【推荐2】Reasons to Take Part in Student Clubs and Organizations

Many college students don’t know what they’re missing by not taking part in the student clubs and organizations that are offered at most colleges and universities. Taking part in one can be a rich and rewarding experience. So don’t just walk past those tables during clubs week. Check them out and see what’s available. Here are a few reasons     1    

Meet new people.

It can be hard to meet new people in college, especially in your first year.     2     However, in a club, you’ll find yourself in a smaller group of people who likely share your interest.

Help your major.

There are many student clubs and organizations for different majors and departments. Such clubs can be a lot of fun as well as a great academic resource for you. By joining an academic club you will probably have an easier time to know professors in your departments.     3    

Learn important leadership skills.

Student clubs and organizations can be a good way to learn important leadership skills that would look great on job applications.     4    , These skills could be event planning, finance management, and so on. Find a club that you love being a part of and if you work hard you might be able to gain such a position.

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Lastly, student clubs and organizations can simply be a lot of fun. Make sure to take advantage of student clubs and organizations to make the most of your time in college!

A．Have fun.

B．Class sizes can be big.

C．and never waste energy,

D．Take advantage of your major.

E．In a club, you will be able to gain other important skills.

F．And you might even study skills and other academic advice.

G．why you should take part in student clubs and organizations.

【推荐1】Many blind people use guide dogs to help them get safely from place to place and to warn them of danger. But what can blind people do if they are allergic(过敏的) to dogs or just don’t like them? For these people, they can turn to the Guide Horse Foundation.
Janet and Don Burleson founded(成立) the organization in 1999. They began training miniature horses to help guide blind people. Miniature horses look just like common horses, only much smaller. They are generally less than 34 inches tall.
Cuddles was the foundation’s first guide horse in full service. She became 45-year-old Dan Shaw’s helper. Shaw has an eye disease and his sight is very poor. One night, while filling out a form to get a guide dog, Shaw heard a news story on TV about people training horses to guide the blind. Shaw loves horses and wanted a guide animal that would live a long time. So he applied(申请)，and a year later, Cuddles and Shaw began training as a team.
On a trip to New York, Cuddles helped Shaw safely visit many places of interest .They even traveled on a boat and on the subway system.
Shaw says that he is very lucky to have Cuddles. He believes that Cuddles has changed his life for the better by giving him the chance to do things himself and making him feel much more confident about himself.
1. The Guide Horse Foundation ________.

A．was set up by one person

B．has different kinds of horses

C．trains horses to guide blind people

D．has a history of several hundred years

2. According to the text, miniature horses ________.

A．live a shorter life than guide dogs

B．are much smaller than common horses

C．are more friendly to people than dogs

D．are different from common horses in many ways

3. We know from the text that Dan Shaw ________.

A．became blind at age 45

B．has a great love for horses

C．heard about guide horses from a friend

D．got a guide horse as soon as he applied

【推荐2】B
　　Chinese children will be able to get a taste of adult working life in a theme park planned for Hang-zhou city,East China's Zhejiang Province.The Kids City,the first of its kind in China,will allow children aged five to ten to try out jobs of their choice after it opens in October 2008.
　　Located in eastern Hangzhou,the indoor entertainment and educaion park,similar to "Kidzania" in Mexico and Japan,offers more than 50 professions,including pilot,doctor,police officer and lawyer,according to Hangzhou Youth Activity Center(HYAC),the organizer of the park,The park will be a 7:10 scale (比例尺) city with streets,hospitals,museums,supermarkets, schools,airport and other facilities.Construction has begun on the indoor section.
　　Inside the 7,000-square-meter city,every kid would get a bank account holding special money that they can only spend in the park.They could earn more money by working in different booths or workshops.One job would take about half an half an hour and the whole tour would usually last five to six hours."The interactive(交互式) experience will help kids to learn about the adult life,which is good for their future career planning.They will have a lot of fun here,"said Huang Jianming,chief of HYAC.Parents are not allowed to enter the city,but they can take pictures from outside the huge glass house.
　　The ticket price has not been decided yet.But HYACsaid it might be lower than Kidzania Tokyo's and around several hundren yuan.With the majority of investment(投资) coming from the government,the project also needs financial support from companies and organizations,according to HYAC.
　　The world's first Kidzania was opened in Mexico City in 1999.It has turned out to be a huge success receiving about 800,000 visitors every year.In 2006,Kidzania opened its Tokyopark in Japan,which also became an attraction to kids."We are confident that the Chinese version(版本) wll be very successful."said Huang.
1. The theme park is aimed at letting the kids_______.

A．work with adults	B．experience adult careers
C．imitate adults looking after a family	D．watch adults work

2. The Kids City will________.

A．be more than half the size of Hangzhou City

B．consist of two parts,one larger than the other

C．contain buildings smaller than those we use

D．have lower buildings than Kidzania Tokyo's

3. A visitor to the Kids City ______.

A．has nothing in his bank unless he's worked

B．always leaves his tour with much money in his bank

C．learns to earn money as well as to use it

D．can try out all the professions on one tour

4. How many of such theme parks are open to visitors at present in the world?

A．Only one

B．Two

C．Three

D．None

【推荐3】It is often said that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” That is certainly true of the images of fleeting moments of nature submitted by international ecologists and students for the British Ecological Society’s (BES) annual photography competition. Here are a few of 2019’s winning entries.

Red Night

Photographed by Roberto Garcia Roa, it was declared last year’s overall winner. The image captures both the beauty of the magnificent snake and its fear of human threats like fires. The ecologist says, “During my visit to Madagascar, I had the pleasure of finding this snake and photographing it. To offer a dramatic scene reflecting the conditions that these snakes are suffering, I used an external red light as a source of light to capture the environment.”

The Rhino’s Annual Haircut

It was photographed by ecologist Molly Penny. The ongoing demand for rhino (犀牛) horns has reduced the population to just 30,000 globally. To try to save the species, ecologists in South Africa, home to over 20,000 southern white rhinos, have decided to saw off (锯掉) it part of the animals’ horns, which regrow every year. “The Rhino’s Annual Haircut,” captured beautifully in the black-and-white photo by Molly Penny from the University of the West of England, reduces the risk of the animals being cruelly murdered.

For the Love of Flamingos

Photographed by Peter Hudson, it captures a heart-shaped cloud of pink flamingos in Kenya, which is truly a sight like none other. The ecologist says, “Flamingos are all legs and necks but meanwhile beautiful and fascinating and I admit I have a deep passion for them, so I was thrilled when, flying high over Lake Magadi, I watched this flock from themselves into a heart shape.”.

Flames in Flumes

Photographed by Nilanjan Chatterjee, it captures a water redstart waiting to catch an insect near a small waterfall. It was the best overall student submission. The photographer wanted to show the struggle the river birds are likely to face from the slowdown in water flow due to planned dams in rivers across India.

1. What can we know about “Red Night”?

A．Roberto Garcia Roa suffered a lot to take it.

B．It describes a snake’s suffering in the fires.

C．It won the first place in 2019 BES’ photography competition.

D．Roberto Garcia Roa was very frightened when he took it.

2. What may be the topic of “The Rhino’s Annual Haircut”?

A．The tips on saving an endangered rhino.

B．The cruelty of killing an endangered rhino.

C．The scene of taking part of a horn from a rhino.

D．The method of helping a rhino to grow a horn again.

3. Where was “For the Love of Flamingos” photographed?

A．In South Africa.	B．In Kenya.
C．In India.	D．In Madagascar.

4. How is “Flames in Flumes” different from the other pictures?

A．It is a student’s work.

B．It was photographed on an island.

C．It is a black-and-white photo.

D．It shows wild animals’ suffering.

5. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To introduce a photography competition.

B．To remind us to protect some animals.

C．To warn us of worsening nature.

D．To introduce some winning photos.