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A(导学号59430058)
The Verizon Innovative App Challenge gives kids a chance to create apps (计算机应用程序) that can solve problems in their community.
Do you want to make a difference in your community? The Verizon Innovative App Challenge can get you started.The first step is to think of a problem in your community.The next step is to create an app that can solve the problem.
Groups of five to seven students in middle school or high school，led by a teacher，can enter the contest.First，teams compete on a local level.Teams that make it to the next round receive $5，000 for their schools.Finalists present their app ideas to judges in a live webinar (网络研讨会)．
Next，the judges pick national winners.The top eight teams receive an additional $15，000 for their schools，and each team member receives a Samsung tablet.Plus，the winning teams get the chance to bring their app to life.
A group of six girls from Los Fresnos，Texas，won the second annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge.They came up with the Hello Navi app concept，short for “hello navigation”．The app was designed to help visually－impaired students navigate their school by using an internal compass and voice－over technology.Read more about the team in September 19，2014 issue of TIME For Kids: Edition 3—4.
Do you have an app idea that could help solve a local issue？The deadline to register is November 24，2014.Find more information and register your team at verizonfoundation.org/appchallenge.
Here are some tips from the Verizon Foundation to get you started ：
·Get your team together for a brainstorming meeting.Write out all the ideas that come to mind.
·Don't ignore challenges.Think of the problems that exist in your community.
·Ask family，friends，and people in your community to share their thoughts about problems that they want to see solved.
【语篇解读】 威瑞森创新应用挑战赛旨在鼓励学生学以致用，研发计算机应用程序来解决社区存在的问题。
1. The Verizon Innovative App Challenge was launched to ________．
A．let students create apps to solve problems B．call on students to put their ideas into practice C．inspire students to focus on social problems D．encourage students to cooperate with teachers
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段可知，威瑞森创新应用挑战赛的目的是让学生研发计算机应用程序，以解决所在社区存在的问题。
答案：A
2．In which order should one follow to enter the Verizon Innovative App Challenge?
①You think of a problem in your community. ②Your team compete against others in your city. ③You invent an app with your partners and teachers. ④Winning teams can compete to become national winners.
A．①②③④ C．①④②③
B．①③②④ D．④①③②
解析：细节理解题。根据第二、三、四段的内容可知，参加这个比赛的第一步是发现所在社区存在的问题；第二步是和同学及老师一起发明一个能解决这个问题的应用程序；第三步是在当地竞赛；第四步是初赛的获胜者进入决赛争夺全国的冠军。故顺序为①③②④。
答案：B
3．What does the 5th paragraph mainly talk about?
A．The winning team and their app of the second Verizon Innovative App Challenge.
B．An app designed to help the disabled to work on the computer.
C．An app concept that navigates blind students to explore nature.
D．Six girls from Los Fresnos，Texas who signed up for the contest. 解析：段落大意题。第五段介绍了第二届威瑞森创新应用挑战赛大赛的获奖者和她们的获胜作品。
答案：A
4．What's the purpose of the passage? A．To tell readers how to solve a local issue.
B．To invite kids to join in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. C．To offer readers information about a talent show. D．To appeal to adults to make contributions to society.
解析：写作目的题。本文介绍了威瑞森创新应用挑战赛的目的、如何报名参加、比赛的主要流程等内容。因此这篇文章的目的是呼吁青少年参加这个比赛。
答案：B
B
A group of Mississippi hunters who shot and killed an alligator (短吻鳄) weighing 910 pounds on Sunday，were amazed when they discovered that the animal already bore injuries caused by musket (火枪) from the Civil War era.A total of 9 bullets were found，and the various tests and analyses have confirmed that they were indeed fired at the animal in the 19th century.
9 of the wounds on the animal are believed to have been caused by Enfield Pattern 1853 muskets.These old injuries were concentrated around the animal's tail and hind legs，suggesting that the alligator could have possibly been used as a target for shooting practice by Confederate troops.
The huge animal also bore five other bullet wounds from three different calibers of hunting guns，as well as many dents and scars，which shows that it survived many firearm injuries in the past.It did not，however，survive the six 50－caliber bullets fired at him by the group of amateur hunters from Jackson，who were finally able to gun it down.
The bullets were confirmed as true musket ammunitions (弹药) from between 1850 and 1870.This incredible animal brings a whole new view on this large animal native to the southeastern United
States.American alligators have been known for years to live well over 50 years and were thought capable of possibly living as long as 70 or 80 years，but this one was estimated to have been 185 years old at the time of its death.
Others like turtles have been known to have lifespans of over 150 years，but it is the first of crocodile of such an old age ever found.It is also one of the biggest alligators ever killed in the United States.The heaviest ever recorded，weighing in at an unbelievable 1，011.5 lbs，was pulled out of a river in Alabama in August of this year.
