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    Did you know that if you attach a weighed stick to the back of a chicken, it walks like a dinosaur?

No, you did not know(or care to know) such things, but now you do! Thanks to this year’s winners of the 12 Noel Prize! Now in is 251h year, the lg Nobel is the goofy younger cousin of the honored Nobel Prize. It applauds achievements in the fields of medicine, biology, physics, economies. literature. etc. Every September at Harvard University, awards are presented in 10 categories that change year to year, depending on - according to the organization - what makes the judges “laugh, then think”.

The ceremony officially begins when audience members launch paper airplanes at an assigned human target on the stage, then speakers only have 60 seconds to present their research. In previous year, the one-minute rule was imposed by a young girl - nicknamed Miss Sweetie Poo -who would go up to the platform and repeat the words: “Please stop, I’m bored.” in a sharp tone until the speaker left the stage.

Fortunately for candidates though, the Ig Informal Lectures are held afterwards on Saturday to give presenters more time to explain the crazy things they're working on.

The research can seem more like the brainchildren of teenage boys than of respectable adults. Justin Schmidt won the physiology Ig for creating the “Sting(蛰) Pain Index," which rates the pain people fell after getting stung by insects. Smith pressed bees against 25 different parts of his body until they stung him. Five stings a day for 38 days, Smith concluded that the most painful sting locations were the nose and the upper lip. Ouch.

As silly as they sound, not all of the Ig awards lack scientific applicability, A group of scientists from 12 different counties won in the medicine category for accurately diagnosing patients with appendicitis (阑尾炎) based on an unusual measurement: speed bumps(减速带) . They found that patients are more likely to have appendicitis if they report pain during bumpy car rides.

All these weird experiments have just one thing in common. They’re improbable. It can be tempting to assume that “improbable” implies more than that--implies bad or good, worthless or valuable, trivial or important. Something improbable can be any of those, or none of them, or all of them, in different ways. And what you don't expect can be a powerful force for not only entertaining science, but also for the boundary-pushing science we call innovation.

1.The underlined word “goofy” in Paragraph 2 probably means_______.

A.amusing B.boring

C.serious D.precious

2.According to the passage, what can we know about the awarding ceremony of Ig Nobel?

A.Ig Informal Lecture gives presenters 60 seconds.

B.The audience throw paper airplanes to end the ceremony.

C.Its categories of awards vary each yea.

D.It is held at a fixed place every other September.

3.The example in Paragraph 6 is used to show that Ig Nobel_______.

A.offers another opportunity to those who miss the Nobel Prizes

B.celebrates the diligent work of researchers

C.has no serious purpose except for amusing the audience

D.serves as a platform for the creative and practical achievements

4.Among the four candidates below, who is most likely to win an Ig Nobel?

A.A chemist who invents a type of battery.

B.An economist who studies which county's paper money is best at spreading bacteria.

C.A biologist who discovers how cell sense and adapt to oxygen availability.

D.A novelist who criticizes social injustice.