1 . Do you have a talented young artist, photographer, or designer in your life? It’s never too early to start helping them get their work out there! We’ve rounded up the top art contests for kids and teens that can help these young creators share their first masterpieces with the world. Best of all? Most of them are totally free to enter!
Global Canvas Art Competition
Ages: 16 and under
Mediums: Drawing, painting
Global Canvas is all about the environment. Launched by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, this art competition wants to inspire the next generation to be more mindful of how we take care of the earth. The judges are looking for artists to capture the wonderful places that wildlife call home.
Toyota Dream Car Art Contest
Ages: Four to 15
Mediums: Drawing, painting
Time to design a dream car! Toyota wants to get junior artists thinking about what the future of transportation might look like. Prizes include cash and a chance to tour one of the Toyota manufacturing plants.
Advena World’s art Competition
Ages: 15 and under
Mediums: Drawing, painting
Advena World’s art competition aims to promote creativity and self-expression. Instead of a theme, they ask the participating artists to simply express their feelings — anything from sadness or joy to anger or excitement — through their chosen medium,.
Progressive Young Artist Awards
Ages: 13 to 19
Open to: All international applicants
Mediums: Painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, sculpture
Cost to enter: $5 USD
PYAA is all about expressing and celebrating progressive values. So, if there is a creative teen in your life who wants to do good in the world, sign them up for this art contest for teens. The prize is a scholarship which they can put toward their post-secondary schooling.
1. Which focuses on the environment?| A．World Wide Kids Drawings. | B．Global Canvas Art Competition. |
| C．Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. | D．Progressive Young Artist Awards. |
| A．dream car. | B．A scholarship. |
| C．A plant tour. | D．Cash crops. |
| A．It has no fixed theme. | B．It has entrance fee. |
| C．Its entry can be photos. | D．Anyone can join it. |
2 . What’s On?
Electric Underground
7.30pm－1.00am Free at the Cyclops Theatre
Do you know who’s playing in your area? We’re bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30 pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. He’s going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.
Gee Whizz
8.30pm-10.30pm Comedy (喜剧)at Kaleidoscope
Come and see Gee Whizz perform. He’s the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks(快餐).
Simon’s Workshop
5.00pm-7.30pm Wednesdays at Victoria Stage
This is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years’ experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.
Charlotte Stone
8.00pm-11.00pm Pizza World
Fine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.
1. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?| A．Jules Skye. | B．Gee Whizz. | C．Charlotte Stone. | D．James Pickering. |
| A．The Cyclops Theatre | B．Kaleidoscope | C．Victoria Stage | D．Pizza World |
| A．It requires membership card. | B．It lasts three hours each time. |
| C．It is run by a comedy club. | D．It is held every Wednesday. |
| A．5.00pm-7.30pm. | B．7.30pm－1.00am. | C．8.00pm-11.00pm. | D．8.30pm-10.30pm. |
3 . I do think that a book can inspire ideas and ways of thinking that have the power to transform our lives. Here are some books to serve the purpose.
Thinking, Fast and slow
Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel Prize winner who has written an amazing book that dives into the mysterious world of our conscious and unconscious thinking patterns. By reading this book, you’ll gain a deeper understanding about how to make decisions and react to certain things in your life. Yes, this is a super thick book that seems challenging, but somehow the author makes it accessible and really fun to read.
The Power of Habit
Written by award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg, this book is an awesome mix of research, stories, and revelations(启示) about habits: how we form them, how we can change them, and how knowledge about human habits is transforming everything.
The Road Less Traveled
The first words in this classic and powerful book are: Life is difficult. Without hiding the true realities of life which is filled with conflicts, difficulties, and challenging decisions, M. Scott Peck guides us to a deeper level of self-understanding and creates a path we can follow to a fuller, more peaceful life.
The Power of Now
The key message of the book is simple and powerful: The way to true happiness is through learning to live in the now, without reliving the past or racing to the future. Eckhart Tolle helps us understand how our thoughts and emotions get in the way and what to do about it.
1. What do we learn about Thinking, Fast and Slow?| A．It’s too abstract to understand. |
| B．It helps readers to make decisions. |
| C．It divides our thinking patterns into different types. |
| D．It enables readers to understand themselves better. |
| A．Daniel Kahneman’s | B．Charles Duhigg’s |
| C．M. Scott Peck’s | D．Eckhart Tolle’s |
| A．The challenges of life. |
| B．A path to a better life. |
| C．The author’s understanding of humans. |
| D．The best way to settle conflicts. |
| A．Thinking, Fast and Slow | B．The Power of Habit |
| C．The Power of Now | D．The Road Less Traveled |
| A．They are classic and refreshing. |
| B．They are adventurous and challenging. |
| C．They are accessible and full of fun. |
| D．They are inspiring and helpful. |
4 . Readers have never had it so good. But publishers need to adapt better to the digital world.
During the next few weeks publishers will release a great number of books, pile them onto delivery lorries and fight to get them on the display tables of bookshops in the run-up to Christmas. It is an impressive display of competitive commercial activity. It is also increasingly pointless.
More quickly than almost anyone predicted, e-books are becoming popular quickly. Amazon, the biggest e-book retailer( 零售商), has lowered the price of its Kindle — e-readers to the point where people do not fear to take them to the beach. In America, the most advanced market, about one-fifth of the largest publishers’ sales are of e-books.
For readers, this is excellent. Amazon has successfully shortened distance by bringing a huge range of books to out-of-the-way places, and it is now fighting against time, by enabling readers to download books instantly. Moreover, huge choice and low prices are helping books hold their own on digital devices. For publishers, though, it is a dangerous time. Some of the publishers’ functions—packaging books and promoting them to shops—are becoming out of date.
Yet there are still important jobs for publishers.
The music and film industries have started to pack electronic with physical versions of their products—by, for instance, providing those who buy a DVD of a movie with a code to download it from the Internet. Publishers, similarly, should combine e-books with paper books.
They also need to become more efficient. In the digital age it is stupid to take months or even years to get a book to market. And if they are to distinguish their products from self-published dross( 糟粕), they must get better at choosing books, sharpening ideas and polishing copy. If publishers are to hold readers’ attention, they must tell a better story—and edit out all the spelling mistakes as well.
1. According to the author, what publishers do before Christmas is becoming __________.| A．efficient | B．satisfying | C．meaningless | D．worthwhile |
| A．By analyzing. | B．By giving examples. |
| C．By comparing. | D．By listing numbers. |
| A．Readers will have a wider choice than before. |
| B．The price of books will become much higher. |
| C．Traditional publishers will be out of work. |
| D．Traditional bookstores will completely disappear. |
| A．Spend more time editing a good book. |
| B．Change work to music and film industry. |
| C．Get rid of self-published dross completely. |
| D．Learn from what music and film industry did. |
| A．The Disappearing Ink. |
| B．The Book and Music Industry. |
| C．Golden Times for Publishers. |
| D．The Coming of the Digital Age. |
5 . Welcome to Olympic National Park!
The park is located in the western state of Washington and it is on the Olympic Peninsula, in the northwest part of the state. It covers more than 400,000 hectares. Each area of the park offers visitors something special. Here are some places to go.
★ Elwha Valley
The Elwha Valley is in the central part of the park. It is the Olympic Peninsula’s largest watershed(分水岭). Long ago, the rivers in this area held the most salmon(鲑鱼) outside of Alaska. In the 1920s, a growing community of settlers built two hydroelectric(水力发电) dams to provide energy for the local economy. The dams created many problems for the river. They decreased the water in the rivers, which caused the fish population in the area to decrease. This affected the other animals that depended on fish for food.
The community later decided to fix these problems. In 1992, Congress passed the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act. Both dams have been removed. Today, the Elwha River is the site of one of the largest ecosystem restoration projects in National Park Service history.
★ Hoh River Valley
The Hoh River is on the west side of the park. The river is formed from melted glacial ice on top of Mount Olympus. The river is 80 kilometers long. It empties into the Pacific Ocean.
The area receives about 400 centimeters of rain each year. Because of the amount of rain, many different types of plants grow in the Hoh rainforest.
The Hoh River Valley is protected from any logging or development.
★ Hurricane Ridge
Hurricane Ridge is a mountain area in the northern part of the park. It is easy to enter, and provides incredible views of the Olympic Mountains.
The ridge has many hiking paths. In winter, people come here to ski. They also come here to take part in other fun winter activities, like sledding and snowboarding.
Hurricane Ridge usually has snow from December through the end of March. Visitors must be prepared for icy roads and severe weather.
1. What’s the purpose of the passage?| A．To attract visitors to the park. |
| B．To tell about the park’s history. |
| C．To show the variety of the park. |
| D．To stress the importance of ecosystem. |
| A．Local settlers had enough energy. |
| B．The Elwha Valley was formed. |
| C．The ecosystem was greatly affected. |
| D．Animals’ living conditions became better. |
| A．Through earthquake. | B．From sea water. |
| C．From rain water. | D．From melted glacial ice. |
| A．You will easily get lost. |
| B．You will have no fun. |
| C．You will slip over on the icy road. |
| D．You will enjoy fine sunshine. |
| A．Elwha Valley | B．Hurricane Ridge |
| C．Hoh River Valley | D．The Hoh rainforest |
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
November 21—December 10, 2022
Wednesday-Sunday: 11:00 am-4:00 pm
19 Mann Island, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool.
Travel Photographer of the Year
Chester Cathedral
December 2-28, 2022
Monday to Saturday: 9:00 am-5:00 pm; Sunday: 11:30 ain-4:00 pm
9 Abbey Square, Chester, Cheshire
An exhibition of selected winning images from the TPOTY awards will be traveling to Chester Cathedral.
Bird Photographer of the Year 2022
September 2022-January 2023
Dates and venues(地点) to be confirmed, more information soon.
An exhibition of 70-80 of the winning images will go on an international tour.
International Photography Exhibition 163
RPS Gallery, Bristol
Until October 21, 2022
Thursday-Sunday 10:00 am-5:00 pm
The Royal Photographic Society, RPS House, Arnos Vale, Bristol
A total of 105 works by 57 photographers will be on display in the International Photography Exhibition 163 at RPS Gallery.
1. Which show is already finished?| A．Sony World Photography Awards. |
| B．Travel Photographer of the Year. |
| C．Bird Photographer of the Year 2022. |
| D．International Photography Exhibition 163. |
| A．A month. | B．27 days. | C．A year. | D．Unknown. |
| A．Its topic. | B．Its exact starting date. |
| C．Its address. | D．Its ticket information. |
| A．Sony World Photography Awards |
| B．Travel Photographer of the Year |
| C．Bird Photographer of the Year 2022 |
| D．International Photography Exhibition 163 |
| A．Photography theoretical study. |
| B．Photography review. |
| C．Photography show. |
| D．Photography award ceremonies. |
7 . Want to join the Three Sixty Journalism team?
We provide several opportunities for teens to explore journalism (新闻业), improve their writing and communication skills, and connect with other teens and professionals.
Intermediate (中级的) Journalism Camp
A two-week camp in June at the University of St. Thomas. Fifteen to eighteen teens live in the college dorms and work with other Minnesota teens and professional journalist advisers to produce a news article, a personal essay, photos and videos. This camp is designed for students completing 9th through 12th grade who have some journalism experience, want to build their skills and report issues that matter to them.
Introduction to Journalism Camp
A four-week camp in July at the University of St. Thomas. Fifteen to eighteen teens meet from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm to learn the basics of journalism, including interviewing, writing in journalistic style and photojournalism. In the newsroom, students will produce written and video reports. This camp is designed for those completing 8th through 11th grade who have no previous experience and like asking questions and telling stories.
Sports Reporting Camp
New in 2011, a five-day sports reporting camp in August at the University of St. Thomas. Fifteen to eighteen teens meet from Monday through Friday, to work with the best sports journalists. Students will learn how being a journalist differs from being a fan; see how today’s sports reporters use video, online and social media; interview players and coaches and write a sports story. This camp is designed for those completing 8th through 12th grade who have no previous experience and enjoy writing and sports.
News Team
An 8- to 10-week after-school class. It’s held twice a year in the Fall and Spring terms and meets at the University of St. Thomas. Six to twelve teens produce one news story while learning the basics of journalism, including interviewing, talking to everyone comfortably, writing briefly, spotting a good story and more. It is designed for students in 9th through 11th grade who want to check out what journalism is all about.
1. Who would most probably be admitted to the Introduction to Journalism Camp?| A．Linda, in 11th grade, having some journalism experience. |
| B．Marx, in 10th grade, having enough time in August. |
| C．Tom, in 12th grade, good at making up stories. |
| D．Nick, in 8th grade, eager to learn interviewing. |
| A．work with Minnesota teens |
| B．meet with sports journalists |
| C．live in the college dorms |
| D．play games with coaches |
| A．It teaches how to use videos. |
| B．It is a newly-founded team. |
| C．It is held twice a year. |
| D．It lasts four weeks. |
| A．They are held in the same place. |
| B．They accept the same number of teens. |
| C．They all take place in the summer vacation. |
| D．They all allow teens to take part after school. |
| A．Professional journalists. |
| B．Camp organizers. |
| C．Journalism lovers. |
| D．Sports lovers. |
8 . With Disney parks recently raising their ticket prices to $89, now is the perfect time to start thinking about smaller theme parks. Here are four theme parks where the price of adult admission（门票）is under $50.
Luna Park, Coney Island
How much you spend in enjoying Luna Park really depends on which rides you choose to go on. For anyone as indecisive as I am, stick with the $29 four-hour Unlimited Luna Park Ride Wristband or the $39 Ride and Play package.
Dorney Park, Allentown
Dorney Park lies about an hour outside of Philadelphia. The admission price is $39.99. And the Starlight Admission is $27.99, which is good for visits between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. during the summer months when the park is open late, or from 3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in winter when the park closes earlier.
Knotts Berry Farm, Buena Park
Home to some of the country’s craziest rides, Knotts Berry Farm also has calmer, more family-friendly rides. People ages 12-61 get in for $39.99 when tickets are bought online, while children ages 3-11 and adults over 62 pay $26.99.
Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz
Sitting on the warm beaches of Santa Cruz—about 90 minutes south of San Francisco—the Boardwalk is home to big roller coasters（过山车）, mini-golf, enough food and games to keep people of all ages busy. The best part? An all-day unlimited ride wristband is only $31.95.
1. What can we learn about the four theme parks?| A．They all have calm rides. |
| B．All of them are family-friendly. |
| C．They all require online bookings. |
| D．Their admission price is lower than that of Disney parks. |
| A．$20 | B．$39 | C．$29 | D．$59 |
| A．is aimed for kids | B．can be used twice |
| C．is designed for summer use | D．is for visits in the later part of a day |
| A．Luna Park. | B．Dorney Park. |
| C．Knotts Berry Farm. | D．Santa Cruz Boardwalk. |
| A．In a travel magazine. | B．In a research paper. |
| C．In a story book. | D．On a poster. |
9 . People are so busy these days that they hardly have time for small household matters like cleaning the house and windows, gardening, and looking after their babies or old ones. It is really difficult for them to manage between their households and professional life. They wish they could have an Angel who could help them out. Do such Angels really exist? Of course, yes! You just need to find them!
Angels don’t need to have wings and a halo (光环). They can be anyone who is ready to help you in need. And in this fast-paced world when everyone is so busy, such people who help you are really no less than angels. Your life would be definitely wonderful if you could find an angel doing cleaning for you. There are definitely various service providers who can easily provide you with such angels. Won’t you just take it if you can get all these services from one single provider?
Task Angels is one of such service providers that provide you with helpful angels who offer services that will not disappoint you at all. Established with the purpose of helping people, this has been playing an important role in domestic cleaning and other services. You may join the team as well if you want to help the people in need and are good at cleaning, gardening, babysitting or even event planning. Task Angels definitely waits for you.
Everyone needs love and care, the more the love and care you share, the more they grow in your family. This is what Task Angels believes. It will help you in the area to make your life easier. Wouldn’t you like to try its service once and encourage it for its good work?
1. Examples in Paragraph 1 are taken to ________.| A．put forward the topic |
| B．tell readers to stop them |
| C．give details for better understanding |
| D．introduce the difficulty people face |
| A．to have wings |
| B．to have a halo |
| C．to walk fast |
| D．to be ready to help |
| A．It can handle professional affairs. |
| B．It can settle domestic disagreement. |
| C．It can offer opportunities to share kindness. |
| D．It can provide services to angels. |
| A．To introduce helpful angels. |
| B．To advertise Task Angels. |
| C．To prove that angels exist. |
| D．To look for customers. |
| A．annoyed | B．worried | C．confident | D．approving |
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There is a heated discussion among my fellow students over the choice between e-books or paper books.
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