【推荐2】In a world surrounded by bad news, it may feel like an unhappy place sometimes.    1    

          If you make even one person smile today, you can help make this world a better place. Here is list of ideas to help you.

    2    In this day and age where everything is sent via the Internet, it's a shock to receive a letter through the post. Putting pen to paper and writing a few words to a friend can be an easy way to make a positive impact.

Requiring some time and research to find the perfect project, volunteering is one of the nicest things you can do. Whether you volunteer at your local youth group or take dogs from shelters for a walk, the simple fact that you are giving up your time to help someone else is incredible. There are so many opportunities.    3    

Tell someone "I love you". It can be anyone.     4    Perhaps you can tell a friend that you appreciate all they are to you, or remind your mum that it's her birthday. Sometimes, in our busy lives we forget to take a moment to tell people what they mean to us.

    5    Whether you're creative or not, taking time to make something for someone else shows how much you appreciate them. Even if you think you're not creative, the recipient will feel lucky to get such a unique gift that you put your precious time into. Some ideas could include a card, painting, drawing, song, poem or cake!

A．However, you can make a difference.

B．It's a surprise to send a handwritten letter.

C．And you don't even have to say "I love you"

D．So you are sure to find one that is right for you.

E．And it doesn’t necessarily have to take up all your life.

F．Making something for a special person is always unique.

G．Even a postcard with a couple of sentences could really make someone's day.

【推荐3】Thanks to a program called Hunger： Not Impossible (HNI), hungry people could have access to fresh, healthy food in their neighborhood by texting one simple word: Hungry. On one hand. people in charge of the program learn that each year 42 million Americans go hungry including 15. 9 million children. On the other hand, grocery stores, restaurants, and food providers throw out 60 million tons of unused food. HNI had a solution—connectivity.

HNI started fundraising and developing partnerships. Then they make plans with organizations and charities to help locate people who suffer from food insecurity. And they reached out to technical experts at Salesforce who developed an easy-to-use text-driven platform using a chat box. With all the elements in place, a simple text started the goodwill rolling.

When a needy person types in “Hungry” and sends the text message to HNI. they receive a message, back showing the closest locations that are offering free food. They also get a text displaying different menu options. They simply select a restaurant, choose the meal, then heads to the takeout counter where they pick up their free meal alongside paying customers. No questions are asked and dignity is preserved. The pilot project began in Venice Beach, California, providing over 250 meals to more than 50 youth in three weeks. HNI then grew to Bentonville. Arkansas, Klamath Falls Oregon? and St; Louis. Missouri.

"Providing food is the first step in transforming lives for the best. ” Michelle DiBattiste, operations and volunteer manager at Safe Place for Youth said in the press release, "By satisfying that initial survived instinct of finding food. Hunger： Not Impossible provides necessary space for personal growth, self-realization and finding stability. If there were less hungry people in the world, the crime rate would be reduced? there would be fewer homeless people, and the cost of healthcare would cut down. ”

1. What does HNI do to help hungry people?

A．Make a link between hungry people and food providers.

B．Offer hungry people fresh and healthy food.

C．Ask some restaurants to donate money.

D．Text a message to a grocery store.

2. What does the underlined word “elements” refer to in paragraph 2?

A．Fund, restaurants, technical experts and the number of hungry people.

B．Text messages, location of the stores, menu options and the takeout counter.

C．The pilot project, people suffering from food insecurity, a chat box and plans.

D．Fund, partnership, locating hungry people, and an easy-to-use text-driven platform.

3. What can we infer from what Michelle DiBattiste said?

A．Hungry people will live a better life.

B．HNI is good at helping hungry people.

C．HNI is good for the people and society.

D．Personal growth is extremely important.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．A Programme Connects Hungry People with Food

B．Feeding the Needy Is Necessary for Social Stability

C．A Simple Word Helps People in Need of Food

D．Hungry People Are Grateful to Restaurants

【推荐1】Breakdancing is set to make its first debut (亮相) as an Olympic sport at Paris 2024, Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris organizing committee, said on February 21st. Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing, which have already been added to the programme for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, have been invited to return in Paris four years later.

Tony Estanguet said the choices responded to a need to make the Olympics “more urban” and “more artistic”. We have chosen to present the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with the four sports because they are creative, appealing to youth and completely in line with our vision. They reflect perfectly Paris 2024’s identity.

Breakdancing is an example of a sport “Which can be played anywhere and anytime in urban and other environment.” It appeared at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in the form of head-to-head “battles”. In competitive breakdancing, “breakers” face off in “battles” against each other, either as individuals or teams. Breakdancers use a mix of physical and artistic skills combining elements from gymnastics or acrobatics (杂技).

The IOC had announced that the number of competitors at Paris 2024 would be restricted to 10, 500, which limited the opportunity to add sports. But the organizers said the inclusion of the four sports in Paris would not necessitate the construction of permanent facilities and would involve just 248 competitors, of which 32 would he in breakdancing. The surfing events are likely to be held in established surf centres such as Biarritz or Lacanau in southwest France.

The inclusion still need to be rubberstamped by the IOC, which is expected to decide on which sports to add in Paris after next years’ Tokyo Games.

1. What do we know about breakdancing?

A．It involves multiple skills.

B．It’s limited to group competition.

C．It will show up in Paris 2024.

D．It never appeared in the world events.

2. Why have Paris organizers chosen the four sports?

A．Because they attract young people.

B．Because they perfectly reflect Paris’ identity

C．Because they make Paris more urban and artistic.

D．Because they can be played anytime and anywhere.

3. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?

A．10, 500 competitors will compete for the new sports.

B．More surf centers will be specially designed for Paris 2024.

C．The IOC will reject the proposal because of inadequate facilities.

D．The inclusion won’t require additional competition space to he built.

4. Which is closest in meaning to the underlined word “rubberstamped” in the last paragraph?

A．approved	B．canceled
C．submitted	D．designed

【推荐2】The Tokyo Summer Olympics is going green. The 5,000 medals Japan has made are more special than most.

One novel focus of the Tokyo Olympics is to be “sustainable”— to avoid using too many natural resources, so that the games are easy on the environment. As part of this goal, the organizers decided to make all of the Olympic medals out of metal recycled from old electronics.

Almost all electronics are made with small amounts of “precious metals”, like gold and silver. But collecting enough of these metals to make 5,000 medals was a huge challenge. That’s because the amount of metal in each device is tiny. It would take about 20,000 cell phones to get just 1 kilogram of gold.

Beginning in April 2017, the organizers placed collection boxes around the country, and asked people to turn in their old electronic devices. Soon people began to respond to the initiative, turning in smartphones, digital cameras, hand-held games, and laptops. At first, collection went slowly, but soon more and more areas began to take part. By the end, 1,621 local governments had helped out with the collection process.

Then came the job of breaking those devices down into smaller pieces. After being taken apart and sorted, the small electronics were smelted (熔炼) to get all the gold, silver, and bronze elements. This is a tricky job, which calls for careful attention and good skill. It’s also dangerous, because some of the metals and other things aren’t safe for people to touch or breathe.

By the end of March, 2019, the organizers had hit their targets of getting enough metal for the medals. They had collected around 32 kilograms of gold, 4,100 kilograms of silver and 2,200 kilograms of bronze. And now all the 5,000 medals are available for the would-be winners.

1. Compared with other Olympic games, which word best describes the Tokyo Olympics medals?

A．valuable.

B．quality.

C．unique.

D．green.

2. What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?

A．The difficulty of making the medals.

B．The process of collecting old electronics.

C．The purpose to recycle used smartphones.

D．The classification of the collected devices.

3. The underlined word “tricky” in Paragraph 5 means “________”.

A．creative	B．well-paid
C．demanding	D．unique

4. What’s the purpose of Tokyo’s way of making the medals?

A．To advocate (提倡) sustainable use of resources.

B．To promote the spirit of Olympic Games.

C．To introduce a new technique to make medals.

D．To call people’s attention to environmental damage.