1 . COMPETITION!
Woo-hoo! Get your cameras and smartphones at the ready, because it’s time for this year’s NG KIDS photography competition.
What you need to know
Competition is open only to legal residents of the UK and Ireland who are between the ages of 7 and 14. We have THREE categories in the competition — animals, people and environment (a new category started this year). You can enter as many categories as you like but just ONE photo per category, please!
All photos should be sent through our website. If you’ve not already registered, you or your parent will need to do so at natgeokids. com/uk/ photocomp — it will only take a minute to do! You can submit ONE photo for each of the three categories. Photos should be in JPEG format, between 1MB and 5MB in size. Enter at natgeokids. com/uk/photocomp.
Before you submit your photo, make sure you rename it with your full name and the category you are entering. For example, Joe-Bloggs-Animals. jpg. Don’t forget to tell us your full name, date of birth and the title of your photo!
The prizes
Our Star Prize is a family holiday in Morocco!
And that’s not all! Each category winner will win a number of prizes too, including an amazing Nikon COOLPIX W150 camera, which is built to go anywhere.
The closing date is 23:59 (GMT) on 21 October 2020. Winners will be notified before 18 November 2020.
1. How is this year’s competition different from that of last year?| A．It has a new category. |
| B．It lasts about one month longer. |
| C．It is open to kids from around the world. |
| D．It will give more than one prize to winners. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Five. |
| A．It will take a long time to register. |
| B．All the winners can go for a family holiday in UK. |
| C．The photos can be submitted on 18 November 2020. |
| D．One must rename the photo with full name and the category. |
2 . Chloe Ricketts is only 15 years old, but she’s already signed a professional contract with the Washington Spirit soccer team. That makes her the youngest player ever to sign with the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).
Chloe began working out with the Washington Spirit team in January. She trained with the team in Florida and Virginia. During training, Chloe impressed the team’s managers with her ability to compete with the other professional players, which led the team to offer her the contract.
For her part, Chloe says the chance to play for the Washington Spirit is “a dream come true”. Chloe is from Dexter, Michigan. She started playing soccer when she was seven. She claims that at the time, she was “the worst on the team”. However, she improved through hard work, extra training, and staying late after practice. It didn’t take her long to begin moving up in the soccer world.
In 2021, she played on a girls team, which went to the national finals of the Elite Clubs National League. She also played on a boys team, the 2007 Boys Ann Arbor Tigers, which won the Michigan State Cup that year. In January of 2022, Chloe signed with AFC Ann Arbor — a team that’s part of USL League Two. USL League Two helps develop players for the NWSL. When she joined AFC Ann Arbor, Chloe was just 14 — the youngest player ever to join the club.
Now, as she joins Washington Spirit, Chloe is in the 10th grade. While she is playing with the team, Chloe will continue to go to school online. But Chloe isn’t the first 15-year-old to play for the NWSL. The NWSL used to have a rule saying that no one under the age of 18 could join its teams. But in 2021, another 15-year-old, Olivia Moultrie, took the league to court.
1. What made the Washington Spirit soccer team sign a contract with Chloe?| A．Her skills. | B．Her experience. | C．Her character. | D．Her reputation. |
| A．Careful. | B．Easy-going. | C．Far-sighted. | D．Hard-working |
| A．AFC Ann Arbor. | B．USL League Two. |
| C．The 2007 Boys Ann Arbor Tigers. | D．The Elite Clubs National League. |
| A．Washington Spirit revised a rule to take in Chloe. |
| B．Olivia Moultrie took the lead in Washington Spirit. |
| C．Chloe values her education during playing football. |
| D．Chloe’s participation makes her team much stronger. |
3 . “My Story of Chinese Hanzi”is an international competition, hosted by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and organized by People’s Daily Online.
The entire competition consists of preliminary rounds(预赛)，semi-finals，and finals.
The first two rounds of the competition will be held online.Contestants will answer the questions and provide one-minute videos in the preliminary rounds.The second-round contestants will produce videos featuring a virtual talent show.Votes will be cast by fans online, and the top ten selected winners will move onto the finals, which will be held offline in late August.
Each finalist will deliver a seven-minute speech focusing on the theme of "Ren", a fundamental value long cherished in Chinese culture.
Eligible(具备条件的)candidates：
International students in China, including ethnic Chinese who are at least third-generation immigrants；
Foreigners working in China whose native language is not Chinese and whose parents’ native language is not Chinese；
Other non-native speakers of Chinese(including full-time students and community members)who are non-Chinese citizens.
There is no age limit for contestants.
Schedule：
Preliminary rounds—The top 30 contestants will receive participation awards and be eligible to enter into the semi-finals.
Semi-finals—The contest organizing committee will upload the videos of the winners of the preliminary rounds onto the People's Daily Online website, organize online voting, and then select ten winners after completion of online voting and scoring by the judges.
Finals—Upon finishing up the speech competition, various awards will be announced after the scoring is carried out by the judges, with the scores comparing competitors' Chinese language speaking abilities, expressiveness, the core message behind their stories, and how their stories promote exchanges between different civilizations.
To take part in the contest, please scan the QR code and complete the questionnaire.
CPAFFC reserves all rights for final explanation.
1. Who decide the winners to move onto the finals？| A．Committee members. | B．Online Fans. |
| C．International judges. | D．Non-Chinese citizens. |
| A．Occupation and gender. | B．Education and age. |
| C．Native language and nationality. | D．The stories selected. |
| A．It will be held online throughout. |
| B．Fluency will be weighed most by judges. |
| C．The scores will be given by the audience. |
| D．People can attend by scanning the QR code. |
提示词：1. “双减”政策 double reduction policy；
2. 踢毽子 shuttlecock kicking；
3. 跳绳 rope skipping；
4. 抖音 Douyin。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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5 . Training for a marathon (马拉松) requires careful preparation and steady, gradual increases in the length of the runs.
During the first week, do not think about distance, but run five minutes longer each day.
| A．After six days |
| B．For a good marathon runner |
| C．Before you begin your training |
| D．With each day, increase the distance by a half mile |
| E．If they still feel good, you can begin running in them |
| F．Time spent for preparation raises the quality of training |
| G．Now you are ready to figure out a goal of improving distance and time |
