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Service Trips for High School Students

Are you a high school student who loves to be outdoors and is eager to experience new challenges, learn new skills and meet new people? WTA offers first-time participants country trips and returning students have the option to go on trips in the back country (边远地区).

Front Country Trips

Our front country trips provide opportunities for people to experience projects near the ocean, in the scenic Cascade Mountains and in northeast Washington. Our trips also provide you with experienced leaders, a great project, some camping tents, sleeping bags and all your meals for the week.

Advanced Back Country Trips

On these trips you will be backpacking to the work site and will have a chance to advance your trail and leadership skills under the supervision of a WTA leader.

Trip Details

In 2015, trip fees for WTA members will be $195 for the first trip and $145 for each additional trip. Non-members will pay an additional $40 for their first trip and can be qualified to be members in the second trip. Due to the popularity of our trips, please submit your payment and application within two weeks. If a trip is full and you would like to be added to the waiting list, please call us at 206/625-1367 or email trail-teams@wta.org.

Scholarships

We believe no student should have to stay at home this summer because he or she can’t afford to go outside. Thanks to donations from members and supporters, WTA is proud to announce that we are able to offer a limited number of scholarships. Application Deadline: March 1, 2015.

1.If you are going on Front Country Trips, you can’t go on trips __________.

A. near the ocean

B. in the back country

C. in the Cascade Mountains

D. in northeast Washington

2.How much will you have to pay for your first trip if you’re not a WTA member?

A. $145. B. $185. C. $195. D. $235.

3.After choosing a trip, you __________.

A. will naturally become a WTA member.

B. can cancel your trip and get all your money back.

C. will be added to the waiting list.

D. must submit your payment and application within two weeks.

4.You may be lucky enough to obtain a scholarship if you __________.

A. apply before March 1, 2015.

B. donate a little money to WTA.

C. support WTA by advertising.

D. volunteer in your high school.

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Several decades of years ago, I ran a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide. One very cold, wet night at about 3∶30 a.m., there was a ________ on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from________ to toe, explained that he had ________ out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的)wife and his two children ________ at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车)back.

Once I had ________ a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both ________ , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he ________ me back.

Before leaving, I had turned the heater ________ in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and ________ .While the little ones played and ran ________ , I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the________ .

It was about 5 a.m. before they ________ .The young fellow asked me how much he ________ me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵)had ________ $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.

About a month later, I received a ________ from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to ________ to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It ________out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most ________ person in the company.

In his letter, he thanked me again and ________ me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this ________ , a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.

1.A. kick B. hit C. beat D. knock

2.A. finger B. shoulder C. head D. hand

3.A. driven B. used C. come D. run

4.A. away B. behind C. over D. out

5.A. supplied B. poured C. equipped D. filled

6.A. sleeping B. crying C. quarrelling D. fighting

7.A. allow B. ring C. lead D. follow

8.A. on B. off C. in D. over

9.A. neat B. hot C. warm D. attractive

10.A. around B. inside C. nearby D. along

11.A. drivers B. guests C. customers D. adults

12.A. left B. arrived C. ate D. disappeared

13.A. gave B. paid C. owed D. offered

14.A. appeared B. exhibited C. calculated D. shown

15.A. call B. letter C. check D. notice

16.A. get B. force C. requite D. hope

17.A. pointed B. turned C. worked D. found

18.A. generous B. successful C. serious D. powerful

19.A. praised B. persuaded C. informed D. convinced

20.A. lesson B. business C. aspect D. case

New crime prediction software should reduce not only the murder rate, but the rate of other crimes. Developed by Richard Berk, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the software has already used in Baltimore and Philadelphia to predict which individuals on probation(缓刑) or parole(假释) are most likely to murder and to be murdered.

“When a person goes on probation or parole he is supervised(监督) by an officer. The question is ‘what level of supervision is appropriate?’” said Berk. It used to be that parole officers used the person’s criminal record, and their judgment to make decisions.

“This research replaces those seat-of-the –pants calculations,” he said.

Technology helps determine level of supervision. On average there is one murder for every 100,000 people. Even among high-risk groups the murder rate is one in 100. Predicting such a rare event is very difficult, but advances in computer technology works.

Years ago, the researchers made a dataset of more than 60,000 various crimes. Using the software they developed, they found some much more likely to commit murder when paroled or probated. They could identify eight future murderers out of 100.

Berk’s software examines roughly two dozen variables(可变因素), from criminal record to geographic location. The type of crimes, and more importantly, the age at which that crime was committed, were two of the most predictive variables.

“People assume that if someone murdered then they will murder in the future,” said Berk. “What really matters is what that person did as a young individual. Predicting future crimes sounds well. But we aren’t anywhere near being able to do that.”

“Berk’s scientific answer leaves policymakers with difficult questions. By labeling one group of people as high risk, and supervise them closely, there should be fewer murders, which the potential victims should be happy about. It also means that those high-risk individuals will be supervised more aggressively. For human rights advocates, that means punishing people who, most likely, will not commit a crime in the future,” said Bushway. “It comes down to a question of whether you would rather make these errors or those errors.”

1.The underlined words in Para.3 probably mean___.

A. calculations based on subjective opinions

B. calculations based on widespread voting

C. calculations made by advanced technology

D. calculations based on serious considering

2.From Para 7, we can infer that______.

A. the technology developed by Richard Berk will soon be widely used in the US

B. the technology would not be widely accepted in the short term

C. whether a person murders or not largely decided by his upbringing while young

D. if a person murdered when he was fifty, he is sure to murder again while on probation

3.Bushway’s attitude to the technology put forward by Richard Berk is ____.

A. positive B. negative

C. objective D. Indifferent

Want to improve your writing skills? New Writing South is directing the way!

·Towner Writer Squad (班组)for kids aged 13-17

Led by comedy and TV writer, Marian Kilpatrick, Towner Writer Squad will meet once a month at the contemporary art museum for 11 months, starting 12 October, 2014.

The FREE squad sessions will include introductions to a wide range of writing styles, from poetry to play writing and lyrics (抒情诗)to flash fiction, to support the development of young writers.

Application & Selection

If you would like to apply to be part of the Towner Writer Squad, please send a sample piece of your writing (about 500 words), responding to the title‘LUNCH,’with your name, age, address and e-mail address to: debo@newwritingsouth.com.

Once all applications are in, you will be invited to an open selection event on 17 September,4-5pm, at the gallery of Towner. This will be an informal opportunity to meet the Squad Leader, Squad Associate and other young people.

You will also have a chance to get to know the fantastic gallery space and get a taste of what’s to come.

Deadline for applications: 8 September, 2014

For further information go to: facebook.com/towner or towner.org.uk or newwritingsouth.com

Any questions 一 feel free to send your e-mail to Towner Writer Squad Associate: whame@towner.gov.uk

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·Beginner Writing Project for kids aged 10-13

Due to popular demand, a writing project will be started for eager beginners.

Start time: 6 September, 2014

Meet every other Saturday,2-4pm, at the Towner Study Centre.

Study and write at your own pace 一 you do not have to rush 一 as you have a year to go through the project. Practise under the guidance of some experienced writers and teachers who can help you with basic writing skills. Most importantly, build confidence and have fun while writing!

No previous experience or special background is required. Many others have been successful this way. If they can do it, why can’t you?

Fee: £179

For more information,go to newtowner.org.uk or generate.org.uk

1.Towner Writer Squad will be started _______.

A. to train comedy and TV writers

B. to explore the fantastic gallery space

C. to introduce a contemporary art museum

D. to promote the development of young writers

2.To join the Writer Squad,each applicant should first _______.

A. provide a piece of their writing

B. meet the Writer Squad Leader

C. offer their family information

D. complete an application form

3.Applications for the Writer Squad should be e-mailed no later than _______.

A. 6 September, 2014 B. 8 September, 2014

C. 17 September, 2014 D. 12 October, 2014

4.What is most important for the beginners?

A. Practising as much as possible.

B. Gaining confidence and having fun.

C. Studying and writing at their own pace.

D. Learning skills from writers and teachers.

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I was 14 years old. I was angry and rebellious, with regard for anything my parents had to say, if it had nothing to do with me. Like so many , I struggled to escape from anything that didn’t my picture of the world. As a “ brilliant without need of guidance” kid, I rejected any obvious of love. In fact, I got angry at the of the word “love”.
One , after an extremely difficult day, I into my room, shut the door loudly and fell down onto my bed heavily. As I lay down in the privacy of my , my hands placed under my pillow. There was an envelope.I pulled it out and on the envelope it said, “To when you’re alone.”
I was alone, no one would know whether I read it or not.So I opened it. It said,“Mike, I know life is right now, I know you are frustrated and I know we don’t do everything right. I also know that I love you and nothing you do or say will ever change that.I am here for you if you ever need to talk. If you don’t, that’s also .Just know that no matter where you go or whatever you do in your life, I will always love you and be that you are my son. I’m here for you and I love you-that will never Love you, Mom.”
Every night as I went to bed, I would put my hands under my , and I remember the I felt every time I got a letter. During my teen years, the letters were the calm assurance that I still could be loved my anger and rudeness.Just before I fell I became grateful that my mom knew what I, an angry teenager, needed.
1.A. little B. all C. full D. high
2.A. seldom B. sometimes C. currently D. particularly
3.A. families B. adults C. people D. teenagers
4.A. hang up B. lift up C. agree with D. deal with
5.A. attempt B. offer C. request D. advice
6.A. risk B. proposal C. mention D. point
7.A. night B. day C. morning D. afternoon
8.A. slipped B. stormed C. sank D. slid
9.A. bed B. floor C. closet D. chair
10.A. answer B. seal C. read D. tear
11.A. If B. When C. Though D. Since
12.A. serious B. awful C. amazing D. exciting
13.A. entirely B. gently C. heavily D. personally
14.A. impossible B. terrible C. right D. okay
15.A. nervous B. sorry C. proud D. sure
16.A. last B. change C. happened D. start
17.A. pillow B. book C. desk D. door
18.A. relaxation B. sadness C. relief D. thrill
19.A. in spite of B. instead of C. ahead of D. in need of
20.A. ill B. down C. silent D. asleep

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