【正文】 g family history B. value the wonderful poems Grandma wrote C. are much influenced by Grandma’ s interest D. know much about grandparents’ love 39. What would be the best title for the text? A. Grandma’ s Salt Cellar Collection B. The Mystery of Grandma’ s Salt Cellars C. Grandparents’ Lifelong Devotion D. A Family’ s Collection History B Ask a teacher to name the most annoying invention of recent years and they will often mention the mobile phone. Disturbed by the problems they create, many head teachers have ordered that pupils should keep their phones switched off at school. Others have told pupils to leave them at home. However, education researchers at The University of Nottingham believe it is time that phone bans were reassessed, because mobile phones can be a powerful learning aid, they say. Dr Elizabeth HartnellYoung and her colleagues have reached this conclusion after studying the consequences of allowing pupils in five secondary schools to use either their own mobile phones or the new generation of ‘ smartphones’ in lessons. During the ninemonth experiment, 14 to 16yearold pupils used the phones for a wide range of educational purposes, including creating short movies, setting homework reminders, recording a teacher reading a poem, and timing experiments with the phones’ stopwatches. The smartphones, which could be connected to the Inter, also allowed pupils to access revision websites, log into the school system, or transfer (轉(zhuǎn)存 ) electronic files between school and home. The research involved 331 pupils in schools in Cambridgeshire, West Berkshire and Nottingham. “ At the start of the study, even pupils were often surprised at the thought that mobile phones could be used for learning,” Dr HartnellYoung said. “ After their handson experience, almost all pupils said they had enjoyed the project and felt more inspired.” Some teachers found that pupils who lacked confidence gained most from the project. However, they recognised that greater use of mobile phones in schools could cause problems. 40. We can infer from the first paragraph that . A. teachers are strongly against students owning mobile phones B. mobile phones should be developed to meet students’ needs C. students are free to use their mobile phones at school D. mobile phones are usually forbidden to be used at school 41. When the students first used mobile phones for learning, they . A. all enjoyed the project very much B. didn’ t know what they were used for C. didn’ t fully realize the learning functions of mobile phones D. were surprised that they were allowed to use mobile phones in schools 42. Who benefited most from the project? A. Older pupils. B. Pupils who were not confident. C. Younger pupils. D. Pupils who were confident. 43. The purpose of the text is to tell us that . A. mobile phones can actually help students learn B. mobile phones begin to be widely used in schools C. too much use of mobile phones in schools can cause problems D. the mobile phone is considered the most annoying invention of recent years C A patent is the tool that can be used to prevent people from making, selling, offering to sell or importing the patented items without permission. According to the patent law, any person who “ invents any new and useful process, machine, or position (成分 ) of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent.” The law has described the limits of the field of subject matter that can be patented, and thus it has been held that the laws of nature, physical phenomena, and abstract ideas are not patentable subject matter. A patent cannot be obtained upon just an idea or suggestion. In order for an invention to be patentable it must be new as described in the patent law, which also provides that an invention cannot be patented if: “ (a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publicati