Test 3-Sr.1-Jun.4

[1] Bisman Deu was born in North India. She wanted to know about everything around her when

she was a child. So, she always asked questions. Later, when she was a high school student, she

(1) found a wonderful solution to very difficult problems in her hometown.

Bisman’s father and mother were farmers and grew rice. One evening, when Bisman was

walking outside, she saw a lot of smoke. The smoke was from (2) rice waste. Many farmers in her

hometown grew rice. They usually burned the rice waste after the harvest. She (1) found the smoke

was not good for people’s health. Then, she (1) learned that her town had very bad air pollution. She

wanted to know how to stop (3) it.

[2] (1) First, Bisman began to collect rice waste and study about it. When she was collecting rice waste, she saw many poor people in her town. They lived in small old houses and didn’t have enough

money to build new houses. She thought, “Can I make something useful for those people? They

need something cheap and strong to build houses. If I can recycle the rice waste, I can help those

poor people and stop the air pollution.”(2) Then, she started to put different materials in the rice

waste. (3) Every day she tried many different ideas to make a model product.

(4) After many days, Bisman made the first model product. It was made from rice waste. 
She (5) named it Green Wood because it looked like wood. However, it was still (6) weak and expensive. She had to improve it, and it was very hard for her to do that alone. She asked two friends to join her work.

She was happy to have their help, but there were still many things to do to improve Green Wood.

She worked hard with them to make Green Wood better.

[3] In 2013, Bisman and her friends joined an international contest for high school students. They

(1) showed Green Wood as a solution to the problems of their society. They also (1) showed ideas for

their future plans. Many people liked Green Wood and their ideas. There were many students from

19 countries in the contest, but Bisman’s team received first prize.

Green Wood has three good points. First, poor people can buy it and build houses because it is

(2) cheaper than wood. Second, farmers can (3) get money by selling rice waste. Third, Green Wood will be useful to stop (4) air pollution.

[4] Bisman is still improving Green Wood. She wants to make it cheaper and better for the people

around the world. She says, “Good ideas come from thinking in a new way. If we have questions

about problems around us and think in different ways, we can find a good solution. Then, we can

(1) get over the problems and change our society.” Bisman also says,“ We all have a great power in us, but many people don’t (2) try to use it. Chances to use our power (3) never come to us if we just wait. We must produce the chances with our own hands.”

[5] Below is a summary written by a student.

Bisman’s story taught me a lot. When we want solutions to problems around us, it is

(1)          to have different ways of (2)           . We have a big power in us, but a lot of

people only wait for the chances to use it. I think (3)      the chances is also (1)       .

14. Write a suitable word for (1)                     

15. Write a suitable word for (2)                     

16. Write a suitable word for (3)                     

[6] Read though the text and answer the questions.

17. 本文の内容に合うように，次のa)~ d) を起こった順に並べかえなさい。

a) Bisman asked her friends to help her.

b) Bisman made a model product and named it Green Wood.

c) Bisman found the smoke from the rice waste was bad for people’s health.

d) Bisman started to study about rice waste.

18. 本文の内容と合っているものを，次のa)~ f)から２つ選びなさい。

a) Bisman was a child who knew many things and had no questions.

b) Many farmers in Bisman’s hometown were so poor that they couldn’t grow rice.

c) Green Wood was made from rice waste and was expensive at first.

d) Bisman made Green Wood better without hard work.

e) Bisman’s team won first prize in an international contest.

f) Green Wood is strong and cheap, so Bisman has already stopped improving it.