1 . Tutors (家教) Wanted
Teach a kindergartener how to read online
Become a volunteer tutor with Learn To Be! LTB tutors are dedicated volunteers who believe deeply in educational equity. Our tutors volunteer their time to make the lives of under-served K-12 kids and their families easier, their opportunities greater, and their dreams bigger. Teach at least 2 times per week for 3 months or longer. Support your students with homework help or use the resources provided by LTB to create your own lesson plans for your students.
Visit our website to apply: https://www.learntobe.org
Tutor adults in English
The South Bay Literacy Council is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to teaching adults to read, write and speak English in the South Bay, Los Angeles area. You’d teach your students weekly online or in-person. The tutoring will last 9 months due to the time it takes to train and match tutors with students.
Visit our website to apply: http://www.southbayliteracy.org
Tutor for Remove the Borders
Being a tutor for Remove the Borders is a great opportunity to gain volunteer hours while learning about how socioeconomic status and learning disabilities can hold students back. Dates on when you tutor will be worked out between you and the person you are tutoring. The minimum amount of time you have to tutor is three hours for a month.
Visit our website to apply: https://forms.gle/eJ2j8BAWAAeApEQq9
Teach online STEM classes
Across the country, millions of students lack the resources to learn about STEM and computer science. Our non-profit organization tries to provide this vital area of education to underprivileged students through engaging in online classes. As a volunteer teacher, you will earn service hours while developing critical communication, teaching, and leadership skills. These classes will run for eight weeks, and three hours per week.
Visit our website to apply: https://www.roboticsforall.net/overview-of-positions.html
1. Who is Learn To Be intended for?| A．Disadvantaged K-12 students. | B．Information technology majors. |
| C．Grown-ups interested in English. | D．Students with learning disabilities. |
| A．Teach online STEM classes. | B．Tutor adults in English. |
| C．Tutor for Remove the Borders. | D．Teach a kindergartener how to read online. |
| A．Only online service is offered. |
| B．Volunteers will get service hours. |
| C．All the classes are provided at the same time. |
| D．Applicants for volunteers’ jobs need to sign up online. |
要点如下：1.节日纪念古代的诗人屈原(诗人：poet屈原:Qu Yuan ) 2.在阴历/中国年(Chinese Year)的五月初五 3.家庭团圆 4.共进晚餐 5.吃粽子(Zongzi)
要求：1.词数100左右。
2.可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。
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3 . Last week, I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked to pray(祈祷) with us. As we
At this moment, I heard a woman saying,” That’s what’s wrong with this country. Kids today even don’t know how to
Hearing this, my son burst into
As I told him he had done a good
“Really?” my son asked.
“I’m sure,” the man replied.
Then he
| A．lowered | B．raised | C．shook | D．nodded |
| A．reply | B．remark | C．pray | D．demand |
| A．laughter | B．tears | C．anger | D．smiles |
| A．mad | B．pleased | C．disappointed | D．shocked |
| A．deed | B．favor | C．project | D．job |
| A．gradually | B．certainly | C．therefore | D．however |
| A．lover | B．customer | C．talker | D．prayer |
| A．answered | B．added | C．commented | D．requested |
| A．never | B．ever | C．almost | D．sometimes |
| A．Surprisingly | B．Unexpectedly | C．Naturally | D．Luckily |
| A．looked | B．worked | C．kept | D．stared |
| A．ate up | B．broke up | C．picked up | D．used up |
| A．brought | B．placed | C．handed | D．took |
| A．with | B．for | C．against | D．to |
| A．already | B．yet | C．still | D．even |
4 . If you want to live longer, live around green space. That’s the simple conclusion of the largest study on the relationship between the environment and human longevity (长寿) — which was made among eight million people, in seven countries. This simple finding is: “When you are exposed to greenness around your home, your probability to die … is less compared to those with less greenness around their home,”says David Rojas, a researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health.
The research team found that for every 10% increase in greenness within 1,600 feet of your home, your probability of death drops by 4%. Subjects were from countries around the globe: Australia, Canada, China, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, and the U. S.
As Rojas explains, the finding was the same in every country. People who lived near more green space lived longer than people who lived near less. This green space can be grass, trees, or gardens. It can be public or private space.
Satellites were used to accurately measure greenness around homes. The study didn’t have the data to show that some plants were better for our health than others.
1. What should we do to have a greater chance to live long?| A．Try to live near more greenness. |
| B．Choose to live near some plants. |
| C．Have greenness in our own house. |
| D．Live near a park with lots of greenness. |
| A．The research was made widely among large numbers of people. |
| B．The research was done by a famous university. |
| C．The research were made in a careful way. |
| D．The research was based on lots of numbers |
| A．The people who live near it will have a drop of 12 % in death probability. |
| B．The people who live near it will have a drop of 10% in death probability. |
| C．The people who live near it will have a drop of 8% in death probability. |
| D．The people who live near it will have a drop of 6% in death probability. |
| A．A great finding | B．Greener, better |
| C．More parks, longer life | D．Better environment, better life |
1. What are the speakers going to do?
| A．Go to the supermarket. | B．Have a picnic. | C．Take a trip. |
| A．Have a shower. | B．Have breakfast. | C．Get the chairs out of the car. |
| A．In the early morning. | B．Around midday. | C．In the late afternoon. |
| A．The umbrella. | B．The sandwiches. | C．The gas. |
| A．A math book. | B．An English book. | C．A dictionary. |
1. What is the aim of the campaign?
| A．To remind people of Earth Day. |
| B．To encourage people to reduce garbage. |
| C．To warn people of the bad effects of pollution. |
| A．Planting trees. | B．Designing posters. | C．Collecting garbage. |
| A．Paint paper. | B．Stop driving cars. | C．Decorate classrooms. |
| A．Absurd. | B．Hollow. | C．Practical. |
8 . Global warming is not only bringing rising sea levels and extreme weather events but also causing a growing wave of climate anxiety around the world. An international study found nearly six in ten people were very worried about climate change, while the young appeared to be particularly badly influenced.
It is important to be aware of your own limitations. You alone can’t stop or undo climate change, so you needn’t place the responsibility on yourself.
Talk therapy (谈话疗法) provides you with a chance to discuss your anxiety about climate issues. A good therapist will address your negative emotions and thoughts about the environment in your conversations.
Positive changes have taken place at personal, community, and worldwide levels. And there is no reason to believe that they won’t continue, especially with your help. You can discover means to influence others with your own positive attitude.
| A．However, you can always find ways to contribute positively. |
| B．Staying in natural green spaces has been shown to reduce stress. |
| C．For example, organize related activities to educate people around you. |
| D．Reduce your time spent online, especially on sources that are not trustworthy. |
| E．The UN has made a list of blogs and other news resources about climate issues. |
| F．Such a professional will recognize your feelings and work with you to manage them. |
| G．So consider taking care of your mental well-being if you are struggling with the issue. |
9 . Natural gas, long seen as a cleaner replacement to coal and an important tool in the fight to slow global warming, can be just as harmful to the climate, a new study has concluded, unless companies can cut the leaks (泄露), since it takes as little as 0.2 percent of gas to leak to make natural gas as big a driver of climate change as coal.
The study, which involved researchers from Harvard and Duke Universities and NASA, pokes holes in the idea that natural gas is suitable energy resources to a future powered entirely by renewables, like solar and wind. “Even if gas leaks little, it’s as bad as coal,” said Deborah, the lead researcher. “It can’t be considered a good bridge, or replacement.”
When power companies generate electricity by burning natural gas instead of coal, they produce only half the amount of planet-warming CO₂. But natural gas is made up mostly of me thane (甲烷), which is, in the short term, a far more powerful planet-warming gas than CO₂, when it escapes unburned into the atmosphere. And there’s increasing evidence that methane is leaking from gas systems in far larger quantities than previously thought.
There are other balances to consider. The CO₂ produced by coal-burning power plants lasts far longer in the atmosphere than methane, whose climate effects disappear after a few decades. So focusing on methane leaks from gas systems as a way to control carbon emissions (碳排放) means the world might reduce some short-term warming, but still face a dangerous rise in average temperatures many decades into the future. That said, with the consequences of climate change already spreading around the world, controlling methane would be a way that works faster to slow warming.
“I do hope the world pays attention to this, as I fear too many remain too concentrated on simply reducing coal use, even if it results in more gas consumption,” Deborah said. “What the world requires is to move to a 100 percent renewable energy future as soon as possible.”
1. How can natural gas contribute to global warming?| A．Its huge amount of CO₂ while burning. | B．Its taking in extra heat from the atmosphere. |
| C．Its leaking methane warming the planet. | D．Its combination with methane to produce CO₂. |
| A．Avoid the threats of climate change. | B．Cancel out the impacts of global warming. |
| C．Slow down warming more immediately. | D．Balance carbon emissions with coal burning. |
| A．Lack of attention to reducing gas use. | B．Unbalanced mix of coal and renewables. |
| C．Shortage of renewable energy sources. | D．Difficulty in promoting renewable energy. |
| A．Is Natural Gas Better for the Climate? | B．How Can Carbon Emission be Controlled? |
| C．Is Natural Gas Taking the Place of Coal? | D．How Can Methane Speed up Global Warming? |
10 . I remember that it was a fall morning when the orchestra (管弦乐队) teachers came into Miss Newell’s third-grade classroom. “You have hands for the viola (中提琴),” Miss Ciano told me. I was excited because my hands were finally good for something. I told my parents I wanted to play, and naturally, they agreed.
Since I first touched the viola, I haven’t been able to put it down. Ignoring the difficulty, I am pulled closer to it each day.
Classical music is truly my best friend. It is the trusted friend of every man, woman and child. Various feelings are expressed in classical music. I discovered that when I was eleven and played a cello concerto (大提琴协奏曲) of Bach in a competition, the first movement was joyful, but the second movement was mysterious and full of pain. From the piece, I learned that music expresses not only feelings, but also sudden mood changes. By listening to classical music, I know that someone else shares these feelings. Since I am lucky enough to be able to play classical music, I am comforted by it when I am upset. It gives me a way to escape from my problems for a short period. Classical music can express my joy, sadness and anger.
Now look back at that fall day in the third grade and think how gullible I was for believing that anyone, even music teachers, could tell whether hands were perfect for a certain instrument. I’m certain they told me I had “ viola hands” not because they were fortune-tellers (算命师), but because there was a lack of violists in our district. Classical music is one of the best things that ever happened to mankind. If you get introduced to it in the right way, it will become your friend for life.
1. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the first and second paragraphs?| A．To introduce an interesting musical class. |
| B．To show the importance of proper guide. |
| C．To offer the evidence of her gift for music. |
| D．To tell the power of support from parents. |
| A．By developing social skills. | B．By broadening life experience. |
| C．By improving mental health. | D．By building close relationship. |
| A．generous | B．definite | C．relaxed | D．upset |
| A．Lifetime dream, great effort. | B．Happy childhood, unforgotten |
| C．Special event, sweet memory. | D．Classical music, endless friendship |
