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Each contestant of the English Talent Competition is allowed 90 seconds to make an introduction to themselves ______.

A．in needB．in additionC．in advanceD．in brief

D

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Africa is a very diverse land with many different tribes. One tradition that many of these groups share is painting or marking their bodies and faces in color. They do this for many reasons. Some marks are used to identify people as part of a group.____ 1____ Let’s look at some different examples of body painting.

   ___2_______ Among the Masai of East Africa, when men are old enough to marry and make decisions for their people, they participate in a special ceremony in which they paint their heads and faces red. This ceremony take place every seven to fourteen years, so there is not an exact age for participating in it. The Samburu, also from East Africa, like to paint their faces and hair red because they think it looks attractive.

   _____3________ To show that he has killed a lion, a man will paint his body with a natural white material, making special marks to represent this accomplishment. The Masai men also use this white to show that they are on longer boys and are considered adults.

One quite unusual example of face painting is done by the Wodaabe people of West Africa. Once a year, they have a beauty contest for men. ____4_________ Then they add white and black circles and lines. Black paint is used near the eyes and on the lips to draw attention to the whiteness of their eyes and teeth, which the Wodaabe consider most beautiful  5_________.

As you travel, enjoy the beautiful and bright colors of Africa.

Red is the common color in body painting because it often represents health and long life.

Other marks are used for ceremonies such as weddings and during times of war.

The ceremony expresses hope for rain.

The Masai men also have a unique way of showing that they are brave.

The women then decide which man they like best.

The men pretend to fight each other.

The men paint their faces yellow and red.

Say Yes to Reading
Write a one-page report titled “The Best Book I Read This Year” and enter it in the Boy’s Life 2012 “Say Yes to Reading!” contest.
The book can be fiction or nonfiction. But the report has to be in your own words— 500 words tops. Enter in one of these three age categories(类别)：
● 8 years old and younger
● 9 and 10 years old
● 11 years old and older
First-place winners in each age category will receive a $100 gift certificate(礼券) good for any product in the Boy Scouts official retail catalog(零售目录). Second-place winners will receive a $75 gift certificate and third-place winners a $50 gift certificate.
Everyone who enters will get a free patch(眼罩). In coming years, you’ll have the chance to earn different patches.
The contest is open to all Boys’ Life readers. Be sure to include your name, address, age and grade in school on the entry. Send your report to:
Boys’ Life Reading Contest
S306
P.O. Box 152079
Irving, TX 75015-2079
Entries(参赛作品) must be postmarked by Dec. 31, 2012 and must include entry information and a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Winners of the 2011 reading contest will be announced in the July 2012 issue of Boys’ Life magazine.
And the 2010 first-place winners are:
8 YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER
Tyler Bergmann chose “Can You Keep a Secret?” by PJ Petersen as his favorite book. “It talks about honesty and the importance of being trust-worthy, which really matter between friends,” Tyler writes.
9 AND 10 YREARS OLD
Nathaniel Griffis read “The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones” by Rick Riordan. Writes Nathaniel: “As I read, I learned about places I have never been and things I have only imagined.”
11 YEARS OLD AND OLDER
Devin MacGoy, 12 chose “The Red Badge of Courage” by Stephen Grane. “A reader can take away many lessons,” Devin writes.
【小题1】The purpose of the passage is to ________.

A．persuade kids to enter a contest
B．ask kids to read more books
C．encourage kids to buy Boys’ Life
D．advertise some children’s books
【小题2】According to the passage, _________.
A．each first-place winner will get $100
B．the report should have 500 at least
C．whoever enters will get a patch for free
D．one can copy some words from the book
【小题3】 Who learns something about friendship from reading a book?
A．Tyler BergmannB．Nathaniel Griffis
C．Devin MacGoyD．PJ Petersen
【小题4】 After Nathaniel Griffis read “The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones”, he might be ________.
A．puzzledB．worriedC．boredD．excited

Last month, students from one hundred and three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest, which took place in Harbin, China. Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems.
The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty. Then they figured out the requirements of each. They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote the needed software systems. Even the winning team from Shanghai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given limit. Stanford’s team solved five problems and finished in fourteenth place. Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year.
The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Contest. The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today, a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to the world finals, now organized by IBM.
Contest spokesman Dong Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships. They are also guaranteed an offer of employment or internship(实习) with IBM. He said, “We have had past world champions that IBM has gone and employed in our Zurich research laboratory and are now working on some of the leading edge materials in science and physics. We have a world finalist from China who’s been working on the Watson Supercomputer that in the near future will be playing Jeopardy(一种超级计算机名称)against the best Jeopardy players in the world. So this competition is an opportunity to be recognized and to be recruited(招聘) by some of the top technology and research firms around the world.”
【小题1】 From the first paragraph we can figure out there were _______ programmers taking part in the contest.

A．3B．88C．246D．a lot of
【小题2】 From the last paragraph we know that _______.
A．the winners will be offered a job in IBM
B．this contest provides a chance for the universities
C．this competition is held every four years
D．many big companies are short of programmers
【小题3】 What is the best title of this passage?
A．The Best Top Contest
B．The Battle of the Brains
C．The Difficult Competition
D．Courage and Wisdom Needed

 Fourteen – year – old Richie Hawley had spent five years studying violin at the Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles when he took part in a violin contest. Ninety two young people were invited to the contest and Hawley came out first．

The contest could have been the perfect setup for fear, worrying about mistakes, and trying to impress the judges．But Hawley says he did pretty well in staying calm. “I couldn’t be thinking about how many mistakes I’d make—it would distract me from playing,” he says．“I didn’t even remember trying to impress people while I played． It’s almost as if they weren’t there． I just wanted to make music．”

Hawley is a winner． But he didn’t become a winner by concentrating on winning． He did it by concentrating on playing well．

“The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part,” said the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin．“The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle．The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well．”

A characteristic of high performers is their intense, pleasurable concentration on work, rather than on their competitors or future glory or money, says Dr．Charles Garfield, who has studied 1,500 achievers in business, science, sports, the arts, and professions．“They are interested in winning, but they’re most interested in self-development, testing their limits．”

One of the most surprising things about top performers is how many losses they’ve had and how much they’ve learned from each． “Not one of the 1,500 I studied defined losing as failing,” Garfield says．“They kept calling their losses ‘setbacks’．”

A healthy attitude toward setbacks is essential to winning, experts agree．

“The worst thing you can do if you’ve had a setback is to let yourself get stuck in a prolonged depression． You should analyze carefully what went wrong, identify specific things you did right and give yourself credit for them．” Garfield believes that most people don’t give themselves enough praise． He even suggests keeping a diary of all the positive things you’ve done on the way to a goal．

1.Hawley won the contest because _______．

A．he put all his mind to his performance

B．he cared much about the judges’ feelings

C．he tried his best to avoid making mistakes

D．he paid close attention to the people around

2.High performers is that they tend to give priority to _______．

A．glory          B. wealth        C. pleasure    D. work

3.According to the passage, successful people concentrate on _______．

A．challenging their own limits         B．learning from others

C．defeating their opponents  D．avoiding setbacks

4. It can be learned from the passage that top performers are not _______．

A．interested in winning              B．free of losses

C．accustomed to failures             D．concerned about setbacks

5.The passage tells us that “praise” in times of trouble _______．

A．helps people deal with their disappointment

B．makes people forget their setbacks

C．makes people regret about their past

D．helps people realize their goals

 

Kids Fishing Photo Contest

It certainly isn’t hard to “ picture it”, that is – smiles, laughs, looks of anticipation (期望) and excitement. So, join in the fun, catch the excitement of your child on film while fishing and enter his or her picture in the yearly Kids Fishing Photo Contest! The contest is sponsored by Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) in celebration of National Fishing Week!

The winning pictures are those that best catch the theme “kids enjoying fishing”. Children in the first through third place photographs of each category will receive different fishing-related prizes. Winning pictures will also be posted on the VDGIF website and may be used in all kinds of VDGIF publications. There is no need to be a professional photographer. Any photo will do.

Contest Rules

·Children in the photographs must fall into one of the following age groups when the picture is taken: 1—4, 6—10.

·Photos must not be more than 1 year old.

·Photos must be taken in Virginia.

·Children in a boat must be wearing a life jacket.

·Only one photo submission (提交) per child.

·Submit the photo on photograph quality paper, no CD’s accepted.

·Photos must not be bigger than “4×6” size.

·Please stick a piece of paper to the back of the photo including: name, age, address, phone number and location where the photograph was taken.

·A Photo Contest Release Form (PDF) must be submitted along with the photograph.

·Photos must be postmarked on or before April 19, 2013.

·Judging will take place in May and winners will be posted on the VDGIF website.

·Prizes will be sent directly to the winning children.

·This contest isn’t open to immediate family of VDGIF employees and sponsors. Immediate family members refer to children, siblings (同胞) or others living in the same household with a VDGIF or sponsor employee.

To Enter:

Send your photo, with the child’s name, age, phone number and address, along with the Photo Contest Release Form (PDF), to:

Kids Fishing Photo Contest

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

P.O. Box 11104

Richmond, VA 23230–1104

1.The advertisement is intended for ________.

A．children who are below 11 years old

B．people whose children like fishing

C．those who are good at photos

D．those whose parents like fishing

2. The purpose of the contest is to ________.

A．encourage people to take more pictures

B．help people realize the importance of fishing

C．celebrate a national fishing-related activity

D．encourage people to go fishing with kids

3. Which of the following photos can enter the contest?

A. A photo which is in a CD.

B. A photo in which there is a 12-year-old girl.

C. A big photo which is “8×10” size.

D. A photo which was taken in Virginia on July 23, 2012.

4. What should be sent with the photo together?

A. A life jacket.

B. A quality CD.

C. A stamped addressed envelope.

D. A Photo Contest Release Form.

 

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