1 . MOA Shop Indigenous (土著的) Artist Contest

Are you an Indigenous artist, between 15 and 25 years old, with a story to tell? Submit a design that expresses your identity, and the MOA Shop will help share it with the world. The winning artwork with your signature will be printed on a T-shirt and sold and promoted only through the MOA Shop for one year. The winner will receive both a $250 prize and copyright income from every sale.

Qualification

Any individual 15 to 25 years of age who identifies as Indigenous, Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit or Métis.

Rules + Guidelines
•Artwork may be from the artist's pre-existing work or made for this contest.
•Artwork may use a maximum of two colours and must be easily visible.
•Artwork must fit on the front of the T-shirt.
•Artwork must be submitted with file extension .ai, .eps, .pdf, fxg, or .svg.
•Entries from artists who have submitted in previous years are welcomed.
Submission checklist
•Artwork submission(s)
•Completed entry form found here.
•Artist biography (about 250 words)
Profits

Artists hold full copyright of any submitted entries. The winning artwork will be licensed by the MOA Slop for one year and the artist is free to license or sell their winning artwork. A large percentage of money from the sale of T-shirts goes towards MOA's public programs.

Time and contact

The submission deadline has been extended to March 31st, 2021 and the winner is announced by June 2021. We look forward to receiving your artwork! Please send all submissions and any questions to shoptshirt@ moa. ubc. ca.

1. What will the winner get?

A．A T-shirt with his artwork on.

B．The signature of the Indigenous artist.

C．The right to immediately sell his work.

D．An award and some profits from the sale.

2. What is required about the artwork?

A．It must be received before June 2021.

B．It must be printed on the back of the T-shirt.

C．It must be included at least two visible colours.

D．It must be submitted with the artist's self-introduction.

3. Where will the profit from the sale mostly go?

A．To the owner of MOA.	B．To the winner of the contest.
C．To the shop's public programs.	D．To the promotion of the artworks.

2 . Marco Springmann and his colleagues, at the Oxford Martin School's Future of Food Programme, built computer models that predicted what would happen if everyone became vegetarian by 2050. The results indicate that if the world went vegan, the greenhouse gas emissions declines would be around 70%.

In the US, for example, an average family of four emits more greenhouse gases because of the meal they eat than from driving two cars——but it is cars, not steaks, that regularly come up in discussions about global warming.

Food, especially livestock, also takes up a lot of room. 68% of agricultural land in the world is used for livestock. When these lands become grasslands and forests, they would capture carbon dioxide and further ease climate change.

However, if the whole world went vegan, there would be negative effects too. First, it is necessary to keep livestock for environmental purposes. "I'm sitting here in Scotland where the Highlands' environment is very man-made and based largely on grazing by sheep," says Peter Alexander, a researcher in socio-ecological systems modeling at the University of Edinburgh. "If we took all the sheep away, the environment would look different and there would be a potential negative impact on biodiversity. "

Plus, meat is an important part of history , tradition and cultural identity. Numerous groups around the world give livestock gifts at weddings, celebratory dinners such as Christmas with turkey or roast beef.

And nowadays, moderation in meal-eating's frequency and portion size is key to solving these conflicts. "Certain changes would encourage us to make healthier and more environmentally friendly dietary decisions," says Springmann, "like putting a higher price lag on meat and making fresh fruits and vegetables cheaper. "

In fact, clear solutions already exist for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock industry. What is lacking is the will to implement those changes.

1. What can we infer from the underlined sentence in the second paragraph?

A．Driving cars is more dangerous than eating steaks in the US.

B．Our dietary choices affecting climate change is often underestimated.

C．People compare the greenhouse gas emissions of the cars and steaks.

D．Cars affect the global warming more seriously than the steaks.

2. Why does Peter Alexander mention the sheep?

A．To show the important impact of livestock on the environment.

B．To show his work as a researcher in the socio-ecological systems.

C．To encourage people to take all the sheep back for environmental purpose.

D．To point out the negative impact of the sheep on the biodiversity.

3. Which saying can best show the author's attitude to livestock?

A．It is hard to please all.

B．Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

C．One cannnot see the wood for the trees.

D．Everything is a double-edged sword.

4. Where is this text most likely from?

A．A biology textbook.	B．A health magazine.
C．A scientific journal.	D．An educational review.

3 . Below you will find a list of streaming services and channels that focus on TV and movies, various sports, documentaries, and more.

Netflix

Cost: $8.99/ month for a basic plan that allows a single screen in standard definition (清晰度); $12.99/ month for a standard plan that allows two screens at once and HD Streaming.

Watch it on: Android mobile devices and tablets; Windows phones; Amazon Fire TV devices; Apple TV.

Notes: Netflix subscribers can download select programming for offline viewing, and the number of devices you can download on is equal to the number of screens you can use at one time.

Hulu

Cost: $5.99/month for a basic plan that features limited commercials; $ 11.99/month for an ad-free plan.

Watch it on: Android mobile devices and tablets; Nintendo Switch; Play station 3 and PlayStation 4.

Notes: Ad-free subscribers can download select programming for offline viewing.

Amazon prime

Cost: $12.99/ month; $6.49/ month for student membership; $119/ year for an annual membership; or $59/ year for an annual student membership.

Watch it on: iOS mobile devices and tablets; Android mobile devices and tablet; amazon Fire TV devices.

Notes: An Amazon Prime subscription includes access to all other benefits of Prime membership.

Apple TV+

Cost: $4.99/ month after 7-day free trial; free for 1 year with purchase of an Apple device and if redeemed (赎回) within 90 days; free with Apple music Student Plan.

Watch it on: Android mobile devices and tablets; Amazon Fire TV devices; Apple TV.

Notes: Apple TV+ is available through apple TV channels.

1. What device can be used in watching Netflix？

A．Nintendo switch	B．Windows phones.
C．iOS mobile devices and tablets.	D．Play Station 3 and PlayStation 4.

2. How much should you pay with a yearly student membership card at Amazon Prime？

A．$59/year.

B．$77.88/year.

C．$119/year.

D．$155.88/year.

3. Which of the following allows you to get free service for a short time？

A．Netflix.

B．Hulu.

C．Amazon Prime.

D．Apple TV+.

4 . 阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。

When a tornado(龙卷风) touched down in a small town nearby,many families were left completed ruined. Afterward all the local newspapers carried many human-interest stories featuring some of the families who suffered the hardest.

One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of an entirely shattered(破碎的) mobile home, a depressed expression on her face. A young boy, seven or eight years old, stood at her side, eyes downward. Clutching(紧握) at her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camera, eyes wide with confusion and fear.

The article that went with the picture gave the clothing sizes of each family member. With growing interest, I noticed that their sizes closely matched ours. This would be a good opportunity to teach my children to help those less fortunate than themselves. I stuck the picture of the young family on our refrigerator, explaining their difficulty to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and to three-year-old Meghan.

“These poor people now have nothing,” I said. “We’ll share what we have with them. I brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously, as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods.

While I sorted through our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up old toys and games.

Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, much-loved rag doll hugged tightly to her chest. She came to the box that held the toys, pressed her round little face into Lucy's flat, painted-on-face, gave her a final kiss, then laid her gently on top of the other toys.

“Oh, Honey,” I said.” You don’t have to give Lucy. You love her so much.”

Meghan nodded seriously, eyes filled with held-back tears. "Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she’ll make that other little girl happy,too.”

Paragraph. 1:

The boys had watched,open-mouthed,as their baby sister placed her favorite doll in the box.

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Paragraph. 2:

I looked my children for a long moment.

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5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式

Last Monday morning, I was     1     (cycle) along a street in the rush hour on my way to an interview     2     an important job. A yellow car passed by me and     3    (sudden) stopped. I had to brake my bike hard and of course, I     4    (fall). I was so angry I stopped the driver and kept on     5     (shout) at him rudely.

    6    (unfortunate), I was in time for the interview. By chance, one of my     7    (interview), the manager of the company, was no other than the driver of the yellow car. Luckily, the manager was not angry with me     8    my rudeness.     9    , he offered me the job. So I said to everyone jokingly that I could tell my manager     10     I thought of him.

6 . Do you remember the last time you received a postcard? The UK’s family-owned oldest postcard firm, which has been publishing postcards and calendars since 1880, will close this December. The reason? It says instead of penning a card, people are putting photos up on Facebook or Instagram or using WhatsApp to show friends and family at home just how much fun they’re having.

If you get a postcard from someone who’s away somewhere, it’s as much the thought that they’ve gone through the hassle (麻烦) of choosing a postcard, working out where to get a stamp from, finding a postbox and then the postcard making that journey through to you. That’s the value of the postcard. But that time has gone.

Brothers Charles and Harry Salmon, the fifth generation of the family to run the firm, said the popularity of social media had had a huge impact on the business. People are also tending to take shorter holidays, meaning they are likely to have arrived home long before their postcards. As a result the business was no longer viable.

“Increasingly challenging trading conditions and changes to the nature and size of the market for its publications have resulted in uncertainty over the future of its trade,’’ the brothers wrote in a letter to suppliers and newsagents.

As a result they were announcing a proposal to withdraw from publishing. The number of postcards sold each year is reported to have seen a sharp decline to about five million from 20 million just 25 years ago. But the firm said that as well as the drop in the number of postcards sent, “we have also had to consider that there are no more members of the family who wish to join the business.”

1. What’s the value of sending a postcard?

A．It’s a symbol of sympathy.	B．It’s a journey of love.
C．It’s an act of patience.	D．It’s a way of passing time.

2. What does the underlined word “viable” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．likely to exist.	B．worthy of praise.
C．short of money.	D．possible to change.

3. What is the best title of the text?

A．UK’s oldest postcard firm set to close.

B．Postcard industry booming in the future.

C．UK’s postcard firm through a tough time.

D．Postcard industry needing support to survive.

4. Where does this text probably come from?

A．A book review.	B．A business column.
C．A hi-tech advertisement.	D．A finance report.

7 . If there were an app on your phone that could improve your memory, would you try it? Who wouldn't want a better memory? After all, our memories are fragile and can be impaired (损害) by diseases, injuries, mental health conditions and aging.

A multibillion-dollar industry for brain training already capitalizes on this perceived need by providing an abundance of apps for phones and tablets that provide mental challenges that are easily accessible and relatively inexpensive.

However, brain training has become a controversial attempt. Some researchers have expressed deep reservations about both its reliability and its validity. There was even a statement issued calling brain training into question, which, in turn, resulted in a counter response from researchers who defended it.

The main controversies center around the extent to which the practice of these skills results in actual benefits that are consequential for your daily life. Does recalling an increasing number of digits (数字) help you remember to take your medication, do better on a school exam, remember the name of the person whom you met yesterday or even make better life choices?

Some scientists question whether this is even possible. Others argue that we should consider the brain like our muscles, which can be exercised and strengthened. In this analogy (类比), daily challenges, even demanding ones such as reading a detailed newspaper article or solving an algebra problem, might not be sufficiently challenging to furnish an adequate work-out for the brain.

Just as athletes engage in strength and conditioning by repeatedly exercising certain muscle groups and body systems, targeted repetition of memory exercises may be the key to strengthening arid conditioning our memory processes. Memory training apps require tracking a large number of objects while one is distracted with a secondary task (such as making mental calculations). That degree of difficulty and repetition, however, may be rare in daily life, which is the gap that memory apps aim to fill.

1. What do the underlined words “capitalizes on” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Provides money for.	B．Takes advantage of.
C．Takes notice of.	D．Makes up for.

2. What is researchers’ attitude towards brain training?

A．They think it should be totally banned.

B．They are optimistic about its effectiveness.

C．They are divided on its practical benefits in real life.

D．They agree that it will pose challenges to our daily life.

3. What does the author suggest in the last two paragraphs?

A．Challenges in daily life provide enough exercise for the brain.

B．Memory training apps may help strengthen our brain.

C．Regular physical exercise can boost our mental capacity.

D．Brain training may not achieve its desired effects.

4. What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A．To prove the importance of brain training.

B．To analyze the benefits and risks of brain training.

C．To discuss the reliability of memory training.

D．To promote apps that are targeted at memory training.

8 . The first thing we notice about new people are their faces. The next time we see these people, we remember them because we remember their faces. This seems like a simple process. However, scientists found that it is not such a simple process. The section of the brain that is responsible for face recognition seems to work differently for different people. Some people have great difficulty remembering and recognizing faces, while others almost never forget a face.

Normal babies are born with a natural ability to recognize faces. In fact, their face recognition abilities are much better than their parents. Babies are highly skilled at face recognition at six months. But by nine months, they lose this skill, By nine months, a baby’s face-recognition skills are about the same as an adult’s.

Unfortunately, some people are not born with this ability to recognize faces. The part of the brain that is responsible for face recognition doesn’t work for them. This condition is called face blindness. People with very severe face blindness cannot even recognize their own faces. In fact, people with this condition can sometimes be frightened when they look in the mirror. They don’t recognize their own face, so for a second they are startled when they see this unfamiliar face.

Face blindness is not always severe. Scientists believe up to 10 percent of the population may be affected by face blindness to some degree, yet many people with mild face blindness might not even know they have it. They have no reason to know they are different from anyone else until someone points it out. This is similar to people with color blindness.

Colorblind people can’t see the difference between certain colors such as red and green, until someone tells them that green and red are two different colors.

There is no cure for face blindness. So for the time being. people with face blindness need to find simple techniques to compensate for their problem. They can try to recognize people by their hairstyle, their voice, or their glasses. Hopefully, in the future as scientists learn more about this condition, they will find a cure.

1. The first paragraph is mainly about ____________.

A．the way to improve one’s face-recognition skills

B．the fact that some people have face-recognition problems

C．the simple process of the brain to recognize others’ faces

D．the importance of face recognition in human communication

2. When do people have the keen skills of face-recognition?

A．At birth.	B．In adolescence.
C．Half a year old.	D．Nine months old.

3. The bold word “startled” in the 3rd paragraph is closes in meaning to _______________.

A．confused	B．surprised
C．excited	D．depressed

4. What does the author think of the problem of face blindness?

A．People need to take it seriously.	B．It affects a great number of people.
C．It can be cured in the near future.	D．Certain techniques can make up for it.

9 . "Smile!" I shouted, holding a yellow sign up on a busy street in Seattle. We were three thousand miles away from home on a Random Acts of Kindness and Volunteerism Road Trip. We had two aims. One was to try out our new "Smile!" signs and see how much kindness and joy we could spread in Pike Place Market. The other was to raise $80 by doing street performances, enough for gas to Portland and a small hotel room.

We weren't sure how people would react (回应) to our signs. I nervously raised up our signs and shouted, "Hi, there!" to a young couple. They looked over and felt confused. Then they read our signs and broke into a smile. Before long, some tourists wanted to take a photo with us and some strangers stopped to ask us about our signs.

In fact, we paid so close attention to our "Smile!" project that we forgot the other aim. Before we knew it, the sun was setting, and we had no money for our trip to Portland. We sat down to watch a blind musician play the guitar while thinking about what to do. He was packing up when a passing crowd kicked down his change bowl. He stumbled (绊倒) into the crowd. We rushed to help him, but another man moved more quickly to help him.

Once the musician had his money safely returned, we ran over to meet the strange helper and said, "We just wanted to praise you for your good deed." He smiled, looking at our signs. "Your trip reminds me of something similar I once did when I was young," he said. "Look! I'd like to donate (捐赠)." We told him, "No, thanks! We are fine. We've collected plenty of money." We lied. "Please let me donate. It will make me feel like I'm a part of this adventure," he insisted. And then the stranger opened his wallet and pulled out four $20 bills. The money was exactly what we had intended to raise that day. We were astonished. It seemed as if he had known somehow.

1. What's the main purpose of the road trip?

A．To spread kindness and joy.

B．To invite more people to join in the trip.

C．To raise money for a trip to Portland.

D．To encourage people to take happy photos.

2. How did people react to the "Smile!" signs later?

A．Disappointed.

B．Worried.

C．Interested.

D．Moved.

3. According to the last paragraph, why did the strange helper want to donate money?

A．Because he felt pity for the author.

B．Because he wanted to join in the project.

C．Because he hoped to help the homeless.

D．Because he felt sorry for his impoliteness.

4. What does the underlined word "astonished" in the last paragraph most probably mean?

A．Tired.

B．Satisfied.

C．Frightened.

D．Surprised.

10 . I'd done it before, and so I had no reason to believe that this time would be any different. I was sure that when I returned home from my mission trip, as always, I'd bring back nothing more than some mud on my boots, a hole or two in my jeans and, of course, a lot of great memories.

The summer before my high school graduation, I went to West Virginia with others as volunteers to repair the homes of those in need. Arriving at our destination, my group was assigned the task of rebuilding sections of a home that had been damaged by fire. No sooner had we parked on the home's dirt driveway than we saw an excited little girl, no more than six years old, standing in the doorway of the family's temporary home. Shoeless and wearing dirty clothes and the biggest smile I'd ever seen, she yelled, "Ma, Ma, they really came! " I didn't know it then, but her name was Dakota, and four more days would pass before she’d say another word near me.

Behind Dakota was a woman in a wheelchair—her grandmother, we'd soon learn. I also discovered that my job that week would be to help change a fire—damaged dining room into a bedroom for this little girl. Grabbing our tools, we went to work. Over the following days, I noticed Dakota peeking at us every now and then as we worked. A few times. I tried talking with her, but she remained shy and distant, always flying around us like a tiny butterfly but keeping to herself.

By our fifth and final day, however, this was about to change.

Before I went to work on her home on that last morning, I spoke for a moment or two with the grandmother. I was especially pleased when she told me how much Dakota loved her new room so much, in fact, that she'd begged to sleep in it the previous night, even though it wasn't quite ready. As we talked, I noticed something I hadn’t seen before—Dakota was hiding behind her grandmother. Cautiously, she stepped into view, and I could see that just like her clothes, her face was still dirty. But no amount of soil could hide those bright blue eyes and big smile. She was simply adorable. I wanted so much to hug her, but respecting her shyness, I kept my distance.

Slowly, she began walking toward me. It wasn't until she was just inches away that I noticed the folded piece of paper in her tiny hand. Silently, she reached up and handed it to me. Once unfolded, I looked at the drawing she'd made with her broken crayons on the back of an old coloring book cover. It was of two girls—one much taller than the other—and they were holding hands. She told me it was supposed to be me and her and on the bottom of the paper were three little words that instantly broke my heart. Now almost in tears, I couldn't control myself anymore—I bent down and hugged her. She hugged me, too. And for the longest time, neither one of us could let go.

By early afternoon, we finished Dakota's bedroom, and so I gladly used the rare free time to get to know my newest friend. Sitting under a tree away from the others, we shared a few apples while she told me about her life. As I listened to her stories about the struggles she and her family went through daily, I began to realize how boring various aspects of my own life were.

I left for home early the next morning. I was returning with muddy boots and holes in my jeans. But because of Dakota, I brought back something else, too—a greater appreciation for all of the blessing of my life. I’ll never forget that barefoot little butterfly with the big smile and dirty face. I pray that she’ll never forget me either.

1. From the appearance description of the little girl, we know _______.

A．she formed a bad living habit

B．she hoped for a better education

C．she was an innocent and lovely child

D．she was strong and calm in the inner world

2. What were probably written on the bottom of the paper?

A．Enjoy your help.

B．Please don’t leave.

C．Help me, please.

D．Hug me close.

3. How did the author feel after unfolding the piece of paper?

A．She worried about the little girl’s future.

B．She decided to keep helping the little girl.

C．She felt a greater affection for the little girl.

D．She got surprised at the little girl’s worthless gift.

4. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．One must learn to share life experiences.

B．One often wants to lead a meaningful life.

C．One occasionally benefits from the poverty.

D．One should be more grateful for the gift of life.