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2 . The AWF is one of my heroes because it helps the animals in Africa stay alive and keeps them from dying out. They are trying to conserve wildlife by saving animals whose mothers were killed by poaching（偷猎）or from lack of food and water or loss of homes. They are also trying to conserve land by making it a protected area.
The AWF helps animals and the environment. AWF's task is as follows: “The African Wildlife Foundation, together with the people of Africa, works to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will exist forever.” They save their land through research and protecting wildlife habitat.
My fiend Erin feels it isn't the organization that is heroic but the people working for the organization. The people of the AWF risk their lives working in war zones and dangerous jungle environments to save African animals that are at risk of extinction. Each of these “heroes” is working to save a specific African animal that is at risk. The most famous was Diane Fossey who was working with gorillas（大猩猩）in the early 1980's and was murdered in the war. They made a movie about her devotions called Gorillas in the Mist. There are many other heroic people working with different animals that didn't get so much publicity.
The AWF's headquarters is in Nairobi, Kenya. The countries where it works include Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and many others. The AWF was founded in 1961 to increase awareness of the problems with different programs in the 1970's as well as continuing the more hands on aspects of saving the animals to this day.
The biggest task of the AWF is to bring back all of the animals from hear dying out. The foundation cannot do this by itself; it needs the global help to save the animals. For example, Starbucks has agreed to help but much more is needed. There is little the foundation can do by itself without financial support.
1. Which can best describe the people working for the AWF?| A．Brave. | B．Energetic. |
| C．Generous. | D．Humorous. |
| A．To honor her devotion to education. |
| B．To honor her generosity to poor people. |
| C．To honor her great work of gorillas protection. |
| D．To honor her contributions to the environmental protection. |
| A．The animals in Africa have been far from extinction. |
| B．Starbucks is an organization of environmental protection. |
| C．The majority of animals in Africa are dying out. |
| D．The financial support of the AWF is far from enough. |
3 . Alibaba Group Holding is sparing no effort to turn its annual Singles' Day shopping festival into a universal celebration. The challenge for billionaire Jack Ma's(Ma Yun)online kingdom is to break another sales record after a decade of rapid developments. With rising strong competition from smaller platforms such as JD.com Inc. and Pinduoduo Inc., Allibaba is seeking to add new growth engines.
Now the retail(零售)celebration on Nov.1 has become an important signal not just for the company, but also the world's second largest economy, China. This year, shoppers in China have broken last year's record by making the sum of $30.8 billion in sales, as the tradition marked its 10th year. "Singles' Day has now become a stage for Alibaba to present its power across all its platforms." Daniel Zhang (Zhang Yong), chief executive officer(CEO), said at an October news conference in Beijing. He's taking over after Ma steps down as executive chairman next year.
It was Zhang who came up with the idea of turning Singles' Day into a shopping festival a decade ago. Now that this year's one-day fair will be Ma's last as chairman, Zhang will need to prove he can carry on the wonder. "We think I billion packs will become a daily event in the future." he said.
To fuel growth, Alibaba is speeding up its global exploration. Eleme, the company it took control of this year, will provide services for selected Starbucks stores across 11 cities in China. Rural Taobao, aiming at the customers in the countryside will offer special discount(折扣)for goods across 800 counties.
Although it's been three years since Ma said he wants to make Singles' Day a global shopping event, that hasn't happened yet. International expansion will be a key part of Zhang's plan to keep breaking sales records.
1. According to paragraph 1, Alibaba is exploring more growth engines because .| A．other companies are competing for the market |
| B．it has broken a new sales record |
| C．Jack Ma's dream has come true |
| D．it has developed swiftly in the last ten years |
| A．shoppers in China doubted whether Zhang will be a successful CEO |
| B．the Singles' Day shopping festival started over ten years ago |
| C．the idea of the-retail celebration on Nov l I was put forward by Jack Ma |
| D．Zhang has a long way to go before he sets another sales record |
| A．giving an explanation | B．making a comparison |
| C．listing examples | D．offering data |
| A．challenging and hopeless | B．challenging but hopeful |
| C．worrying and doubtful | D．worrying but promising |
In order to encourage literacy (读写能力) among kids who are more used to playing on their smart devices. LA County
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