A high school in Hiroshima City has been the first to do something with DNA in the world. Its students have won praise not only for doing this research but also for presenting their findings to groups of expert scientists. The school is one of the Super Science High Schools allowed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, where students are given an opportunity to study science at an advanced level. Here, students use the same type of hitech experimental laboratories as those found at universities. In these labs, they conduct experiments and research in new fields of study not found in textbooks. As part of this science course, the students, with the help of Hiroshima University, used a machine called sequencer (音序器), and over the course of a year and a half they succeeded in decoding (解译) the DNA. They then presented their results to academic groups. Achieving a world first might sound very wonderful, but the process of decoding the DNA involved very hard work. The students were also responsible for maintaining the equipment, and they had to read difficult research papers and put in extra study beyond their regular schoolwork.

    "Researchers need to work hard. The work was tiring, but the students worked toward their ambitious goal of achieving a world first. They have a great sense of achievement, and the number of students who hope to become biologists has increased," said Taruma Akinori, who is in charge of the science course.

    In addition to the results being added to the scientific community, the students’ research paper will be translated into English and made available overseas. Moreover, the students have decided to take on a new challenge in DNA decoding.

Which of the following is the most suitable title for the passage?

A. Decoding the blueprint of life

B. Super Science High School

C. More students hoping to become biologists

D. Hi-tech experimental laboratory

Up to a point, their success is due to ______.

A. hi-tech experimental facilities

B. the great pressure their school put on them

C. the increasing number of biologists

D. little interest in their regular school work

The research paper will be put into English in order to ______.

A. become an English textbook   

B. help the students make English friends

C. make the results known by the whole world

D. challenge foreign scientists

The author’s attitude towards those students who have accomplished a world first in DNA decoding is ______.

A. indifferent          B. admiring

C. slighting            D. disappointed

Having just quit a highly moneymaking job with tech giant Microsoft in the United States，where he’d made millions working as a program manager，Patrick Awuah would wake up once in a while wondering if he’d done the right thing．

    What Awuah wanted was to create a university in hi s native Ghana．a state-of-the-art education centre that would help educate the country’s next generation of leaders．Awuah moved with his family．back to Ghana．There，he invested his own money and with the help of other donors he founded Ashesi University．

“Africa needs to have a renaissance(复兴),” says Awuah as he explained what drove him to

take the risky decision．“The world needs to change in this way and I strongly believe that people

like me need to be part of the solution；I need to be really actively involved in helping to drive this

change in Africa‘‘

     Located about an hour's drive from the capital Accra，Ashesi，which appropriately translates to “beginning,” is the first Ghanaian university to combine technical majors with a liberal arts approach．Its campus，set on 100 acres in a town called Berekuso，was designed to be inspiring for

the more than 500 young Ghanaians studying there．

  “So when I look at universities I see Africa fast—forward 30 years．When this 20-year-old is now in his or her 50s，that person is going to be a leader．”

Today Ashesi，which celebrates its 10^th anniversary this year，offers degrees in business，

information systems and computer science．There are plans to offer engineering and economics

majors in the near future．The school’s graduation rate is between 70％and 90％，according to

Awuah．

In our last freshman class，50％ of the students paid full tuition(学费)，25％were on full

scholarships and 25％on partial scholarships ,”he said．“The reason why variety is so important is

that the most important conversation on campus is a conversation about the good society—what is the good society we would like to see in Africa? That conversation is a lot more interesting if you have variety in the classroom，”adds Awuah．    。

56．.In Awuah’s opinion，Africa should be changed by

A．investing more money for development

B．developing computer science

C．training future leaders for development

D．founding more universities

57．The underlined sentence in the first paragraph infers that “_____”.

A．Awuah regretted that he had once worked with Microsoft

B．Awuah would doubt if he should resign from Microsoft

C．Awuah wondered whether it was right to invest for a university

D．Awuah felt it wrong that he had refused a job with a large salary

58．The university founded by Awuah_____.

  A．came into being 10 years ago    B．was named with “beginning”

  C．is located in the capital of Ghan  D．will be run for 30 years

59．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

    A．Ashesi has offered five degrees since it was founded．

    B．Ashesi had earned millions of dollars before he left Microsoft．

    C．50％ of the new students in Ashesi receive education for free．

    D．Awuah was the only investor in setting up Ashesi University．

1．What does the writer want to tell us        .

       A．let you pick up the coolest inventions

       B．tell you how to invent something

       C．explain to you some hi-tech inventions

       D．introduce some coolest inventions listed by time

2．Which of the inventions would Lucy, who just started college and missed her family very much, want to buy ?

       A．Hydrogen car                                     B．Hug Shirt

       C．Solid coffee                                        D．Sniffle-proof cats

3．From the text, we can see that        .

       A．the new type of cat  will probably enjoy the best sales

       B．real hydrogen-fuel-car will be available soon

       C．flying mattress is both expensive and silly

       D．many people don’t like cats because they smell

4．The only invention that has already been put on the market is        .

       A．Flying mattress                                   B．Hug shirt

       C．Solid coffee                            D．Sniffle-proof cats

A high school in Hiroshima City has been the first to do something with DNA in the world. Its students have won praise not only for doing this research but also for presenting their findings to groups of expert scientists. The school is one of the Super Science High Schools allowed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, where students are given an opportunity to study science at an advanced level. Here, students use the same type of hitech experimental laboratories as those found at universities. In these labs, they conduct experiments and research in new fields of study not found in textbooks. As part of this science course, the students, with the help of Hiroshima University, used a machine called sequencer (音序器), and over the course of a year and a half they succeeded in decoding (解译) the DNA. They then presented their results to academic groups. Achieving a world first might sound very wonderful, but the process of decoding the DNA involved very hard work. The students were also responsible for maintaining the equipment, and they had to read difficult research papers and put in extra study beyond their regular schoolwork.
"Researchers need to work hard. The work was tiring, but the students worked toward their ambitious goal of achieving a world first. They have a great sense of achievement, and the number of students who hope to become biologists has increased," said Taruma Akinori, who is in charge of the science course.
In addition to the results being added to the scientific community, the students’ research paper will be translated into English and made available overseas. Moreover, the students have decided to take on a new challenge in DNA decoding.

1. 1.

   Which of the following is the most suitable title for the passage?

   1. A.
      Decoding the blueprint of life
   2. B.
      Super Science High School
   3. C.
      More students hoping to become biologists
   4. D.
      Hi-tech experimental laboratory
2. 2.

   Up to a point, their success is due to ______.

   1. A.
      hi-tech experimental facilities
   2. B.
      the great pressure their school put on them
   3. C.
      the increasing number of biologists
   4. D.
      little interest in their regular school work
3. 3.

   The research paper will be put into English in order to ______.

   1. A.
      become an English textbook
   2. B.
      help the students make English friends
   3. C.
      make the results known by the whole world
   4. D.
      challenge foreign scientists
4. 4.

   The author’s attitude towards those students who have accomplished a world first in DNA decoding is ______.

   1. A.
      indifferent
   2. B.
      admiring
   3. C.
      slighting
   4. D.
      disappointed