【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 . San Blas is home to thousands of fishermen and many have old boats without radios or lifesaving device. 56. What would be the best title for the text? A. The Ninemonth Drift on the Pacific Ocean B. Fishermen Survive Nine Months at Sea Eating Birds C. Three Deaths Drifting on the Pacific Ocean D. The Wonder from San Blas57. According to the text, it can be inferred that the news was earliest reported in ______. A. July B. August C. October D. November58. What made them unable to send signals for help? A. The lack of gas. B. Lacking the related knowledge. C. There being no need for it. D. The boat’s lacking lifesaving device.59. They never lost the hope of being found because ______. A. they often saw the passing boats B. they could get enough food C. they knew where they would go D. they foresaw the rescue was ing60. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to ______. A. the fact that they stayed nine months on the sea B. what made them live on for so long a time C. the news that they are still alive after nine months D. the fact that they left San Blas so longBScience Daily——American teens are confident they can invent solutions to some of the world’s pressing challenges，such as protecting and restoring the natural environment，but more than half feel unprepared for careers in technology and engineering，the LemelsonMIT Invention Index has found this LemelsonMIT Invention Index，which assesses Americans’ attitudes toward invention and innovation，also found there is an important need for more projectbased learning in high schools．Nearly three out of four American teens believe technological inventions or innovations can solve some of our pressing environmental issues within the next decade，including global warming，water pollution and fossil fuel depletion（消耗）．Nearly twothirds of teens are confident they could invent some of these solutions．This contrasts with only 38 percent of adults who believe they could invent something to help protect and restore the natural environment．Of those adults，more than half are 1 824 years old． “Today’s teens are inheriting our society’s environmental challenges，so their confidence and optimism that the problems are solvable is promising and exciting,’’said Josh Schuler, executive director of the LemelsonMIT Program，a nonprofit organization at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology whose mission is to recognize outstanding inventors，encourage sustainable new solutions to realworld problems，and enable and inspire young people to pursue creative lives and careers through invention．“However, we owe our youth the tools they will need to solve these challenges．’’The LemelsonMIT Invention Index found that more than half of American teens do not believe their high school is preparing them adequately for a career in technology and engineering. “Learning to invent is really no different than learning to swim or play the trombone（長號），”said Schuler, “It takes practice．Students need the opportunity to get their hands dirty and invent．Generally speaking，there’s not enough ‘learning by doing’ taking place in today’s high schools，and our survey found that students recognize this．’’ attitude does Schuler have towards American teens’ confidence in solving some of the world’s pressing challenges?A. Doubtful． B．Positive． C．Neutral． D．Unclear． to the LemelsonMIT Invention Index，American teens believe_______．A．they can solve some of the world’s pressing challengesB．some of the world’s pressing challenges will be solved by adultsC．high school education can provide them the tools they need to solveD．they are quite prepared to solve some of the world’s pressing challenges63．We can conclude from what Schuler says that_______．A. American teens lack learning based on projects B. American teens are too optimistic to be realistic C. American high school education pletely destroys students’ creativity D. American teens should be more concentrated on practice64. What is the most important in learning to invent，according to Schuler? A．Playing games． B．Playing musical instruments． C．Practice． D．Special education．65．We can infer from the text that_______．A．students must get their hands dirty to learn to inventB．American students hate their high school educationC．American students are not encouraged to invent in high schoolsD．1earning to invent is not something very difficultCBEIJING — The country’s top think tank has predicted China will be the world’s most powerful nation, second only to the United States, by the year 2050. China will also strive to be among the top five most petitive countries of the G20 by 2020, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) said in its Report on National Competitiveness of China, which was released on Monday.The country has remained among the to