Question

【題目】 How far can scientists let their curiosity go? The Ig Nobel Prize, a spoof (滑稽模仿) of the prestigious (權(quán)威的) Nobel Prize, exists to award unusual or unimportant achievements in scientific research.

The awards are given every year to the 10 strangest research projects of the year. It is to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think"

On September 12, the 2019 winners of the Ig Nobel Prize were announced. Here are three of them.

Medicine Prize: Pizza

It's one of the world's most popular foods. but what if we told you that a pizza can protect you against illness and death? According to the Ig Nobel Medicine Prize winner, eating more pizzas can lower the risk of cancer and heart disease---if your pizza is filled with fruits and veggies. These provide flavonoids (類黃酮) to fight against certain diseases. So, if you're a pizza enthusiast, you now have one more reason to love it!

Economics Prize: Dirty Money

As one of the most frequently passed items on the planet, paper money is known to pick up all kinks of bacteria (細(xì)菌). Which country's money is the dirtiest? To find the answer, an international team of scientist compared seven countries' paper money. They found that the notes including more polymer (聚合物) specifically the Romanian Leu carry more drug-resistant pathogens (病原體). Perhaps this will make cashless payments popular.

Biology Prize: Cockroach(蟑螂)

Cockroaches are well known for their survival abilities, but few people know they can sense magnetic (磁性的) fields. More surprisingly, an international team found that dead cockroaches have more magnetic properties (特性) than live ones. That's because magnetic properties drop when the temperature gets higher.

So if you can stand cockroaches, they may be good magnetic sensors.

【1】According to the survey, which country's paper money is the dirtiest?

A.RomanB. LebanonC. RussianD.Romanian

【2】What kind of cockroach may have more magnetic properties?

A.A dead one near the stove.B.A live one near the stove.

C.A dead one near the fridge.D.A live one on the ground.

【3】Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A.The Ig Nobel Prize is a kind of prestigious Nobel Prize.

B.If a person has cancer and heart disease, he shouldn't eat too many pizzas.

C.Because paper money is useless, this makes cashless payments more popular.

D.Because cockroaches have magnetic properties, people may apply this feature to sensors.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】D

【解析】

這是一篇說明文，文章介紹了2019年的搞笑諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)其中的三種：披薩、很臟的鈔票以及蟑螂。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段“the Romanian Leu carry more drug-resistant pathogens”可知是羅馬尼亞。故選D。

【2】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“an international team found that dead cockroaches have more magnetic properties than live ones. That's because magnetic properties drop when the temperature gets higher”死去的蟑螂的磁性特性比活著的蟑螂要高，而且當(dāng)氣溫升高磁性特性下降。C選項(xiàng)冰箱旁的死去的蟑螂有更多的磁性特性。故選C。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)“The Ig Nobel Prize, a spoof of the prestigious Nobel Prize”可知只是諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的滑稽模仿，A選項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)“eating more pizzas can lower the risk of cancer and heart disease---if your pizza is filled with fruits and veggies”可知B選項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)“Perhaps this will make cashless payments popular”可知C選項(xiàng)“paper money is useless, this makes cashless payments more popular”表達(dá)太絕對，表述錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)最后一段“if you can stand cockroaches, they may be good magnetic sensors”可知D選項(xiàng)表述正確。故選D。