Camps for Grades 6-8

Camps for Curious Minds are going virtual! Get ready for hands-on experiences this summer   from the comfort of your home. Group sizes are kept small and led by two virtual counselors so that these at-home experiences are interactive and engaging.

Art and Animation (动画制作)

When: July 27-31 (1-4 pm), August 10-14 (1-4 pm)

Cost: $ 275 / $ 250 PacSci members

Create and animate a story using different artistic media and styles. Campers will   explore physical media to create their art and then choose from a variety of animation styles to translate it into a digital animation.

Chef University

When: July 6-10 (9 am-12 pm), August 3-7 (1-4 pm)

Cost: $ 225 / $ 200 PacSci members

Get started learning basic cooking skills such as cutting, sauteing, emulsifying and baking, and about the scientific processes behind some of the most common food phenomena.

Anthrozoology

When: June 29-July 3 (9 am-12 pm), July 27-31 (1-4 pm), August 24-28 (9 am-12 pm)

Cost: $ 225 / $ 200 PacSci members

Be an anthrozoologist for the week, bring your curiosities to life as we discover the relationships between humans and animals! Uncover the worlds of wildlife conservation, veterinary ( 兽 医 的 ) sciences and zoology. Deepen curiosity about our natural world by creating global solutions to human and wildlife interactions.

Ready, Set, Action

When: June 22-26 (9 am-12 pm), July 20-24 (1-4 pm), August 17-21 (9 am-12 pm)

Cost: $ 225 / $ 200 PacSci members

We’re spending so much of our time in front of screens, so let’s use them to make something awesome! In just one week, we’ll learn all about movie-making, storyboards, and setdesign. We’ll explore the possibilities of using video-conference software to create unique and creative short films.

1. What does a virtual counselor do?

A．Keep you safe at home.

B．Involve you in a virtual world.

C．Teach you how to edit software.

D．Make your home comfortable to live in.

2. If you want to learn about cooking in a camp, which time is the most suitable?

A．June 22-26 (9 am-12 pm).	B．July 6-10 (9 am-12 pm).
C．June 29-July 3 (9 am-12 pm).	D．August 10-14 (1-4 pm).

3. Which camp will you sign up for if you are devoted to animal protection?

A．Art and Animation.	B．Chef University.
C．Anthrozoology.	D．Ready, Set, Action.

The Alice Ferguson Foundation is a non-profit group that works to improve the environment by building relationships between people and nature. It teaches people ways to protect the environment. At the end of the year, it designs events to help children celebrate Christmas without increasing the amount of waste they create.

Hanna Seligmann works for the foundation. VOA joined Seligmann recently during one of her talks. “So let’s figure out what is in our bag of trash.” She shows adults and children how to reduce waste during the holiday gift-giving season. “You can sort it as a cardboard item or you can sort it as a plastic item,” Seligmann works with volunteers. “We encourage using things that are already in your house like newspaper, old magazines, using a gift within a gift. You can wrap something in a reusable napkin, wrap something in a scarf, or a shawl(围巾)or even a reusable to tote bag (大手提袋)。”

Lori Arguelles is the executive director for environmental education at the Alice Ferguson Foundation. “Over time we realized that really just doing trash, cleanups was the symptom of the problem, not getting to the root cause. And it was just a little over a decade ago that we started the initiative itself.”

One activity is called the Trash Timeline Game. It teaches children that the things they throw away do not decompose at the same rate. For example paper dissolves in about four weeks. An apple core takes two months. A metal can takes up to 100 years. A plastic bag will not decompose for 450 years Glass takes 1,000 years. And, they say, Styrofoam (泡沫聚苯乙烯) never dissolves.

Young people taking part in the program learn that reducing waste is important not just during the holidays, but every day of the year.

4. Why is the Alice Ferguson Foundation created?

A．To help children celebrate Christmas.

B．To reduce the amount of waste.

C．To make the environment better,

D．To build relationships between people and mature

5. What suggestion does Seligmann give on wrapping gifts?

A．It is better to use cardboard items to wrap gifts.

B．It is better to wrap gifts in some things capable of being used again.

C．It is better not to wrap gifts in plastic items.

D．It is better not to wrap gifts at all.

6. What can we infer from Lori Arguelles’s words?

A．Doing trash cleanups means a lot to protecting the environment.

B．We still need to make great efforts on the way to protecting the environment.

C．Over a decade our efforts to protect the environment proved fruitless.

D．Over time we found the root cause of protecting the environment

7. What’s the meaning of “decompose”?

A．break down	B．break out
C．store up	D．store away

For years, Hainan, China's southernmost island province, has been an attractive tourist destination for people around the world because of its pleasant environment. Beginning this year, the beautiful island will have a new identity — an open and distinctive free trade port.

The Hainan Free Trade Port will serve as a special functional economic area and its level of openness will be better than any other port in the world. Products and funds from abroad will have free access to the port, and most goods will be duty-free. The decision shows China's willingness to further open up to the world.

The province of Hainan was founded in 1988. Later it became an appointed special economic (SEZ) to attract foreign investment. In 1992, the Yangpu Economic Development Zone, which was the first area in China to be comprehensively developed by foreign investors, was established. After eight years, in 2000, Hainan took the lead in carrying out a policy of visa on arrival. In the following years, a series of similar initiatives have been implemented for Hainan's continuous development, including a pilot zone for free trade founded in 2018.

Apart from an attractive landscape, Hainan's industrial structure features tourism and modern services. Not only will they become the highlights of the free trade port, but also they are in line with the rapid trade growth in global services as well as the development of many ports toward the service sector. In addition, as a free trade zone and port at provincial level, Hainan has a satisfying scale and full experience. All these advantages will enable Hainan to become a global trade center.

From SEZ to free trade pilot zone, and now today's free trade port, Hainan's development and its determination to build an open economy are evident to all. It's hoped that it will seize the chance of free trade and attract more business and experienced professionals from around the world to come to the island.

8. What's Hainan's future plan?

A．To construct a free trade port.

B．To boost Hainan's tourism and services.

C．To remove the tax on all imports and exports.

D．To strengthen environmental protection.

9. How is Paragraph 3 mainly developed?

A．By analyzing causes.	B．By giving descriptions.
C．By following time order.	D．By making comparisons.

10. Which of the following is good for Hainan to become a global trade center?

A．Its slow trade growth.	B．Its traditional services.
C．Its development of IT industry.	D．Its distinctive service industry.

11. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Hainan: A Push for Global Economy

B．Hainan: A Witness to China's Opening-Up

C．Hainan: An Island Full of Ups and Downs

D．Hainan: An Unforgettable Tourist Destination

Cold weather during winter months may keep many people from leaving home and running in the open air. However, a new study shows that the drop in temperature is a good reason to run.     16    

Many people say running in winter can be difficult. Two reasons are the low temperatures and bitter winds.    17    That could be because lower temperatures reduce stress on the body. When you run in cold weather, your heart rate and the body's dehydration (脱水) levels are lower than in warmer conditions.     18    

This information comes from John Brewer, who is a professor of applied sport science at St. Mary’s. For this study, he and other researchers put a group of people into a room they called an "environmental chamber". The researchers then recreated summer and winter weather conditions in the room.    19    Brewer says he and his team recorded biological measurements of the runners.

He says that the most important thing for people who run in cold conditions is to wear the right clothing. Wear gloves on your hands.    20    And especially wear more than one layer of clothing to keep sweat away from your skin.

A．Yet many runners might find it easier than running in hot weather.

B．We have good reasons to run in winter.

C．Wear shoes that will keep you from falling.

D．Many feel nervous when running in the cold weather.

E．The body needs less water on a cold day than in warm weather.

F．In fact, running in cold weather helps improve one’s performance.

G．The test subjects were asked to run 10,000 meters under both conditions.

I was working as a lifeguard at Tower 15 on Newport Beach and two blocks to my right was another guard named Mike, working at Tower 17. He called me over the phone and said, “Hey, I have ________ two kids who are swimming in the dangerous zone. I have to give them a warning. Keep an eye on us.” I said “Sure.” In case of ________ , anytime we got out of our tower, we were supposed to ________ somebody else.

Mike hung up the phone and ________ the lifebuoy(救生圈). Then he realized that these two kids had been ________ and that there was a great tendency for them to be ________ by the wave. ________, Mike rushed toward the ocean. I ________ the water and all I found was two small heads. The mother of the two kids knelt down on the beach with ________.

When I dropped my binoculars (望远镜) and reached the mother, Mike was in waist-deep water, ________ the two kids. I turned to the mum and said, “Hey, it’s OK. They are safe.” I saw the terror started to ________. Then she glanced back and got her first good look at Mike. A new kind of ________ washed over her face as though there was another threat to her kids’ lives. She snatched (抢) her kids without ________.

Mike had some seemingly ________ behavior, and his shaved head showed a scar. Maybe he had no ________ manners, but his lifesaving ability ________ his unsatisfactory skills in PR (public relation). In the mother’s ________, Mike was a really terrible guy. However, that couldn’t change the fact that he had just ________ her kids.

Mike just glanced at me and smiled. As I jogged back to my tower, I promised myself I’d never let my own ________ prevent me from ________ a hero when I meet one.

21.

A．saved

B．spotted

C．arrested

D．scolded

22.

A．emergencies

B．disasters

C．statements

D．punishments

23.

A．assist

B．inform

C．confirm

D．consider

24.

A．repaired

B．provided

C．seized

D．abandoned

25.

A．struggling

B．laughing

C．quarreling

D．trembling

26.

A．supported

B．directed

C．prevented

D．swallowed

27.

A．Still

B．Instead

C．Thus

D．Indeed

28.

A．explored

B．noticed

C．reached

D．scanned

29.

A．noises

B．screams

C．beliefs

D．gestures

30.

A．hiding

B．counting

C．beating

D．carrying

31.

A．fade away

B．split up

C．break down

D．come around

32.

A．surprise

B．regret

C．panic

D．doubt

33.

A．purpose

B．appreciation

C．expectation

D．discrimination

34.

A．stubborn

B．abnormal

C．mysterious

D．disturbing

35.

A．elegant

B．positive

C．unpleasant

D．aggressive

36.

A．gave in to

B．lived up to

C．made up for

D．stood up for

37.

A．judgement

B．experience

C．description

D．application

38.

A．comforted

B．rescued

C．condemned

D．frightened

39.

A．decision

B．request

C．prejudice

D．commitment

40.

A．rejecting

B．representing

C．remembering

D．recognizing

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Francie Nolan is an 11-year-old girl    41    (live) in the slums（贫民窟）of Brooklyn, New York. Her family    42    (be) so pool that she and her brother have to collect junk to exchange for money. But Nolan is humble and works hard    43    (change) her life. She helps her mother do housework and spends every afternoon    44    (read) at the library. However, because of    45     (poor), Nolan has to leave high school and find a job,     46    life is full of ups and downs.

This is    47    story of the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by US author Betty Smith. First    48    (publish) in 1943, the novel covers five different periods in Nolan's life. Millions of readers    49    (inspire) by Nolan’s bittersweet story ever since. It was named    50    one of the best books of the 20th century by the New York Public Library.

51. 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作 文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的 增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Our school offers all kinds of activities with students after school, especially art activities like music festivals. There are lots of music club on campus. To my greatly joy, I have joined the orchestra which I have made lots of new friends. Sometimes, we represent our school in regional competitions and that is worthwhile to join in these contests. Amazingly we also have a robotics club, which wins a national robot contest last week, so it is getting popular at present. In addition, academic clubs are offered as well as, including the written club and the French film club.

Although we have many homework, we still manage to take active part in various activities after school.

52. 假定你是李华，你的英国网友Leslie不久要来中国留学，他想了解一些日常生活中和他人保持联系的方法。请你写信向他推荐微信（WeChat）软件，并期待他早日到来。
内容包括：
1.使用广泛；
2.方便快捷；
3.节省费用。
注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已给出不计入字数。

Dear Leslie,
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Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua