Student Volunteers Needed! Are you looking for something fun and want to help others in your spare time? Then join us to be a volunteer! On October 23, from 9 am to 4 pm. Clapton Middle School will be holding a music festival in the school gym. The special event will feature a variety of professional musicians and singers. | ||
Task Make posters Set up the gym Help performers Welcome guests Clean up the gym | Time 1 pm — 4 pm 11 am — 4 pm 9 am — 4 pm 10 am — 2 pm 4 pm — 7 pm | Date October 17 October 20 October 23 October 23 October 23 |
Interested students should speak with Ms Braxton, the music teacher. Students who would like to help at the festival must have written permission (同意书) from your parents. |
1.What time will the music festival begin?
A.At 9 am. B.At 10 am. C.At 11 am. D.At 1 pm.
2.What does the underlined word “feature” mean?
A.Entertain. B.Include. C.Keep. D.Look.
3.Which of the following jobs should be done before the festival?
A.Setting up the gym. B.Welcoming the guests.
C.Cleaning up the gym. D.Helping the performers.
4.If you want to be a volunteer, you need written permission from.
A.your music teacher B.your parents C.Ms Braxton D.any teacher
5.From the table, we can learn the following EXCEPT .
A.students are welcome to volunteer B.volunteers can help in October
C.some work needs to be done in the evening D.volunteers can get money after helping
Kid Heroes for the Planet
Earth Day is April 22. On this day, people around the world focus on environmental problems. But you don’t have to wait for Earth Day to take action. You can improve our planet every day of the year. Read their stories, and let them inspire you.
Isabel and Melati Wilsen were 10 and 12 when they learned about Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King J. These change—makers in spired the sisters to think about how they could make a difference in the world. They decided to focus on the plastic pollution affecting Bali, Indonesia, where they live. “Growing up out he island of Ball, we already had a strong connection to the environment,” Melati said. Melati and Isabel created Bye Bye Plastic Bags in 2013. The group’s primary goal was to have single—use plastic shopping bags banned (禁止) across Bali. It succeeded. Bali’s government introduced a law banning the bags beginning in 2019. Melati hopes more kids will be inspired to speak up. “You have a voice, so use it.” she says.
When he was 12, Marcus Deans saw a photograph of a child in Africa drinking dirty water. “I was shocked that this still happens in the world,: he said. Since then, he has been working on a filter (过滤装置) that clears contaminants, such as bacteria out of the water, so people can safely drink it. He called the filter NOGOS. Unlike expensive filters, a NOGOS filter costs just $2 to make. It’s made of sugar, sand, and seashells. Now 17, Marcus is in his final year of high school, in Ontario, Canada. He’s still working hard at perfecting NOGOS, and he plans to have it manufactured and sent to communities that need it. Getting to this point has not been easy. “There were moments when I wanted to give up and walk away from this project,” Marcus says. “But what kept me going is that I wanted to find a solution for people who need clean water.”
Bria Neff, a 12—year—old from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is on a mission (任务) to help endangered species. The mission began four years ago, when she was 8. That’s when Bria started painting portraits of animals. She set up an activity, Faces of the Endangered, as a way to sell her paintings. She gives away the money she raises to organizations that care for threatened animals and ecosystems. So far, Bria has painted more than 250 pictures and gave away $36,000. Bria has also designed two coloring books that feature animals. The books are sold at the Great Plains Zoo, in her hometown. Money from the sale of these books helps fund the protection of endangered species represented at the zoo. What’s Bria’s message for kids who want to make a difference? “No matter how old you are, you can change the world,” she says. “No idea is too small.”
1.Isabel and Melati Wijsen created NOGOS to stop plastic bags.
2.At the age of 12, Marcus Deans found a solution for people who need clean water.
3.Bria Neff believes you can change the world if you are old enough.
4.NOGOS is an inexpensive filter made of sugar, sand and seashells.
5.Only on the Earth Day, people around the world focus on the environment.
What’s that in the sky? An allen spaceship? An apple pie? No, it’s a Frisbee (飞盘). Frisbees make it possible to play a game almost ________ at almost any time. All you need ________ the toy itself, some open space and a friend.
A Frisbee is a disc—shaped piece of plastic. It has rounded edges, and, thanks to physics, this makes it fly ________ the air for long distances.
Usually for a Frisbee game, two or more people simply throw the thing back and forth. They try to ________ it before it flies into a tree or falls to the ground. There are ________ kinds of Frisbee games, like the team sport “Ultimate Frisbee”. But most people in the US still ________ old—fashioned Frisbee.
Walter Frederick Morrison is the inventor of the modern—day Frisbee. He used to ________ a game with his wife on the beach in California — they would throw a cake pan back and forth. Later, they began to sell cake pans on the ________ for 25 cents each (they bought them in shops for 5 cents).
Finally, Morrison re—designed the Frisbee and sold the ________ to a toy company.
Nowadays, ________ you go to a US beach, park or college campus, you will always see a Frisbee flying through the air. With a little practice, almost anyone can pay it well. And, if you don’t have a Frisbee, try a cake pan instead.
1.A.somewhere B.anywhere C.nowhere
2.A.be B.am C.is
3.A.into B.across C.through
4.A.catch B.take C.bring
5.A.others B.other C.another
6.A.expect B.prefer C.achieve
7.A.play B.plays C.playing
8.A.field B.beach C.road
9.A.toy B.idea C.pan
10.A.when B.while C.until
He wanted to know __________.
A.whether he speaks at the meeting B.when the meeting would start
C.what he’s going to do at the meeting D.where would the meeting be held
— Driving less , walking more is good for our health .
— So I’d rather ____ an hour’s walk to work than consider ____ a car .
A.take ; drive B.take; to drive C.take ; driving D.taking; driving
Would you please the paper for me and see if there are any mistakes?
A.look around B.look into C.look up D.look through
