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Indian-origin Anvitha Vijay has given a new meaning to the phrase “age is just a number”; she has proved that achievements and knowledge follow passion and not just age and experience.
Vijay, who lives with her parents in Melbourne, Australia, at the age of seven realized that her piggy bank did not have enough money to hire a developer to make her an app, so she decided to teach herself how to code. With the help of Youtube videos, the young techie learned to code. For one entire year, she watched multiple coding tutorials on the web and became a programmer herself.
Vijay’s inspiration for developing the apps was her little sister, who was still learning to talk. Therefore, Vijay developed an educational app for children that were her sister’s age. The app uses about 100 sounds and flash cards of different animals that help children learn and identify. Later, Vijay developed a similar iOS app for children to identify and learn colors.
Anvitha’s skills won her a scholarship to attend a big tech conference hosted by Apple in San Francisco, California. There, she got tips from the pros. She went to workshops where she learned about the latest software for app building.
All that training led to an idea for a third app. This one called Goals Hi, inspires kids to practice good habits. Users are rewarded for achieving goals, such as eating their vegetables or practicing piano, Anvitha says the rewards are like getting a sticker for a job well done.
Anvitha’s goal is to continue creating technology that helps kids learn while having fun. But what’s even more important to her is that the world sees the power of technology in kids’ hands. “The more training we get in tech at an early age,” she says, “the better chance we have of becoming creativity champions who will one day change the world.”
1. How did Anvitha manage to develop her first app?
A. Her parents instructed her. B. A young techie tutored her.
C. She hired a developer to teach her. D. She taught herself by watching videos.
2. What inspired Anvitha to code her third app?
A. Her strong desire to help her little sister to learn to talk.
B. The reward that she got alter developing the former apps.
C. The latest technology that she learned in Apple on coding apps
D. The training that she got when helping kids practice good habits.
3. What is Anvitha’s major purpose of continuing creating technology?
A. To help kids learn while having fun.
B. To enable kids to get training at an early age.
C. To prove children’s ability of advancing technology.
D. To help little children like her sister learn and identify.
【答案】1. D 2. C 3. C
【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一位印度裔的美国女孩Anvitha Vijay自学编程，在很小的时候就开发了一款帮助妹妹学习的APP，她还开发了另外两种应用程序。她继续创造技术目的是证明孩子进步技术的能力。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中Vijay, who lives with her parents in Melbourne, Australia, at the age of seven realized that her piggy bank did not have enough money to hire a developer to make her an app, so she decided to teach herself how to code. With the help of Youtube videos, the young techie learned to code.可知Vijay和父母住在澳大利亚的墨尔本。七岁时，她意识到自己的存钱罐里没有足够的钱雇一个开发人员为她开发应用程序，所以她决定自学编程。在Youtube视频的帮助下，这位年轻的技术人员学会了编程。由此可知，Anvitha是通过观看视频自学开发出她的第一个应用程序的。故选D。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段Anvitha’s skills won her a scholarship to attend a big tech conference hosted by Apple in San Francisco, California. There, she got tips from the pros. She went to workshops where she learned about the latest software for app building.(Anvitha的技能为她赢得了参加苹果公司在加州旧金山举办的大型科技会议的奖学金。在那里，她从专业人士那里得到了建议。她参加了研讨会，在那里她了解了最新的应用程序开发软件)以及第五段中All that training led to an idea for a third app.(所有这些训练让我萌生了开发第三款应用程序的想)由此可知，Anvitha在Apple学到的关于编写应用程序的最新技术，激发了Anvitha编写她的第三个应用程序。故选C。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中But what’s even more important to her is that the world sees the power of technology in kids’ hands. “The more training we get in tech at an early age,” she says, “the better chance we have of becoming creativity champions who will one day change the world.”可知但对她来说更重要的是，这个世界看到了孩子们手中科技的力量。她表示：“我们在早年接受的科技培训越多，我们就越有可能成为创意冠军，有朝一日他们将改变世界。”由此可推知，Anvitha继续创造技术的主要目的是证明孩子对于先进技术的能力。故选C。
