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The Ocean Awareness Student Contest(International)

We invite middle and high school students from around the world to attend the 2017 Ocean Awareness Student Contest! The theme is Making Meaning out of Ocean Pollution, and it challenges you to research, explore, explore interpret, and say something meaningful about the connections between human activities and the health of our oceans.

This year, we challenge you to concentrate on one type of ocean pollution and “make meaning” of it through art, poetry or film. We encourage you to connect it with your own life, your own local community, or something else that is personally meaningful to you, but what’s most important is to pick a topic that inspires you.

To take part:

(1)Research

Do research on your own. Ask tough and complex questions, and think about the way science and society help you explain the topic

(2)Create

To explain your topic, create your own work of art, writing, poetry or film.

(3) Submit(提交)

The closing date for entries is on June 13, 2017, at 11:59pm.

Submit as an individual: This means that you are the only creator of your submission .

Submit as a group: Groups can be of unlimited size, but you must provide the names of each group member. There will be one group leader who will be the contact(联系)person for the group and prizes will be awarded to the group as a whole.

Prizes:

The winners will receive scholarships (up to $ 1,500), and each year we give out over 140 prizes(totaling up to $80,000) as well as chances to the winners to work with us and to get their works exhibited and published.

1.The purpose of the contest is to______.

A. encourage more people to explore the ocean

B. direct students to receive more scholarships

C. draw students’ attention to the health of the oceans

D. help students complete their works in various styles

2.The contest is designed for______.

A. college students B. teenagers

C. art students D. people of all ages

3.To take part in the contest, students are asked to______.

A. submit their works in groups

B. experience the life in a local community

C. exhibit or publish their works in advance

D. do research and explain their topics

4.Which of the following prizes is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Scholarships will be offered to the winners

B. The organizers will let the winners work with them

C. The winners will be admitted to famous universities

D. Chances are that the winners can get their works published

Answer 1