BexleyMiddleSchooleighth-graderswonthegrandprizeatthe2009NationalEngineersWeekFutureCityCompetition(TM)onFeb.18inWashingtonD.C．Theycompetedwith37otherschoolsacrossthecountry.

ThestudentsqualifiedforthenationalcompetitionbywinningaregionalcompetitiononJan.17inColumbus.Bywinningthenationaleventthestudentsearnedanall-expensespaidtriptoSpaceCampinHuntsvilleAla.accordingtoaBexleyschooldistrictnewsrelease.

FutureCityaimstoarouseinterestinsciencetechnologyengineeringandmathamongyoungpeople.BexleyteammemberswereTomKrajnakAbbySharpWyattPeeryElizabethMaherAaronHutchinsonandTrumanHaycock.TheyworkinteamsundertheguidanceofateacherMargaretEnglehardtandavolunteerengineerMarkShermandesignandbuildacityoftomorrow.MayorJohnBrennanpresentedthestudentsduringarecentBexleyCityCouncilmeeting.

EachteamintheFutureCitycompetitionplansitscityusingSimCitysoftwareandcreatesamodeltoshowaphysicalrepresentationofonesectionofthecity.Teammembersmustwritebothanessayabouttheyearlythemeandanabstractabouttheircity.Theyalsomustmakeapresentationtojudges.

Focusingoneco-responsibilitytheBexleyteambuilt“Novo-Mondum”anIcelandiccityintheyear2171．Krajnaksaidtheteam’sprojectincludedanewwatersystemforeachresidentunitanda500-wordessayonusingbacteriatopurifywater.“Weusedouressayandabstracttobuildamodel”hesaid.“Itwashardtoorganizewhichbuildingwouldgowherewhateachbuildingdoesandhowtomakeitlookgood.”

Englehardtsaidherstudentsdidagoodjobansweringimpromptu（即席）questionsduringtheregionalcompetition.“Theycanthinkontheirfeet”shesaid.PrincipalHarleyWilliamssaidtheschoolisveryproudofthestudents’performance.

1．Thegrandprizewinnerswill______________.

A．receivescholarshipforfurtherstudies

B．getafreetriptoSpaceCampinHuntsville

C．earnalargesumofmoneyfortheirdesigns

D．beadmittedtouniversitieswithoutexams

2．ThegoaloftheFutureCitycompetitionisto_______________

A．maketheSimCityDeluxesoftwarepopular

B