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By 2050, our global population might have been beyond nine billion, bringing with it an expected 70% increase in global demand for meat and fish. As a result, the growing demand for soya(大豆)-based farm feed is driving massive destruction of forests at an alarming rate, and sea animal populations have halved in the last four decades due to widespread overfishing.

With 10 million pounds funding, part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, a start-up company Entocycle is leading a cooperation that will build the UK’s first industrial-scale insect farm. Black soldier flies(黑水虻)are used to convert food waste from farms and factories into a sustainable, organic insect-based protein feed, as an alternative to soya, for farmed animals, namely pigs, chicken and fish. In short the company is using food waste to create insect protein to feed the animals that we eat, while reducing carbon dioxide emissions (排放) and deforestation.

Following its formation in 2017, Entocycle spent time developing its technology as part of the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre United Kingdom (ESA BIC UK), which is managed and partly funded by STF

C. Entocycle acquired the expert knowledge to develop a network of cutting edge sensors, originally designed for use in space, to monitor and optimize (优化) the black soldier flies’ lifecycle. They combined this with big data analysis to develop their proprietary technology to mass-rear flies, scalable for industrial use, STFC’s Dr Sue O’Hare, Operations Manager at the ESA BIC UK, said, “Entocycle is a first-class example of how space technology can be applied to address one of the most important global challenges we currently face — how to feed the world without harming our planet. ”

It is fantastic to know that the ESA BIC UK, part of the world’s largest business incubation program for space tech start-ups, was able to provide the right environment and support to play a part in the early development of this world-changing technology. This is a significant milestone for Entocycle as it seeks to make a real and positive impact on making our food supply chains more environmentally sustainable.

【小题1】How does the author develop his opinion in paragraph 1?
A.By listing questions.B.By presenting facts.
C.By making comparisons.D.By stating arguments.
【小题2】What can be inferred about Entocycle according to paragraph 2?
A.Entocycle is the UK’s first industrial-scale farm.
B.Entocycle is replacing soya with black soldier flies.
C.Entocycle is converting farms and factories into more sustainable ones.
D.Entocycle is exploring a new way to transform food waste into farm feed.
【小题3】What is the Dr Sue O’Hare’s attitude to Entocycle?
A.Negative.B.Supportive.C.Pessimistic.D.Ambiguous.
【小题4】What is the best title for the text?
A.Food Waste Is a Global Challenge
B.Increasing Population Threats Our Planet
C.Entocycle Puts Space Technology into Use
D.Using Insects to Turn Food Waste into Animal Feed
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Conventional wearable cooling systems only circulate the surrounding air, and thus don’t do a very good job of cooling people down. The stronger the wind blows, the hotter you get. This is definitely not what you want during those hot summer days. Metaura Pro, on the other hand, relies on a cooling solution to produce genuinely cold air that is 7 degrees Fahrenheit (华氏的) cooler than that of the surrounding area, in fan mode, and up to 18 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the surrounding air, in cooling mode. The device has a smart app and relies on artificial intelligence to regulate air temperature.

Metaura Pro is driven by a powerful motor and its cooling modules are made up of 26 lightweight flat objects that wrap around the wearer’s neck and help to reduce heat. The motor is linked to a high-speed fan at the back of the device which also drives away some of that warm air around the neck. The device also has a VC plate, which has a liquid-cooled, heat-equalizing mechanism, efficiently creating a temperature differential between hot and cold temperatures.

“What sets Metaura Pro apart from the competition is that it produces genuinely cold air lower than the surrounding temperature, refreshing you during those dog days of summer,” the Metaura Pro Kickstarter crowdfunding page reads.

Metaura Pro not only supplies a cooling function, but also has the capacity for heating as well in winter, it can be used to warm your body to a comfortable temperature, when the surrounding air feels cold.

The device intelligently monitors itself, so when you take it off, it recognizes that it is no longer in use and will automatically shut off and switch to standby mode to save power consumption. Metaura Pro wearable collar is powered by a chargeable battery that can provide only 3 hours of cooling on a single charge. The device weighs 435 grams, which is not heavy, but definitely noticeable.

【小题1】How does Metaura Pro manage to keep people cool?
A.By dropping the body temperature.
B.By circulating the surrounding air.
C.By producing lower-temperature air.
D.By blowing the strong wind around.
【小题2】What is mainly discussed about Metaura Pro in paragraph 3?
A.Its internal structure.B.Its operating costs.
C.Its amazing function.D.Its working principle.
【小题3】What may be the disadvantage of the device?
A.It puts limitation on cooling function.
B.It switches to different modes by hand.
C.It possesses a relatively short battery life.
D.It depends much on outdoor temperatures.
【小题4】Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A.A double-mode smart phone app
B.A cooling air-conditioning system
C.A rechargeable battery for e-products
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Las Vegas CES Report

Each year people who are crazy about high-tech goods and tools head to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronic Show (CES). Below we have listed some of the latest and greatest things that we saw.


The AI-powered suitcase

If you’re the kind of person who comes out of the airport coffee shop and realise 10 minutes later that you’ve left your suitcase there, the AI-powered suitcase is for you.

With five cameras in its handle, it comes with a special wristband (腕带) that you wear, so if you move too far away from the suitcase’s cameras, the wristband vibrates (震动), and the suitcase follows the vibrates.


The solar-powered stove

Advertised as “fast”, “practical” and “fuel-free”, this special stove will cook your food with solar power only. The food is placed in a vacuum tube within a solar-powered device. The stoves come in different sizes; there is even a size that you can comfortably take with you if you go hiking.


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Created in France, where people enjoy the finer things in life, this alarm will wake people with the sweet smells they enjoy. The producers believe that they will make your mornings happier with a sweet wake-up smell: baked croissant, expresso coffee, the seaside, chocolate…


The dual-system TV

TCL knows that good software is the key to success when it comes to consumer TVs. This year’s models will come with the option for either Android or Roku OS, allowing you to choose which of the two best TV operating systems you prefer.

【小题1】What can we know about an AI-powered suitcase?
A.It has four cameras.
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C.It should be used with a wristband.
D.It will tell you the distance you move.
【小题2】Which tool might you choose if you want to cook while hiking?
A.The AI-powered suitcase.B.The solar-powered stove
C.The smell-based alarm clock.D.The dual-system TV.
【小题3】What do the four tools have in common?
A.They are all AI-powered.B.They are all solar-powered.
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Have you ever wished you could speak a foreign language without taking classes? Have you ever had language barriers while travelling abroad? Meet Enence --a Japanese high-tech invention that allows you to communicate in more than 40 languages.

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Buy It While It’s Still Available

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【小题1】What is Enence?
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【小题2】What’s an advantage of Enence?
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【小题3】What can be concluded from the part of “Some Hard Facts”?
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