Jahkil Jackson is the creator of the famous Project I Am. Through the project, Jahkil looks to raise awareness for reducing homelessness in Chicago and beyond.
Even at a very tender age, his deeds already drew the recognition of former U. S. President Barack Obama in 2017. Jahkil also pushes to motivate and influence fellow kids to get more active and useful in their communities. When he was five years old, Jahkil assisted his aunt in distributing food to the homeless in Chicago. Then the little boy was unhappy to find out that people could not afford a home. He was always eager to find out how he could offer help to people. And he would be mad for not being able to give money to anyone asking for help on the streets. He was determined to help the homeless in every way he could.
That strong desire later gave birth to the Project I Am, his nonprofit organization, which focused on helping the homeless people. He founded it at the age of eight, and has since then never looked back on his journey of charity.
Through Project I Am, Jahkil Jackson reaches out to the homeless by distributing “Blessing bags”. Provided in the blessing bags are diverse kinds of materials to help the needy, including wipes, hand sanitizers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, socks, bottled water, among other things.
Jahkil Jackson is also one of the key workers in Dream for Kids, another nonprofit organization founded by Tom Tuohy, a social entrepreneur. Jahkil met with Tuohy at a Holiday for Hope event organized by the Dream for Kids. From there, he became the youngest ever student in the YES (Youth Enterprise Solution) program by the Dream For Kids. He has been working with them since then.
1. For what purpose did Jahkil create Project I Am?| A．To get awards. | B．To collect money. |
| C．To do charity. | D．To make friends. |
| A．Doing voluntary work. | B．Giving out daily necessities. |
| C．Donating money to the poor. | D．Offering shelters for the homeless. |
| A．Friendly and sociable. | B．Kind-hearted and generous. |
| C．Energetic and powerful. | D．Innocent and thoughtful. |
| A．New Homes for the Homeless | B．An Anti-poverty Project in Chicago |
| C．Do Your Charity at an Early Age | D．Jahkil Jackson and His Blessing Bags |
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【推荐1】As the threat of Ebola(埃博拉）has left the U.S. and the story has left the headlines, people are still heading over to West Africa to fight the virus that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives. Yanti Turang, a rock band singer-turned-nurse and founder of the nonprofit LearnToLive , is one of them. She is now on the way to Sierra Leone(塞拉利昂）to help save lives.
Her mind wanting to be a nurse dated from Hurricane Katrina happening in New Orleans 2 years ago. Then, Yanti was living there with her band Pocketfoxx. They were on their way home from recording an album in California, when they learned about a storm that was about to hit Louisiana's Gulf Coast.
“I felt , in a way, helpless.” she said. “I felt like I couldn't give or do anything except support people going through it , or the health care workers. And I remember thinking , music's awesome, I love it , but I think that I need to move on and maybe choose a career where I can actually get in there and help out in a situation like this.” So she packed up her guitar and moved back to her home country, Australia, where she trained in a nursing program for the next two years.
Her love of New Orleans drew her back to the state again when she finished the program.However，it wasn't straight to the doctor’s office or hospital for Yanti. As she waited for her registration, she worked as a movie nurse. It was on a movie set that Yanti thought of the idea for her nonprofit LearnToLive.
She raised $6,000 in an online campaign. In the last three years, she brought three crews of nurses and aid over to Indonesia and cared for 2, 500 patients. This year, LearnToLive is expanding to Laos and soon to South Africa.
“It's the course my life was supposed to go, ” she said earlier for an intensive Ebola response training.
1. Why is Yanti heading to Sierra Leone?| A．To learn music. | B．To visit her family. |
| C．To help fight Ebola. | D．To take a course on life. |
| A．Her desire to provide practical help. |
| B．Her real experience in fighting Ebola. |
| C．Her sufferings during the hurricane. |
| D．Her devotion to her home country. |
| A．She is homesick and timid. | B．She is helpless and skeptical. |
| C．She is motivated and determined. | D．She is ambitious and intelligent. |
| A．It is based in Sierra Leone. |
| B．It aims to train young nurses. |
| C．It collects money to make movies. |
| D．It provides international medical care. |
【推荐2】Community Development Projects Overseas
The aim of Community Development projects abroad in Temple Conservation, DIY and more is to improve poorer local communities. You can do them as part of your work experience, gap year or career break. Or just as a volunteering holiday.
South Africa
Time :1st, March --31st, May 2018
Registration fee: $ 65
Maintenance / Handyman / DIY skills, this project would love to have you! The project is truly unique ....you will assist an Animal Rehabilitation Center that desperately needs any help it can get and you will be benefiting the animals at the same time! And, of course, the location is very unusual. And finally, conservation are lovely people to work with!
Sri Lanka:
Time :1st,May --31st, July 2018
Registration fee: Free
Buddhist Temple Repair and Construction Project in Kandy
Rebuild and repair Buddhist temple in and around Kandy. This unique and fascinating project offers an opportunity to learn about Sri Lankan construction using traditional manual methods, without using modern machines.
Work includes construction, repairing temples, cleaning in and around temples, interacting with children and villagers and helping the Temples arrange Community Centers for the village youths. You will also assist with the repair of paintings and sculptures inside the temples.
Zimbabwe:
Time :1st, October-31st, December , 2018
Registration fee: $ 120
Community Healthcare and Medical Project in Gweru gain basic medical experience in local clinics and play a role in HIV/AIDS education and awareness. You will be able to get involved in not only this clinic but others in the nearby area as well. You do not need to be qualified in any particular area. You will work with children from the ages of 3 to 6 years. It is a very worthwhile, enjoyable placement.
1. What can we know about Community Development project?| A．They can better poorer local community. |
| B．They bring you a chance to travel abroad. |
| C．They can make you understand foreign countries well. |
| D．They can make you more experienced in your future work. |
| A．People with experience of caring for animals. |
| B．People who are experienced in painting. |
| C．People with experience in treating AIDS. |
| D．People with rich travelling experience. |
| A．It will be directed by experienced expert. |
| B．The repair work can only be done by hand. |
| C．All work will be done through modern machines. |
| D．The construction workers do not have to be experienced. |
| A．The community and education. |
| B．Food and environments. |
| C．Health and medicine. |
| D．Animals and resources. |
| A．They all charge some fees. |
| B．They all need particular experience. |
| C．They all need you to be good at foreign languages. |
| D．The length of the working time of the three is the same. |
【推荐3】If you watch British television on Friday March 15,you might be surprised to see celebrities wearing funny red noses and joking around.But don't worry.They're not mad.It's all part of a biannual fund-raising event called Red Nose Day.
Organized by the charity Comic Relief,founded in 1985 by two British comedians,the aim of the event it is to raise money to fight poverty and injustice in the UK and Africa.Celebrities and public figures support the event by making appearances on comic TV shows broadcast by the BBC.This year,for example,UK Prime Minister David Cameron appeared in a music video by One Direction,which the band produced for the event.
But Britons don't just raise money for charitable causes on one day a year.They do it all year round.One way of doing so is-by shopping in charity shops.These small,inconspicuous shops sell clothes,books and household goods just like any other shop But there's one big difference—everything sold in the shops is second-hand.
There are nearly 10,000 charity shops in the UK,according to the Charity Retail Association.Their business model is simple: Anybody who has things they don't want anymore can donate them to a charity shop,where they are checked for damage,cleaned and priced.Most items go back on sale at a small part of their original price and the money that is made by selling them is used for a charitable cause.
The idea of buying used clothes may sound off-putting,but for shoppers who have less spending money,such as the elderly or those in low-paying jobs,it has been a welcome option for years.Now,shopping at charity shops is also becoming popular with young people looking for alternative fashion."You can find very unique clothes for a very cheap price.It doesn't bother me that other people may have worn them.I simply wash them before I wear them,"said Anne Marie,a 19-year-old Internet user from the US,in a comment on a Yahoo forum.
So next time you spot a charity shop,why not go inside?Who knows,you might find a lovely dress for just a few pounds.Even better,you can enjoy wearing it in the knowledge that your money helped a good cause.
1. Why did Cameron appear in One Direction's music video?| A．To earn a living. | B．To support the band. |
| C．To entertain the audience. | D．To help raise money. |
| A．It was founded in 1985 by two British comedians in Africa. |
| B．It runs nearly 10,000 charity shops in the UK. |
| C．It organizes the Red Nose Day fund-raising event. |
| D．It is financially supported by the UK government. |
| A．Disapproving. | B．Particular. |
| C．Doubtful. | D．Favorable. |
| A．explain how charity shops work in the UK |
| B．introduce the traditions of the Red Nose Day |
| C．inspire more people to join in charitable causes in the UK |
| D．analyze why charity shops are popular in the UK |
【推荐1】“Why do I feel cold when I have a fever?” “Why does the sun rise in the east?” I knew the day would come when my little girl Sophie would learn to talk and inevitably (不可避免地) start asking those questions. The questions themselves weren’t worrying me. I was actually looking forward to seeing where her curiosity would lie.
What was bothering (烦恼) me was whether or not I would know the answers. In the age of the smartphone, this may seem like a silly worry. The answers to almost everything would be just one Google away.
Still, I struggled with how I was going to prepare to become an all-knowing mother. Then one day, it struck me: I didn’t need to have all the answers. What a great example I could set if I let my daughter know that I, too, was still learning. And I realized how much more I could learn if I took another look at things I thought I already knew the answer to with the curiosity of a child. My little girl’s mind is a beginner’s mind--- curious, open to new ideas, eager to learn, and not based on knowledge that already exists. I decided that I would deal with her questions with a beginner’s mind, too.
Once I decided to become more curious, I started noticing that curiosity was becoming more important in the workplace, too. It seems that leaders don't need to have all the answers, but they do need to be curious.
Curious about curiosity, I searched for answers and found Albert Einstein’s famous words, “I have no special talent. I am only passionately (热情地) curious.” We might quibble over the view that Einstein had no special talent, but there is one thing for certain---he wouldn't have solved the puzzles of the universe without his passionate curiosity. Then I came across another Einstein quote, “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason or existence.”
1. The advantage of having a beginner’s mind is that ________.| A．people can learn much faster. |
| B．people won't be afraid to make mistakes. |
| C．people are willing to receive new things. |
| D．people won't be expected to answer all questions. |
| A．Einstein was passionate about curiosity. |
| B．Einstein’s quotes are very famous. |
| C．Curiosity is of great significance. |
| D．Curiosity is more necessary than talent. |
| A．Fight against. | B．Argue about. |
| C．Work out. | D．Agree with |
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A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city.
Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn’t built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.
Even so, travel isn’t difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat.
Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange experiences. One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there’s nothing special. But when they come back to the bridge an hour later, it’s underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes.
Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean (北冰洋) melt (融化). Every year, high waters hit the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is underwater.
Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. The Italian government has asked some of Italy’s biggest companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be built under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem.
1. Which is the best way to travel in Venice?
| A．The waterways. | B．Taxis and cars. |
| C．400 bridges. | D．Boats and rain shoes. |
| A．The ice of the Arctic Ocean melt. |
| B．Seawater is everywhere around the city. |
| C．People used too much underground water |
| D．The temperature has become higher over the years. |
| A．Venice is sure to stop getting lower. |
| B．High waters won’t hit Venice any more. |
| C．Scientists can solve the problems easily. |
| D．Some possible ways help to solve the problem. |
| A．The History of Venice |
| B．The MOST Project of Venice. |
| C．The Places of Interest of Venice |
| D．The Specials and Problems of Venice |
【推荐3】It was a bright and sunny day. Keegan and I arranged to spend the afternoon at his place. Eager to show me his large collection of toys, he took me to his room. Among all the toys, his most treasured one was a model aeroplane. Keegan said it was a gift from his uncle who worked as a pilot.
I wanted to take a closer look so I asked Keegan if I could hold it in my hands. He graciously agreed. Knowing how easily broken the aeroplane was, I carefully removed it from the display cabinet. Just as I was putting it back, I sneezed. “Snap!”One of the wings of the model aeroplane broke in my hands.
When Keegan saw this, tears welled up in his eyes. Soon, tears started to roll down his cheeks uncontrollably. With my head hung low, I rushed out of his house as I did not know how to comfort him.
For the next few days, I stayed out of Keegan’s way in school. I was worried that he would still be angry with me. Feeling sad without his company, I built up the courage to approach Keegan after school one day. I told Keegan, “I am so sorry for breaking your valuable aeroplane. ”
“It’s okay! Our friendship is more important than a toy aeroplane, ”Keegan replied with a smile.
I was extremely touched when I heard what he said. I offered to fix the broken wing of the damaged aeroplane, Keegan took me to his house and we fixed it together.
1. Why did Keegan take the writer to his room?| A．To talk about their future jobs. |
| B．To show his large collection of toys. |
| C．To teach the writer to make model aeroplane. |
| D．To offer the writer a model aeroplane as a gift. |
| A．One of the wings. | B．The large collection of toys. |
| C．The display cabinet. | D．The model acroplane. |
| A．Embarrassed. | B．Amazed. | C．Touched. | D．Shocked. |
| A．The writer lost his best friend forever. |
| B．They fixed the broken model aeroplane together. |
| C．The writer mended his friendship with Keegan. |
| D．The writer said sorry to Keegan immediately. |
Last December, Doris Low turned 90. Once a week she still drives to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) in Toronto, where she helps transform literature into Braille to bring the power of story and knowledge to the hears and minds of blind readers. She has been volunteering her time and talents to such enterprises foe more than 40 years.
After working in the business world for a while, Low got fed up. So she turned to teaching at a technical school and later moved into the library.
Low’s mother liked reading. As her eyes began to fail, low read to her. Then “hearing an advertisement encouraging people to learn Braille, I decided to give it a try.” In 1973, she was certified as a braille transcriber and began transcribing books as a volunteer for the CNIB library.
The job was strenuous — she could get to the end of a page, make a mistake on the last line, and have to do the whole thing again. For a number of years, low also worked in the CNIB sound studio reading books onto tape. Three years ago, she took up proofreading at the CNIB’s word factory.
In April, during Volunteer Week, the CNIB recognized Low for her great contributions. Thanks to volunteers like Low, the CNIB library has got more than 80,000 accessible materials for people unable to read traditional print. “ I can’t imagine how many readers of all ages have benefited from Doris’s contribution as a skilled volunteer through her rich voice and her high degree of accuracy in the hundreds of books she has brailled and proofread over the years — and she is still doing so,” said a CNIB official.
“For me,” said Low, “the CNIB is more than just a place to volunteer. Three thins matter most in my life: a little play, a little work, a little love. I’ve found them all here.”
1. What does Low still do at the age of 90 at the CNIB? ( no more than 10 words)2. Why did Low learn Braille? ( no more than 15 words)
3. what does the underlined word “strenuous” most probably mean?(1 word)
4. What are Low’s contributions to the CNIB? ( no more than 10 words)
5. What do you think of Low? Give your reasons. ( no more than 20 words)
【推荐2】When my son Ryan was six years old and in first grade, his teacher, Nancy, talked to his class about developing countries and how they could help people, particularly children, in other parts of the world. She explained that besides not having toys or enough food, some of them didn’t even have clean water. For these children sitting in their comfortable classroom in Kemptville, Ontario, the idea of children not having any toys, or enough food or water, had a huge impact.
The principal had distributed a list that showed the costs of buying supplies in developing countries. A penny would buy a pencil, a dollar a hot meal, two dollars a blanket. Seventy dollars would buy a well. When Ryan heard people died because they didn’t have clean water, he was deeply affected. He came home that day and insisted he needed seventy dollars for class.
Mark and I discussed it, then explained to Ryan that seventy dollars was a lot of money. If he was really interested in doing something, however, he could earn it. He happily agreed, so we put an old cookie tin on top of the refrigerator and started giving him chores. He did chores for the neighbours and his grandparents, too. After four months, Ryan was nearing his goal.
In April 1998 we went for our meeting with WaterCan, a Canadian nonprofit organization providing clean water to people in developing countries. And Ryan brought his cookie tin full of money. Nicole, the director, and Helen, her assistant, thanked him and told him how important his donation was. Then they told us it would cost a lot more than $70 to build a well—in fact, it would cost $2,000.
Ryan wasn’t concerned and replied simply, “That’s okay. I’ll just do more chores!” News about what Ryan was doing got out, and soon we were getting calls from the media.When the Ottawa Citizen did a story on Ryan’s well, we began to receive donations at least once a week. People from all over were catching Ryan’s dream and were inspired to give.
1. What inspired Ryan to help kids in developing countries?| A．Parents’ support. | B．Ryan’s warm heart. |
| C．The principal’s list. | D．Nancy’s explanation. |
| A．He planned to donate 70$ to a charity. |
| B．He intended to pay for a well for the kids. |
| C．He desired to purchase hots meals for the kids. |
| D．He wanted to buy blankets and pencils for the kids. |
| A．Donations were received once a month. |
| B．People were inspired to give a helping hand. |
| C．Ryan did more chores and donated more money. |
| D．The media called Ryan and his family frequently. |
| A．Ryan’s Well of Life. | B．A Joint Effort. |
| C．A Warm-hearted Kid. | D．Kids in Need. |
【推荐3】Anyone, whether they have ever been to Phoenix or not, would know this about the place — it is hot. From June to September, the temperature can easily go beyond the century mark. But that doesn’t stop hikers from attempting the 1.3-mile hiking to the top of the city’s famed Camelback Mountain. Signs warn that the trail (路 线) is “extremely difficult” . If you continue, a posted checklist suggests at least a liter (升) of water per person. And if you’re still not stopped, another sign farther up declares: “If you’re halfway through your water, turn around!”
Unfortunately, many people do not take the warnings seriously. Fortunately, Scott Cullymore does. The 53-year-old Cullymore can be found hiking up and down Camelback a couple of times a day, giving out cold bottles of water to worn-out hikers. He has helped supply water to so many hikers that he has earned a heavenly nickname: the Water Angel.
Cullymore was on Camelback Mountain one day in 2015 when a British tourist died after being lost for nearly six hours in the July heat. That experience inspired him to start helping people caught unaware by the cruelty of Mother Nature. “They underestimate the mountain, and they overestimate what they can do, and they get themselves in trouble.” he warned.
One hiker who was offered water agrees. “You think you know the heat, but then you get out here in the desert and it surrounds you like a blanket,” said Austin Hill, who was hiking with a high school friend. They were lucky, he said pointing to Cullymore. “We ran into this Good Samaritan(乐善好施的人) here.” And with that, the Water Angel goes in search of another hiker in need.
1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?| A．The seriousness of the warnings along the trail. |
| B．The influence of the water supply on mountain hiking. |
| C．The risks in the summer hiking to Camelback Mountain. |
| D．The distribution of signs that warn hikers along the trail. |
| A．They were not well trained in hiking. |
| B．They forgot to take enough water with them. |
| C．They were too optimistic about the situation. |
| D．They were not fit enough to hike the mountain. |
| A．He agreed to help others. | B．He was saved by Cullymore. |
| C．He hiked alone in the desert. | D．He regretted taking a blanket. |
| A．The Water Angel | B．Surviving the Heat |
| C．Hikers in Need | D．The Camelback Mountain |
