1 . New Zealand
| What can you see? Mountains, volcanoes, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, forests, beaches. Both islands are mountainous. In fact, only 30% of New Zealand is flat. | The Maoris When the Maoris first arrived in New Zealand, they lived in villages and were excellent fishermen, hunters and farmers. About 50 years ago, many Maoris started to live and work in the large cities and took jobs in the government, industries, medicine and education. They are proud of their culture and decide to keep many of the customs which are part of their way of life. |
| Who can you meet? Most people live on North Island. Eighty-five percent of New Zealanders are “pakeha” (“white men”), which means their “great grandfathers” came from Europe. Ten percent are Maoris. The Maoris came to New Zealand from the Polynesian islands probably around the tenth century. The “pakeha” started to arrive in New Zealand from Europe about 200 years ago as farmers and traders. | Fact box: New Zealand. Position: South of the equator(赤道). Nearest neighbour: Australia, 1,600 km away. Size: Two main islands —North Island and South Island: together they are 268.680 square kilometers. Population: 4 million. Capital: Wellington. Languages: English and Maori. |
| A．Four million white people. | B．20% of the population being Maoris. |
| C．About 1, 600 km south of the equator. | D．Nearly 1/3 of the country being plains. |
| A．the white people and the Polynesians | B．the white people and the “pakeha” |
| C．the Maoris and the white people | D．the Maoris and the Polynesians |
| A．Living in small villages. | B．Developing farming skills. |
| C．Keeping their own culture. | D．Taking up government jobs. |
NYC Parks offers a variety of events, programs and activities made with kids especially in mind. Children will have plenty to keep them active throughout the year no matter what their interests are.
Jr. Knicks Basketball Clinic (培训班)
8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Instructor: Jonathan Ogeleza
Location: Sorrentino Recreation Center
This instructional basketball clinic will provide an opportunity for youth, regardless of skill, to have a positive basketball experience. Children will have the opportunity to learn and practice their basketball skills through a series of training. This specific clinic is for youth ages 10-12.
Fort Tryon Kids Art: Winter Craft Workshop
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Ages 5-12
Location: J. Hood Wright Recreation Center
Identify the year-round birds found in Fort Tryon Park and find out which evergreen plants support them in the park. Then, create bird feeders for your home with local artist Jessica Maffia to help birds during the cold winter months!
TEEN Word Game Hour
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Instructor: Sidikha Ashraf
Location: Al Oerter Recreation Center
Do you love word games? Welcome to Word Game Hour! Play a variety of word games outside of the classics and build that already impressive vocabulary of yours. If you've never played a word game before, then we want you to come even more. This isn't just for professionals. This is for fun!
Share, Grow and Give on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location: Randall's Island Park
In 1958, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Harlem for the signing of his book, Stride Toward Freedom. Join us on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Randall's Island Park. We will create a community collage (拼贴画) centered around excerpts (节选) from Dr. King's book. Keeping with the essence of Martin Luther King Jr. Day being a day of service, there will also be an opportunity to keep our park clean and beautiful.
1. What do we know about the program instructed by Jonathan Ogeleza?| A．It asks children to protect birds. |
| B．B. It is held at Randall's Island Park. |
| C．It is designed for children ages 5 to 10. |
| D．It helps kids to develop their basketball skills. |
| A．4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. | B．1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. |
| C．8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | D．11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
| A．TEEN Word Game Hour. |
| B．Jr. Knicks Basketball Clinic. |
| C．Fort Tryon Kids Art: Winter Craft Workshop. |
| D．Share, Grow and Give on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. |
3 . 4 WRITING COMPETITIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Calling all high school student writers! If you’re looking for scholarships or ways to support your future education, look no further than writing competitions.
Below are 4 writing competitions for high school students. Check them now!
Scholastic Writing Awards
The Scholastic Writing Awards celebrate was created by students aged 13 and older in grades 7 through 12 across the country. You can submit(提交) all kinds of writing works, including science fiction, humor, short plays, and more.
Gold medal winners can earn a $10,000 scholarship, and silver medal winners can earn a$1,000 scholarship. The fee to apply is $7 for a single entry.
Young Lions Fiction Award
To apply for this award, any writer aged 35 or younger may submit a novel or collection of short stories. Each year, a group of experts including Young Lions members, writers, and librarians select the winner.
The winner of this award will receive a $11.000 scholarship.
NSHSS Creative Writing Scholarship
High school students of all ages can have access to this creative writing scholarship. Students can submit works (that have not been published before)in one or both categories (类别): poetry and fiction.
A prize of $2,000 ill be awarded to one student winner in each category.
We the Students Essay Competitions
This competition asks students to answer the question, “What are the important qualities of a citizen in your community in 21st century America?” in an essay between 500 and 800 words. Students must be US citizens between the ages of 14 and 19 to apply.
One national winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize and six runners-up will receive $1,250 each.
1. If you have created a short play, which competition is suitable for you to enter?| A．Scholastic Writing Awards. | B．Young Lions Fiction Award. |
| C．NSHSS Creative Writing Scholarship. | D．We the Students Essay Competition. |
| A．Scholastic Writing Awards. | B．Young Lions Fiction Award. |
| C．NSHSS Creative Writing Scholarship. | D．We the Students Essay Competition. |
| A．A club’s poster. | B．A teaching plan. | C．A school’s website. | D．A principal’s speech. |
4 . Long ago, poems were recited loud instead of being written down. Back when the Greeks first started the Olympics, they held poetry
Now, poetry competitions have been revived. This year 120,000 high school students competed in the first Poetry Out Loud national recitation competition,
The first competitions were held in classrooms. The winners went on to school wide contests, and then they competed in city and state competitions.
It’s not just a matter of saying the words in the right order. It’s the tone of
Not only do the people hearing poems have a(n)
| A．connections | B．contests | C．contacts | D．compositions |
| A．performing | B．hearing | C．admiring | D．comprehending |
| A．However | B．Besides | C．Finally | D．Therefore |
| A．poet | B．performer | C．student | D．champion |
| A．against | B．for | C．in | D．at |
| A．finals | B．competitions | C．activities | D．ceremonies |
| A．awarded | B．won | C．rewarded | D．achieved |
| A．set off | B．set up | C．put off | D．put out |
| A．acquiring | B．finding | C．hearing | D．reading |
| A．drama | B．rhyme | C．voice | D．poetry |
| A．literature | B．history | C．art | D．words |
| A．fresh | B．innocent | C．amusing | D．confusing |
| A．wonderful | B．pleasant | C．unforgettable | D．new |
| A．learning | B．writing | C．memorizing | D．selecting |
| A．feature | B．benefit | C．satisfaction | D．option |
5 . Spring is a fine season. It lights up people’s moods and brings hope. When you bathe in the warm spring breeze(微风), what comes into your mind? Let’s see what Meng Haoran from China and William Blake from the UK wrote about spring.
1. According to the passage spring is .
| A．silent | B．useless | C．boring | D．hopeful |
| A．sunny | B．rainy | C．snowy | D．cloudy |
| A．flowers | B．fruit | C．sky | D．birds |
| A．Stories. | B．Novels. | C．Poems. | D．Fictions. |
6 . Summer Nights 2022 - The Blue Room Theatre
Summer Nights is a program of theatre and performance held every year at the Blue Room Theatre during Perth’s Summer Festival Season. Information about some of the shows included in Summer Nights 2022 is listed below.
Conversations with a Fish
Ages: 14 years and older
Dates: Thursday, 27 January 2022 to Thursday, 3 February 2022
Running Time: 70 minutes
Ticket Prices: Early Bird $21.00, Full Price $28.00, Concession (减价票) $23.00
Show Summary:
A fish faces different existential dilemmas (困境) relating to human experience. What happens? You decide.
107
Ages: 15 years and older
Dates: Thursday, 27 January 2022 to Saturday, 5 February 2022
Running Time: 90 minutes
Ticket Prices: Early Bird $23.00, Full Price $30.00, Concession $25.00
Show Summary:
Four students, four girls of colour, four young people just try to get through high school and figure out their place in the world.
She’s Terribly Greedy
Ages: 15 years and older
Dates: Thursday, 27 January 2022 to Thursday, 3 February 2022
Running Time: 50 minutes
Ticket Prices: Early Bird $21.00, Full Price $28.00, Concession $23.00
Show Summary:
20-year-old Ellenore looks at a feast (盛宴), each plate a different future calling out to her － and she wants everything. She wants to wear every dress hanging in her closet. She wants every possible version of herself. Yet here she stands, looking at her future, and can’t choose.
Utopia
Ages: 16 years and older
Dates: Tuesday, 8 February 2022 to Saturday, 12 February 2022
Running Time: 45 minutes
Ticket Prices: Early Bird $18.00, Full Price $25.00, Concession $20.00
Show Summary:
Utopia is a work of anger, despair and resilience (适应力) ... an expression from a young man watching horrors (可怕的经历) unfold in his homeland Afghanistan and across the world.
1. What is the normal ticket price of Conversations with a Fish?| A．$21.00. | B．$23.00. | C．$25.00. | D．$28.00. |
| A．They are for the same age group. | B．They last the same length of time. |
| C．They charge the same ticket price. | D．They are shown on the same dates. |
| A．107. | B．Utopia. | C．She s Terribly Greedy. | D．Conversations with a Fish. |
7 . Scotland is a country in Great Britain, to the north of England. Scotland has nearly 800 islands, but people only live on some of them. About five million people live in Scotland, which is 8.5% of the UK population. Most people live in the south of the country, in and around the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth and Dundee.
Language
In Scotland, most people speak English and Scots and a minority speak Scottish Gaelic, an old Celtic language which is very different from English. Scots is spoken by young and old people and sometimes people mix Scots and English. Some words in Scots are the same as in English and some are different.
Sport
The most popular sport in Scotland is football and famous teams include Celtic and Rangers, from Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest city. Another popular game, golf, was invented in Scotland in the Middle Ages. You can go skiing in winter at Scotland’s five mountain ski fields and any time of the year at snow sports centers around the country.
Food
When people think of Scottish food, they often think of haggis, a type of sausage made from parts of a sheep. However, Scotland is also known for its variety of seafood and beef.
Symbols
Blue is a colour which is often connected with Scotland. The Scottish flag is blue with a white X-shaped cross called the Saint Andrew’s cross. St Andrew is the Patron Saint(守护神) of Scotland. Everywhere you go in Scotland, you will see tartan(苏格兰格子呢), kilts and bagpipes. Also, look out for the national animal, the unicorn, and the thistle, the national flower of Scotland.
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?| A．The Scottish live separately on 800 islands. |
| B．Most of the Scottish live in big cities. |
| C．8.5% of the UK population live in Scotland. |
| D．Scotland lies to the north of Great Britain. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．Scotland is the birthplace of golf. |
| B．Celtic and Rangers are famous golf clubs. |
| C．The special Scottish food is its seafood. |
| D．The Scottish flag is white with a blue cross. |
8 . Bria Neff, at age 11, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was named a winner of the 2018 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. Each year, the Barron Prize celebrates 25 outstanding young people from across North America who have made a huge positive difference to people and the environment.
Bria founded “Faces of the Endangered” to protect endangered species through the sale of her artwork. She has sold over 250 paintings of endangered animals and given away more than $33,000 to animal conservation (保护) groups. Bria has also published two educational coloring books; income helps support the zoo’s endangered species. She uses her website to present the challenges facing endangered animals, inspiring followers in 48 countries.
Bria began her work at the age of 8, when she won an art competition hosted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. She was shocked to learn that there are over 3,000 endangered species and decided to combine her enthusiasm for painting with her love of animals to show species in danger of extinction (灭绝). She carefully researches each animal before painting it. “I hope I can inspire kids like me to believe they can do great things,” says Bria.
The Barron Prize was founded in 2001 by author T. A. Barron and was named after his mother, Gloria Barron. Each year 25 Barron Prize winners show the great diversity of America. They are female and male, and from various backgrounds Many of them have focused on helping their communities and humans many others have focused on protecting the environment. “We need our heroes today more than ever. That is the purpose of the Barron Prize:to shine a spotlight (聚光灯) on these amazing young people so that their stories will inspire others,” says Barron.
1. Which of the following best describes Bria Neff?| A．Inspiring and responsible. | B．Honest and reliable. |
| C．Brave and hard-working. | D．Smart and patient. |
| A．To show her gift for painting. | B．To help endangered animals. |
| C．To honor extinct species. | D．To make herself a hero. |
| A．It is intended for all Americans. |
| B．It is named after a famous writer. |
| C．It concentrates on the education for young kids. |
| D．It encourages the young to make a difference to the world. |
| A．A research paper. | B．A public speech. |
| C．A news report. | D．A history book. |
9 . Months ago, a 76-year-old woman named Marie Boyer fell in her house. For days, she was incapable of moving. Because her windows were closed, no one could hear her cry out.
On the fourth day, her regular mail carrier, Lisa Sweeney, returned from vacation and noticed something wrong. Though she and Marie hadn’t had much conversation over the years, Lisa knew her customer’s habits. The mails in the mailbox, untouched garbage cans in front of the house and the car in the driveway were clear warning signs. She knocked on the door next to Marie’s, but the man in the house had been away on vacation too and didn’t know anything. “I just had a feeling that Marie was inside,” Lisa says. She called the police and continued on her route, but kept circling back to Marie’s house until the police arrived.
Rescuers broke in through a back window to discover Marie unconscious (不省人事的). Learning that Marie was still alive, Lisa burst into tears, so glad that her customer of 11 years had been rescued.
Since that August day, Marie has moved into an assisted-living facility, but Lisa visits her regularly and still brings her mail. They even celebrated Marie’s 77th birthday at a restaurant across the street. Lisa’s son has been known to stop by to see Marie too. The close connection forged that summer day continues stronger than ever.
On Thanksgiving Day, Lisa’s home held extra guests: Marie and her son, daughter-in-law and daughter. It was their first Thanksgiving together as a family since Marie’s own mother passed away. Lisa brought Marie over early to watch the programme on TV together as well as one of the turkeys frying outside. Marie also got in some quality animal time with Lisa’s six cats and one dog.
Due to Lisa’s offer to step forward, Marie is fortunate to have a new life. “Actually, it’s lucky for me too. My life has become more colorful and happier because I have a new family member: Marie,” Lisa says.
1. Why did Lisa knock on the door of Marie’s neighbor?| A．To ask about Marie’s habits. | B．To tell him to call the police. |
| C．To remind him to collect his mails. | D．To know what had happened to Marie. |
| A．She was ashamed of her mistake. | B．She was worried about the late mails. |
| C．She was scared of rescuers’ rude behaviour. | D．She was too happy for Marie’s being saved. |
| A．Destroyed. | B．Built. | C．Affected. | D．Judged. |
| A．She feels grateful for having Marie as her family. |
| B．Marie’s family treated her well after the accident. |
| C．It’s a little difficult for Marie to start a new life. |
| D．Family members should always support each other. |
10 . Bioengineering has the power to improve health globally by developing diagnostic (诊断法), treatment and disease monitoring platforms that function in diverse settings. This conference aims at improving the open exchange of ideas between bioengineers, clinical researchers, healthcare providers, funding and community partners, policymakers and educators, discussing the current impact of bioengineering on solving global health challenges and how to connect with communities.
This conference aims to provide a forum (论坛) to present research about:
► Improving for global health: low-cost diagnostics
► Establishing effective treatment
► Funding and publishing global health-related bioengineering research
► Providing training and education as a means to advance global health
► Capacity building for disease prevention
Submission Deadline September 8, 2023
PLEASE NOTE: You must register for the conference in order to be accepted.
How to submit:
1. Click “Submit Abstract”
2. Create an account, follow the steps and submit your research
3. Register for the conference
4. Check your email for a decision email
You will be informed via email shortly after the deadline whether you have been accepted or not.
* Submission confirmation and future communications will come from a natuteconferences@nature.com email address.
Fee:
Student | Professional (not for profit) | Professional (for profit) |
Regular Registration $ 299 | Regular Registration (by or before Sept 8, 2023) $550 Late Registration (from Sept 9, 2023) $599 | Regular Registration (by or before Sept 8, 2023) $ 750 Late Registration (from Sept. 9, 2023) $ 799 |
| A．To improve treatment and disease monitoring techniques in America. |
| B．To promote global communication of people from the relevant fields. |
| C．To connect with more local communities in medicine. |
| D．To provide more challenges to clinical researchers. |
| A．By surfing the website. | B．By attending to the phone message. |
| C．By checking the email | D．By noticing the bank account reminders. |
| A．$ 550. | B．$559. | C．$ 750. | D．$799. |
