Bexley Middle School eighth-graders won the grand prize at the 2009 National Engineers Wee

Bexley Middle School eighth-graders won the grand prize at the 2009 National Engineers Week Future City Competition (TM) on Feb. 18 in Washington, D.C. They peted with 37 other schools across the country.
The students qualified for the national petition by winning a regional petition on Jan. 17 in Columbus. By winning the national event, the students earned an all-expenses paid trip to Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., according to a Bexley school district news report.
Future City aims to stir (激发) interest in science, technology, engineering and math among young people. Bexley team members were Tom Krajnak, Abby Sharp, Wyatt Peery, Elizabeth Maher, Aaron Hutchinson and Truman Haycock. They work in teams under the guidance of a teacher, Margaret Englehardt, and a volunteer engineer, Mark Sherman, design and build a city of tomorrow. Mayor John Brennan presented the students during a recent Bexley City Council meeting. Each team in the Future City petition plans its city using Sim City software and creates a model to show a physical representation of one section of the city. Team members must write both an essay about the yearly theme and an abstract about their city. They also must make a presentation to judges.
Focusing on eco-responsibility, the Bexley team built “Novo-Mondum,” an Icelandic city in the year 2171. Krajnak said the team’s project included a new water system for each resident unit and a 500-word essay on using bacteria to purify water. “We used our essay and abstract (摘要) to build a model,” he said. “It was hard to organize which building would go where, what each building does and how to make it look good.”
Englehardt said her students did a good job answering impromptu (即席) questions during the regional petition. “They can think on their feet,” she said. Principal Harley Williams said the school is very proud of the students’ performance.
【小题1】.. From the passage we can learn that the grand prize winners will     .A．receive scholarship for further studies B．get a free trip to Space Camp in HuntsvilleC．earn a large sum of money for their designsD．be admitted to universities without exams【小题2】.The goal of the Future City petition is to     .A．make the Sim City software popularB．test the students’ knowledge of city planningC．select future engineers from young studentsD．make students bee interested in engineering【小题3】. Each team must do the following EXCEPT     .A．write brief abstracts describing their cityB．present and defend their designs before judgesC．build a future city in Iceland by themselvesD．create model cities using the Sim City software【小题4】. According to Margaret Englehardt, the students     .A．always stand still in the petitionB．react very quickly to the questionsC．prepare for the questions in advanceD．take pride in the advisers’ performance【小题5】
.B