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The International Painting Contest on Google’s homepage in 2015 may look pretty strange,but it spotlightings a very serious issue:clean water, which is unusual for an 11-year-old from Long Island.

Audrey Zhang,a fifth-grader from Levittown,N.Y,is the winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google contest,rising to the top of some 100,000 entries on the theme of“draw one thing to make the world a better place.”

Her piece,titled“Back to Mother Nature,”describes a detailed water-cleaning machine.Zhang worked with a team of artists at Google to animate(使……生动)her drawing.

“To make the world a better place,I came up with a transformative water purifier, a machine used to remove dirty or harmful substances,”Google quoted Zhang as saying.“It takes in dirty and polluted water from rivers,lakes and even oceans,then massively transforms the water into clean,safe and pure water. When humans and animals drink this water, they will live a healthier life.”

She created a whole world around the device—one populated by humans, a whale in a top hat and dragons.

Zhang,s piece is“so vivid and so rich and so full and so complete,”Google Doodle team leader Ryan Germick told the Washington Post.“Every leaf seemed to have life in it.”

Along with having her artwork featured on Google’s homepage,Zhang wins a $30,000 college scholarship.In addition,her school will receive a $50,000 Google for Education technology grant,and the company is donating $20,000 in her name to a charity devoted to bringing clean water to schools in Bangladesh.

On Sunday, the night before her work was revealed on net,Zhang told Newsday she was excited by the big win,but said she wouldn't be awake when her art first went online at midnight.

“I have school-tomorrow, so I can’t stay up late,”she told the paper.

1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A.The winner and her work in the painting contest.

B.The team of artists at Google to animate drawings.

C.The painting contest of Google’s homepage in 2015.

D.The water-cleaning machine in the painting contest.

2.According to the passage,we know that______.

A.Audrey Zhang is creative and self-disciplined

B.a water-cleaning device was made in the contest

C.$50,000 will be donated in Audrey Zhang’s name

D.Zhang’s piece was printed in all major newspapers

3.The underlined word in Paragraph l probably means“_____”.

A.put up with B.1ook for ward to

C.breakaway from D.focus attention on

I’d like to share a little story with you about something that happened when I was four. I remember it clearly. Our loving family dog was nearing the end of his life. My father picked him up and put him in a little bed we had made for him. Our dog, my companion, whom we had cared for, bit my father when he attempted to help him. How could he? Why? I couldn’t understand it. I didn’t like him anymore.

I hadn’t thought about that story for a long time but something that happened last week brought it back to me. I went to speak with a friend. When I knocked on the door, I met in an instant an angry look and a few harsh(尖刻的)words. When the door was slammed(砰地关上)in my face, I stood there shocked, and in a rush, I was reminded of my dog bit my father 20 years ago or so. What brought that story back was that same feeling of betrayal.

Both stories taught me something the next day. You see, when I got up in the morning and was told my dog had died, it became clear to me that he must have been in great pain. For him to have bitten a family member, he could not have been himself. Much the same for the other story when I learned that my friend’s wife had just left him.

We are all beings of our environments, our opinions and feelings. And all of those things can cause you to say and do things that can’t be understood by those who are not in the same situation with you.

If you meet someone either behaving out of character or acting in a way that doesn’t seem to fit the situation, put out your hand and be patient when you think it is least possible for him to do so. You may turn around a story that has a sad ending simply by your actions.

1.The incident that happened when the author was four______.

A. hurt the author’s feeling deeply

B. has puzzled the author ever since

C. left a deep impression on the author

D. made the author dislike dogs

2.What made the author think about the story of about 20 years ago?

A. His friend’s attitude.

B. The photo of the dog.

C. His father’s wound.

D. His friend’s suffering.

3.The author's friend said harsh words to the author because______.

A. he was bad-tempered

B. he was suffering the pain of losing his wife

C. he was bothered by an unexpected visit

D. they once quarreled and he couldn’t forgive the author

4.What conclusion did the author get from the two stories?

A. Misunderstanding should be removed in time.

B. Sometimes one will be hurt without any reason.

C. Many people think more of themselves and less of others.

D. Many factors will affect one’s behavior.

5.What’s the author’s advice to us?

A. Help those in need.

B. Look before you leap.

C. Learn to understand others.

D. Tolerance is a kind of virtue.

A study of a million UK women, published today in The Lancet, has shown that happiness itself has no direct effect on mortality, and that the widespread but mistaken belief that unhappiness and stress directly cause ill health came from studies that had simply confused cause and effect. Life-threatening poor health can cause unhappiness, and for this reason unhappiness is associated with increased mortality. In addition, smokers tend to be unhappier than non-smokers. However, after taking account of previous ill health, smoking, and other lifestyle and socio-economic factors, the investigators found that unhappiness itself was no longer associated with increased mortality.

The lead author, Dr Bette Liu, now at the University of New South Wales, Australia said: "Illness makes you unhappy, but unhappiness itself doesn't make you ill. We found no direct effect of unhappiness or stress on mortality, even in a ten-year study of a million women."

As in other studies, unhappiness was associated with deprivation, smoking, lack of exercise, and not living with a partner. The strongest associations, however, were that the women who were already in poor health tended to say that they were unhappy, stressed, not in control, and not relaxed.

The main analyses included 700 000 women, average age 59 years, and over the next 10 years these women were followed by electronic record linkage for mortality, during which time 30 000 of the women died.

After allowing for any differences already present in health and lifestyle, the overall death rate among those who were unhappy was the same as the death rate among those who were generally happy. The study is so large that it rules out unhappiness being a direct cause of any material increase in overall mortality in women.

This was true for overall mortality, for cancer mortality, and for heart disease mortality, and it was true for stress as well as for unhappiness.

1. The word “mortality” in the passage means .

A. richness B. relaxation

C. death D. morality

2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A. Unhappiness will definitely make a person ill.

B. Unhappiness doesn’t necessarily make you ill.

C. Unhappiness is not associated with lack of exercise.

D. The death rate among those unhappy people is greater.

3.It’s wrongly believed that ________.

A. unhappiness itself is not associated with increased mortality

B. there is no direct link between unhappiness and mortality

C. ill health directly causes unhappiness and stress

D. ill health directly results from unhappiness and stress

4.The writer’s attitude towards the result of the study is __________.

A. disappointing B. indifferent

C. subjective D. objective

For the past four years, the Green Festival in Washington, D.C., has brought together people from around the country who are interested in the environmental movement. The groups call the festival "a party with a purpose". They say the purpose of the Green Festival is to create an economy in which natural resources are used in a way that does not destroy the environment. To the people who organize the event, "green" means having a safe and healthy community and a strong local economy.

Throughout the two-day event, over one thousand people volunteered to help the festival run smoothly. Four hundred businesses and organizations showed their products and projects. About three thousand visitors came to the party. They could find everything from naturally made organic food to clothing made from bamboo plants.

There were over one hundred fifty speakers and discussion groups. For example, you could learn how to be an environmentally friendly traveler. You could also watch several movies about political and environmental issues. Then you could listen to some live music performances. After sitting for too long, visitors could take a yoga exercise class. There was even an area for children. Younger visitors could enjoy fun games and lessons on subjects like protecting the rainforest and creating chocolate sweets.

Green building was one of the important subjects at the festival. Many companies and organizations aim to create environmentally safe buildings. They design structures with reduced energy use, fewer chemicals and more recycled materials. The Loading Dock is an organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. Its message is that "a person could build a house with what others throw away". The Loading Dock collects donations of used building materials such as flooring, lighting, doors, and windows. These materials would otherwise end up in a landfill trash center. Then, the group resells the materials. This way, the materials are recycled. This form of recycling provides entire families and neighborhoods with low cost solutions for rebuilding their communities.

Spending a day at the Green Festival showed people many solutions for improving the health of our planet. People have inclusive green choices, from the things people buy to the ways people eat, think, and live. The Green Festival connects a wide community of people who care deeply about, and are working to improve, our shared environment.

1.What is the purpose of the Green Festival?

A. To bring people together.

B. To study the environment.

C. To improve people's health.

D. To develop a green economy.

2.What could younger visitors do in the festival?

A. They could watch some movies about love.

B. They could build a house with their hands.

C. They could play fun games and have lessons.

D. They could taste food made from bamboo plants.

3.The underlined word "inclusive" in the last paragraph probably means___________.

A. wide B. right C. important D. possible

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