【推荐1】MOA Shop Indigenous (土著的) Artist Contest

Are you an Indigenous artist, between 15 and 25 years old, with a story to tell? Submit a design that expresses your identity, and the MOA Shop will help share it with the world. The winning artwork with your signature will be printed on a T-shirt and sold and promoted only through the MOA Shop for one year. The winner will receive both a $250 prize and copyright income from every sale.

Qualification

Any individual 15 to 25 years of age who identifies as Indigenous, Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit or Métis.

Rules + Guidelines
•Artwork may be from the artist's pre-existing work or made for this contest.
•Artwork may use a maximum of two colours and must be easily visible.
•Artwork must fit on the front of the T-shirt.
•Artwork must be submitted with file extension .ai, .eps, .pdf, fxg, or .svg.
•Entries from artists who have submitted in previous years are welcomed.
Submission checklist
•Artwork submission(s)
•Completed entry form found here.
•Artist biography (about 250 words)
Profits

Artists hold full copyright of any submitted entries. The winning artwork will be licensed by the MOA Slop for one year and the artist is free to license or sell their winning artwork. A large percentage of money from the sale of T-shirts goes towards MOA's public programs.

Time and contact

The submission deadline has been extended to March 31st, 2021 and the winner is announced by June 2021. We look forward to receiving your artwork! Please send all submissions and any questions to shoptshirt@ moa. ubc. ca.

1. What will the winner get?

A．A T-shirt with his artwork on.

B．The signature of the Indigenous artist.

C．The right to immediately sell his work.

D．An award and some profits from the sale.

2. What is required about the artwork?

A．It must be received before June 2021.

B．It must be printed on the back of the T-shirt.

C．It must be included at least two visible colours.

D．It must be submitted with the artist's self-introduction.

3. Where will the profit from the sale mostly go?

A．To the owner of MOA.	B．To the winner of the contest.
C．To the shop's public programs.	D．To the promotion of the artworks.

【推荐2】Hi, Dave Gieber here. Are you seriously thinking about starting a comic book(连环漫画册)collection yourself? Then “Comic Book Collecting, a Starting Point” was written just for you. This book was designed to help you jump-start your collection using Internet resources!

See what others are saying!

Dave,

As a layperson totally green about comic book collecting, the information provided in your book would allow someone like me to basically start a collection from the very beginning. The steps defined on what to look for and where to look when starting a collection are invaluable to a beginner. In addition, you provide information that not only appeals to those starting out but for those collecting for a long time as well. Great job.

Lorraine Cote

Dave,

I'm thinking it's a little long on history, but I am so impressed by all it presents. Wow! Quite an interesting read. I found the pieces on the Artists particularly interesting.

This is a great piece of work! I love artwork, and did a lot of watercolor work myself and was often fantasizing about comic book penciling myself someday.

If I have one negative thing to say about it…It has to be that I wish I had written it! Congratulations. Dave. This is a real winner.

James D. Tyler

Dear Dave,

Congratulations on a fine book. It is essential reading for people who want to turn their hobby into a money-making venture. I Only wish that I had had this information 40 years ago when I took 6 empty pop(汽水)bottles into the corner store and purchased my first comic book.

I'm amazed at the fact that 40 years ago 10 cents could buy a loaf of bread or the very first issue of The Fantastic Four. Today, 10 cents cannot buy you anything, but a near mint(未损坏的)copy of that comic book could bring you up to$35,000! Thanks for the good read.

Ian McBride

1. What do we know about Lorraine Cote?

A．She is inexperienced in comic book collecting.

B．She has been collecting comic books for years.

C．She asks for information about comic book collecting.

D．She knows nothing about comic book collecting.

2. What is the main reason James D. Tyler writes to Dave?

A．He enjoys reading.	B．He wishes to write a book.
C．He is interested in history.	D．He is interested in artwork.

3. What can be inferred about Ian McBride's first comic book he bought 40 years ago?

A．He bought it with the money for pop.	B．He bought it after he got six bottles of pop.
C．He made a lot of money by selling it later	D．He didn't realize its economic potential then.

【推荐1】Moments after figure skaters finish their program, fans throw gifts onto the ice. There have definitely been some strange ones over the years. As NBC Sports reports, Sasha Cohen was once given sweaters; Canada’s Elvis Stojko and Patrick Chan walked away with lingerie (内衣); Debi Thomas even got a box of Domino’s pizza after her performance at the 1987 world championships because Thomas had wondered why people “don’t throw something good, like pizza”.

The post-program offerings are mostly stuffed (填充的) animal toys. Though it’s not clear exactly how or when this custom began, people really like to use them as gifts. Flowers, once the popular item to throw at skaters, are messy. The cleaners—the kids who skate around to collect all the gifts between programs—have a much easier time to deal with stuffed toys than fighting with every leaf that fell off the flowers.

There’s no global ban (禁令) on sending flowers, but organizations have made attempts to discourage the practice in the past. In 1989 US Figure Skating banned arenas (圆形运动场) hosting national championships from selling flowers.

“Flowers have always been a problem. The flowers and leaves can appear during the course and become a risk. So flowers on the arena are going to vanish. It is just a question of when.” said Larry Kriwanek, chair of the event’s organizing committee. Instead, fans could buy already-authorized stuffed toys inside the arena and show their favorite skaters with those.

Stuffed toys also give supporters an opportunity to choose presents that suit their favorite skaters characters. “We will sometimes get stuffed toys made in custom costumes to match what we’re wearing,” American ice dancer Meryl Davis, who won gold with partner Charlie White in 2014, told NBC Sports. It turns out that skaters often do try to take especially meaningful or thoughtful gifts home with them.

1. What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A．Why skaters are supported by so many people.

B．Why sending stuffed toys to skaters is popular.

C．How skaters collect gifts from fans after the show.

D．How fans can show their love to their favorite skaters.

2. Why does the author mention 1989 US Figure Skating?

A．To draw a comparison.	B．To make a comment.
C．To explain a phenomenon.	D．To provide an example.

3. What does the underlined word “vanish” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Change.

B．Dry.

C．Disappear.

D．Increase.

4. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Education.

B．Travel.

C．Sports.

D．News.

【推荐2】San Francisco Bay Area is a great place if you're a sports fan, as you'll find several events all year round and plenty of team pride. If you are anywhere close to the area during a game,these fantastic sports events are here for you.

San Francisco Giants Baseball

The San Francisco Giants baseball team plays in SF at Oracle Park. This is a fun ballpark because it's always packed with great energy and offers views of the bay. It's one of the most popular San Francisco sports events. The Giants are part of the National League West Division. Since their arrival here in 1958,they have been World Series Champions three times.

Golden State Warriors Basketball

The fan base of the Golden State Warriors distributes the whole San Francisco Bay Area as this region's only NBA team.Their regular season runs from late October through mid-April, and all home games are played at the Chase Center in San Francisco.In total, the Warriors has won six NBA championships.

San Francisco 49ers Football

The 49ers are San Francisco's NFL team, though they have recently moved to Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, about an hour south of SF. The football team was named for the prospectors (探矿者) who arrived in the area in 1849 for the Gold Rush. They’ve won 5 Super Bowl championships, all between 1981 and 1994.

San Jose Sharks Hockey

The San Jose Sharks represent the Bay Area in hockey (冰球).They were founded in 1991 as the only Bay Area team to compete in the NHL. Sharks fans love going to these San Francisco sports events at the SAP Center,which they call the Shark Tank,located about an hour southeast of SF.

1. Where can a sports fan have a good view of the area?

A．The Oracle Park.	B．The Chase Center.
C．Levi's Stadium.	D．The SAP Center

2. Which team has claimed the most titles according to the text?

A．The Giants.	B．The Golden State Warriors.
C．The 49ers.	D．The San Jose Sharks.

3. Where is the passage probably taken from?

A．A book review.	B．A news report.
C．A science fiction.	D．A tourist magazine.

【推荐3】The Rugby (英式橄榄球) World Cup is currently being held in New Zealand. The tournament, due to finish on October 23, is living up to the famous English saying, “Rugby is a thug's (暴徒) game played gentlemen. ”

The games are physically aggressive; the tackles (冲撞) on the pitch are brutal; but the end of each match is a civilized affair. Players shake hands and applaud each other. Of course, the other side to this saying is: "Football is a gentleman's game played by thugs. " Indeed, unlike soccer players, rugby players don't often question the referee's (裁判员) decisions or pretend to be injured when they are not.

“Football could learn a lot from rugby," said Brian Moore, a former England rugby player "The wonderful spirit of rugby is: there is a gentlemanly code to it. You play hard on the pitch, but you always respect your opponent..

Rugby is mainly played in Europe. Australia, New Zealand and parts of Africa. "It is more enjoyable to play than soccer because you are always involved in the game," said Peter, a Welsh rugby coach. "Rugby is also a far superior test of strength, stamina (耐力) and determination. "

Most professional rugby players are large, strong and weigh over 90 kilograms. People who play the sport need to be tough and be prepared to get hurt. Black eyes, broken bones, lost teeth and being knocked unconscious—all these are common injuries. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is blind in one eye thanks to a rugby accident at school.

In England, children begin playing the game at school at the age of 8. When they enter high school, many begin to play full contact rugby. Children are taught to play for around one hour a week during their PE lessons. Most schools have a rugby team. Children who play for the school team are usually the sportiest kids, and are seen as brave and athletic.

1. What can be concluded from the first three paragraphs?

A．Football players are not real gentlemen.

B．There is a better spirit in playing rugby than football.

C．Football players are not as athletic as rugby players.

D．Brian Moore thinks that rules should be stricter in football.

2. According to the passage, Peter thinks ______.

A．rugby players pretend to be injured when they are not

B．rugby is not very popular in America and Asia

C．rugby makes people enjoy sports better than soccer

D．rugby needs players' strong will rather than strength

3. The example of Gordon Brown is mentioned in order to                  .

A．prove that playing rugby can earn people fame

B．explain why Gordon Brown is blind in one eye

C．support the point that rugby players often get hurt

D．warn teenagers against playing rugby at school

4. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Teenagers will lose interest in football.

B．English children have a talent for rugby.

C．Playing rugby doesn't involve skills.

D．Rugby is not suitable for everyone.

【推荐2】It can be really hard to learn a language well without living in a country full of native speakers! You have to find something interesting! Here’s the solution: TV Series.

Game of Thrones

You should really start watching it. The language is beautiful and easy to understand. Drama, love and good characters mark the show and there are actors from all around the world. You won’t know what’s going to happen at the ending. This is a must-see!

Sherlock

A British masterpiece. Is there any language learner who has not heard of Sherlock Holmes and his friend John Watson? The writers placed the stories into London in the 21st century, so it’s basically a modern version of the original stories. Here you have everything that an English language learner could wish for: British accents, good acting, long and interesting conversations with a lot of humour.

Friends

Everybody knows Friends, which couldn’t be missed off of this list. With many different accents to be heard and lots of dialects, this is the perfect show for English learners. The plot is relatively simple to understand. Six friends battle with tough jobs, complicated relationships and life in Manhattan, New York. In parts of the show there are also British accents to listen to and learn.

How I Met Your Mother

It is one of the most successful situation comedies in the United States, attracting the audience all around the world. It’s about the life of five friends that live in New York, focusing on their work and their favorite free time activity: sitting in their favorite bar. You get to know many modern American expressions and can enjoy a lot of dialects that make the show even more interesting.

1. Which of the following has an unexpected ending?

A．Friends.

B．Games of Thrones.

C．Sherlock.

D．How I Met Your Mother.

2. What can audience learn from both Sherlock and Friends?

A．Wonderful performances.	B．American dialects.
C．Humorous conversations.	D．British accents.

3. What do we know about How I Met Your Mother?

A．It attracts audience from all over the world.

B．It is about five American students.

C．There are many formal expressions in the show.

D．It’s the only successful sitcoms in the United States.

【推荐1】Adulting is hard. While high school students are at the forefront of technological and learning skills, it's often not until they leave home that they learn everyday life skills. Some believe that high schools should offer a commonsense course in which students are taught how to pay bills, change a tire or cook. Now, one Kentucky school is offering an ''adulting day'' to teach such skills to students in their senior year.

The class of 2019 at Bullitt Central High School in Shepherdsville, Ky., traded in their algebra and literature classes for a day to learn some positive life skills, according to Wave 3 News.

''I think that the idea occurred to me, originally, when I saw a Facebook post that parents passed around saying they needed a class in high school on taxes and cooking, '' Christy Hardin, director of the BCHS Family Resource & Youth Services Center, told Wave 3. ''Our kids can get that, but they have to choose it. And ''Wednesday'' was a day they could pick and choose pieces they didn't feel like they had gotten so far. ''

Members of the community helped provide the lessons for the students one on one, including local police who taught them how to interact with officers during traffic stops, a speaker who explained how to decipher the difference between homesickness and depression, and others who discussed how to use credit cards, how to cook in a dorm room and how to change a tire.

While many people on Facebook applauded the idea, with some arguing, ''This should be taught in every high school, '' others wondered what became of home economics.

Now known as Family and Consumer Sciences, these courses teach students how to cook, sew and budget, along with other skills. In many districts, however, the classes are electives and students do not always choose to take them.

''About time this came back, it was called Home Economics, '' one woman wrote. ''In today's diverse make up of families it would be a welcome addition. ''

Another shared, ''We had home economics that taught us to cook and learned how to sew. We also had business math that taught us banking and finances. Why in the world is that not taught today? I mean, a special day called adulting to teach kids this stuff? Should be a required class credit. ''

1. What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A．High school students are too busy to learn everyday life skills.

B．The schools in other districts have never taught everyday life skills to students.

C．High school students are advanced in technological and learning skills.

D．High school students are lacking in everyday life skills.

2. What put BCHS in the spotlight?

A．It did everything it could to cater to the parents.

B．It taught life skills at the cost of academic courses.

C．It offered parents opportunities to instruct classes.

D．It allow students to decide on their own subjects.

3. The underlined word ''decipher'' in paragraph 4 probably means “________”.

A．determine

B．define

C．discriminate

D．distribute

4. Which of the following skills are included in the courses?
a. use credit cards   b. learn algebra and literature c. change a tire d. how to cook

A．abc

B．bcd

C．acd

D．abd

5. What are people's attitudes towards the courses?

A．Supportive

B．Opposed

C．Skeptical

D．Indifferent

【推荐2】An amateur fossil hunter has unearthed a new type of prehistoric “sea dragon” on the beach of the UK's Dorset Coast. The new 2m-long ichthyosaur is named “Etches sea dragon”,after fossil collector Dr. Steve Etches, who found it buried head-first. Ichthyosaurs are called sea dragons for their usually very large teeth and eyes. He thought its teeth were unusual,so he passed it on to experts at the University of Portsmouth to identify(鉴定).There,a Masters student, Megan Jacobs, who has spent several years working on ichthyosaurs, identified it as a new species, which lived 150 million years ago.

The find is the UK's fifth known ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic periods,and by far the smallest so far.

The fossil was found near Kimmeridge Bay—part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. When it died, the seafloor would have been very soft mud, allowing the front half of the animal to sink into the mud, before other animals came along and ate the tail end.Being buried in a bed of soft mud meant it was preserved in exceptional condition and even some of its soft tissues were preserved.

Megan said, “Fossils of Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs in the UK are extremely rare. I did some research,comparing it with those known from other Late Jurassic fossils found around the world. It was very exciting that I didn’t find a match. Steve's extraordinary collection contains many new and exciting animals, and it was a real honor to have the chance to describe this ichthyosaur.”

Professor David Martill,who leads the palaeontology(古生物学)research,said, “Steve is an exceptional fossil collector and although he is sometimes referred to as an amateur collector, he has done so much for palaeontology that he has been awarded an MBE, Member of the British Empire, and is truly a professional.”He added, ^“If it were not for collectors like Steve,scientists would have very few specimens(样本)to work on. ’’

1. What did Steve Etches do after finding the ichthyosaur?

A．He spent years studying it.	B．He sent it to a university.
C．He named it after himself.	D．He announced it’s a new species.

2. What can we learn about Kimmeridge Bay?

A．The largest sea dragons once lived there.

B．Fossils found there usually have soft tissues.

C．It is very popular among fossil hunters worldwide.

D．The seafloor there was once covered with soft mud.

3. What made Megan excited?

A．Confirming the uniqueness of the fossil.

B．Admiring Steve’s extraordinary collections.

C．Finding a matching name for the new ichthyosaur.

D．Seeing other Late Jurassic’s fossils around the world.

4. What did David Martill say about Steve Etches?

A．He had a good taste of collections.

B．He contributed a lot to palaeontology.

C．He set an example for other amateur collectors.

D．He did better than professional palaeontologists.

【推荐3】All over the world people enjoy sports, Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.

Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. They often get very excited when "their" player or team wins.

Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for(参加) them. Football, for example, has spread(展开)around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! And think of people in cold countries. Think how many love to skate or ski (滑雪) in Japan, Norway or Canada.

Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends. Sports help to train(培养,训练) a person’s character(性格,品格). One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace(胜不骄，败不馁).

1. Why do people all over the world enjoy sports?

A．Because sports keep them healthy.

B．Because sports keep them happy.

C．Because they want to live longer.

D．All the above.

2. Why do some people get excited when they watch a game? Because_______.

A．their favorite team wins	B．they win the game
C．they get the good news	D．they can’t help themselves

3. Which of the sports has a long history?

A．Water-skiing.

B．Basketball.

C．Volleyball.

D．Jumping.