Twelve-year-old Lydia Denton was recently named the winner of CITGO's Fueling Education Student Challenge, where she earned $20,000 after creating the Beat the Heat Car Seat, which is a portable device placed in the car seat that not only senses weight over five pounds but monitors temperature when the baby is in the seat.

The soon-to-be seventh grader says she became inspired to make the invention after watching the news that babies were being left in hot cars, often by accident.“At first, I thought about raising money for the families, but that wouldn't fix the problem: I wanted to invent something that could prevent the deaths from happening.”

Lydia's device is started when it senses the weight of the child and the temperature setting reaches over 100 F (38℃). At that point, an alarm goes off and a warning is sent via SMS to the parents. If the parents don't reset the device within 60 seconds, a built-in GPS chip sends a message to local authorities with the vehicle's location. After many rounds of testing with her local 911, Lydia is proud to say that Beat the Heat Car Seat is a success.

Though many newer vehicles come with warning systems and smart seat systems, Lydia's goal was to create a device that would reach more people and that could also transfer from car seat to car seat as the child grew. She decided to use her prize money to continue making improvements on the device, which would sell for only about $40.

Lydia is now working with an instructor who is helping her with production and teaching her about business. Lydia hopes that her work will inspire more kids of her age to make their ideas come true. “Don't think that you have to accept things in the world. If there is something that bothers you, think of ways to make it better!”

【小题1】Why did Lydia make the invention?

A．To win 20,000-dollar prize.

B．To raise money for unlucky families.

C．To help stop babies dying in hot cars.

D．To guarantee babies' safety in a car crash.

【小题2】What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us about the device?

A．How it works.	B．What it consists of.
C．Why it raises the alarm.	D．How parents respond to it.

【小题3】How will Lydia's future device differ from other smart seat systems?

A．It will be much stronger.	B．It will be more affordable.
C．It will be less problematic.	D．It will be more effective on older kids.

【小题4】What can we learn from Lydia's story?

A．No competition, no progress.

B．It's never too late to go into business.

C．One should be open to any suggestion.

D．Creative thinking is the key to success.