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(福建省福州市2020届高三毕业班适应性练习)As a kid, Joanna Buckley wasn't interested in science—until she had a chance to try it. That happened when she got a chemistry set for Christmas.
“Over the course of a few weeks, I'd completed every experiment. But in the process, I polluted my parent's dining room carpet and burned the kitchen worktop with the spirit burner，”she says.
Now science is Buckley's job. She works in the chemistry department at the University of Sheffield in England. “I realize, firsthand, it is important that something or someone can show you why science is so great，” she says.Now the good news is that citizen science appears.
Citizen science takes the fun of experimenting a step further than Buckley's athome chemistry kit. That's because these experiments are real，looking for novel answers.
“Compared with a oneoff experiment, what's cool about citizen science is that students get that this has a purpose，” says Prunuske, who teaches microbiology and immunology at a medical college.“Students want to do a good job, because they know scientists are going to use the new data in their own research.”
Jennifer Long's job is to coordinate (协调) education and outreach.She agrees with Prunuske.“Kids like that it's real. And they like that it's important, that it matters.”Citizenscience projects have made big discoveries. One found a previously unknown galaxy cluster (星团)．Another project helped assess how much damage a big earthquake had caused in Japan.And one of the first citizenscience projects helped scientists learn where monarch butterflies go every winter.
“Some adults worry about teens losing interest in science. That's one reason why they hope that fun, exciting citizenscience projects can help them keep engaged，” Long says.And she has some evidence that it's working. “Last year, a couple of students did say, ‘I really think I want to be a scientist now.’”
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文，主要通过乔安娜·巴克利在圣诞节时得到一套化学实验装备，并且从此爱上做实验，爱上科学的故事，引出公民科学对激发青少年对科学的兴趣的作用。
1．What is the purpose of Paragraph 2?
A．To support trials can make teens interested in science.
B．To prove failure is the mother of success in science.
C．To state Buckley has a talent for science.
D．To praise Buckley for her strong will.
A [推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Over the course of a few weeks，I'd completed every experiment.”可知，乔安娜·巴克利在几周内做完了全部实验。结合下文讲述的她成了一名科学家可推知，第二段的写作目的在于支持实验可以让青少年对科学产生兴趣这一观点。故选A项。]
2．Why is citizen science more fun?
A．It needs to seek new solutions.
B．It carries out experiments frequently.
C．It must carry out experiments in groups.
D．It demands to handle complex problems.
A [细节理解题。根据第四段的内容可知，公民科学实验比巴克利的家庭化学仪器更有趣。因为这些实验是真实的，旨在寻找新奇答案。由此可知，公民科学更有趣的原因是它需要寻找新的解决方法。故选A项。]
3．What can we know from what Prunuske said?
A．She participated in the experiment.
B．She took pride in what students took up.
C．Citizen science is popular with students.
D．Scientists are willing to employ students.
C [推理判断题。根据第五段的内容可知，在一所医学院中教授微生物学和免疫学的普吕努斯克说：“与一次性实验相比，公民科学的魅力在于学生们明白这是有目的的。学生们想把工作做好，因为他们知道科学家们将在他们自己的研究中使用这些新数据。”因此，普吕努斯克所说的话表明，公民科学受到了学生的欢迎。故选C项。]
4．What is Long's attitude toward citizen science?
A．Concerned. B．Supportive.
C．Doubtful. D．Unclear.
B [推理判断题。根据最后一段的内容可知，青少年失去了对于科学的兴趣是一些人希望公民科学项目能帮助青少年参与其中的原因之一。朗表示她有一些证据表明这是可行的，因为去年有几个学生表示自己未来想成为科学家。由此可推知，朗对于公民科学的态度是支持的。故选B项。]
