题目内容
I tried phoning Maggie’s office in the morning, but I couldn’t _____ .
A go over B get through C put up D join up
B
Crossroads International
How does Crossroads work?
Crossroads is a resource network. We take goods Hong Kong doesn’t want and give them to people who badly need them. We collect those goods and give them out in the welfare arena(福利院) in Hong Kong, Mainland China, elsewhere in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. So Crossroads is just that: a Crossroads between need and resource.
Who do we help?
The welfare agencies we help do not run on large budgets(预算). They are grass-root groups who have seen a need and tried to meet it. They can’t get the job done without back-up, though, so our task is to help them do their task. Our warehouse is full of goods, from computers to high chairs, clothing to books, stationery(文具) to medical provision, cupboards to dinning sets. They send us a list of their needs and we try to match it with the resource we have in stock.
How do we operate?
Crossroads itself also operates on a low budget. We do not buy the goods we send. They are donated. Similarly, rather than raising funds for freight(货运),we ask transport companies to donate their services. Nobody in our organization receives a salary. Even our full-time staff works on a voluntary basis.
Those that donate goods and services:
·Factories·Manufacturers ·Hospitals ·Hotels ·Householders
·Offices ·Other Charities ·Transport Companies ·Educational Institutions
One resource that we are always in need of is people. While we receive large quantities of goods and there is never a short supply of requests for them, we are always in need of hands to help sort and prepare them for shipping.
What can I do?
We are always in need of people. We have a lot of tasks. If you are volunteering regularly, we can offer work in some of the following categories, some of the time. You are welcome to number your top three choices and we will do our best to accommodate them.
·Clothing categorization ·Sewing ·Toy categorization ·Furniture handling
·Driving ·Book categorization ·Household goods categorization ·Office work
·Electrical goods categorization ·Book keeping ·Fund- raising
·Stationery categorization ·Medical categorization
Where to find us?
All volunteer work is done at out warehouse:
Located in Basement Zone M of the Kai Tak Government Building
Our warehouse hours: Tues.-Sat. 10:00am-5:30pm
Postal address: 16 Man Tong, Silvermine Bay, Lantau Island, HK
Office details: Ph: 2984 9309, 2740 9657
【小题1】Crossroads International is .
A.a welfare agency | B.a place to store goods donated |
C.an organization to collect goods for those who need them | |
D.an organization run by the government |
A.toys and books | B.furniture and computers |
C.fresh water and food | D.clothes and washing machines |
A.Driving | B.Fundraising | C.Furniture handling | D.Teaching |
A.look for volunteers to work for Crossroads | B.call on people to donate more goods |
C.let people know what Crossroads International is | D.tell people what Crossroads can provide |
A.people who work at Crossroads get low pay from it |
B.Crossroads doesn’t give goods directly to the people who need them |
C.You can do whatever you like if you offer help at Crossroads |
D.Crossroads has collected more goods than needed |
Many people consider their pets members of the family and are very sad when they die, but what if you could clone your dog, cat or bird?
A scientist in New Orleans, who has proved his ability to clone other animals, is now offering the possibility to pet owners here in Wisconsin.
Scientists have not been able to clone dogs, cats or other pets, but if and when the time comes, several companies will be ready and able to do the job.
The question is: Are you ready to clone your pet? Brett Reggio is betting on it.He is working on his Ph. D at Louisian State University. He's successfully cloned a goat five times and wants to try the process on family pets. So he started a business called Lazaron. “What Lazaron provides is the first step in the cloning process. ”He said.“It’s for curing and storing the fiberglass cells that will be used for cloning.”
“Your first reaction is yeah! I think I’d like that.” said Donna Schacht, a pet owner.
“I don’t believe you can ever replace a special love,” pet owner Paulette Callattion said.
Most pet owners will tell you freezing your pet’s DNA in hopes of one day cloning it is a personal decision.
Scientists say that cloning your own pet doesn’t mean that the offspring(后代) will have the same intelligence, temperament(性情) or other qualities that your pet has.
【小题1】From the passage we know that scientists have ______.
A.tried to clone animals |
B.cloned many kinds of animals |
C.been able to clone pets for people |
D.once cloned goats successfully |
A.clone pets for people |
B.store the DAN of people’s pets for cloning one day |
C.make pets members of a family |
D.collect different ideas on cloning from people |
A.they think it would be too expensive |
B.they don’t think scientists will one day be able to clone their pets |
C.they think the cloned pet would not be the one they once had |
D.they don’t want to give any love to the cloned pet |
A.looked different from the pet you once had |
B.turned out to be another kind of animal |
C.had a different character |
D.were just the same pet your once had |