David Attenborough is a well-known English broadcaster（播音员）and natural historian. He has made over 40 documentaries over the past years. At the age of 94, he made one of his best documentaries—A Life on Our Planet. It describes everything he has seen and experienced in his life.
Looking back, Attenborough says what strikes（震撼）him most is that wild animals are becoming harder to find. The documentary shows how the world ecosystem is being destroyed（破坏）by humans, whether it’s the hunting of gorillas and whales or mass destruction（大规模摧毁）of rainforests. All of these can lead to another mass extinction（大灭绝）. As Attenborough says, “In the natural world, no one can stand alone.”
At the end of his film, Attenborough falls silent in front of the camera. David is very nervous because he is thinking about what he has just told us. As I watched it, I felt like I was carrying the weight of the story on my shoulders.
But the documentary doesn’t end there. Attenborough still gives people hope. He says there’s a lot of things we can do to help our planet become “wild” again.
This is a documentary for everyone on the earth because we are all part of it. We need to take action now!
1. Where is David from?2. How old was David when he made A Life on Our Planet?
3. What makes David amazed most when looking back?
4. How does David feel at the end of the film?
5. What can you do to help our planet become “wild” again?
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【推荐1】One of the problems harming our planet is the number of things we throw away. Rubbish of all kinds is piling up in landfill and polluting our rivers and oceans. A more recent addition to the list of things we throw away is e-waste—electronic items ( 物 品 ) that are broken and not recycled. Now solutions are being found to give this waste a new life.
Many millions of tons of televisions, phones, and other electronic products are thrown away each year, partly because it’s cheaper to replace them than to fix them, but also because we don’t have enough skills to repair them. A UN report says 50 million tons of e-waste is produced every year, and it will be more than double to 110 million tons by 2050. That makes it the fastest growing waste in the world.
However, repair events and clubs are getting popular nowadays. That could be part of a solution to the increasingly terrible e-waste problem. The BBC visited a Restart Project in London, which is one of many found around the world. One of its volunteers, Francesco Calo, said that “the purpose of the project is to reduce waste, and help people who cannot afford to repair them.”
As there are many valuable metals (金属) in electrical items, another idea is e-waste mining (矿). An experiment at the University of New South Wales involves taking these materials from electronic products. It’s thought that doing this could be more likely to make money than traditional mining. With phones typically having as many as 60 elements (成分), this could be part of the solution to our desire for new technology.
These projects make total sense—collections of e-waste for recycling are “decreasing” according to Ruediger Kuehr, of the United Nations University. And in countries with no related law, much of it just gets thrown away. However, if the government decides to be involved, there will be some effective methods to deal with e-waste. Take the European Union as an example. It is now trying to solve the problem by insisting companies have to make products longer-lasting and will have to supply spare parts for machines for up to 10 years.
1. What is e-waste?__________________________________________________________________
2. How much e-waste is produced every year according to a UN report?
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3. What’s the purpose of the Restart Project in London?
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4. What can people take from electronic products by e-waste mining?
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5. What’s the passage mainly about?
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It is easy to find a bright yellow bike on a street corner in some cities. You can ride a bike and go anywhere you want. But wait-isn’t it stealing? No one yells（叫喊）because this ride that you paid 1 yuan is just fine with the city.
The idea began in Portland, Oregon（俄勒冈州波特兰市）in the U.S. in 1994. People saw a need for free transportation（交通）, and they wanted to help control pollution（控制污 染）. So, in order to（为了）get people out of their cars onto pollution-free bikes, they started the Yellow Bike Project.
The public bikes are painted bright yellow and put all over the city. People can freely ride the yellow bikes to work, to school…Then they can leave the bike for the next rider after riding. Most people obey the rules today.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1. When did the idea of free yellow bikes begin? （不超过5个单词）
2. What’s the purpose（目的） of starting the Yellow Bike Project? （不超过15个单词）
3. What can we do after riding the yellow bikes? （不超过10个单词）
The name of Kunming is famous all over the world again. On October 11th, many scientists came to take part in a big international meeting, COP 15 in Kunming in southwest China.
• What is COP 15?
The topic of the meeting is about biodiversity. Biodiversity means different animals and plants live in peace on the earth.
• What does COP 15 work for?
Scientists are working hard to protect rainforest and wetland to return home to animals. To stop the sandstorm and improve weather, COP 15 is developing tree planting plans in deserts(沙漠). When we plan to build cities or farms, we need to make good use of the earth’s land and seas.
• What are the goals(目标) of COP 15?
Scientists hope to protect at least 30% of land on the earth. To do this, we should stop factories from polluting the air and water. We also need to try our best to stop too many ecosystems(生态系统) disappearing, because they offer our basic needs in life.
Protecting other living things means protecting ourselves.
1. When did the scientists come to take part in COP 15?2. What does biodiversity mean?
3. Why is COP 15 developing tree planting plans in deserts?
4. How much land do scientists hope to protect on the earth?
5. What should we stop factories from doing?
When he was a child, Rain was very quiet. But in Grade Six, Rain surprised all of his classmates. He danced for them. After the excellent dancing, everyone looked at him in a different way.
Rain’s Songs sell well and he acts in a few TV shows. Rain doesn’t want to sing forever(永远) . “When I stop singing, I’d like to design clothes. Being a designer is my childhood dream.” he said.
Please answer the following questions with no more than 5 words!
1. Where does Rain come from?
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2. Who gave him the name Rain?
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3. How old is Rain now?
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4. Why did Rain surprise his classmates in Grade Six?
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5. What did Rain want to be when he was a child?
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Alleviating poverty（扶贫）is not an easy thing for all countries. However, China has made great progress in it. It has gained lots of useful experience. It also gives the rest of the world ideas for fighting against poverty.
Mejury Chipato is a student from Zimbabwe. In 2016, she came to China to study. In the past few years, she has seen the rapid growth of our country. She has also learnt a lot about alleviating poverty. She wants to play her part in growing her country’s economy（经济）by using the experience she has got in China.
As a business center, the prices of materials are not high in China. So Mejury decided to make good use of the fact. In 2020, she opened a factory with her Chinese partners. They made modern and beautiful shoes for women and then sold them both in Zimbabwe and China. To their surprise, the shoes became popular in a short time.
Mejury set up Patience of Hope Foundation to pay for poor children’s education. She will open a shoe factory in Zimbabwe in the future. “My Chinese partners will come to Zimbabwe to teach us and help to create our local industries for shoes, which will not only create jobs for the local people, but will provide the people with useful knowledge and also help to improve the economy of our country. I’m really proud that China is my second home. It gives me a chance to learn and make a difference,” Mejury told the reporter.
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Do you like playing xiangqi(Chinese chess)? Yan Zixi likes it and plays it very well. She is a 12-year-old girl, from Ningbo Foreign Language School, Zhejiang. She is the youngest xiangqi master of China. She is among the top five of the Chinese National Xiangqi Championship(锦标赛).
How does she become so good at xiangqi? Yan plays xiangqi for four years. Her parents make her play xiangqi because they want her to learn some Chinese characters from it. She then enjoys playing it very much and it becomes part of her life.
Later，she begins to take part in lots of competitions(比赛，竞赛).The competition next week in Shanghai is the most important one for her. She prepares well for it. For three months, she practices from 7 am to 11 pm every day. “Playing xiangqi makes me more open-minded(思维开阔的),” she says, “it’s also good for my math”.
“In the future, I want to start a xiangqi club at school,” she says, “I want to be the president(社长) of it.”
1. How old is Yan Zixi?2. Why do Yan’s parents make her play xiangqi?
3. Where is the competition next week?
4. Is playing xiangqi good for Yan’s English?
5. What does Yan want to do in the future?
Because of his excellent performance, Hao Yongquan, 58, was chosen as Gansu’s most beautiful forest ranger (护林员) in December, 2023.
Hao has been a forest ranger for 37 years since he stopped serving in the army in 1987. He and his workmates at Guanyin Forest Farm are called the “forests eyes” and “green guardians”.
“Daily work usually starts with patrolling (巡逻). Every morning, we carry necessary equipment after having breakfast and then set off to forests with dry food and water bottles, patrolling until it gets dark,” Hao said.
Rangers have been living in the mountains and forests for years, getting used to difficulties and loneliness. They always go out early and return at sunset during the whole year, and their duty is to protect green mountains and clear waters.
A forest ranger often has to walk more than 12 kilometers a day, and a pair of shoes wears out in two to three months, according to Hao.
Hao Yongquan works at Liuping Forest Management Office. It manages 10,511.6 hectares (公顷).
“Because of poor road conditions, if rangers go to the farthest villages for patrols, they have to walk 30 to 40 kilometers on mountain roads, climb four mountains, and cross more than 10 rivers,” Hao said. “And each patrol takes three to four days.”
When Hao returns from his patrol every day, he writes down the results in the patrol diary, recording his love for mountains and forests.
“The environment is improving day by day, and that makes me feel my work is worth it,” he said.
1. When was Hao Yongquan chosen as Gansu’s most beautiful forest ranger?2. What are Hao Yongquan and his workmates called?
3. What is the duty of the forest rangers?
4. How many days does the farthest village patrol take?
5. Why does Hao Yongquan feel his work is worth it?
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| The news you want—the way you want it Monday, May 24, 2021 CHILDREN IN NEED  On Friday, the children and staff(教职员) at Camberwell Grammar School dressed up as heroes and superheroes to raise money for children in need. The money we raised will go to the charities(慈善机构) across the country to help and support children who are less fortunate than us. In total, more than $300 has been raised. |
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On Feb 24, Su Yiming was very happy! The 18-year-old snowboarder got a special letter, from President Xi Jinping.
In the letter, Xi congratulated (祝贺) Su and the other athletes at the Beijing Winter Olympics. “We are living in an era (时代) for young people to achieve their dreams,” Xi said in the letter. He hopes that young Chinese people always keep the motherland in their hearts, aim high (志存高远), and stay grounded.
After winning his gold medal (金牌), Su knew that it was thanks to this strong motherland that he could make his dream come true. “I wanted to write a letter to President Xi,” Su told People’s Daily, “I really wanted to thank him from the bottom of my heart.”
In 2019, Xi met with athletes and coaches (教练) in Beijing. Su was one of the athletes. Xi told them to “aim high”. Xi’s words encouraged (鼓励) Su a lot. “4. I decided to believe in myself, and I must try my best to make my dream come true,” Su said.
How did it feel to get a reply from Xi? “I couldn’t believe it at first,” Su told People’s Daily. “5.未来我会更加努力.”
1. Why was Su Yiming very happy on Feb 24?2. Xi Jinping hopes that young Chinese people always keeps the motherland in their hearts,
3. Did Su get a gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics?
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