A 15-year-old student who invented a flashlight (手電筒) getting power from the holder's body heat is going home today from California with a big prize and a chance to do further research.

  Ann Makosinski was the only Canadian among the four winners at Google's international science competition. Thousands of young scientists from around the world took part in the competition.

  Winning the science and technology competition was "a surprise". Ann said, "I think it will have a great influence on my future."

  Ann thanked her family for encouraging her in?terest in science and said that her first toy was a box of transistors (晶體管) .

  Ann's prize includes $ 25,000 and a "once-in-a-lifetime experience" from Google for her Hollow Flashlight,which has no moving parts or batteries.

The idea for the invention came from seeing un?wanted batteries and her friend's experience. When Ann visited a friend in the Philippines? she saw the friend couldn't study when it became dark because there was no electricity or light. She saw the need for a flashlight that has no batteries―Hollow Flash?light.

  In her project,Ann wrote "I made two flash-flights that do not use any batteries or harmful mate?rials. They do not create any noise and will always (work. The flashlight needs at least a 5°C tempera-fture difference between the holder's body and the I environment around to produce light. 

  A video of Ann explaining how she created the I flashlight has been watched more than 1. 4 million I times on the Internet.

  Though Ann was successful,she has not made a decision about her career path. Ann hopes that she can find a way to join her love of film and science to?gether.

  The four winners were chosen from 15 final competitors from eight countries. The (   ) 26. In which part of a newspaper can we probably read this passage?

   A. Travel.

   B. Culture.

   C. Technology.

   D. Advertisement. 

(   ) 27. The first paragraph is written to be a (n)    

   A. introduction   B. warning   C. argument   D. discussion t       (   ) 28. Paragraph 6  mainly tells us       

   A. what Ann saw in the Philippines

   B. why Ann invented Hollow Flashlight

   C. how Ann's family encouraged her in?terest

   D. what prize Ann got for Hollow Flashlight

(   ) 29,According to the passage we can learn    

   A. it's easy to win the international sci?ence competition

   B. Hollow Flashlight is safe,noiseless and can save energy

   C. Ann has made &decision to be a sci?entist in the future

   D. few people are interested in how Ann created the flashlight

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