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For 40 years, people in London have been happy to see parakeets (ÂíβðÐðÄ) in their parks. The shocking green body and long tail have brought a bright color to the parks, which have attracted a lot of people.

However, the parakeets are no longer welcome. They will push out local birds from trees to build their own nests, and will also take most of the food in the parks, such as seeds, fruit and nuts.

Sometimes by accident, plants and animals are carried to new places. They are transported by trains, ships or even planes. Often, animals like fishes get transported in the water containers of ships. When these ships reach new places and pump out the water from their tanks, these animals will start a new life in a new place.

Sometimes people take plants and animals from one part of the world to the other to solve a problem. But it will create a bigger problem. Years ago, the farmers of northern Australia brought the toads (ó¸òÜ) from South America to their farms. They thought they would kill the beetles that harm the sugarcane crops. But the toad has done much more. It is now killing Australia¡¯s native animals, such as snakes, water birds and so on.

1.People get interested in parakeets mainly because of ____.

A. their appearance B. their singing

C. their behavior D. their living environment

2.How do the parakeets affect the local birds?

A. They sometimes kill the local birds.

B. They destroy trees which the local birds live in.

C. They take the local birds¡¯ nests and food.

D. They have attracted much of people¡¯s attention.

3.What is the third paragraph mainly talking about?

A. How animals and plants come to new lands.

B. How a new animal affects the local animals.

C. Why some plants are introduced to a new place.

D. The role of ships in transporting animals and plants.

4.What can we learn about the toads?

A. They didn¡¯t kill the beetles at all.

B. They were brought to Australia by accident.

C. They have ruined the sugarcane crops.

D. They have created a larger problem in Australia.

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Learn and Earn

Charlie and Jackie joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. They both worked very hard. After several years, the boss made Jackie sales manager but Charlie a salesman. One day Charlie could not it any more. He handed in his resignation letter (´ÇÖ°ÐÅ) to the boss and complained that the boss did not hard-working employees, but only raised those who tried to please him. He thought that it was really .

The boss knew that Charlie had spared no for the company all these years, but in order to help Charlie to realize the between him and Jackie, the boss asked Charlie to do the following. ¡°Go and if there is anyone selling watermelons in the market.¡± Charlie went, returned and said, ¡°Yes.¡± The boss asked, ¡°How much per kilogram?¡± Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to , ¡°$ 12 per kg.¡±

The boss told Charlie that he would ask Jackie the question. Jackie went, returned and said, ¡°Boss, only one person selling watermelons. $ 12 per kg, $ 100 for 10 kg. He has a of 340 melons. On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg, from the South two days ago. They are fresh, red, and of good .¡±

Charlie was and he realized the difference between himself and Jackie. He decided not to but to learn from Jackie.

My dear friends, you know, a more person is more observant, thinks more and understands in . For the same matter, he sees several years ahead, you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you ?

Think: how far have you seen ahead in your life? How are you?

1.A. made B. became C. kept D.remained

2.A. do B. tolerate C. get D. put

3.A.value B. meet C. repay D.enjoy

4.A. unusual B. careless C.unfair D. selfless

5.A.effort B. trouble C. effect D.rest

6.A. competition B. relationship C.distance D.difference

7.A. carry out B.find out C. look out D. pick out

8.A.only B. again C. even D.still

9.A. offer B. remind C. answer D. repeat

10.A.difficult B.familiar C.simple D.same

11.A. lot B.total C. few D.number

12.A. taken B. come C. heard D.bought

13.A. value B. condition C.quality D. shape

14.A. moved B.struck C. puzzled D.encouraged

15.A.leave B. stop C. work D.stay

16.A.important B. intelligent C.hardworking D.successful

17.A. time B. need C.depth D. common

18.A. Though B.while C. unless D. since

19.A.win B.think C.know D.see

20.A.hopeful B.helpful C.thoughtful D. meaningful

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 (±ßÔ¶µØÇø).

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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Do you have lunch at school? Do you like having lunch at school? School dinners (that means ¡°lunch¡±) are a hot topic in the UK these days and there are lots of different opinions about what young people eat at lunchtime. Some people think that school meals are unhealthy; some people say that they are much better than in the past and others say that midday meals should be free for all school children.

A typical school dinner costs about 2 pounds a day for a secondary pupil in the UK. There is usually a main course, a dessert and a drink. Parents often pay in advance online. School dinners must include food groups such as fruit and vegetables, protein (for example meat, fish or cheese) and carbohydrate (for example rice or pasta). There are rules about how the food is prepared, for example there are limits on the quantity of fried food.

Martha Payne, from Scotland, started a blog called Neverseconds about her school dinners when she was just nine years old. She posts photographs of her lunch every day and gives the food a grade out of ten. The grade depends on the quality and quantity of the food and how healthy it is. She doesn't always give good grades. Her complaints include too much fried food, small quantities and hair in the food. Many people read her blog and young people from all over the world post pictures, of their school meals on Neverseconds.

Jamie Oliver, the celebrity British chef, is concerned about school dinners. He thinks that they need to be healthier and tastier. Jamie helped to promote Martha's blog by tweeting (ÔÚÍÆÌØÉÏд) about it and Neverseconds became very popular, very quickly on social media websites. On the blog, Martha also collects money for charity. The money is used to provide food for more than 600,000 poor children around the world.

1.School dinners can be a hot topic in the UK these days because ________.

A£®parents cannot afford to pay for them

B£®they have led to many healthy problems

C£®people have different opinions about them

D£®there are no rules about how the food is prepared

2.What do you know about the typical school dinner in the UK?

A£®It's free for all school children.

B£®It costs about 2 pounds a day for a secondary pupil.

C£®It's low in protein and carbohydrate.

D£®It has no fruit or vegetables.

3.Which of the following is the example of the underlined word ¡°complaints¡±£¿

A£®He has never phoned me since we parted.

B£®She posts photographs every day in her blog.

C£®They are always doing their work pretty well.

D£®Today we had pizza, salad, then an apple for dessert.

4.How did Martha Payne's blog become popular?

A£®Jamie Oliver helped to promote it.

B£®Many people collected money for it.

C£®Poor children could get free food from it.

D£®Martha Payne spent most of her time on it.

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?Yuanxiao, Chinese Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The festival ends the New Year's celebration. It is a fun festival. People carry lanterns and go into the streets at night to watch lion or dragon dances, play games and light firecrackers. Yuanxiao, a sweet dumpling made of rice flour, is the traditional food eaten during the festival. In Chinese, the festival is named after this food, which is said to represent family unity and happiness because it is sticky, round and sweet.

?The Dai Water?Splashing Festival

The Dai minority in Yunnan celebrate the Water?Splashing Festival in the middle of April. The festival celebrates the Dai Lunar New Year and lasts for three days. There are dragon races and fireworks displays on the first day and a fair on the second day. At the fair, young lovers throw love pouches to each other. The third day is the actual water?splashing day, people splash water on each other to wash away illnesses and bad luck and bring good luck for the coming year.

?Losar

Losar is a Tibetan word for New Year.¡°Lo¡± means ¡°year¡± and ¡°sar¡± means ¡°new¡±. As the most popular festival among Tibetans, it is celebrated from the first day in the first month to the fifteenth day based on the traditional Tibetan calendar.

On the last day of the year, people clean their houses and prepare for the festival. On the first day of the New Year, Tibetan women usually wake up early at about 5 o'clock, and prepare for a special kind of barley wine for the family which have tsamba, brown sugar, and milk dregs. The whole family have to drink the wine in their beds and then continue to sleep, while the housewives sit in front of their windows, waiting for the sunrise. As soon as they see the sun rays in the east, they go to the well for the first bucket of water in the New Year. It is said that water in the well is the freshest and sweetest at this time and the family who get the lucky water earliest will be the most fortunate.

1.People eat yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival because

________.

A£®it is the traditional food and has its symbolic meaning

B£®it is delicious and easy to be made

C£®it is sticky, round and sweet

D£®it is made of rice flour

2.What can we know from Paragraph 2 about the word ¡°fair¡±£¿

A£®Young people splash water on each other at the fair.

B£®It is the time when young people have meetings.

C£®Young people find their lovers there.

D£®Young people sing and dance there to celebrate the festival.

3.How many days does Tibetan Losar last?

A£®2. B£®3.

C£®15. D£®25.

4.The passage is mainly about________.

A£®the culture and custom in China

B£®the reason why people celebrate festivals

C£®several festivals in China

D£®the history of three festivals in China

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The Verizon Innovative App Challenge gives kids a chance to create apps (¼ÆËã»úÓ¦ÓóÌÐò) that can solve problems in their community.

Do you want to make a difference in your community? The Verizon Innovative App Challenge can get you started. The first step is to think of a problem in your community. The next step is to create an app that can solve the problem.

Groups of five to seven students in middle school or high school, led by a teacher, can enter the contest. First, teams compete on a local level. Teams that make it to the next round receive D|S5,000 for their schools. Finalists present their app ideas to judges in a live webinar (ÍøÂçÑÐÌÖ»á)£®

Next, the judges pick national winners. The top eight teams receive an additional D|S15,000 for their schools, and each team member receives a Samsung tablet. Plus, the winning teams get the chance to bring their app to life.

A group of six girls from Los Fresnos, Texas, won the second annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge. They came up with the Hello Navi app concept, short for ¡°hello navigation¡±. The app was designed to help visually?impaired students navigate their school by using an internal compass and voice?over technology. Read more about the team in September 19, 2016 issue of TIME For Kids: Edition 3£­4.

Do you have an app idea that could help solve a local issue? The deadline to register is November 24, 2016. Find more information and register your team at www. verizonfoundation. org/appchallenge.

Here are some tips from the Verizon Foundation to get you started£º

•Get your team together for a brainstorming meeting. Write out all the ideas that come to mind.

• Don't ignore challenges. Think of the problems that exist in your community.

•Ask family, friends, and people in your community to share their thoughts about problems that they want to see solved.

1.The Verizon Innovative App Challenge was launched to ________.

A£®let students create apps to solve problems

B£®call on students to put their ideas into practice

C£®inspire students to focus on social problems

D£®encourage students to cooperate with teachers

2.In which order should one follow to enter the Verizon Innovative App Challenge?

¢ÙYou think of a problem in your community.

¢ÚYour team compete against others in your city.

¢ÛYou invent an app with your partners and teachers.

¢ÜWinning teams can compete to become national winners.

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3.What does the 5th paragraph mainly talk about?

A£®The winning team and their app of the second Verizon Innovative App Challenge.

B£®An app designed to help the disabled to work on the computer.

C£®An app concept that navigates blind students to explore nature.

D£®Six girls from Los Fresnos, Texas who signed up for the contest.

4.What's the purpose of the passage?

A£®To tell readers how to solve a local issue.

B£®To invite kids to join in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge.

C£®To offer readers information about a talent show.

D£®To appeal to adults to make contributions to society.

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A new study warns that about thirty percent of the world¡¯s people may not have enough water by the year 2025£®

A private American organization called Population Action International(PAI) did the new study£®It says more than 335 million people lack enough water now£®The people live in 28 countries£®Most of the countries are in Africa or the Middle East£®

PAI researcher Robert Engelman says by the year 2025£¬about 3£¬000 million people may lack water£®At least 18 more countries are expected to have severe water problems£®The demand for water keeps increasing£®Yet the amount of water on Earth stays the same£®

Mr£®Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is growing faster than in other parts of the world£®He says population growth in these countries will continue to increase£®

The report says lack of water in the future may result in several problems£®It may increase health problems£®Lack of water often means drinking waters is not safe£®Mr£®Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases£¬such as cholera which are carried in water£®

Lack of water may also result in more international conflict£®Countries may have to compete for water in the future£®Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries£®And the report says lack of water would affect the ability to improve their economies£®This is because new industries often need large amounts of water when they are beginning£®

The Population Action International study gives several solutions to the water problem£®One way£¬it says£¬is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose£®Another way is to teach people to be careful not to waste water£®A third way is to use less water for agriculture£®

The report also says long--term solutions to the water problem must include controls on population growth£®

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