1 . The 2024 Peace Poetry Awards
The awards contest is to encourage people to explore peace and the human spirit. There are three age categories (类型): Adult (19 & over), Youth (13-18), and Youth (12 & under). The yearly contest is open to people worldwide. Your poems must be unpublished, and in English.
Deadline
All entries (参赛作品) must be submitted by June 30, 2024.
Entry Fee
Adults—$20
Youth (13-18)—$10
Youth (12 under) — no fee
Notes
1. You may submit up to three unpublished poems. At most 30 lines per poem.
2. Include name, address, email, telephone number, and age in the upper right-hand corner of each poem. For the Youth (12 & under) category, please also include your school’s name and your teacher’s name.
3. Title each poem.
4. Please keep copies of all entries as we will be unable to return.
5. Email your entries to: www.peacepoetrywards.com and Click here to pay our entry fee online.
Awards
Adult Winner—$800
Youth (13-18) Winner—$500
Youth (12 under) Winner—$200
Winners will be announced by September 30, 2024 on our website. Winners will be notified by land/or mail. Past years’ winning poems can be found here.
1. What do we know about the contest?A.It accepts poems in any language. | B.It only accepts unpublished poems. |
C.It includes four categories. | D.It is held every two years. |
A.pay an entry fee of $10 |
B.title each poem |
C.write a poem of at least 30 lines |
D.submit his entries by September 30, 2024 |
A.$500 in prize money. |
B.$800 in prize money. |
C.A collection of this year’s winning poems. |
D.A collection of past year’s winning poems. |
2 . In many parts of the world, there are four seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter. In the U. S., there are only three: football, basketball and baseball. If you want to know what season it is, just have a look at what people are playing.
For many people in the U. S., sports are not just for fun. They’re almost a religion. Thousands of sports fans buy expensive tickets to watch their favourite teams and athletes play in person. Other fans watch the games at home. The most devoted sports buffs never miss a game. Many a wife becomes a “sports widow (寡妇)” during her husband’s favorite season.
America’s devotion to athletics has created a new class of wealthy people: professional athletes. Sports stars often receive million-dollar salaries. Some even make big money appearing in advertisements for soft drinks, shoes and even toiletries (化妆品).
Sports are an important part of Americans’ culture. Throughout their school life, Americans learn to play many sports. All students take physical education classes in school. Some try out for the school teams, while others join school sports leagues. Athletic events at universities attract scores of fans and benefit the whole community.
1. The most popular sports in America are the following EXCEPT ______.A.ping-pong | B.American football | C.basketball | D.baseball |
A.Athletes. | B.Fans. | C.Clubs. | D.Teams. |
A.You can know what season it is by what people are playing in America. |
B.All students in America join school sports leagues |
C.For many people in the USA, sports are just for fun. |
D.Many professional athletes have low incomes. |
A.Sports seasons in America | B.American sports fans |
C.Americans’ sports culture | D.Sports in America |
3 . The famous magazine, Runner’s World, has chosen some of the best, most difficult and enjoyable UK races.
Top of the Wolds 10K Challenge
This 10-km countryside track in Yorkshire is all fun until you take the left turn at Nunburnholme. At this point, you enter a serious uphill part, but thankfully the uphill part only lasts for around 1.5km. You’ll have about a kilometre to enjoy the views before the way takes you downhill again, and back to where you started in Warter —a cute little village.
Scurry2Bridges Run
This 161-km relay race is divided into 16 parts, so you each run 4 separate parts. Over the course of this day-long adventure, you’ll each run about marathon distance while the workers will drive around for pick-ups and drop-off s at relay exchange points between the start in Dundee and the finish in Edinburgh.
Scafell Sky Race
Here’s a trail run(越野跑) that is not suitable for beginners. With a total of 3,500 m of ascent(上坡路), this is unquestionably one of the hardest events around. Good thing is that the views are beautiful, and that there’s hot food and a bottle of apple juice waiting for you in the end.
Offa’s Dyke 15
The traditional 15-mile distance begins at the Clock Tower in Hay-on-Wye and includes a few hard climbs before finishing in Kington. This year the hard event has added a challenging 10 km around Kington.
1. What do we know about Scurry2Bridges Run?A.It has an uphill part about 16 km. | B.It is a relay race made up of 16 parts. |
C.It is a relay race with 161 miles. | D.Runners are forbidden to throw items. |
A.Scafell Sky Race. | B.Offa’s Dyke 15. |
C.Top of the Wolds 10K Challenge. | D.Scurry2Bridges Run. |
A.They are held in the countryside. | B.They ask runners to take part alone. |
C.They are tough but exciting races. | D.They can provide the runners with food. |
4 . 300-Word-Fable Contest 2024
Our domestic annual fable contest is back for its eighth year. As ever, we look forward to reading yours! Listed below are some take-home messages for you!
The Rules:
Please make sure that stories are new, not published before and exactly 300 words long (not including the title). Entries may be used in all print and electronic media. Contributions can become world copyright (版权) of Granta. The judges’ decision is final.
Entry is open only to people living in the UK. It is not open to employees of Granta and all others associated with this contest, their immediate families and relatives living in an employee's household.
Terms and Conditions:
There are three categories-one for adults and two for schools: one for teenagers aged 12-18 and one for children under 12.
In the adults category, the winner will receive £1,000 and two runners-up will each receive £250. In the 12 — 18s and under-12s categories, the winners will each receive a selection of STAEDTLER products worth £150. The two runners-up in both categories will each receive a Kindle E-Reader.
Please submit your fables by 5 pm on February 19.
The editorial team will pick a shortlist of entries, which this year will be published by our partner nicereading. com. Winners of the categories will have an opportunity to write a longer version of their fables for inclusion in the book.
Highlights to keep in mind: the three best fables in each category will be posted on-line at granta.co.uk on February 27. You can vote for your favourite, and the one with the most votes wins the top prize. Voting will close at 5 pm on March 19 and the winning list will be published in our June issue.
1. Who will determine entries to become the world copyright of Granta?A.The judges. | B.The writers. |
C.The experts. | D.The audience. |
A.A British man of 20. | B.A staff of Granta. |
C.One of the organizers. | D.A brother of the staff. |
A.At least eight days. | B.At least one month. |
C.At most one month. | D.At most two months. |
5 . With increasing information through technology, our students are becoming less active and do not develop relationships with self, others and the environment. Outdoor Education does not only promote physical development in students but it also focuses on each of their personal, social and self-awareness development.
That is what the Outdoor Education Programme (OEP) at Marymount Convent School aims to do. The most interesting part of Marymount’s OEP is the adventure camp that helps students to grow in determination and courage as they deal with challenges. The adventure camp provides an opportunity for the students to learn more about basic survival skills, respect and responsibility for self, others and environmental awareness.
For the energetic ones, like Sofia-Jane Wong Enqi, the activities in OEP are a dream come true. She loves activities such as hiking and team-building activities. During hiking, the primary 6 student learnt the value of cooperation (合作) instead of competition. She discovered how easy it was for her and her teammates to complete challenges when people were not fighting to take the lead but instead stopping and listening to each other.
Another primary 6 student, Mithra Anandan, got an even greater benefit while hiking. She had never been very interested in physical activities but as she joined her friends on a hike, she learnt to continue despite having to stop for breaks. Working hard to reach the end of the hike taught her the value of adaptation even if others can go farther or faster. It is not about a race; it is about completing and enjoying a journey.
Their parents also observed clear improvements in their children’s self-management and responsibility. “My parents praised me for my positive change in character and of course, I had burnt a good amount of calories!” says Mithra laughingly. Sofia-Jane adds: “Days after I returned from the camp, my mom said that I became more independent, cleaning up after my meals and doing my homework without being reminded.”
1. What does the underlined word “That” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?A.Promoting the all-round development of students. |
B.Increasing students’ knowledge of technology. |
C.Helping students enjoy their love of adventure. |
D.Letting parents take part in outdoor activities. |
A.It taught her basic life skills. |
B.It improved her self-management skills. |
C.It helped her know the importance of cooperation. |
D.It raised her awareness of the environment. |
A.Strong physical strength. | B.A competitive spirit. |
C.Great determination. | D.A sense of responsibility. |
A.How to survive in the wild |
B.Why students love adventure camps |
C.Outdoor Education Programme: a team-building activity |
D.Beyond the classroom: learning in the great outdoors |
6 . 2023 UAiTED Creation Competition
The 2023 UAiTED Creation Competition is designed to make full use of high-tech creation to improve ideas and solutions for problems related to global development.
In this competition, students will need to identify any existing problems of the selected theme and think out solutions. There will be 2 rounds of judging — the preliminary (初步的) and final. All the finalists will have a chance to win the UAiTED Fellowship Award.
Competition themes•Challenge#1: Home and Social Care for the Aging Communities
•Challenge#2: Domestic Waste Handling for Large City Communities
Eligibility (参赛资格)Participants (参加者) must be registered students at any of the UAiTED partner universities on the date of entry (参赛作品) into the competition.
How to enterStage One: Individual Registration (March 15, 2023-March 29, 2023)
1. All participants must register through the UAiTED official website no later than the 29th of March 2023.
2. Entries must be handed in in English and can only be handed in via the UAiTED website.
Stage Two: Team Registration (April 1, 2023-April 16, 2023)
1. Only individuals that have completed Stage 1 registration are able to hand in team registration.
2. Participants will be added to a Facebook group to form teams after Stage l registration.
3. All teams must register via the UAiTED official website no later than the 16th of April 2023.
4. Only one representative of the team will need to hand in the team registration.
Team formation4-6 students per team. No pre-team formation is required.
1. When should individuals turn in their team registration?A.Between March 15, 2023 and April 1, 2023. | B.Between March 15, 2023 and March 29, 2023. |
C.Between April 1, 2023 and April 16, 2023. | D.Between March 29, 2023 and April 1, 2023. |
A.By setting up a team before the competition. | B.By handing in their entries in two languages. |
C.By registering via the UAiTED official website. | D.By adding their entries to a Facebook group. |
A.It is designed for all the students. |
B.It has two rounds of judging. |
C.It requires participants to start a new business. |
D.It calls for solutions to all the problems in the world. |
7 . ACL 500 Word Story Competition
We are pleased to announce the launch of the ACL 500 Word Story Competition. This time the theme is “Awakening”. We’re looking for our community to pen a story that quickly catches our attention and tells a great tale. You can submit (提交) an entry as an individual achievement or as a team effort — we want to read both kinds! Our judges will include a range of our experienced instructors, staff and local Essex Author Sarah Armstrong.
Sarah Armstrong is the author of three novels, most recently The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt and The Starlings of Bucharest, the first and second in the Moscow Wolves series. She is also the author of A Summer of Spying, a book mainly about her own experience. Sarah teaches undergraduate and postgraduate creative writing with The Open University, and lives in Essex with her husband and four children.
Rules:◆ Your story can be a poem, an essay or any other kinds of writing.
◆ Entries will need to be in a Word format. PDF files are unacceptable.
◆ Please ensure your story is suitable for all to read.
◆ Use the given submission form to submit your details and story. The deadline for submissions is 12th April.
Benefits:
◆ Prizes include a book voucher (代金券), a short creative writing course, and your work published.
◆ Discover new and exciting skills at writing while exploring your creative writing and sharing inspirational moments with others. We have a fantastic range of Creative Writing courses for you to choose from.
1. What do we know about the competition?
A.It’s organized in honor of Sarah Armstrong. |
B.It looks for both individual and group works. |
C.It aims to awaken an interest in writing. |
D.It’s targeted at undergraduates and postgraduates. |
A.They should be submitted as a Word file. | B.They must be poems or essays. |
C.They must be based on personal experience. | D.They should be about life in Essex. |
A.A voucher for a course. | B.An expert training class by Sarah. |
C.A vast range of courses. | D.An improvement to writing skills. |
Join the Great Wall Marathon Autumn 2024 Welcome to the Great Wall of China Marathon! Autumn is the most beautiful season of a year in Beijing. For the runners who do not like to run the Great Wall of China Marathon in May at the temperature of around 25°C, autumn is a perfect choice with the temperature of around 10°C. | |
Ticket: $150Included in the fee: the light breakfast and light lunch the T-shirt the number cloth the transportation the mobile toilets and drinks service along the way |
Over age of 13 and under age of 70. Parking We have buses for all runners to the Great Wall, and runners should not worry about parking. |
Registration (报名) closes on 15 October. You can, within 24 hours after your registration, get all your money back if you change your mind. |
A.In May. | B.In October. | C.In April. | D.In November. |
A.you should spend 70 dollars |
B.you can register at any time before the competition. |
C.you can have something to drink while running |
D.you have to drive to the Great Wall on your own. |
A.http://healthyfood.com | B.https://worldmarathons.com |
C.https://freemovieswatch.net | D.http://travelzoo.com/cn |
9 . Torsongan Bullik is a 28-year-old cross-country skier. When he was a freshman in junior high school in 2009, he excelled at long-distance running. As an amateur in 2016, he finished third in the Xinjiang Wusu International Marathon. And then a passion for cycling revealed itself as his hometown hosted the Tour of Sayram Lake, a national road race for amateur cyclists.
“The high-spirited cyclists, their flashy costumes and helmets fascinated me,” he recalls. “I felt that cycling was really cool.”
In 2012, Torsongan’s father gave him a mountain bike that cost 5,000 yuan ($695), which was a lot of money for his family. He loved the bicycle so much that he used it at every opportunity. Two years later, he entered his first competition, although there was no fairy-tale ending as he lost his balance on a steep slope. But he was determined and kept testing his limits. This paid off as he has won medals at all levels of the sport in China.
On Oct 18, 2018, Torsongan was the first to cross the finish line during a high-altitude bike race in the Xizang autonomous region. But surprisingly, it was the national cross-country skiing team that he impressed with his endurance (耐力). They were in search of new talented athletes for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Accepting the invitation from the team marked a turning point for Torsongan’s career, but challenges remained. “After training with the team during the day, I had to go to the gym to level up my upper-body strength in the evening,” Torsongan said in an earlier interview.
He didn’t make the final list, but worked as a technician assisting (帮助) in the operations of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Regardless of the outcome of the 14th National Winter Games, Torsongan enjoyed the challenge of competing, and has his eyes set on the next race.
“I will continue with my efforts. As long as I don’t give up, I still have a chance to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics,” he says.
1. What set Torsongan on the cross-country skiing road?A.He felt that skiing was really cool. |
B.He studied on cross-country skiing. |
C.A professional team looked for someone with talent. |
D.He hoped to fulfill his father’s expectations. |
A.Determined and hard-working. | B.Cautious and responsible. |
C.Strong and humorous. | D.Talented and productive. |
A.He used to be a professional long-distance runner. |
B.His hard work of bike training didn’t paid off. |
C.He didn’t accept the invitation from the team. |
D.He was a technician in the Beijing Winter Olympics. |
A.Encouraging others to join in his activity. |
B.Becoming a technician assistant in his hometown. |
C.Continuing his dream at the next Winter Olympics. |
D.Becoming a long-distance running player. |
10 . If you’re a teen artist, this is the perfect challenge for you. We’ve seen just how talented you can be; but this month, we’re putting your skills to the test. This contest requires your art to be made out of a wide variety of colors. You should use different colors even for your outlines and shading. Think you’re up for the challenge?
Deadline: June 1Rules:
● You must be a teen (aged 13 — 19) to enter.
● No inappropriate content.
● Submissions must relate to the topic (only colors, no black-and-white drawings).
Guidelines and Details:
● Your entry must be a character created by yourself.
● There is no limit to the number of characters you can submit.
How to Submit:
● Submit entries through our website. All entries submitted to Teen Ink are automatically considered for the contest. There is no cost to submit or be published. See our submission guidelines for more information.
● Submit your work to the appropriate art category on Teen Ink. Include “only colors” as one of your submission’s tags. You can do this by using the “additional tags” field in your submission form.
Prizes:
● Winners and honorable mentions will have their works published in Teen Ink magazine.
● The overall winner will receive a $25 gift card.
1. What do we know about the contest?
A.It tests students’ talents. | B.It focuses on colors. |
C.It has no content requirements. | D.It targets art students. |
A.Create characters on their own. | B.Submit the entries before July 1. |
C.Submit only one entry to Teen Ink. | D.Create black-and-white drawings. |
A.Cash prizes. | B.Gift certificates. |
C.Publication of their works. | D.Copies of Teen Ink magazine. |