【题目】There’s always a lot to do to get the kids ready to go back to school, let alone trying to get them excited about the idea. To help your kids get ready, save a few dollars in the process and have some fun with them in the dying days of summer, try a few of these fun filled activities.

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UP-CYCLING

Every student needs school supplies. But a lot of what they need is already littering around your house. If you don’t have reusable school supplies at home, you might have the materials to make them.

Try up-cycling with your kids and change old or useless products into new ones.

Here are a few ideas to get you started:

●Sew blue jeans into pencil cases.

●Turn shoeboxes into arts storage boxes.

●Use an old belt as a books belt.

●Wrap book covers in old posters.

Up-cycling is a great way to develop artistic talent and creative thinking in your children.

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PLAN TO PACK AHEAD

Most teachers and schools reward green behavior among students. To help your kids stay green, be sure to have these items on hand so you can pack them litter-less lunches.

Here’s what you need:

●Reusable lunch containers.

●A firm lunchbox and thermos(水瓶).

●Reusable napkins(餐巾).

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MAP IT OUT

Across the country, kids are thinking about how they’ll get to school. Do I walk? Do I bike? Either way, avoid driving them if at all possible.

Kids need to stay active and want to connect with other local kids on the way to school. Help your children map out their route or get them involved with a local walking school bus. A walking school bus is groups of children walking to school with one or more adults.

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We hope these activities will help you and your kids get ready for the new school year, and that you’ll have some fun in the process. Last but not least, some activities may require encouragements … may we suggest some organic chocolate ice cream.

1What do the suggested activities have in common?

A. Having fun and saving green.

B. Saving money and obeying school rules.

C. Offering food and training skills.

D. Bringing teachers together and saving money.

2The activities of UP-CYCLING bring benefits of ___________.

a. making old products into creative school supplies

b. making friends with local kids on the way to school

c. bringing fun of cooperation between parents and kids

d. packing litter-less lunches to school

e. developing kids’ artistic talent and creative thinking

A. a, c, d B. b, c, d

C. b, d, e D. a, c, e

3Which of the following is TRUE about the MAP IT OUT activity?

A. Parents are forbidden to be involved in the activity.

B. Children can learn to read a map and take a correct school bus.

C. Parents are expected to drive their kids to school if possible.

D. Children walk to school together accompanied by one or more adults.

4The passage is most probably intended for ___________.

A. teachers B. parents

C. children D. headmasters

【题目】Pablo Picasso, born in Spain in 1881, was one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. Picasso began painting when he was a small child and took advanced art courses when he was only fifteen. Between 1904 and 1947 Picasso lived in Paris. In 1947 he moved to Riviera, in the south of France.

Many people thought Picasso's works were strange and unpleasant. Still,he had a great influence on artists in every country. Today, Picasso is regarded as a genius (天才), and his paintings are in the museums all over the world.

In 1912, Picasso actually invented a new type of art. He painted a picture,then he pasted bits of paper and something else on the picture. This picture of art is called collage(拼贴艺术).

Picasso was not only a painter, he was also a sculptor (雕塑家)and a designer of scenery for plays. There are even some photographs of light paintings that he created. These paintings were produced by moving a light pencil, or a small flashlight in the air. Although the images could be seen only briefly by anyone watching them happen, the camera was able to catch the images as they occurred.

By the time he died in France in April of 1973 , he had created a staggering 22,000 works of art.

When Picasso was asked how someone could become an artist, he would reply, If you want to draw, you must shut your eyes and sing.

【1】After reading the text, we can learn that Picasso was a _________.

A. French artist

B. Spanish artist

C. English artist

D. Australian artist

【2】The meaning of the underlined word "pasted" in this text means __________

A. stuck with

B. struck on

C. drew

D. mixed with

【3】Which of the following statements best explains the meaning of Picasso's advice about how to become an artist?

A. Study hard and practise painting.

B. Only people who sing can become painters.

C. Painters should learn to paint with their eyes closed.

D. There is more to painting than just study and hard work.

【4】Which would be the best title for the text?

A. How to Become a Great Artist

B. A Genius

C. Pablo Picasso More Than Just a Painter

D. Picasso's Life in France

【5】According to the text, which of the statements is right?

A. Even Picasso was a great artist, he was not clever at all when he was young.

B. Picasso didn't leave Paris until he was 23 years old.

C. People didn't like Picasso's works at first.

D. Picasso was only good at collage.

【题目】Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage.

He seems an unlikely hero, especially one that would save a kid from the jaws of a wild cougar (美洲豹) .

Shen Huigang is just now getting recognition for his bravery in fighting off a cougar on Vancouver Island, Canada, during a family outing on Aug .30.

Shen, also known as Ian, was then an exchange student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University enjoying the afternoon on a beach near Ucluelet, a small town on the edge of the Pacific Ocean.

With him was a friend, Myles Hagar, and Hagar’s two grandchildren.

Silently and suddenly a cougar appeared out of nowhere.

By the time the two adults spotted the cat, believed to be young but still weighing 30 to 35 kilograms, it already had the head of 18-month old Julien in its mouth. Instinctively本能地, the young man gestured as if he were ready for a fight, and tried to scare the beast off with the bag in his hands.

On hearing the noise Shen made, the animal dropped the kid and Hagar grabbed his grandson from the cougar’s jaws. Shen and Hagar gradually chased the animal back into the woods.

“We also moved slowly to our vehicle, as we waved our fists and bags, pretending we wanted to fight with it,” Shen said. “The vehicle wasn’t far away but it felt like it took us a century to travel the short journey.”

“Any hesitation, at anymoment, even a second delay, would have resulted in certain death for Julien. The cougar was just about to break his neck and carry him away to be eaten in the forest.” Hagar said. Julien has since made a full recovery.

Parks Canada spokeswoman Arlene Armstrong told the National Post newspaper of Canada in an interview in August. “The two men acted properly by maintaining eye contact with the big cat and aggressively scaring it off.”

1Why is Shen Huigang getting recognition on Vancouver Island?(No more than 9 words )

2What happened to Julien by the time the two adults saw the young cougar?(No more than 9 words )

3Why did the cougar give up eating the kid? (No more than 7 words )

4How can you act properly when you are fighting with a wild cougar? (No more than 11 words )

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