A city of the future未未之城

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居住在月球上是一种怎样的体验？参加2021年“未来之城”大赛的学生们对此有 独特的想法

What would it be like to live on the Moon？ Students in the 2021 Future City competition were challenged to find out. Nine middle school students from Al-Hadi School of Accelerative Learning in Houston， Texas， took home the grand prize in the international competition.

Middle    school    teams    from 37       regions in      the    world    participated   in   the 29th      annual

competition， which began last fall.The students used their STEM （science， technology， engineering and math） skills to create a lunar habitat 100 years in the future.

“In our city， we incorporate our SLR-MAP System， which stands for Smart Lunar Resources Management and Processing System，"said eighth-grader Mohammad Ali Rizvi， one of the winning students. Mohammad's fellow winners at Al-Hadi School include Mansha Ali， Mariyam Fatima， Mohammad Hani Mirza， Dayyem Raza， Fatima Razzak， Mahdi Rizvi， Zainab Rizvi， and Sukaina Salim.

Extracting （提取）minerals and other resources from a crater （（）on the Moon helped the team engineer organic solutions to sustaining life on the planet， including providing enough oxygen and water， as well as hydrogen （））for fuel. When asked if they would like to live in their lunar city in the future， the students were enth?usiastic about the potential re-location from planet Earth.

Team teacher Syeda Batool and volunteer mentor （顧问）Syed Rizvi encouraged the students and offered practical advice for their project. The students then carefully prepared

their vision in a 1，5OO-word essay. They created a scale model of their city with recycled materials and a brief video presentation. They also participated in an online Q&A session with a group of technical judges.

#The most important thing we learned from our mentors was teamwork and collaboration， $ said Mohammad Hani Mirza， who is a seventh grader. "That's one thing we were missing because we all came from different backgrounds with different ideas， and we worked together to create one beautiful city.$

The grand-prize winners were awarded an all-team trip to US Space Camp in Huntsville， Alabama， and $7，5OO for their school's STEM program.

1. How many skills were adopted by students who took part in the competition？

A. Two. B. Four.

C. Twenty-nine. D. Thirty-seven.

2. What did students use to build the model of their city？

A. Minerals. B. Fuels.

C. Recycled materials. D. The Internet.

3. What did students learn from their mentors？

A. The importance of teamwork.

B. Basic knowledge about being a judge.

C. How to build a beautiful city in a short time.

D. The influences of different backgrounds on students.

4. What does the last paragraph talk about？

A. A STEM program.

B. Some popular tourist attractions.

C. The recent situation of the winners.

D. The reward of winning the competition.

 language Study

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