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Do you have bright ideas? Ideas or inventions that change society or, at least, make life easier for
somebody? Perhaps we all do sometimes, but we don't often make the idea a reality. Recently, in Britain,
there was a competition called British Designers for Tomorrow. The competition encourages young
people to carry out their bright ideas. There were two groups in the contest: Group One was for
schoolchildren under 16; Group Two was for schoolchildren over 16, and there were eleven
prize-winners altogether.
Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was called "Sunshine Superman". It's important when people
study the weather to be able to record sunshine accurately. We need to know how many hours of
sunshine we have and how strong it is. Most sunshine recorders only record direct sunlight. Neil's is more
accurate and this is very important for research into the way of using solar power.
You can do so much with animated cartoon. Look at Simon West's idea for animated road signs. He
uses pictures which appear to move as you go nearer to or farther from them. This isn't a new idea. But it
is new to use these pictures on road signs. "We found that people were more likely to see moving signs,"
said Simon. So now, you can really see rocks falling, trains moving, horses running or a car falling over
the edge of a cliff. Quite a warning!
The ideas in the competition were so inventive that we are surprised that British industry doesn't ask
more schoolchildren for suggestions. Perhaps this will be the start of "pupil power!"
1. The writer seems to be encouraging the British industry to .
A. help schoolchildren in their studies
B. take better care of schoolchildren
C. stop asking schoolchildren for suggestions
D. pay more attention to schoolchildren's inventive power
2. Neil Hunt's design would finally lead to the improvement of the way of .
A. recording direct sunshine
B. knowing how strong sunlight is
C. using the energy of the sun
D. recording the hours of sunshine
3. The organizers of the competition hoped the schoolchildren would .
A. become good designers for future Britain
B. win as many prizes as they could
C. design something useful for the next day
D. invent something for immediate use
4. What's the use of Simon West's animated road signs?
A. To add to the beauty of a city.
B. To warn people on the roads of the danger ahead.
C. To help make a car trip more exciting.
D. To warn people to be careful while working.
5. The writer holds that people seldom .
A. make their life easier
B. turn their bright ideas into reality
C. have bright ideas
D. think of inventing something
