UNICEF is an international charity that helps children around the world. It was set up in 1946 to help children in Europe and China after World War II. It wanted to make life better for those who were badly influenced.
Now, UNICEF has a number of plans and hopes to achieve for children in every country. For example, they think that all children should be able to have safe drinking water. They also work hard to make sure that children can get medicine if they are ill. In many countries, children, especially girls, do not have the chance to go to school, so UNICEF tries to let them get a good education.
UNICEF is different from many other charities because it works with different governments around the world. Though many governments have their own systems (体系) to improve the lives of their children, UNICEF has so much experience that it can advise governments on how to make their systems better. UNICEF has done many great things since it started and will carry on with its work only if people can keep donating money to help it.
1. What was UNICEF set up for?| A．To give children enough food. | B．To give children medicine. |
| C．To give governments advice. | D．To help children after World War II. |
| A．To help women around the world. | B．To give children clean water to drink. |
| C．To make the world peaceful. | D．To make governments do something for it. |
| A．Because all boys can go to school. |
| B．Because their parents let them stay at home. |
| C．Because there are no schools for girls after the Second World War. |
| D．Because girls often have fewer chances than boys to go to school. |
| A．Because it works with governments. | B．Because it always achieves its goals. |
| C．Because it offers money to poor people. | D．Because it needs little help from people. |
| A．Girls must get a good education. | B．People must offer money to support its work. |
| C．Children must be given much more help. | D．Governments must listen to UNICEF’s advice. |
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【推荐1】On the first day tutoring students from low-income families at an after-school program in New York City, Alyssa Kapasi noticed how many kids were lining up for free sandwiches and fruit in the cafeteria. One teacher explained that many of these students don’t get enough to eat at home, so school lunch or an after-school meal might be the most food they would get all day.
Kapasi, who attends private school, was shocked. What’s more, she decided to help. “I want other kids to understand that if you see a problem, you don’t have to wait to be an adult to fix it,” says Kapasi. She and a group of friends are now putting their programming skills to work to create an app called Food for Thought, which will allow parents, students, and even kind-hearted strangers to donate（捐款） to a lunch account（账户） for a student in need at a nearby school.
About 20 million American kids receive free lunches. Also, they can buy foods with more quality at lower prices; that is to say, those students’ families just pay for part of their food. When they don’t have the money on any given day, the students might accept a free meal, such as a cheese sandwich.
One smart feature of the app is that it is donated by people from different areas. Some are teachers and doctors, and some are bosses in big companies. To receive help, a family will need only a recommendation（推荐） from a school headmaster, and no one else has to know who you are.
“I want to make my platform an application that all users feel no shame in using,” says Kapasi. She hopes to test the app in a school district（地区） this fall.
1. Kapasi decided to build the app when she_____________ .| A．attended private school | B．saw kids line up for free food |
| C．finished her school lunch | D．learned some programming skills |
| A．Wait for the adult to solve it. | B．Solve it when you grow up. |
| C．Try to solve it right now. | D．Ask a school teacher for help. |
| A．They can learn how to solve problems. |
| B．Their children can get free lunch. |
| C．They can get some money from the app. |
| D．Their children can learn some skills. |
| A．The app protects and shows respect for kids who are helped. |
| B．The app has worked well in all school districts since this fall. |
| C．People that give money will know who they are helping. |
| D．People can get a free meal if they know how to use the app. |
【推荐2】A teenager’s（青少年的）dream of cleaning up the world’s oceans may soon come true.
Seven years ago, when Mike was a teenager, he was swimming in the ocean. He saw more rubbish in the water than fish. So for a school project, he made a plan to clean up the ocean.
In 2013, Mike formed a group called The Ocean Cleanup. It collected money to put Mike’s water clean-up plan into action. Two years later, Mike’s plan began.
In the ocean, there is a lot of floating rubbish. Mike’s group will clean it up by using a floating plastic tube（漂浮塑料管）. The tube will go around the rubbish and trap（收集）, waves and ocean currents will push the rubbish to the tube. A ship will pick up the rubbish and take it back to the coast to sort（分类）and recycle it.
There are 1.8 trillion pieces of rubbish in the area. Most of it is plastic, like bottles, bags and packaging. Plastic rubbish is very bad for birds and fish. They eat the rubbish and may become sick. The Ocean Cleanup says it will be able to clean up half of the rubbish in the area within five years. If this first project works well, The Ocean Cleanup hopes to launch as many as 60 more.
1. Why did Mike make a plan to clean up the ocean? ________| A．Because he loved swimming in the ocean. |
| B．Because he saw there was too much rubbish in the ocean. |
| C．Because he needed to complete a school game. |
| D．Because he wanted to collect money. |
| A．a tube |
| B．wind |
| C．a ship |
| D．waves |
| A．Because they eat the rubbish and get sick. |
| B．Because they like eating plastic rubbish best. |
| C．Because it makes the sea clean. |
| D．Because it pollutes the land. |
| A．A Boy’s Project to Clean up the Ocean |
| B．The Use of the Plastic Tubes |
| C．The Danger of Rubbish in the Ocean |
| D．An Important School Project |
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Library | Events The New York Library offers more than 93,000 programs every year. These programs serve everyone from children to adults. All events are free. |
Public| DATE/TIME | TITLE/DESCRIPTION | LOCATION | AUDIENCE |
| 9:15 a.m. Nov. 10, 2019 (Sun.) | EMAIL FOR BEGINNERS Learn how email works. Sign up for a free email account（账户）. Learn how to send and reply to messages. If you already have an email account, please bring your user ID and password to class. | Riverside Hall | Senior citizens |
| 10.15 a.m. Nov. 11, 2019 (Mon.) | READING TIME Babies from 1 to 12 months old (pre-walkers)and their parents can enjoy great books and beautiful songs and meet other children in the neighborhood. | Stephen A Schwarzman Building | Children |
| 10:30 a.m. Nov. 11, 2019 (Mon.) | BOOK BABIES Babies can listen to stories and songs and meet other children in the neighborhood. For babies aged 10-18 months with a parent. | Tremont Hall | Children |
| 10:30 a.m. Nov. 16, 2019 (Sat.) | TEEN ART If you like art, join us and learn something new! Express yourself using watercolors, crayons and paints. You will create your own pieces of art. | Riverside Hall | Teens |
| 3:30 p.m. Nov. 16, 2019 (Sat.) | SOUNDVIEW CHESS CLUB Do you like playing chess? Show off your best moves against other chess fans! Whether you are good at playing chess or are just staring out, come and join us for some board time. | Soundview Hall | Adults |
| 11:00 a.m. Nov. 18, 2019 (Mon.) | ONE-ONE-ONE COMPUTER HELP Need help with a computer program? Don't understand computer basics? Come to the library where we are glad to help with any questions. | Soundview Hall | Adults |
1. The passage above is aimed at ________.
| A．children in New York City | B．people in New York City |
| C．adults in New York City | D．young parents in New York City |
| A．are under the age of 15 months old | B．have learned to walk |
| C．are above the age of 10 months old | D．haven't yet learned to walk |
| A．Laura. 21, a saleswoman | B．Betty, 67, a retired taxi driver |
| C．Francis, 17, a high school student | D．Steven, 8, a primary school student |
| A．the Teen Art program | B．the Book Babies program |
| C．the Soundview Chess Club program | D．the One-on-One Computer Help program |
| A．The first one is for babies; the second one is for parents with a baby. |
| B．The first one is free; the second one isn't. |
| C．The first one is for younger babies; the second one is for older babies. |
| D．The first one is held inside the New York Public Library; the second one is held outside the library. |
【推荐1】Dr. Chip Taylor teaches biology at a university in the United States. He studies one kind of North American butterfly. During the late summer or autumn, this butterfly travels from Northern USA and Southern Canada to Mexico, covering thousands of miles. Fantastic facts about the butterfly have been drawing Dr. Taylor’s attention.
In Mexico, the butterflies always return to the same small piece of forest, which is only 20 kilometers wide. Here, as many as 230 million butterflies spend the winter. They cover some trees almost completely. The butterflies that return to the south are the great-great grandchildren of the butteries that left for the north. When they begin to travel north in spring, the females lay eggs. They lay eggs on only one plant: milkweed.
But in Mexico, people cut down the trees that the butterflies need to rest on because they want more land for farming. In the United States and Canada, farmers use chemicals that kill milkweed. This worries Dr. Taylor a lot.
Now things are improving. Mexico has begun to protect parts of its forests. The United States and Canada have encouraged farmers to use fewer chemicals.
Scientists still don’t understand how the butterflies know when to fly south. If they are even a few days late, they will freeze (冻僵). And how do all the great-great grandchildren find the same forest in Mexico every year? This is both puzzling and interesting for many scientists.
There are many mysteries yet to be discovered by those interested in science. Would you like to study biology?
1. When do the butterflies lay eggs?| A．In spring. | B．In summer. | C．In autumn. | D．In winter. |
| A．Fantastic facts about the butterflies. |
| B．The plant that the butterflies rest on. |
| C．The troubling living environment of the butterflies. |
| D．Scientists’ puzzle about the butterflies’ living habits. |
| A．Clear facts. | B．Interesting things. |
| C．Awful things. | D．Unknown facts. |
| A．The butterflies know when to fly south. |
| B．The butterflies will freeze when they fly to south. |
| C．The butterflies cover most of the forests in Mexico. |
| D．The butterflies travel about 20 kilometers from north to south. |
| A．Life and Health. | B．Science World. |
| C．Language and Culture. | D．Famous People. |
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Several months ago, an old man in Dalian failed to travel by underground. At the station, he was asked to show his health QR code（二维码）on the smartphone. “What is a QR code?” the old man asked. “I have money to buy a ticket. Why do I need a smartphone?” In the end, he had to leave the station.
Over 10 years ago, people still had to leave their house to buy a train ticket or pay their bills. Now all these can be done with a smartphone, and, in some cases, only with a smartphone. On one hand, the fast development of science and technology is making our life easier. But on the other hand, it is creating problems for old people.
Many old people have devoted their whole life to working for the society, but now it seems the society had left them behind. What can be done to make a difference? Some volunteers are trying to help. They teach the elderly to use smartphones. However, it only helps to solve part of the problem.
Many old people have physical problems. Poor eyesight makes reading on small screens difficult. And their less sensitive（灵敏的）fingers make it hard for them to use touch screens. Perhaps these are problems that smartphone makers should try to deal with.
Moreover, if you have grandparents or know some elderly people, lend a helping hand to them when they need it. And remember to be patient. Technologies that you think are easy to learn may be a huge problem for them.
1. The old man in Dalian left the station because________.| A．he had no money to buy a ticket |
| B．he didn’t have a health QR code |
| C．he refused to show his smartphone |
| A．technology is improving people’s life |
| B．old people cannot get used to the society |
| C．technology has caused problems for old people |
| A．working hard for the society |
| B．making old people’s life easier |
| C．teaching old people to use smartphones |
| A．improve the eyesight of the elderly |
| B．improve the screen of the smartphone |
| C．make the words on the screen simpler |
| A．Lend them a hand. |
| B．Give some money to them |
| C．Take them to the hospital. |
【推荐3】As a middle school student, you may have much stress at school. You may find it hard to deal with it. Here are some suggestions for you.
◆Create a plan
This is a good way for you to deal with stress. You can write down all your class projects, after school activities, and anything else you need to do at school. It is the easiest way to stop yourself from forgetting anything important. Then you will get less stress.
◆Get plenty of sleep
Most teenagers get less than eight hours’ sleeping time each night. This can have a bad influence on your performance at school and give you much stress. So turn off the computer and the phone, and go to bed early at night.
◆Have a healthy “escape” from school
You can try to forget your schoolwork for a while and get relaxed. You can go to the mall, visit the park, hang out with friends or do sports you love. These are all good ways to “escape”.
◆Don’t procrastinate
If you always wait until the last minute to start working, you’ll be easy to get much stress. So don’t procrastinate. When you get some work to do, just do it right away. Dealing with stress can be hard, but not impossible.
1. How many pieces of advice does the writer give us?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．give up doing schoolwork | B．join fewer school activities |
| C．try to forget schoolwork for a while | D．run away from school for a while |
| A．匆忙 | B．拖延 | C．急躁 | D．放弃 |
| A．Difficult. | B．Meaningless. | C．Easy. | D．Impossible. |
| A．suggestions on good sleeping | B．reasons of making a plan |
| C．importance of dealing with stress | D．ways of dealing with stress at school |
