2021儿童气候奖(CCP)公布获奖者

The Children’s Climate Prize (CCP) was started by the Swedish company Telge Energi. It’s been given every year since 2016 to a person between the ages of 12 and 17 who has made “great efforts” to improve life on the planet for children now and in the future. This year (2021), lots of young people from 32 different countries were nominated(提名) for the prize. And the winner was announced on Monday.

Winner: Reshma Kosaraju

15-year-old Reshma Kosaraju lives in Saratoga, California. Her idea was to use AI to predict where forest fires might happen.To build her deep learning model, she used weather information like temperature, wind speed, and how dry the soil is. She also looked at human behavior. Her model can predict where and when forest fires are most likely to happen, and it’s right about 90% of the time.

Finalist(决赛选手)：Yash Narayan

Yash Narayan is 17 and lives in San Carlos, California. He also used AI for his project. He created a smartphone app called DeepWaste. Yash realized that a lot of waste could be avoided if people had a simple system for deciding what could be recycled, what could be composted, and what was truly rubbish.

Finalist：Lesein Mutunkei

Lesein Mutunkei, a 17-year-old from Nairobi, Kenya was named a finalist for his work in fighting deforestation, which means forests are destroyed. His project is called Trees For Goals (T4G). It encourages soccer teams to plant 11 trees for every goal scored (one for each player). Already, over 1,500 trees have been planted, and Lesein is working to spread the idea further. He would really like to get the soccer group FIFA to give support to the idea.

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1.How many times has the Children’s Climate Prize been given?

A Three.

B Four.

C Five.

D Six.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第一段的“since 2016”以及“This year (2021)”可知，该奖项已经颁发了6次，故选D。

2.Reshma Kosaraju’s project tries to_________.

A prevent forest fires

B study weather information

C look at human behavior

D learn about how dry the soil is

解析：选A。A 推理判断题。由第二段的“Her idea was to use AI to predict where forest fires might happen.”可知，她的想法是用人工智能来预测森林火灾可能发生的地点，即目的是防止森林火灾的发生。故选A。

3.What do Reshma Kosaraju and Yash Narayan have in common?

A They both created an app.

B They live in the same city.

C They are winners of the Prize.

D They used AI in their projects.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第一二段内容可知，Reshma Kosaraju和Yash Narayan的共同点是他们都使用了AI。故选D。

4.The underlined word “deforestation” probably means “_________” in Chinese.

A 植树造林

B 滥伐森林

C 重新造林

D 防护森林

解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据该词后面的定语从句“which means forests are destroyed”指的是森林被毁坏，可推断deforestation表示“滥伐森林”的意思。故选B。

5.What is Lesein Mutunkei most likely to do next?

A Get sports people to support his idea.

B Work to stop spreading his idea.

C Join in the soccer group FIFA.

D Ask soccer teams of FIFA to plant trees.

解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Lesein is working to spread the idea further. He would really like to get the soccer group FIFA to give support to the idea.”，可知，Lesein正致力于推广他的想法，并且他很想得到国际足球联合会(FIFA)的支持。由此推断他接下来最有可能请求国际足联的足球队去植树。故选D。