Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. If a word is given, please use its proper form.
As a young child. Ann Makosinski would spend hours experimenting with her toys and other everyday objects around her to create her own inventions.
Now a iirst-year Arts student. Makosinski is a well-known inventor and entrepreneur. She won the 2015 Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award of Excellence, ____1____ recognizes innovative business solutions to social problems 一 the same recognition given to Barack Obama in 2014. Her own inventions, the Hol lew Flashlight and the c-Drink. have been causing excitement internationally ____2____ their creation.
At the age of 15. Makosinski created a prototype (I京型)ibr a ilashlight ____3____ (power) by the heat of one's hand. This invention was the result of a ninth grade science project, but Makosinski's goal was ____4____ (offer) a practical solution to people with unlimited access to power and electricity.
"I'm hali-Filipino and hali-Polish. and one of my iriends irom the Philippines told me that she tailed school ____5____ she couldn't aitbrd electricity. She had no light to study with at night
so that was kind of the inspiration." Makosinski explained. "I've always been interested in doing science projects, so I thought, why don't I find a way to provide her and a lot of other people with light?"
The Hollow Flashlight is made from Peltier tiles (珀耳贴贴片)that produce energy when one side____6____ (heat) and the other side remains cool. The ilashlight can produce a steady beam of LED light ibr 20 minutes. ____7____ (use) only the warmth of the human hand.
Her advice to other student innovators? "Start now. There ____8____ be nothing holding you back. Some students at colleges or even in high school think 'Oh. I'm a student. I just need to study? ____9____ may think it important to make iriends and be social. The truth is, you can do a lot of other things. You can do _____10_____ you want. Just go ahead."
【答案】1. which
2. since 3. powered
4. to offer
5. because/as
6. is heated
7. using 8. should/can/shall
9. Others 10. whatever
