Organizations that support women and promote equality and fairness in wages, in behavior, and with opportunities have spent years putting women’s rights first as their missions. Check out the institutions that are helping fight for what’s fair, no matter where women are in the world.
School Girls Unite
This nonprofit deals with education discrimination among young women in developing countries. In Mali, Africa, for example, only one in four girls make it to the 7th grade. School Girls Unite sponsors the girls’ education, often at a cost as little as $75 per child, and follows them to complete their education.
Every Mother Counts
Model Christy Turlington Burns founded this activist group that seeks to improve medical care for mothers around the world by training professionals, improving transportation to care facilities, and donating crucial supplies to clinics. The organization has arranged funds that have improved mother mortality rates in Tanzania, Haiti, and India.
ANITA B. ORG
Since 1987, this social enterprise has pursued the mission statement of founder Anita Borg by putting women in a position to excel in the technology field. The group provides resources for education in coding and diversity both in the U.S. and abroad. In India, they organize career fairs for women only, offering companies the chance to improve their gender diversity in the workforce.
Dress For Success
Wearing appropriate clothes for a job interview is vital for potential employees. For over 20 years, the caregivers at Dress for Success have been helping women realize their professional goals by providing suits they might not otherwise be able to afford. The nonprofit accepts clothing donations and then distributes them to countries and areas in need.
1.School Girls Unite helps women by .
A. training female instructors for the school
B. providing free guidance on girls’ education
C. financially aiding girls with their education
D. asking girls’ parents to support their education
2.Who may benefit from Every Mother Counts?
A. A woman who majors in medicine
B. A woman who is to give birth soon
C. A mother suffering from discrimination
D. A single mother raising children herself
3.Which organizations aim at women employment?
A. ANITA B. ORG and Dress for Success
B. School Girls Unite and ANITA B. ORG
C. ANITA B. ORG and Every Mother Counts D. School Girls Unite and Every Mother Counts
假定你是李华，正在外国学习。上周六乘出租车(车号:HHX80W)去你导师家途中经历了不愉快的事情，请你用英语给出租汽车公司经理写信表达自己的诉求。要点如下:
1. 起因:司机故意多绕路并且言语粗鲁;
2. 要求:出租车司机道歉，退还多收的钱。
注意:1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
3. 开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir/ Madam,
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Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文，文中共有10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(/\),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除: 把多余的词用斜线(\) 划掉。
修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词:
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起) 不计分。
The other day, our school invite a famous artist to teach us what to draw bamboo in traditional Chinese style.
When the artist entered into the classroom, he received warm welcome. Firstly, he showed them a great many skillful ways to draw bamboo. We surrounded him and watched him careful. Then we tried to do it by ourselves under his instruction. Finally, after failing several times I succeeded drawing a picture of bamboo, that made me so happy.
In this lesson, we were deeply impressing by the beauty of Chinese paintings and proud of be Chinese. We hope we can have more activity of this kind in the future!
I started working as a volunteer for the City of Surrey this summer. I did this because I’ve always enjoyed 1.(help) people in any way I can. I thought if I became a volunteer for the City of Surrey, I would be able to achieve that goal and be 2.(me). And being a volunteer for the City of Surrey really helped me branch out 3.many different directions. I volunteered over 256 hours of 4.( serve) during the summer helping with day camp, teen dances and so on.
I worked hard and did my best to show everyone that this is what I love to do. I started to take every course 5.(offer) by the volunteer program and then began to apply for paid positions. At the end of the summer I 6.(hire) as a dance instructor. Working for the City of Surrey has provided me with many opportunities 7.would not have presented themselves anywhere else. I got a well-paid job much 8.(early) than I had expected. I was 9.(thank) that I had been given the chance 10.(work) for such an amazing city and do my part to make it the best it can be.
California officials are praising workers for rescuing a 13-year-old boy who fell into a river of sewage(下水道)in Los Angeles. The boy, Jesse Hemandez, ___more than 12 hours in the city’s ___underground sewage system. It is ___with refuse liquids and other waste materials , some of them __.
Jesse had been playing at a public park with other ___during a family gathering on Sunday. At one point, the children were ___pieces of wood that covered an opening ___the sewage system. One of the wooden boards broke. The boy fell about eight meters down and ___in fast-moving sewage.
The other children ___told adults what had happened. The adults then called an emergency telephone line for help. Rescuers immediately began ___Jesse underground.
With the help of cameras they floated down the pipes, rescuers eventually located Jesse ___seeing images of handprints on one of them. A crew of sanitation (环境卫生) workers hurried to the ___and opened a manhole(检查井). The first thing they ___was “Help”. Their patience and optimism __.
The crew lowered down a long rope to Jesse. The boy held onto the rope while workers ___him up. By the time workers found Jesse, about 700 meters of pipes had been___ during a 12-hour period. Jesse was potted less than two kilometers from where he ___. He was taken to a hospital for a full physical examination and to be reunited with his ___.
More than 100 people contributed much tirelessly to the ___of Jesse. Jesse was lucky to find a small area of ___air and wait there until he was found.
1.A. wasted B. took C. spent D. arranged
2.A. shallow B. large C. deserted D. temporary
3.A. filled B. faced C. compared D. occupied
4.A. dusty B. unusual C. useless D. poisonous
5.A. visitors B. children C. strangers D. parents
6.A. below B. behind C. over D. on
7.A. leading to B. consisting of C. ending in D. heading for
8.A. swam B. landed C. suffered D. fought
9.A. seriously B. eventually C. quickly D. exactly
10.A. searching for B. caring about C. turning to D. calming down
11.A. before B. unless C. after D. until
12.A. system B. area C. dustbin D. water
13.A. saw B. felt C. feared D. heard
14.A. set off B. put off C. turned off D. paid off
15.A. pulled B. packed C. picked D. waked
16.A. judged B. selected C. removed D. inspected
17.A. dived B. screamed C. disappeared D. escaped
18.A. friends B. family C. class D. relatives
19.A. struggle B. adventure C. survival D. existence
20.A. breathable B. miserable C. smelly D. pure
Benefits of Reading
The benefits of reading start with the first book a baby hears and continue into childhood and throughout the child’s life. Here are some reasons why reading is important.
Reading teaches children about the world around them. 1.They are exposed to ways of life, ideas and beliefs about the world which may be different from those which surround them. This builds a store of background knowledge, which helps younger children learn to read confidently.
2.When we read, our brains translate the descriptions we read of people , places and things into pictures. When we are reading a story, we are also imagining how the characters are feeling. We use our own experiences to imagine how we would feel in the same situation
Children who read do better at school. And they don’t just do better at subjects like reading, English and history. 3.
Reading is a great form of entertainment! A paperback book or an e-reader doesn’t take up much space so you can take it anywhere and you’ll never be lonely or bored if you have a book in your bag. 4.
Reading relaxes the body and calms the mind. 5.The constant movement, flashing lights and noise are quite stressful for our brains. When we read in silence, the black print on a white page is much less stressful for our eyes and brains.
A. Reading improves concentration.
B. Reading develops a child’s imagination.
c. We seem to have forgotten how to relax and how to be silent.
D. Children learn new words and greatly enlarge their vocabulary.
E. They do better at all subjects and they do better all the day through school.
F. You can read while waiting for a friend or during a flight delay at an airport.
G. By reading, children learn about people, places and events outside their own experience.
