D.books
8.A.reads B.means C.sends D.speaks
— Your jacket looks so cool! Can you tell me ________?
— Sure. I will send you the shop's address later.
A.where will you buy it B.where you will buy it
C.where did you buy it D.where you bought it
Spring Festival ________in many countries now.
A.celebrates B.is celebrated C.will celebrate D.will be celebrated
I________that movie several times, and I still want to see it again.
A.see B.saw C.am seeing D.have seen
— I went to your home yesterday afternoon, but nobody was in.
— Sorry. We________basketball in the gym at that time.
A.play B.will play C.were playing D.have played
