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【题目】阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Maker Moment

Last year, Izzy Goldstein, 12, learned in science class that we can reduce air pollution by using natural energy sources, such as wind and solar power, instead of gasoline. This made her wonder what she and her schoolmates could do to help the environment. "Maybe if my school got a bike rack（架子），more kids would bike to school instead of depending on cars," Izzy told TIME for Kids．Rather than ask their school to buy a rack, Izzy and her friends decided to make a bike rack by themselves.

They came up with a design. They calculated how much wood they might need. They measured howlong the boards should be. They used power tools to cut them and put them together safely. And they didall this in their school's makerspace.

Makerspaces are workspaces where kids can learn to create objects using technology, engineering,art and design. These spaces often feature a mix of high-tech machines, such as 3D printers and robotickits（工具箱），and simple materials like clay and cardboard.

Izzy goes to the Harley School in New York. It is one of a growing number of schools across theUnited States with makerspaces. Makerspaces are largely inspired by Maker Faires（创客盛会），whichare events that give people a chance to share their creative projects. Each year, about 250,000 peopleattend the Maker Faires in San Mateo, California, and Queens, New York. Maker Faires have alsospread to countries around the world, including Egypt, France and Thailand.

Schools are introducing makerspaces to the curriculum（课程）because makerspaces give kids away to have ideas and build something from those ideas. Kima Enerson is a makerspace teacher atthe Harley School. But she says kids can become extraordinary makers in an ordinary classroom, too.In Harley's Lower School (pre-kindergarten to Grade 4), students learn about the basics of computersoftware. By third grade, they study coding and how electricity works. In sixth grade, they learn to safelyuse tools such as drills and saws. When students get to high school, Enerson shows them how to applytheir skills to solve global problems. "Throughout the process of designing, students are learning tocreate something to better the world," she says

【1】What did Izzy and her friends decide to make by themselves?

【2】What are makerspaces?

【3】How many people attend the Maker Faires in San Mateo and Queens each year?

【4】Why are schools introducing makerspaces to the curriculum?

【5】What can high school students learn in Enerson's class?

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【答案】

【1】A bike rack.

【2】Makerspaces are workspaces where kids can learn to create objects using technology，engineering，art and design.

【3】About 250.000.

【4】Because Makerspaces give kids a way to have ideas and build something from those ideas.

【5】They can learn to apply their skills to solve the global problems/create something to better the world.

【解析】

本篇通过Izzy和朋友们一起做自行车架的事情，介绍了创客空间，学校引入创客课程的目的，是为了让学生能运用自己所学的技术解决全面的问题，通过设计的过程，学生学会创作，实现自己的创意。

【1】根据第一段Rather than ask their school to buy a rack, Izzy and her friends decided to make a bike rack by themselves.可知比起叫学校买自行车架，她和朋友们决定自己做，故答. A bike rack.。

【2】根据第三段. Makerspaces are workspaces where kin to create objects using technology, engineering ,art and design.可知“创客空间是学生们可以用技术、工程、美术和设计创造物品的地方”，故答Makerspaces are workspaces where kids can learn to create objects using technology，engineering，art and design。

【3】根据第四段Each year, about 250,000 people attend the Maker Faires可知“每年有大约2 50,000创客盛会”；故答About 250.000。

【4】根据第五段Schools are introducing makerspaces to the curriculum（课程）because makerspaces give kids away to have ideas and build something from those ideas可知“学校引入创客课程，是因为创客空间给学生提供实现他们创意的空间”，故答. Because Makerspaces give kids a way to have ideas and build something from those ideas。

【5】根据最后一段When students get to high school, Enerson shows them how to apply their skills to solve global problems. "Throughout the process of designing, students are learning to create something to better the world," she says可知“到了高中学生可以用所学学的技能解决全部的问题，通过设计的过程，学生学会创作东西让世界更美好”；故答They can learn to apply their skills to solve the global problems/create something to better the world。