Genesis Butler has been vegan (素食主义者) since she was 6. Now 15, her dream is to protect animals and the environment, and she has been encouraging other kids to join her.
“When I first became a vegan, I knew animals were killed to produce our food and felt sorry about it. Then I found out how eating too many animals was also bad for our planet. I wanted more people to know that when they’re eating animal products, they’re making a choice that influence how the future will be for everyone,” she said.
To spread her ideas, Genesis presented for the TED program at age 10, becoming one of the youngest TED speakers ever.
In 2020, Genesis started her own nonprofit organization (非营利性组织), Genesis for Animals. And it raises money to support animal sanctuaries (收容所) around the world. She also led Youth Climate Save, a campaign (运动) that asks people to buy fewer animal products. “It’s important that kids speak up, because it shows they’re really worried about their future,” said Genesis.
“A lot of young people are thinking, ‘What can I do about climate (气候) change?’ I started Youth Climate Save because there were kids who needed support to become activists and get the word out there.”
Genesis has a strong feeling of wanting to save the environment. Marvel (漫威) discovers that she is the hero they are looking for. She is now a member of Marvel’s Hero Project. Her story will be made into a movie and shown on Disney. It shows how a young hero can work to make a difference in the world.
1. When did Genesis become a vegan?2. How did Genesis spread her ideas of protecting animals and the environment?
3. What is Youth Climate Save?
4. Why did Genesis start Youth Climate Save?
5. Will there be a movie about Genesis in the future?
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China has the biggest population of all the countries in the world. Many of its people used to live in poverty (贫困). In 2012, there were still 98.99 million people living below the poverty line. China set a goal of ending poverty by the end of 2020. This goal has been reached. China has its own way to fight poverty. Ordinary people helped make this possible. Let’s learn more about what they did.
Zhang Guimei helps girls to go to college. She is the headmaster of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Lijiang, Yunnan. It was the first free senior high school for girls in China. Years ago, Zhang saw her students quit (离开) school after finishing senior high school. Many of them could go to college. However, their family couldn’t pay their fees. So Zhang started the school in 2008. She tried to look for donations (捐赠) for the school and students. She also encouraged girls to come back to school. Her hard work paid off. The school has sent more than 1,800 students to college.
1. How many people lived below the poverty in 2012?2. Has the goal of ending poverty been reached by the end of 2020?
3. Why did the students who could go to college quit school?
4. When did Zhang Guimei start the school?
5. What do you think of Zhang Guimei?
There are many elderly people in Erdingford living on their own. Most of them find it difficult to go out and to look after themselves. Yet most of them love their homes and want to go on living in them as long as possible. Helping Hand is an organization and it helps such people to live independent lives in their own homes.
But our work depends on volunteers. They visit our clients (客户) and help them with daily activities, or just stay together with them for an hour or so. Some of the elderly clients we help have poor eyesight and often they need someone to read to them. Others just want to enjoy some friendly talks or playing cards or chess.
What you do for your client depends on three sides — you, your Volunteer Support Officer and the person you are helping. If you are not happy to do something, you can say no freely.
Working in Helping Hand is a win-win on both sides. On one hand, the volunteer can help to keep our elderly clients independent. On the other hand, volunteers learn so much from their clients’ life experience. As the 18-year-old volunteer Roy said, “I thought voluntary work would be a matter of doing little jobs for an old person I didn’t know, and then feeling glad with myself because I’d done something good. But it wasn’t really like that. It was more like a friendship: I learnt so much from Margaret about her generation (一代) , how things were in the past, and about life itself. And she took me seriously and always listened to what I said carefully. ”
1、2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第四段的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. Most elderly people in Erdingford want to live in
2. The
3. What did Roy learn from the voluntary work?
4.
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【推荐3】A ten-year-old girl raised over 30,000 pounds for a children's hospice(收容所)in just eight months. What she did was to play her violin to the people who passed by in the street.Madison Glinski from the UK is a very caring girl. She made a New Year's resobution to help poor children last year. She planned to try and raise 500 pounds for a local children's hospice before Christmas. But since she began playing the violin in the street at Easter, she had raised a surprising 32, 520 pounds by the end of the year. She also raised money by selling her own toys.
Madison's mother supported her daughter's idea. She saild, “Madison has a musical talent.She has played the violin since the age of four. I am glad that she has used it to help others. She has special passion (热情)and dedication (奉献)for it.”
It is not the first time for Madison to help others. A few years ago, Madion asked her parents if they could all go to Africa at Christmas to help the children there. She collected toys, shoes, school things and clothes from her friends and neighbors to take to Africa. As soon as the family returned, Madison started to plan for the next trip.
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
1. How did Madison Glinki raise money for the children's hospice?
2. Who supported her idea in her family?
3. How long has she played the violin?
4. What did she do to help the children in Africa a few years ago?
5. What do you think of Madison Glinski？
Dogs like living with people. They are very friendly. They can do many things for people. Some dogs help people to look after sheep, other dogs help them to find the lost children. And some of the dogs can help the blind(盲人), they are the Seeing Eye Dogs.
Now we can see this kind of dogs all over the world. They work for the blind.
The Seeing Eye dog is strong and easy to train(训练). He helps the blind to walk from place to place. Before a dog becomes a Seeing Eye dog, it must go to a training school for about three months. First the dog has to learn to sit or stay when he hears the trainer’s call. In his next lesson the dog learns to take his trainer across busy streets. The dog has many things to learn. At the end of the training school he must take tests(测试). When it passes the test, it can become the Seeing Eye dog.
The new master may be a man, a woman, or even a child. It takes the dog and his blind master about a month to learn to work and live together.
1. Are dogs very friendly?______________________________________________________________________
2. What kind of people does Seeing Eye dog work for?
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3. How long must a dog stay in a training school before it becomes a Seeing Eye Dog?
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4. What does a dog have to do at the end of the training school?
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5. Where can we see the Seeing Eye Dogs?
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【推荐2】The Earth Is Getting Greener
NASA has got some good news for us. The world is a greener place today than it was 20 years ago. How does this happen? Well, it appears China and India are leading the change.
NASA researchers compared satellite data(卫星数据) from the mid-1990s to today. They found that the whole world’s green leaf area had increased by 5% since the early 2000s. That’s about the same area as the whole Amazon rain forest. At first, the researchers were unsure what caused the large increase in greening around the planet. After further study, they found that greening was mostly in China and India.
China and India have the world’s biggest population. In the past, they were considered to have harmed the environment seriously. But the two countries have made the largest greening of the planet exist in the past twenty years.
The tree-planting programmes in both countries have made huge contributions to the whole world’s greening trend(趋势). China has carried out the programmes to protect forests and make them larger. These programmes were developed to keep soil in place to reduce air pollution and so on. India continues to break world records in tree planting. It was reported that 800,000 Indians planted 50 million trees in one day in 2016.
The greening trend has also caused by intensive(集中的) agriculture in both countries. Both countries have greatly increased food pollution in order to feed their large populations.
However, the researchers warned that we should not be happy with the situation. Some of the natural green leaf areas in the earth are getting smaller at the same time. The gain in global greenness does not offset(抵消) the losses.
1. How much had the whole world’s green leaf area increased since the early 2000s?2. According to the passage, what has made the whole world’s greening trend happen?
3. Do you think the environment in Suzhou will get better? Why or why not?
【推荐3】Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can't talk with words but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a "school. They don't study, but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals (哺乳动物), not fish, but they swim together in a school.
Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say "Welcome" when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because the sounds are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch dolphins for a large aquarium (An aquarium is a zoo for fish). People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don't like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody's life, Dolphin meat is good, but people don t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
1. How can dolphins express their feeling?2. What is a school of dolphins?
3. Why cannot people hear these sounds the dolphins make?
4. How does a dolphin feel in an aquarium?
5. Why don’t people like to kill dolphins?
【推荐1】Car Free Day encourages drivers to give up their cars for a day to protect the environment. People from around the world get together in the streets to remind the world that we don't have to accept the society full of cars.
It was first started by 35 cities in France and September 22 is Car Free Day. The first Car Free Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. The slogan for the day is "If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day. "
Organized activities are held in many cities on Car Free Day. In Brussels,Car Free Day shall be valid （有效的）for everybody except persons with a special permit （许可证） , but they have to （2） slow down to the speed of 30 kilometers per hour, The public transportation is free on that day. In London, they have special green areas" . Walking, biking, and public transportation are encouraged. The streets are open only to walkers, bicycles and buses from 7:00 a. m. to 7:00 p. m. In Beijing, it asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. More and more people are joining in the activity. In the first quarter of this year, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days, and you may see haze （雾霾）almost every day! We must do more for Car Free Day as a Beijing driver said, “We may not change the weather，but we can choose not to drive. "
But we do not want just one day and then a return to "normal"life. We should go on with Car Free Day.
1. 回答问题: Where was Carr Free Day started first?2. 翻译划线句子。
3. 猜词义: The underlined phrase "slow down" means
4. 列举在Car Free Day这一天，可以采取的出行方式。（三种）:
5. 判断正（A）误（B）。
Everyone can drive except persons with a special permit.
People don't pay for the public transportation on that day.
6. The purpose of Car Free Day is
There are many wetlands in China and some of them have become the world’s important wetlands. The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are among them. They are in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. They are home for many different kinds of animals. The world’s largest Milu Deer Nature Reserve is in them. More than 700 Milu deer live freely there. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world, but every winter you can see some in the Red-crowned Crane Nature Reserve in the Yellow Sea Wetlands.
The temperature in the wetlands is usually neither too high nor too low. There is a lot of rain and sunshine, too. They are really good places for wildlife. Offering（提供）food and home for some special kinds of animals is not the only reason why we need to protect wetlands. Wetlands are important because they also prevent flood. But some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and less space for wildlife.
Luckily, more and more people are beginning to realize that we should protect the wetlands as soon as possible. Every year, on February 2nd, people have many activities to tell other people more about wetlands.
根据上面短文的内容，回答问题。（每题答案不超过六个单词）
1. Where is the Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands?
2. How many Milu deer live in Milu Deer Nature Reserve?
3. Why are wetlands important for human beings besides（除……之外，还）offering food and home for some special kinds of animals?
4. What can you see every winter in the Red-crowned Crane Nature Reserve in the Yellow Sea Wetlands?
5. When do people have many activities every year to tell other people more about wetlands?
Ryrkaypiy, a village with about 700 people, is located in the northeast of Russia. Standing on the coast of the Arctic Ocean, it has to brave both the Arctic’s cold weather and wild animals like polar bears. Most of the area’s polar bears live a few miles away from Ryrkaypiy. Only a few bears come near to the village now and then.
But last winter, over 50 polar bears went to Ryrkaypiy in search of food. The villagers were told to stay indoors to avoid danger. Now polar bears come to the village more often and in larger numbers than ever.
Although polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their life on the sea ice. The ice gives them a place where they can have a rest and catch fish. But as the temperature rises because of global warming, the bears have started to find their home disappearing.
Polar bears normally go onto dry land in summer, and return to the ice when the ocean freezes again in autumn. But over the past few years, the ocean has frozen later and later, and the ice area has become smaller and smaller. Unable to live on the ice, hungry polar bears have to look for food on land, including villages like Ryrkaypiy.
In some countries, polar bears are considered as endangered animals. If the earth becomes so warm that there is no longer enough ice for the bears to live on, there will probably be no polar bears.
Immediate action must be taken to protect both polar bears and humans.
1. Why did polar bears go to Ryrkaypiy last winter?2. What can polar bears do on the sea ice?
3. When do polar bears normally go onto dry land?
4. What will probably happen to polar bears if there is not enough ice?
5. What’s the passage mainly about?
Paul is eleven years old. He lives with his parents in the USA. Paul’s birthday is coming. He wants to get some nice gifts (礼物).
Paul has an aunt. She is in Kenya. She has a great idea. She gives some money (钱) to a group to celebrate (庆祝) Paul’s birthday. The group helps save elephants.
On Paul’s birthday, he gets an e-mail from the group. They say thanks to him. Paul is very happy. He wants to learn about elephants and the group’s work. So he finds time to go to Kenya with his mother. The boy loves the animals and he wants to help save them, too.
When Paul comes back, he sets up (创建) a group. It tells people to save the elephants in Kenya. Paul also works to make money for an elephant park in Thailand. “On my next birthday,” he says, “I don’t need any gifts. I hope my friends can give money to the park.”
Paul loves his work and he is happy he can help elephants.
1. Who gives money to a group for Paul’s birthday?2. What does the group say in the e-mail?
3. Where does Paul go with his mother?
4. 请将划线句子翻译成汉语。
5. Which one is the best title (标题) for the passage?
| A．Paul’s birthday | B．A special birthday gift | C．Love elephants |
"Mom， I dreamed about you all night． I dreamt that you had come back to me， but I know you are gone……" says a post﹣80s girl named Lulu in a Sina Weibo post．
Lulu has been " talking " to her deceased（已故的） mother through her microblog for the past four years． Her act has moved millions of Chinese netizens， Xinhua reported last Tuesday．
The girl from Shenyang posted the first to her mother on June， 2012， just over a week， after her mother passed away． " I will keep talking to you until I leave the world．" Lulu wrote． Since then， she has kept updating her post almost every day， expressing how she misses her mother and also shares exciting or sad moments of her daily life．
Lulu said it's her way to "keep in touch" with her mother， as she used to talk with her three to four time a day when she was alive．
During the past four years， she has posted over 1，200messages and got 86，583followers so far． One internet user said， " Every tweet moves me to tears， and thank you for reminding more people to cherish（珍惜） each day we have with our mother．" Another said this was the most touching microblog ever．
Lulu said she was pleased that her microblog made more people realize their filial （子女的） duties and she hopes young people could take more time to be with their parents．
1. Where did Lulu write letters to her deceased mother， in Sina Weibo or Xinhua Daily？2. When did Lulu post the first message to her mother？
3. How often did Lulu use to talk to her mother when she was alive？
4. How many followers has Lulu got in the past four years？
5. After reading the blogs， what did some people think of it？
6. What can people get from Lulu's blog？
【推荐3】A warmer winter for “Ice Boy”
A photo showing a boy with icy hair once drew wide attention on social media in 2018. In that photo, a boy’s hair has turned icy white, as well as his eyebrows and eyelashes, and his face is red. The 9-year-old schoolboy, Wang Fuman, was then nicknamed “Ice Boy”. Living with his sister and grandmother, he had to walk nearly 5 kilometers in the snow to attend school. His father worked away from home and his mother had left the family. After the photo was taken and released online by his teacher, the boy’s story touched many people. One web user commented, “Boy, all that you suffer now will light your way in the future!”
Later, as social attention increased, Wang’s life has greatly improved. Having learned about the story of her son, his mother immediately returned to reunite (团聚) with her son. And Wang’s father also received a new job as a construction worker, with much higher pay. The family has moved to a new house, which is also about 10 minute-walk to school.
The local government and charities also offered money to the school for reconstruction. Now, not only can students learn in modern labs, those who live far can also sleep in the newly-built dorm (宿舍楼).
More importantly, beyond Wang and his family, many other ice boys and girls have benefited from China’s poverty alleviation (扶贫) efforts in the past years.
“I’m thankful to all those warmhearted people who’ve helped us. I’ll study hard to pay back their support,” the young boy said, with a smile on his red face.
1. The boy was called “Ice Boy” because he sold ice-cream, wasn’t he?2. Who took and released the photo of Wang?
3. What did Wang’s mother do on knowing the story of her son?
4. How long does it take Wang to walk to school now?
5. What can students do after the school was reconstructed?
They can
6. The author mentioned Wang’ red face twice in the story. What do they show? The “red face” in Paragraph 1 shows
